2005 Term 1 Week 5 - Disrupt and Entice

This week we will be re-examining the previous two topics, Disrupt and Entice. The plan is to go over them in more detail and with more examples.

The examples will be suggested by the guys. And the following question format will take place:
1. Describe the chaos. From this we will find out what this person is hoping for and what makes the hope seem ludicrous
2. Explore the hope. In this we will uncover how certain responses to the situation are reflective of God’s character. Also we will consider how such action will bless others and how it changes the guy who steps into the chaos on another’s behalf. This is the entice bit
3. Discuss why the guys wont step into the chaos. Even though there are many wonderful reasons why he might step into the chaos, there are some against that which seem to be bigger/more urgent/more important. This phase involves pursuing this negative reasons to their natural end. If that were true then this is where it takes you. Which has the follow up question, "Is this what you want? ‘Cos that’s where this path goes". The idea is to spit in their soup (note the soup is really battery acid, but telling a person that wont cut it. They have been eating it for years, surely if it were battery acid they would have noticed. Good luck convincing them of that. So instead we spit in it. Who wants to eat soup that someone has spat in?). Note that this phase cannot be done combatively. If an argument occurs you’ve buggered it. Either start over or wait for next time. Once someone is on the defensive you have no hope. The key is to work with them. You are working with them to make sense of the situation/chaos.
4. Discuss where things are at now. This is important because you want them to realise that a shift in the way they view life has occurred. That is all that has occurred. There is no guarantee that next time they met the chaos they will step into it. That may be a long way off. What might happen is that they feel slightly less comfortable about not entering the chaos. Or perhaps they catch themselves in the act of deliberately avoiding the chaos. It will be little things that over time add up.

Examples of disrupt and entice by Jesus:
Matthew 18:1-9 – Greatest in the Kingdom
Luke 15:11-32 – Parable of the lost son
Luke 18:9-14 – Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector