"It is not possible to be a disciple in the modern day world".

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Question 3. Evaluation

“It is not possible to be a disciple in the modern day world”

Depending on your faith, approach to discipleship or views on religion, this statement could either be agreed or disagreed with. In our power hungry society hardly anyone would willingly give up their job, money, family and life and dedicate their lives to a cause that they will not see the rewards of, until after they die. Although the Bible and priests tell us that the rewards you will receive will be worth more than what you gave up, whoever “leaves home or brothers or sisters or mother…for me and for the Gospel will receive much more in this present age. He will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers…”. You will not literally receive a hundred brothers, but the sacrifice you make in the name of God will be paid back hundreds of times. However, one could argue that this life is not without its rewards. If you become a priest and take a vow of chastity then you will not be able to have a family, but on entering priesthood you are entering a huge family that stretches around the whole world and those people will love you just as a family would.

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As well as being more money obsessed than the community Jesus lived in, Church and faith is not so widely accepted today and where in Jesus’ time you could be scorned for not going to church, in some cases today you could be scorned for going to church. Jesus is not here with us so it is also harder to have faith. The disciples had Jesus with them, performing miracles and healing sick but all we have is a book telling us what happened which does not have quite the same impact. 2000 years ago people had a society that ...

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