Exploring How a Teaching About Discipleship Might Affect the Life of a Christian Today

as he stayed to die. He was encouraged and given the chance to escape by his

His life signifies forgiveness and resurrection. Jesus ministry shows discipline and obedience to his father and his word.

His physical traits are poor, and from that aspect he isn't your typical hero. Even his mental strength is not on par with most ¨heroes¨ but his memories and ability to ¨avenge¨ his mother and sister's death he feels guilty about. He has nothing to lose so he is going to give everything he has.

Second of all, he is a figure of history. This man was a pilgrim set out on an expedition to find a way around the world and spread his faith. There is a saying that say that “if you erase history, it repeats itself”. That is exactly

came to him fulfilling his mission to spread christianity; he never gave up, day by day. Even

He touched people's lives and bettered his own, there is no better way to live a life than that. Identity can only be found in one’s

Jesus then goes from speaking to His disciples specifically, to calling out to the whole crowd, in which He goes from speaking plainly to once again speaking in metaphors and riddles. Within this passage Mark uses the words of Jesus to reveal the true cost of discipleship. He tells the crowd that if anyone chooses to come after Him then the condition of that decision is that they must take up their cross and follow Him. So one must ask: What does it mean to deny yourself? What does it mean to take up your cross? And when you follow Him where are you going? So then one must put this into context by looking at what has not yet happened in Mark. When Jesus denies Himself, He is essentially denying the human instinct to self preserve through a fight or flight response. When Jesus picked up His cross, He was deciding to be rejected, tortured, mocked and falsely accused on His way to Calvary where He died for the sins of all. Therefore, if you want to go after Jesus, you must be willing to commit to sharing the gospel with others at all costs, you must be willing to tortured, mocked, and falsely accused and you must also be willing to die, not necessarily for anything that you have done, but so that others can reach salvation. Historically, during this time period, the cross was a well known style of execution in Rome, and so although one reading this might see this as simply a metaphor, it is actually a foreshadowing of reality, which can be seen in the fact that all the

     After he delt with the death of a close religious friend he experienced the loss of a close

"I have chosen you to be with me," he told them. "I will also send you

The Nature of Discipleship According to Mark's Gospel Discipleship is usually thought of as following Jesus, being a preacher and a teacher. Somebody who believes in something, or who believes in someone, and leaves everything behind them to try to make others believe the same is my personal belief of a disciple. In actual fact, the Old Testament word 'Talmid' is a 'learner', and more obviously in the New Testament, a 'Diskipolos' is a 'follower'. The other important area of discipleship is serving others. When a disciple is healing a person, they are serving them, as he serving Jesus and God.

The principles of discipleship can be found throughout the Bible. One of the ultimate goals of discipleship is to become more Christ like which makes Jesus's life and grace an excellent basis for discipleship. Jesus invested in twelve men, the first Disciples, and entrusted them to continue the process. Peter, James, and John were a part of Christ's inner circle and he fostered and encouraged an exalted spiritual life and growth in these three. Paul was a Pharisee who was murdering Christians and then his life was transformed and he became an apostle. He gave his life over to God's purpose not only in a broad perspective, bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles, but also personal. Timothy was a disciple of Paul; Paul was personally involved in Timothy's life. The Great Commission commands the Disciples, in Matthew 28:19, to "go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit". The Disciples followed the Great Commission and Christianity spread. Believers are meant to follow the

Just what is theology? This question can have a wide variety of answers, from irrelevant facts about God thought up by men centuries ago, to complicated theories discussed by scholars. Typically, the average 21st century man does not consider theology as relevant. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Theology by definition has the characteristics of both expounding the truth, and impacting the believer with that truth (Himes, 2011). Therefore, theology and the church are intricately combined, in that the church embodies the revelation of God, and is reality, not theory (Himes, 2011). A personal practical theology must begin with revelation, not the individual (Himes, 2011), and proclaim

When he fought in the battle of Battle of Pamplona in 1521, he was injured after being hit by a cannonball. His leg was shattered, leaving him with a limp for the rest of his life. After reading about the saints while in recovery, he had a desire to emulate them and become a servant of the Lord.He

He presents himself as a human being of unparalleled piety and devotion who will risk life itself rather than abandon the duty that has been given to him.

was owed a great sum of money by one of his servants. The king let the