The nature of disciple in Marks gospel.

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Mark’s Gospel is the shortest of the four gospels. He wrote his gospel first. In Mark’s gospel we learn about the nature of disciple.

Mark writes that Jesus went into Galilee to preach the good news. He walked beside the Sea of Galilee. Jesus saw Simon and his brother Andrew fishing by the lake. He told them to ‘come follow me, and I will make you fishers of men’. They  immediately left their nets and followed Jesus. Simon then changed his name to Peter. The next two apostles were two sons of Zebedee, James and John. Jesus called them and they followed him.

      Simon, Andrew, James and John must have had good faith in Jesus as they followed him immediately without any hesitation. They also may have known Jesus before as they lived close to him. Jesus must have thought of the four apostles to be special as he choose them.

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   The fifth apostle was called Levi. Levi was a tax collector, because Levi made a new start to a new life he changed his name to Matthew. The last seven apostles were choose on a mountain.

     The twelve apostles were called to spread the good news, and Jesus knew he was going to die, so that was another good reason to pick his apostles. The twelve could continue to spread the good news after he had returned to his father in heaven.

The mission of the Gospel was when Jesus sent out the twelve apostles to ...

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