Discipleship
A dictionary's definition of a disciple is someone who believes and follows the teachings and laws of another person. A Christian disciple is someone who believes and follows the teachings and laws of Jesus Christ. During the past 2000 years Jesus has obtained more and more followers because priest, monks and all clergy included, but most importantly us, the normal working class people, have continued to preach in his vast absence. If you asked a person do you preach about Jesus they will say no but we do this so much it has become common phrase and we don't realise the vast amount of times we mention his name or anything relevant to him.
Mark gospel tells of Jesus' first disciples begin two fishermen who happened to be brothers. But all gospels alike tell of these men leaving every worldly possession they had and without a doubt following Jesus. This shows that Jesus had a certain degree of authority over the people of whom he met. But many other people believed it was not authority it was a certain charisma, which he possessed, that drove these disciples to their destiny. Although these people immediately follow Jesus also had his failures for example the story of the Rich Man (10:17-31). Marks gospel tells of a man running up to Jesus and asking what he must do to achieve eternal life Jesus reply's by telling him of the 10 commandments which the man says he has followed them all his life, Jesus then tells him to
'' Go sell all you have and give the money you have to the poor, and come follow me.''
But the man disappointed, as he was walk away with a gloom face. I believe this is a very important passage in marks gospel because we can patch in many pieces of the puzzle that is Jesus so that we can get one step closer to the origin of our religion. Firstly this proves a very important point that a man who has everything will give nothing but expect everything in return. Secondly another very important lesson is also learnt in this passage that although Jesus was a god through his 34 years on earth he had learnt some human qualities. Finally this also shows that Jesus had many powers but he was still unable to save some of us from our own stubborness and need for useless luxuries, whilst many poor people try to struggle through life without the basic necessities like food and clean water.
A dictionary's definition of a disciple is someone who believes and follows the teachings and laws of another person. A Christian disciple is someone who believes and follows the teachings and laws of Jesus Christ. During the past 2000 years Jesus has obtained more and more followers because priest, monks and all clergy included, but most importantly us, the normal working class people, have continued to preach in his vast absence. If you asked a person do you preach about Jesus they will say no but we do this so much it has become common phrase and we don't realise the vast amount of times we mention his name or anything relevant to him.
Mark gospel tells of Jesus' first disciples begin two fishermen who happened to be brothers. But all gospels alike tell of these men leaving every worldly possession they had and without a doubt following Jesus. This shows that Jesus had a certain degree of authority over the people of whom he met. But many other people believed it was not authority it was a certain charisma, which he possessed, that drove these disciples to their destiny. Although these people immediately follow Jesus also had his failures for example the story of the Rich Man (10:17-31). Marks gospel tells of a man running up to Jesus and asking what he must do to achieve eternal life Jesus reply's by telling him of the 10 commandments which the man says he has followed them all his life, Jesus then tells him to
'' Go sell all you have and give the money you have to the poor, and come follow me.''
But the man disappointed, as he was walk away with a gloom face. I believe this is a very important passage in marks gospel because we can patch in many pieces of the puzzle that is Jesus so that we can get one step closer to the origin of our religion. Firstly this proves a very important point that a man who has everything will give nothing but expect everything in return. Secondly another very important lesson is also learnt in this passage that although Jesus was a god through his 34 years on earth he had learnt some human qualities. Finally this also shows that Jesus had many powers but he was still unable to save some of us from our own stubborness and need for useless luxuries, whilst many poor people try to struggle through life without the basic necessities like food and clean water.
