In the parable ‘Jesus’ Mother and Brothers’ (Mark3:33). Jesus looked around and said;
“Here are my mother and my brothers. Whoever does Gods will is my brother, sister and mother.”
Jesus is telling us that anyone who helps in the Kingdom of God is our brothers and sisters.
In the parable of ‘The rich young man’ (Matthew 19:16-30), a man came to Jesus and asked him what should he do to enter eternal life, Jesus told him he should keep all ten commandments, the man said he had, Jesus replied;
“If you want to be perfect go sell all your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, then come follow me.”
The rich young mans love for money held his chances of entering heaven down, because once you have something its hard to let it go.
The disciples failed in understanding, faith and courage. In the calming of the storm, Jesus commented on the disciples’ lack of faith in his ability to keep them safe, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”
Then again in the story for the request for James and John (10:35-45), Jesus had to explain again the true meaning of disciples. It is not to achieve personal glory, but to put others first in all things.
When we are young we trust every thing we are told, we don’t think bad, all our thoughts or good. When grow older, our minds and thoughts grow too, we begin think for ourselves and decide how much faith we have in the Kingdom of God. When we are young, we become influenced by our parents they bring us up in the way the want. They teach us between right and wrong and the right is to have faith in God.
Explain how the teachings about discipleship would affect the live of a Christian
Christians deem to believe that being a disciple is a religious career and any one can be if they wish. Marriage, work and relationships with others are linked to vocation. Today we can be disciples by being in the priesthood or religious orders; they are required to commit themselves to God no matter what the consequences are.
Yet we see from people such as nuns, monks, and priests that there are many people who give up all they have as the first disciples did. There are those who act as missionaries who preach and spread the word of God, and who care for the sick showing the qualities of a true disciple. These people give away all they have to depend on God knowing he will help them
Disciples’ tasks in the Christian Church at present are the same as they were in Jesus’ time, they believe that the body of Christ is the church; the members of the church are the followers of Jesus and are there to preach the message of repentance, faith and reconciliation. Their duty is to share their life, faith and to preach the good news of God by going on missionaries to places where the weak and poor need help from them.
Romero Kolbe an archbishop in South America sacrificed his life in return for a Jew who was going to be killed; he stood up to his beliefs, standing out against wrong and knowing when to say no. Romero was a gunned down while at a prayer meeting for the ones being starved in the concentration camp. Each martyr who is well known for given their life; there are thousands more who are forgotten about; they suffered death because they were Disciples of Christ.
Disciples have the duty to preach, not to enforce their beliefs onto others but to show the love of God and be tolerant to others views; (Mark9:40) Jesus said, “He who is not against us, is for us”
Disciples go out to preach the message of repentance through medical, educational, social, agricultural an even political ways.
If you are a disciple it is because you love God too, not for rewards to be content with what you are doing and what you have. The Widows Mite, the poor woman put two of the smallest coins there were in the offering box. The disciples who were with Jesus were not very impressed, but Jesus said “This woman has given more than any other today.” “How could that be?” the disciples asked. Jesus said “It was because it was all she had.”
“Children can not be disciples, so they can not be Christians either.” Would a Christian agree or disagree? Give reasons showing you have that of more than one point of view.
Children do not have as good an understanding as adults do they wouldn’t have the moral courage to carry out the missions. Though a big thing on their side would be the fact that they would be able to preach the word of God to other children, and they would listen, but with adults they would not be respected as much. Older generations would take advantage of the fact that they are so young and innocent. They would believe any thing they were told by others, though their faith in God would be a lot stronger than Jesus’ disciples because as we know their faith was not strong at times.
If children were expected to carry the word of God they would need an elder to help them do this. As we know at our baptism when we are just a couple of months, we get baptised which means we become disciples of Jesus and are accepted into the Kingdom of God.
