Jesus says during His ascension into heaven to go and make disciples of all nations. Being a disciple means to dedicate your life to the Lord and live for Him. Though you are not granted salvation through good works, it is your duty as a disciple to preach the Gospel to those who are unbelieving. You are also to set a christian example in everything you do. The world needs disciples so that everyone may hear God's message. The Bible says that once everyone has heard and has a chance to believe in God, His Son will come back to earth and grant judgement upon us. Thus we will go to heaven if we are believers and disciples.
To know if his disciples were truly devoted to him and his Father and not to the sinful ways of this world.
Disciples comes from all over the world and from all walks of life. They are someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another.
Jesus had a total of 12 disciples, but only 11 were commissioned to go out in the world and make disciples , this was because Judas Iscariot hanged himself.
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Holden dislikes the Disciples but identifies with Jesus because he, like Jesus, wants to spread purity and keep innocence among people, but the real world and the people living in it (represented by the Disciples) let him down by their phoniness and inability to be pure in Holden's eyes. He is basically saying that he is annoyed by how his ideal world is never the real world.
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They needed to learn faith, trust, and believe.
by teaching and spreading the word of Christ to the people of the world.
The possessive form of the plural noun disciples is disciples'.Example: His disciples' loyalty is remarkable.
Never. Corn did not grow in that part of the world. It came from the Americas.
Jesus called his disciples "the salt of the Earth" and "the light of the world".
Jesus' disciples