Called to Discipleship: Understanding God's Call and Becoming a Disciple

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Task one
A description of how I came to faith
God uses faith as an instrument of bringing faith and salvation to His people. It is because
of his mercy and grace that he gives it to His people. This is a show that God loves humanity.
Faith is one of the gifts that God gives to us (Ephesians 2:8). As the Bible emphasizes, God gives
humanity His gift of Faith because He deserves glory from Humanity. In most of the cases, faith
comes from the word of God. As for my case, I came to faith through hearing the word odf God.
I had attended a church service in our church when our pastor preached about Faith as a gift from
God. The pastor went ahead and even told us to read the bible a lot if we wanted to get faith. I
exactly followed his advice and as I continued reading the Bible, I realized that my faith was
growing day in day out.
Meaning of the term disciple?
The term disciple means someone who adheres to someone else’s teachings (Parnell,
2014). It refers to a learner or a follower (College, 2017, p. 2.3). A disciple can also be someone
who adapts and follows the ways of living of another. He or she is someone who learns from
another person on how to live exactly like him or her. For example, the disciples of Jesus learned
how to live and behave just like him. It is someone’s who conforms his or her ways of living to
fit those of their master.
Calling of Esther and how she reacted
When Israel was in captivity as a result of their disobedience, Esther was born. She was
adopted by Mordecai as her own daughter when her parents were killed (Stoppe, 2018). She was

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among the minority group in the foreign land that was adversely affected by race. This reduced
her self-esteem (Esther 2:10). She never heard any voice from God during her call but she knew
what was expected of her (College, 2017, p. 5.12). She had a task of approaching the king so that
she could save her people. This forced her to have courage. She asked people to fast and pray to
God.
How Jesus called His disciples and what they did
Jesus chose his disciples and anointed them for them to go and preach the gospel about
God the creator on behalf of him. “I chose you so that you can bear fruits and abide by their
fruits so that what they ask from God could be given to them. (John 15:16). In the bible, some of
John the Baptist disciples started following Jesus (John 1: 37). This was apparently Andrew.
According to (John 1:40) one of John's disciples who heard and followed Jesus was Andrew
(John 1:40). Jesus went to where they were looking for their daily bread. By then Jesus was
walking along the Sea of Galilee where he saw the Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net
into the sea in an attempt to catch some fish. Jesus told them to follow him and he was to make
them fishers of men (Cook, 2014, p. 2). They reacted by leaving their nets and followed him
(College, 2017, p. 5.13). As he continued walking along, he saw James and John the sons of
Zebedee in a boat with their father. They were repairing their nets. When he called them, they
reacted by leaving their nets together with their father and followed him (Jesus) (Mathew 4: 18-
22)
On the following day, Jesus made a resolution of going to the land of Galilee. It is at this
place that he found Philip. He ordered Philip to follow him. When Philip found Nathanael, he

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spoke to him that he had found whom who Moses in the law as well as other prophets had
written about (John 1: 43-45).
Some of the reasons that God call people
In Mathew 9: 12-13, Jesus said that it is not those who are whole who need a physician
but those who are sick. In this teaching, it is clear that God calls boys, girls, women, and men
each and every day. He knocks on everyone's heart regardless of their situation with a purpose of
saving them. God calls people for repentance so that they may not end up into eternal suffering
(Newbell, 2014, p. Online). He says that there is no way that one can be saved without
repentance.
Secondly, God calls people into the service (College, 2017, p. 7.6). In 1st Corinthians
7:22, “for he who is called in the lord being a servant, is the Lord's freeman". God calls people to
his service. Jesus himself said that he was not here in the world to please man but only to serve
God. In some incidences, God calls people to grow (College, 2017, p. 8.1).
Servant
Being a servant means that one is able to serve others (Coetzer, et al., 2017, p. 2). It
simply means that one is able to perform duties at a home or for someone (College, 2017, p. 7.5).
For example, Jesus himself came as a servant of his Father as shown in Mathew 20:28. On
another occasion, he washed his disciples' feet as a show that he came to be a servant.
Different ways in which one can build up