St. Luke and Discipleship

St. Luke and Discipleship

I have already previously defined the meaning of a disciple. So we

know a disciple is a follower of someone. There are two different

disciples, one is a follower of someone religious such as Jesus and

the other is a follower of someone with an inspiring talent like a

singer. I have also described biblical examples of Jesus' call to his

first disciples. From this we learnt about the importance of trust and

priority (that the Lord is the most important of all things).

Now I am going to be looking and analysing modern day disciples. I

will also be looking at their understanding of the Christianity and

the way they interpret it. I will be trying to individualise the part

of them that makes them special.

First I will start with a modern disciple known as Maximilian Kolbe.

It was in 1941 that three prisoners escaped a Nazi concentration camp

known as Auschwitz. In reprisal the Nazi's picked 10 men that were to

be executed. They were to be executed by starvation in an underground

bunker. There was one man amongst the ten known as Franciszek

Gajowniczek that started to cry out about his family once realising

his execution was to take place. However to his fortune and to many

peoples surprise one of the watching inmates stepped forward. It was

prisoner 16670 that stepped out to offer his life in the place of the

other man. Prisoner 16670 and the other nine condemned men was then

taken to the underground bunker and left to die a painful death as

they were left without any food nor any water. Prisoner 16670 was a

Polish Catholic priest known as Maximilian Kolbe. He was 47 years old.

Before the war he was the...

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...ern and olden day disciple's try to follow the

footsteps of Jesus the best they can that brings them to do the same

duty, preach the word of the lord. None of the disciple's that I have

chosen has lived very pleasant lives but they know that their purpose

is special in its own way. It is their work that makes them happy and

proud. Their work is admirable as well as inspirational. It takes a

lot of courage and bravery as well as dedication to be a disciple.

They sacrificed their own lives for the lord and his people.

These are the sources of which I have taken my facts from:

Contemporary Moral Issues-Joe Jenkins

Heinemann Educational Books

A Time to Live-The New Christian Way-Maura Hyland

Veritas

The Christian Experience-Living Faith-Michael Keene

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