Christian Discipleship :: Religion Jesus Christianity Essays

Christian DiscipleshipDiscipleship means one who respects or one who learns and thismeaning has not changed over the centuries. The first supporters must excite felt very special just as do today. Also, the first disciples werenot fully understood and were rejected. This is true for disciplestoday aswell. The Bible is the most consequential reference for aChristian today. It contains all sorts of stories from the OldTestament and the New Testament. The New Testament concentrates on thelife of Jesus which is probably more(prenominal) important to Christians than theOld Testament because Jesus death means that everyone has a chance tohave all of their sins forgiven. The book I will be concentrating on isthe creed of Mark. Mark zoomed in on whom Jesus chose to be hisdisciples and what they were like. When people read Marks gospel theyrealise that you can be a disciple of Jesus no matter who you argon.Jesus said, It is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick. Ihave not com e to rally the righteous but the sinners (Mark 217) Manypeople today see this and are inspired. They see that they too can beforgiven for all of their sins and lead a better life. Being adisciple today is nearly the same as being a disciple in the time ofJesus. As a disciple today you still have to have a true belief in Godand to follow the word of Jesus. This is also true for disciples 2000 days ago. Christians today do not suffer as much as they did in thetime of Jesus but in some countries Christians do make for persecuted andeven attacked or killed. The first twelve disciples are not sosacrificial and some probably wouldnt give their life for God.However, there are still Christians who would do anything for God butthis is only a small percent of Christians. The first twelve discipleswerent just Christians straight away, they dropped all of their thingsto follow Jesus and spent years learning about God. Nowadays, manypeople wouldnt just drop all of their things to follow some one theyknow nought about. Many people are told about God and Jesus for a longtime before becoming a Christian, just like in Emmanuel College inassemblies and in tutor prayer. Jesus told taught crowds of people thatthey must sacrifice everything to be a proper disciple. Some peoplewant to learn more about Christianity but dont want to be sacrificialin their living making them unable to be a disciple.