Jesus: The Face of Discipleship (Building a Better Disciple Part 1)
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Before understanding how to become a disciple we must first know what a disciple is. Through the person of Jesus Christ we will come to know what it means to claim the name “Christian.” This is the first in a five-part webinar series on Christian discipleship. Slides and other handouts can be found at http://bit.ly/BetterDisciple.
Transcript of Jesus: The Face of Discipleship (Building a Better Disciple Part 1)
Jonathan F. Sullivan
• Director of Catechetical Services, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
• Originally from Kansas City
• Married, 6 (+1) children
• www.JonathanFSullivan.com
WHO IS“IN THE ROOM?”
Is anybody out there?
A few points…
• This series will not just be “information delivery”
• More personal, reflective
• Opportunities to respond – so please participate!
Overview
• History of “Journey of Discipleship”
• “Holiness Indicators”• Basis found in Acts of
the Apostles
Overview
10/13: Jesus10/20: Scripture &
Tradition10/27: Christian
Community11/3: Liturgy &
Prayer11/10: Vocation and
Mission
WHO IS JESUS?“Who do you say that I am?”
“I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.”
(Luke 1:3-4)
“But these are written that you may [come to] believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.”
(John 20:31)
Jesus is Lord
• Scandal of the New Testament– Challenged the Jewish
People– Challenged the Roman
Authorities
• King on a Cross
Jesus is Lord
• Scandal of the New Testament– Challenged the Jewish
People– Challenged the Roman
Authorities
• King on a Cross
Jesus is Lord
• Scandal of the New Testament– Challenged the Jewish
People– Challenged the Roman
Authorities
• King on a Cross
Photo by Alexander Z.under a CC-BY-SA license.
Jesus is Priest
• Offers proper worship to God
• Jesus as “High Priest”• Teaches us to pray– “Our Father…”
• Acts in and through the liturgy– Sacrosanctum
concilium no. 7
Jesus is Teacher
• Teaches within the Jewish rabbinic tradition…
• …with a twist– Calls students to him– Teaches of his own
authority
Jesus is Teacher
• Teaches within the Jewish rabbinic tradition…
• …with a twist– Calls students to him– Teaches of his own
authority
“In Jesus, the same Word of God, that had resounded on Mount Sinai to give the written Law to Moses, made itself heard anew on the Mount of the Beatitudes. Jesus did not abolish the Law but fulfilled it by giving its ultimate interpretation in a divine way…”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church no. 581)
WHAT SPEAKS TOYOU?
Priest/Prophet/King
WHO ARE WE?Having an identity crisis?
We Are Disciples!
• Acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord
• Worship him and with him
• Follow him and his teachings
Called to Imitate Jesus Christ
• Is this even possible?• Mystery of the
Incarnation…• …through participation
in the Paschal Mystery– Life– Death– Resurrection– Ascension
“[B]aptism is the sacrament by which its recipients are incorporated into the Church and are built up together in the Spirit into a house where God lives, into a holy nation and a royal priesthood.”
Christian Initiation,General Introduction no. 4
Discipleship is Counter-Cultural
• Radical turning over of our life to Jesus Christ
• Culture– Obeys other lords–Worships other gods– Follows other teachers
DISCIPLESHIP:WHAT’S THEDIFFERENCE?
Looking to Jesus
THE PILLARS OFDISCIPLESHIP
Acts 2:42
Q&AWhat’s on your mind?
bit.ly/BetterDisciple
Video and slides available tomorrow at
