Discipleship - Key Words Flashcards
Disciples
Followers of Jesus
The Commandments
The collection of 10 laws given by God to Moses.
The eye of a needle
A metaphor used by Jesus to show that wealth makes it difficult to enter the kingdom of God.
The kingdom
The rule of God in people’s lives.
Levi
A tax collector who was called to be a disciple of Jesus.
Peter’s Denial
The way Peter said he was not a a follower of Jesus after the arrest of Jesus.
Self-sacrifice
Putting other people’s needs before your own, at your cost.
Service
An act of help or assistance
Sons of Zebedee
The brothers James and John whom Jesus asked to follow him.
True Family
A phrase used by Jesus to describe those who follow the teachings of Jesus.
True Greatness
The teaching of Jesus that the service of others is true greatness.
The Twelve
The twelve men selected from Jesus’ disciples to be Jesus’ closest disciples, known as the twelve apostles.