The Role of Peter in the Ministry of Jesus
Peter is mentioned 39 times in the fourth gospel, which is much more
than in either of the other synoptics. The fourth gospel does not have
an inner circle so to speak as existed in Mark’s gospel and is not the
key figure, again just like in Mark’s gospel, in the fourth gospel the
Beloved Disciple is the key figure, but whenever he is mentioned so is
Peter.
Peter’s first mention in the gospel is when his brother Andrew says
that the Messiah has been found and he wants to retrieve his brother,
who was then called Simon. Jesus renamed him Peter, ‘He [Andrew]
bought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son
of John. You are to be called Cephas/Peter (which means rock).’ (John
1.42). This is due to Jesus needing someone to rely on in his hour of
need; he thought he could rely on Peter, but Peter’s character is
weak, as he collapses under pressure. Jesus predicted at the Last
Supper that Peter would deny him three times before the cock crowed
when Jesus was arrested, Peter did deny Jesus three times, once to the
woman who guarded the gate to the High Priests House, once to a group
of soldiers and once to the relative of the man whose ear Peter cut
off, once he had denied Jesus a third time, the cock crowed.
However, in Peter’s defence he does commit totally to a subject, but
he can be over excite, enthusiastic and doesn’t think before he acts.
This was proved in the Garden of Gethsemane when the soldiers came to
arrest Jesus. Peter had a sword and struck the High Priest’s slave and
cut off his right ear. Peter does what he says previously in the
chapter that he will de...
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with Jesus, after eating, Jesus asks Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you
love me more than these?’ Peter answers, ‘Yes, Lord you know that I
love you.’ Jesus replies saying ‘Feed my lambs. Simon, Son of John do
you love me?’ Again Peter replied, ‘Yes Lord you know that I love
you.’ Jesus said ‘Tend my sheep.’ And for the third time he asked ‘Do
you love me?’ Peter replied hurt ‘Lord, you know everything; you know
that I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.’ Peter being
asked three times if he loved Jesus was Jesus’ way of cancelling out
the three times Peter denied him. It was also the time that Peter was
being commissioned and being told what is expected of him; to feed
Jesus’ lambs, to tend his sheep and again to feed his sheep.
Peter became a leader of the Christian community after Jesus had left
them.
To be a true disciple of Jesus one must not disown or deny Jesus but
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Mark's Gospel and Nature of Discipleship In Mark's Gospel, there are many accounts of Jesus' disciples and Apostles which are helpful to Christians as examples of the nature of discipleship. In this part of my coursework essay I hope to address questions involving what Mark's Gospel tells us about Jesus' disciples and Apostles, as well as defining the principle of what being a disciple entails, and defining also who the apostles were. This is because by learning about past disciples and the Apostles, a modern disciple of the Church can learn about the nature of discipleship. A disciple is somebody who is inspired enough by somebody to learn about them, listen to their ideas and follow them and their way of life.
The central teachings of traditional Christianity teachings were created to assure that man could work out his salvation. Therefore, making man responsible for finding his way to God, so that he could have a personal relationship with his Savior through Jesus the Son of God, the Father, and the Holy Spirit (The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2017). Jesus Christ attracted followers who eventually took his teachings throughout the Roman world and beyond. Jesus, who was born to Mary and Joseph in Judea teaching methods placed him in conflict with prevailing Jewish beliefs and authorities; nevertheless, Jesus message inspired a small group of followers, who believed he was the Messiah (Matthews et al., 2014). However, the meaning of Jesus’s
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"For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him."
Outside of Jesus Christ, there may not be a more important figure in Christianity other than St. Paul the Apostle. Paul was at one point a persecutor of early Christians, however a revelation experience in the mid-30’s AD changed his view of the faith. He ultimately became the most prominent figure in the spread of early Christianity, as his many missions established Christian churches throughout the Roman Empire. During the time of his missions, Paul penned numerous letters to the various Christian communities that he had helped establish. Pauline writings were the earliest of the New Testament writings, and ultimately comprise a third of the New Testament. One letter of particular interest when studying the theology of Paul and the early
The Gospel according to Matthew, although being the first book of the New Testament canon, it was not considered the first gospel genre to be written. Matthew’s gospel gives an account of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. In this essay, I intend to look at how the exegesis and interpretation of this gospel may be affected by our understanding of the authorship, its intended readership and where and when it was written. Although all these categories are important in their own right, I will focus more of the intended audience and readership of this gospel.
Mark 8:34 is the only time on the Gospel when Jesus calls the crowd together with disciples because his message is of very high importance. The price for discipleship is a complete denial of yourself in the name of God . And the mission of Jesus is to bring this message to humankind through his suffering and death on the cross. In Mark's gospel Jesus provides his identity which becomes the turning point in the human history. Before He was teaching, healing the sick, had scraps with authorities and established a group of disciples . Was it his mission? No. Jesus is the Messiah.
The Apostle Paul is known as the greatest missionary of the early church. Paul, who once vowed to wipe out belief in Jesus Christ, was later converted to do the work of Christ. He would author almost half of the 27 books in the New Testament. He endured sickness, rejection, and repeated attacks on his life to bring the message of God's grace and forgiveness to Gentiles. Paul was the apostle largely responsible for the solid inception and growth of Christianity. He spoke before Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He defended God's Word before kings and emperors of this world. By the end of his life, much of the Mediterranean world had been reached with the gospel.
The essay endeavours interpret 1 Peter 1:1-10 with regard to the social location, literary characteristics and the reception of the text. The hermeneutical process serves as point of departure and provides the framework wherein the text is interpreted.
Davis, Basil, S. “The Identity of the Disciple whom Jesus Loved.” The Expository Times 113 no. 7 (2002): 230-231.
Paul's first missionary journey was to the island of Cyprus. Salamis was there first destination on the island. During his stay in Salamis Paul and Barnabas preached in the Jewish synagogues, while John also ministered with them. The next stop Paul and Barnabas made was Paphos at the almost opposite end of Cyprus. While in Paphos they found a Governor called Sergius Paulus who wanted to hear their teachings. However, the Governor had sorcerer, Elymas, in his company, who did not want him to hear the word of God. Paul being filled with the Holy Ghost admonished Elymas and said, "O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season" (Acts 13:10-11). Elymas being struck blind astonished the Governor and he believed the word of the Lord that apostles had spoken to him. After leaving Paphos John returned to Jerusalem.
The beginnings of my life are an interesting jumble, and they highlight the cosmopolitan world that was the Roman Empire. I was born in an Asian city now located on the southern coast of Turkey called Tarsus in about the year 10. My parents were Jewish, presumably strict Pharisees. They were also Roman citizens.
The following questions are based on Chapter 3 in Yount’s The Teaching Ministry of the Church: