"Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did" Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. Your answer should refer to Mark's Gospel.
(b) “Christians today are not prepared to suffer as Jesus did”
Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. Your answer should refer to Mark’s Gospel.
Well for me I need to look for both before deciding whether or not I agree with statement.
To start I feel that there are not as many fully committed Christians nowadays so people do not know what to do when they face a type of persecution. You may say that we do not know our true faith until it is tested.
But how do we know when were being tested? In earlier times, like for Jesus, it was clear when he was being tested and he made the correct choice by putting faith in his beliefs, but in these days we never hear of miracles from God, or that in our society today, faith is not a major issue for Christians, so we do not face persecution that much. But there are times recently like in Ireland when school children were being persecuted for their faith. But like Jesus, they did not give in to pressure and deny their faith; they had faith and believed in it. And even though we may be persecuted about being Christians it will not be to the same degree as it was in Jesus’ day, but there again it is still persecution against our faith and no matter what type of suffering or persecution is involved, we should be true to our faith and ourselves. But even though we may be true to our faith, how do we know when were being called upon to suffer. Again in early years a sign was given but people would probably not write a sign like this from God, let alone understand that we have been called upon to suffer for what they believe. Jesus was sent to earth for us to follow his example, and by giving into persecution we are not following Jesus’ example. He suffered for us, and if we are given the choice of taking the easy way out or standing up to our faith, we should do what Jesus did and believe.
