Call of the Disciples

 CRS Note

LESSON NOTE ON WEEK 1

Subject÷ Christian religious studies

Topic ÷The call or the disciples  

Class ÷JSS 2

Average age -12+

Duration÷40 minutes

Date÷January 2026

Bible reference÷ (RSV), 

Evans Christian Religious Studies for junior secondary.

Specific objective÷ by the end of the lesson, the student should be able to

(i) Explain who a disciple is.

(ii) Narrate the call of the first four disciples  .

Instructional materials: pictures, Holy Bible and charts.

Previous knowledge÷ students have been taught about in the disciples of Jesus in their various churches.

Biblical objectives÷ students will be aware of the prompt responses of the first four disciples.

Biblical Truth÷ Jesus also called ordinary people 

Text÷ Matthew 8:12-22, Mark 1: 16- 18, .

Introduction:

Step :

Meaning of a Disciple 

A disciple is a pupil, student or follower who attaches himself to a great teacher and he receives instructions in order to teach others what he had learnt from his teacher.

Jesus calls the first four disciples Matthew 4: 18-22; Mark 1:14-20; Luke 5:1-11 

Jesus went to the shore of Lake Genesarret to preach the gospel. He went aboard a boat and pushed out a little from the shore, where the audience stood facing him. He sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he finished teaching, he asked Simon, who owns the boat, to push out his net into the deep water for the catch. Simon replied that he and his companion had worked all night and caught nothing but at Jesus' word, he would let down the net.

And when Peter did, they caught an enormous shoal of fish. It was so big that their nets began to tear. Thus, they signaled their partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, in the other boat, to come and help them. They came and both boats were filled to a sinking point. Simon was so surprised that he fell at the feet of Jesus and asked Jesus to depart away from him because he, Peter, was a sinful man. Jesus told him that he should not be afraid, adding that Simon would now be catching men. Simon and his partners brought their boats ashore. They left everything and followed Jesus. The others were Andrew, James, and John.

 According to the gospel of Matthew and Mark

Jesus called His first four disciples by the sea of Tiberia in Galilee. Jesus, first of all, saw Peter and Andrew casting their net into the sea, for they were fishermen. He called them and they left everything and followed Him. Few meters from where Jesus called Peter and Andrew, He met two brothers James and John the sons of Zebedee mending their broken nets, He also called them and they left everything and followed Him.

After the call of the first four disciples, Jesus came across a tax collector whose name was Matthew collecting taxes from people, Jesus called him and he left everything and followed Jesus as His disciple. Later Jesus called Philip and Philip informed Nathaniel who also followed Jesus.

 Evaluation:

(i) Who is a disciple?

(ii) Narrate the call of first four disciples.

Summary: 

A disciple is a pupil, student or follower who attaches himself to a great teacher and he receives instructions in order to teach others what he had learnt from his teacher.

Assignment:

Write down the names of Jesus's disciples.