Disciple

this book the authors defend Biblical discipleship and show the reader how this understanding fits within the context of the local church. For them “being a disciple of Jesus simply means that you are modeling your life thoughts, your words, your actions, your everything after the example and teaching Jesus has given us.” (DTF, 16) A disciple is a person that is committed to the process of becoming like Christ. The authors also defend discipleship as the process that helps people trust and…

Introduction This research paper will discern this authors analysis concerning the role of the Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John. A review of the “disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23) notable beliefs concerning the Holy Spirit will be examined and reviewed in accordance with the literary and cultural context of the Gospel. In addition, the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, a more extensive review of the Gospel will be investigated as well as an assortment of Bible commentaries, theology…

God’s Great Commission is “Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. Jesus came up and said to them, all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the…

different theories. To begin with, in Jason Noble Pierce article, “The Masculine Power of Christ,” he discusses at length how Jesus was known for accepting the sinners. Some examples are when Jesus ate dinner with the tax collector instead of his disciples, when he healed the lepers, or when he saved an “adulteress” woman from being stoned to death. Jesus seemed to be the most accepting and caring towards the people that were perceived as second class citizens in society. Jesus took the time to…

In the New Testament, Junia, Pricilla, Phoebe, and Mary Magdalene were four females with leadership roles in the Jesus movement. These females were deaconesses, evangelists, educators, or preachers. The New Testament provides insight into the debate of female leadership and ordination during the early church movement; a debate that continues now. Certain Christian denominations today permit female ordination, while other denominations stand firm against female pastors; both use the New Testament…

As we have been on our Lenten pilgrimage, and have moved into Holy Week, we have been into the wilderness, disrupted the temple, and now we are staring at a cross and the impending arrest, betrayal, and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. However, even with this reality, in this passage this evening, we find a Jesus, the mover and shaker that he is, flip that script one last time of what it means to serve God. In the Gospel reading, Jesus starts to wash the feet of his followers, and the man who will…

are not first meek (or humble) and mourn the gravity of sin. Likewise, those who are meek and mourn sin will not do so if they are not first poor in spirit knowing the fallen reality in which the live before a holy God. As such, the disposition of disciples of Jesus should be that of a man or women of poverty, humbled, mourning, hungering and thirsting. Humbled by the grace of God. Mourning the present reality of sin, death, and evil. Hungering and thirsting after the things of God. Lastly,…

physically dead.’ With these words Jesus calls his followers to leave behind all worldly commitments, including even the most intimate family ties.” Just as in Origen’s interpretation, the ‘majority interpretation’ finds Jesus to be commanding his disciples to “leave behind all worldly commitments” even those involving “family”, such as the obligation of secondary burial. Additionally, just like Origen, the ‘majority interpretation’ seems to assume that the burial will fall on the shoulders of…

disapproval or approval for God to judge. Jesus is the best example of a servant leader in ministry in Matthew13:14–17, “He instructs His disciples: If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.” My philosophy of ministry and most important is to be servants leaders, love the people of God as God loves them, make disciples by not just the classroom…

on the mountain and to worship in spirit and truth. The focus of worship is knowledge of object. The chiasm 3 deals with food. The chiasm is enveloped by the harvest of the woman who gets people for Jesus and the parable of harvest (a, a1). The disciples concern for food exposes their inner disposition (b, b1). The chiasm 4 focuses on confession of the Samaritans that Jesus is the Saviour of the world. In this chiasm there are two times references of two days (b,b1) which envelopes by the belief…