Explain how this teaching about discipleship might affect the life a Christian today.

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Elizabeth Oluwajuwa Adeniran                                           10mg

AO2: Explain how this teaching about discipleship might affect the life a Christian today.

        Discipleship has affected both the people in Jesus’ time and Christians to day. In this piece of work I will be looking at how discipleship has affected Christians today. Discipleship consists of a lot of things many of which are to follow Jesus also believe in him, Mk10v46-52 “Jesus son of David take pity on me” Bartimeaus believed in Jesus because he recognised him as the messiah and with this his faith made him better “he followed Jesus on the road” after Jesus has healed him he followed him and became on of his followers. Another example of discipleship is to give up everything, Mk1v17 “at once they left their nets and went with him” they gave up all they had and didn’t think twice and left as soon as they heard their calling. When Jesus was teaching about discipleship he asked of us these things “forget self, carry his cross and follow me” Mk8v34 and you have to be totally dependent on God and not on materials Mk10v17-31 “go and sell all you have and give your money to the poor” by doing this you will get many riches, many more brothers and sisters in heaven Mk10v29.

        My image of a disciple would be classed as a stereotypical one; of a priest or nun until now I do understand that any person can be a disciple. When I think of discipleship I always think of religion, and therefore I believe that to do good works strong faith is needed in a disciple. We have all heard of the famous disciples who have done brilliant works throughout the world like Dr. Martin Luther King the black civil rights activist, Sean Devereux who gave everything up to help kids in Africa and died doing what he loved, and people who I researched myself are Maximillian Kolbe who, in a Nazi concentration camp sacrificed his life for a married man with a family and Mother Teresa who knew what her calling was and went after it to help the people in need and the poor.

        I will be writing about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr comparing him with what Marks gospel says about discipleship and how he reflects Jesus has a role model. Martin Luther king achieved a lot in his life time before he was brutally killed by an assassin he was a man with only one mission to help free the black Americans in America and help the poor what ever colour, cultural background or race they are, also protest against war that was going on in Vietnam and the KKK. He was a preacher a father, friend and a husband he was a Morden day prophet as he was described by close friends. He used only words to get his message across and never violence, he was a man with a mission a mans with a purpose and his purpose which he never gave up on was fulfilled after his death, he was and still is a significant being in his life and after life because his words and messages still live on “I have a dream”.

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        Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929; his father was a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church. He later became pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala where he made his first mark as a civil rights movement by mobilizing the black community during a 382 boycott of the city’s bus line. He was a true survivor overcoming arrests, violent harassments and the bombing of his home. After all these he never gave up he helped other communities organise their own protests against discrimination. His non-violent tactics were put to the test in Birmingham during a mass ...

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