Bible Study With Jairus Acts 15

Brother Jairus leads a Bible study group in Chinese every week, and the Holy Spirit often speaks in these meetings. We felt obligated to share some of the enlightenments we received from the Holy Spirit and hope this will benefit more listeners. So welcome to Bible Study with Jairus.
This kind of Bible study is not a verse by verse study of scriptures. Rather each study will focus on certain topics or verses highlighted by the Holy Spirit. The structure our Bible Study is to have one brother or sister share their understanding of the chapter and ask some questions about it. Everybody in the small group, or a cell group, takes turn leading the Bible study, and afterwards we allow people to share freely. I will often comment on questions or share what I have received from the Holy Spirit. This is a better way to study the Bible compared to when one particular person leads the discussion. I say this because it forces this person who leads to read the Bible during the week and spend more time in prayer asking for help with understanding. It also helps this person to practice his or her skill to teach the Bible and often helps them to grow spiritually. Of course, it is also vital to have someone with more understanding of the Bible to help new people grow in the knowledge and experience of the Word of God.
One of the problems in this fast paced world is that people have no time to read the Bible on a daily basis. Even though it is greatly encouraged that Christians should read the Bible every day, I have found they do not. Many factors prevent Christians from reading the Bible. It is true especially when it comes to some new believers or some Christians who don’t have a strong spiritual discipline.
So on a practical level, our way of studying the Bible in a small group setting offers one person a chance once or twice a month to lead a Bible study. This helps them to get deeper into a certain chapter or book of the Bible. At other meetings, he or she will still have chance to listen to other people sharing what they’ve learned about the Bible. This way of studying the Bible really helps them to build up their knowledge about the Word of God.
Acts 15 tells us three stories. The first story is that Paul and Barnabas got into a fierce argument with some people about the need to circumcise the Gentiles. Peter and Jacob responded saying that God had chosen the Gentiles. The second story is the sending of Judas and Silas to Antioch to comfort the brothers and sisters of Gentiles. The third story is about Paul and Barnabas getting into a disagreement whether or not they should take Mark to Pamphylia.