6.4 - the costs and rewards of discipleship Flashcards
Explain Mark 8:34-38
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
What did Jesus say?
The disciples had to ‘deny themselves’. He also told them to ‘take up their cross and follow me’.
What is this a refernce to?
jesus’ crucifixion
What haden’t been mentioned until this point?
That the disciples would alos suffer and face persecution as well as Jesus
What happened to the disciples?
Most of them faced suffering and hardships and died for their beliefs.
What did Jesus tell the disciples would happen if they lost their lives through following His teachings?
They would have eternal life in heaven
Who didn’t believe in life after death?
The Sadducees
What was Jesus promising?
That those who kept up their faith would be rewarded when judgement came.
What should modern Christians do?
Not be too interested in gaining material possessions, and should live to serve others
Explain Mark 10:28-31
28 Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
What was Jesus teaching?
The rewards of discipleship would include membership of the Kingdom of God
What did some people believe faith would earn?
material blessings
What did Jesus say about riches?
It is hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God
What do Christians understand it to earn?
Spiritual riches or blessings
