'What can a study of St Mark's Gospel tell Christians about what it means to be a disciple'
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'What can a study of St Mark's Gospel tell Christians about what it means to be a disciple'
Reading Mark's Gospel tells you a lot about discipleship. It contains several information to help Christians about being a disciple. The Gospel gets its message across about discipleship through stories, parables and examples of others in today's modern world and in the past.
Everybody has their own idea of what a disciple is but many are not to sure about what is required from a disciple because discipleship is very complex.
Straight away in Mark's Gospel, in the first section it talks about spreading the Good news. This is required from every disciple, where ever you go you should preach the word and not be ashamed of your God. For it is written (9:38) 'If a person is ashamed of me and my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him...'.
Faith is absolutely essential for discipleship. Christians believe and trust in God completely, otherwise why would they follow him. Jesus said (9:23) 'Everything is possible for the person who has faith'. Many miracles in the Gospel required faith such as Jairus' daughter and the Epileptic boy. To be a disciple you must believe God has all the power and surely does love you. But there are times us Christians lack faith, such as The calming of the storm. The disciples thought they were going to die even though Jesus was in the boat with them.
'What can a study of St Mark's Gospel tell Christians about what it means to be a disciple'
Reading Mark's Gospel tells you a lot about discipleship. It contains several information to help Christians about being a disciple. The Gospel gets its message across about discipleship through stories, parables and examples of others in today's modern world and in the past.
Everybody has their own idea of what a disciple is but many are not to sure about what is required from a disciple because discipleship is very complex.
Straight away in Mark's Gospel, in the first section it talks about spreading the Good news. This is required from every disciple, where ever you go you should preach the word and not be ashamed of your God. For it is written (9:38) 'If a person is ashamed of me and my teaching in this godless and wicked day, then the Son of Man will be ashamed of him...'.
Faith is absolutely essential for discipleship. Christians believe and trust in God completely, otherwise why would they follow him. Jesus said (9:23) 'Everything is possible for the person who has faith'. Many miracles in the Gospel required faith such as Jairus' daughter and the Epileptic boy. To be a disciple you must believe God has all the power and surely does love you. But there are times us Christians lack faith, such as The calming of the storm. The disciples thought they were going to die even though Jesus was in the boat with them.