Disciple

What is it that makes a miracle? Miracles are known to be a wonderful and breath taking event, and are the causation of God. A miracle can be personal, meaning that it has only occurred and affected you, that you have been the only being touched by it. Hendrik Van der Loos states that comparative religion reveals that belief in miracles is universal, “In every religion we find miracles resembling those of Judaism, Christianity and Catholicism. They are all acts through faith and for faith, with…

Introduction Introduction This paper will discuss the interpretation of John 15:2. In this chapter, Jesus preached to His disciples a discourse about Himself as the True Vine; His Father is the Vinedresser, and the disciples are the branches. In verse 2, Jesus taught the disciples the consequences to the branch that does bear fruit and to the branch that does not bear fruit. To the branch that was fruitful, the Father will prunes so that it may produce more fruits. To the branch that…

life we acknowledge Jesus’ last meal with his disciples, “The Last Supper”. Matthew 26:17-30 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’ “ 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and…

follow them, do in His absence. Interestingly, in the original Greek, the only specific commandment in Matthew 28: 19-20 is "go" and "make disciples." Baptizing them and teaching them all that Jesus commanded. "Go," and "make disciples" is the mandate of the Great Commission, "baptizing" and "teaching" are the means by which people fulfill the aspect of "make disciples" of the Great Commission. The Great Commission is empowered by the power of the Holy Spirit. People must be witnesses of Christ,…

In our Gospel reading today, the disciples have been spending time together traveling with Jesus and they have had some amazing experiences. They watched Jesus calm the sea. They saw him drive out demons and heal sick people. They even helped Jesus feed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. I am thinking the disciples must have believed they were going to be the next upcoming group of leaders! But then, as seen in our Gospel reading today, everything seemed to have changed. There…

The context of John 15 sets the tone and the foundation for Jesus’ dialogue with his disciples. John 15:1-17 is a part of John’s gospel and considered one of the four gospels; in which, the others are called the Synoptic Gospels and include Matthew, Mark and Luke. All four of these gospels are a part of the New Testament. Furthermore, John’s gospel was written sometime between AD 55 and AD 95 (Carson 82) in Ephesus (ESV Study Bible) by John who was a fisherman called by Jesus to follow (Matthew…

Leonardo reveals the linear perspective in addition to chiaroscuro. In this painting, the disciples are painted three-dimensional and the gesture of the figures are exactly how the artist want it. Also, there is light coming from three windows on the end of the wall. Through the windows you can see a gorgeous landscape. In the background you can…

is a pivotal moment in Christ’s teaching to his disciples. In verses 4-13 Jesus has been telling his disciples to look for signs; however, those signs can be looked at as being vague and not specific. Furthermore, those signs would occur during a time period that would lead to the destruction. In verse 14, Jesus points to a specific sign that would specifically mean that the time of Israel’s destruction is actually at hand. Jesus answers the disciples’ initial question of “when” by stating in…

and gave sight to the blind, which are only a few examples of the miracles he performed. Within Jesus’ ministry, he encountered several individuals, which one of them happened to be Mary Magdalene. Mary was not a disciple, although she believed in Jesus’ ministry. Jesus had twelve disciples, which those twelve men sat with Jesus, listened to Jesus, and followed Jesus’…

He recruits ‘fishers of men’ and feeds the -crowd loaves and fishes...He is harsher with his disciples in Mark than he was in Matthew- frequently indignant, almost mocking them (2:8,3:33,4:25, 8:21, 9:19,12:23). If not for the introduction given by Matthew, I could see this as quite troubling to marry to our 21st image of Him. Miracles abound, but…