ANOINTED FOR BUSINESS STUDY GUIDE WEEK 3 REPORT

Answers to

A. Study Guide

1. Joseph and Jesus were more than simple woodworkers; they were craftsmen.

2. What are two possible reasons why Jesus was born in a place of business?
a. To show God's heart for the marketplace.
b. To get in touch wiht the heart of the marketplace right from the beginning of His earthly life.

3. Jesus can be seen as a profitable entrepreneur, a well-informed leader, a marketplace connoisseur and a performer of business miracle.

4. Describe Jesus' daily routine for most of His adult life.
calculation of the costs of goods and labour, the interplay between supply and demand, the establishment of competitive pricing, the measurement of the potential return on investment, the estimation of maintenance costs and replacement of equipment (please read Jesus the Profitable Entrepreneur).

5. What are a few examples Jesus used in His teaching that show He was familiar with the marketplace and its operations?
(please read "Jesus the Marketplace Connoisseur")

6. What was Jesus' financial status?
He operated with great comfort in the marketplace and was known to have done honest work for a living. Certainly not a perpetual poor bloke.

7. Work, in the Bible, is never presented as nonspiritual. In fact labour is worship.

B. Reflection and Discussion
1. Have you pictured Jesus more as a monk or a manager?
Jesus is both Priest and King in the order of Melchizedek (Heb 7). In His earthly life He carried out the combined functions of the religious leader of the highest order and that of an enterprising CEO of the biggest movement in history exceedingly well.

2. What was your view of Jesus and His view of the marketplace prior to reading this chapter? How has it changed?
"We have almost forgotten the 20 years or so of Jesus life as an apprectice, craftsman and businessowner till we dwell into it!".
"He is the High Prist of God doing the priestly role of interceeding on our behalf and appropriating all the grace that our fallible nature demands. However, we now know Him as the Boss actively interested in our daily living providing us with wise counsels and miraculous works so that we may honour Him every day of our lives especially in our calling in the marketplace whatever it may be.