Mark's Gospel and What It Can Tell us About Discipleship

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Mark's Gospel and What It Can Tell us About Discipleship In this essay, I am going to show that a disciple is ready to sacrifice all, and to look at different cases of cost and rewards. The word disciple means 'follower'. Christian discipleship involves faith and commitment to god, self-sacrifice, service to others, using your time, money, and energies, as god wants you too, not as the world temps you to. It involves belonging to god's family and the church. Disciples are ready to sacrifice all (cost) but receive eternal life in return (reward). Jesus first call is in Mark 1: 14-20, where Jesus asked two fishermen Simon and his brother John to sacrifice all by saying: "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men" At once they dropped their nets and followed Jesus. This shows they had great faith in Jesus and teaches us that we should do the same. In Mark chapter 2: 13-17 Jesus chose a tax collector, Levi (who was considered a sinner) to be one of his disciples. This meant that even though the disciples may not like him, they had to put up with him and they way he lived (cost) this teaches us to like everybody and that we cannot pick or choose who we want to be our friends. In Mark 8: 34-38 Jesus tells us that if we want to be a disciple, it may involve suffering, rejection and even death by saying: "If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself And take up the cross" This teaches us that we should have faith and let nothing get us down and keep going no matter what. In mark 6: 7-13 Jesus called 12 disciples to trust and believe in him by going out in two's and taking no bread, no money, no begging bad etc. and going out to preach, anoint the sick and cast out evil spirits. This teaches us to stay away from things more important things than God. In Mark 12: 28-31 one of the scribes asks Jesus: "Which is the

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