Teachings of Discipleship Put Into Action - Part 2

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Harriet Poynter

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Teachings of Discipleship Put Into Action – Part 2

The teachings I explained in part 1 affect the life of a Christian in many ways. The 3 teachings I chose to explain how they are put into action are:-

  • You only need to be an ordinary person
  • Discipleship requires sacrifices
  • Discipleship requires you to put others before yourself

Christians today obey the commission which Jesus gave to the apostles. Some people in today’s society feel they have a vocation to serve God in a particular way, through: preaching, missionary work, fighting injustice and healing ministry.

In this essay I have chosen to demonstrate how Christian’s today put the teachings into action by using Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King as an examples to help explain this.

        

According to Mark’s Gospel, you only need to be an ordinary person for Discipleship. This is shown in Mark 1:16-20 when Jesus calls his first disciples:-

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“Come with me I will teach you to catch people.”

 Jesus didn’t choose rich and important people he chose people who are average and had normal, everyday jobs e.g. fishing because Jesus accepted everyone for who they were. A Christian in today’s world might put this into action just by being an ordinary person who decides to obey the Commission given by Jesus. Mother Teresa is an example of a modern disciple who has done this. It all began when she joined her local Church youth group and became interested in missionaries. She responded to her first call ...

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