Servants can be great frauds, sinners who destroy the faith of many. More common, however, are those who, with good intentions, undertake the works of God with insufficient faith.
The tasks are endless and the labor all-consuming. Servants sometimes burn out quickly; they can also linger for years in growing cynicism and despair. By contrast, disciples know that the smallest act, done in faith, gives glory to God.
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Survey: Priests in the U. School President. Hidden Mercy. No Christian one under the authority of Christ has the right to reject or even to question one of the teachings of His Word Matthew The lord-servant relationship goes even further. The word for "servant" is actually "bond slave. Thus, if a disciple is to believe the word of his master without question, the servant is to obey the word of his lord without hesitation.
But the world scoffs at the teachings of God's Word, and will try to persecute those who seek to follow them. The unbelieving world--even the religious world--responded to the teachings of the Master by ridiculing Him, then torturing Him, and finally hanging Him on a tree to die.
Yet we are to go to the same world with the same teachings. He does warn us. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also" John Skip to main content.
How does the Bible define and use them? In other words, disciple is another word for student. This is in stark contrast to unbelievers—namely, skeptics, Bible rejecters and scoffers. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people.
And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Its last appearance is Acts , never being mentioned in the Pauline epistles, however. In the Bible, all disciples are not apostles , but all apostles are disciples.
The Apostles were given special authority of God—over sickness, evil spirits, and so on. They were also to preach the Gospel valid for their dispensation.
Let us look at some verses. Peter claimed apostolic authority in his two epistles. The reason why Paul claimed to be an Apostle was because of what Jesus Christ had told him in Acts chapter 9 historically. Paul claims to be an apostle throughout his epistles, especially in the introductory verses—Romans , Romans , 1 Corinthians , 1 Corinthians , 1 Corinthians , 1 Corinthians , 2 Corinthians , 2 Corinthians , 2 Corinthians , Galatians , Galatians , Ephesians , Colossians , 1 Thessalonians , 1 Timothy , 1 Timothy , 2 Timothy , 2 Timothy , and Titus He does not do this in Philippians, 2 Thessalonians, or Philemon.
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