Teaching on Discipleship and Its Effect the Life of a Christian Today
The teaching of Jesus will affect lives today if we are open to his
word in scripture. If we open to what God is saying to us through
prayer, and if we allow ourselves to be influenced by the good example
of others.
So many of the teachings of Jesus do affect our lives today. I am now
going to talk about some examples in Mark 8:34 'Anyone who wants to
come after me must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me'.
Disciples or discipleship comes at a cost, they must deny themselves
and say no to themselves, must be prepared to put others before
themselves. Must be able to make the hard decisions in life between
right and wrong like following the crowd or doing what Christ's asks.
Jesus also says here we are called to take up our cross.
The true disciple is also here to take there cross; this involves
making sacrifices in our lives. There are many sacrifices in family
lives for example, parent(s) who endlessly care a sick child, or goes
without luxuries in our there lives to provide and care for there
children. Giving their time and patience towards elderly relations is
also making a sacrifice for the person. The life of a true disciple
will be marked by self-denial, generosity, and endless charity.
On another occasion Jesus said, whoever wants to be great must be
servant of all.
Christians are called to use their talents to be of service to others.
The majority of people's service is given in society through work.
Many jobs gives services, through teachers, doctors, nurses, postman,
the industrial workforce and also construction people who provide
people with making them homes they all do services.
Some people actually take on particular vocations to be of services to
other and never to him.
Many people are affected by these teachings today, examples of these
are nuns and brothers, and they give vows of chastity, poverty, and
become a Christian, a disciple of Christ. In this we have to be a good
To be a true disciple of Jesus one must not disown or deny Jesus but
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.
who "does what God wants them to do". This simply means that if we put
whole life to God and the Church. This is one major Cost of being a
Similar to the Gospel of John the Epistles of John catalogues a variety of themes on discipleship. However, four main qualities of discipleship are highlighted in his letters, these are witness, obedience, chosen, and indwelling. These four qualities are announced in the first four verses of 1 John 1 by the apostle explaining how disciples of Christ are witnesses to the glory of Christ through their experiences of sight, sound, and touch (1John 1:1). While being able to experience the greatness of Christ is important to the reality of disciples, John exclaims that experience is not enough and one must publicly “testify to it” (1John1:2) and “proclaim to [the world] the eternal life that was with the Father and was made visible to us” (1John1:2). Witnessing to the faith is an important quality also presented in 3
"We cannot indeed overestimate the importance of the fact that Jesus' redeeming influence on the world-all that has induced men to call Him Lord and Savior-owes to His humanity at once its individual and its social power, and is complete with the com...
...Today as a Christ follower, we will never be satisfied if our life is not bearing lasting fruit because we are not fulfilling the purpose for which we were “grafted “into the Vine. Let’s examine the “fruit” of our lives. Is it the kind of fruit that reveals the character of Christ? Let’s not settle for fruitless Christianity. God will do the work of making us fruitful – we must only abide, surrendering our lives to His mission of making disciples of all nations through us. The whole notion of mission is to stretch out to work the work of evangelism not through hierarchy, sovereignty, rather through humbleness, hospitality, affection love for the others. That is what Jesus who portrayed as the one who we do not deserve to untie His sandals straps in the first Chapter of John, later become feet washer, intimate with humanity leaving His equality with God.
The New Testament is primarily about Jesus’ ministries and teachings. As Jesus traveled from country to country during his last three years on earth, He performed many miracles and healings of sick, lame, and demon-possessed people. As a student, I can relate to this tremendously, since I am studying pre-physical therapy. "A physical therapist can help injured or ill people improve their movement and manage their pain. These therapists are often an important part of rehabilitation and treatment of patients with chronic conditions or injuries (Occupational Outlook Handbook-Physical Therapists, 2014)." Similarly to Jesus, I can help people and maybe even help heal their injuries as a physical therapist. However, Jesus is the ultimate healer that can work through me to make this possible.
3. Undoubtedly, Jesus’ life teachings were extraordinary people were amazed of his knowledge and wisdom of the Scripture. However, his teaching do not only feed the human knowledge but they transform the lives of those who listen with a humble heart. This was one of the miracles that brought the resurrection of Christ the life changing of Jesus’s disciples. (5721, Groothuis) Kindle
had great faith in Jesus and teaches us that we should do the same. In
When Jesus called His disciples, His invitation was simple. He invited them to follow Him. The same is true today. In Matthew 28, Jesus gave His last charge to His disciples, and the charge was simple. He called his followers to go and make disciples. Much effort has been placed by Christians to fulfill this charge, commonly referred to as the Great Commission. Jesus chose to fulfill the implementation of the New Covenant through 12 men who He called, appointed, and commissioned, and he only had a few short years to prepare them for the task (Willson, 1990). His methods were unconventional and were revolutionary for that time. His disciples were to be trained extensively by Jesus, living with Him for three years prior to His ascension. He taught about servant leadership and its meaning for both the leader and follower Matt. 20:25-28). From the beginning, Jesus put in place a careful plan, and an examination of His actions in the Gospels showed that Jesus left behind the pattern to be replicated. His methods, which included the incorporation of three different levels of discipleship, included His interaction with Peter, His closest three (Peter, James, and John), and finally the group of 12. This paper identified and analyzed the three levels of discipleship Jesus modeled, these discipleship methods were then measured against modern leadership theories, and Jesus’s level of involvement and interaction with his disciples were critiqued in light of these modern theories in an effort to determine the effectiveness of this approach.
For instance a huge thing that is still important throughout today’s society is the Ten Commandments. For me, I still believe the importance of following and living by the Ten Commandments in your daily life. Have no other Gods, Have no idols, Honor God’s name, Honor the Sabbath day, Honor your parents, Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not lie, and do not covet; are the Ten Commandments told to us many years ago and the same ones we hear today. Though I am not sure all of the Ten Commandments still hold much power or force in society today, some of these commandments have even become laws today that we
The book of Matthew in the bible tells of the many lesion that were taught to Jesus disciples. These lesson where then passed on to the followers of Jesus Christ, they were taught many lessons for daily living. Jesus gives basic rules to follow one that sticks with me is “11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 11-12, King James Version). This lesson sticks with me because knowing even if people mistreat me, or talk about me, I can keep my head held high because my father in heaven will comfort me with his love and grace. The lessons in the book of Luke (15-31, King James Version) Jesus uses stories to explain how people may stray away, but how we as Christians should either bring or welcome them back. Today’s society forgets these lessons and sees their fellow men as nuisances as back then. Therefore Jesus had to perform miracles for people to see what he said was real.
Is it possible to follow this teaching of Jesus today? The answer is yes, conveying this teaching is possible. There are still some people who do live in this way.