Christian Discipleship In The Parables of the Lukan Tradition

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dc.contributor.authorMwageni, Honoratus C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-11T08:15:56Z
dc.date.available2019-02-11T08:15:56Z
dc.date.issued1997-02
dc.description.abstractThe Parables on discipleship teach us what a disciple should be like and what may be required of him. I have chosen some of the Parables from the Gospel of Luke. I have chosen this Gospel because Luke's purpose of writing the Gospel is to address a Gentile audience who are painfully rethinking their missionary thrust in a hostile environment. Luke shows how the followers of Jesus should be in such environment. Luke portrays Jesus as a model of Christian discipleship. The structure of the Gospel shows that Jesus is on the journey to Jerusalem; this journey has a double meaning: the way to Jerusalem and the Way of discipleship. On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus teaches his disciples what is required of them who want to be his followers. He uses the parables to convey this message. All the parables on Christian discipleship are placed on the journey section to Jerusalem, (Lk 9:51-19:27). This is where Jesus gives instructions on the meaning of discipleship, the Way of living, its cost and the demands of Christian discipleship and also the life of a disciple in relation to God and neighbor. The true disciple will heed and realize what the call of Jesus may demand of him, after discernment and calculating the cost of being a disciple, resolutely, he will answer that call. We shall see this in the Parable of Tower-building and Making War (Lk 14:28- 33). What is the cost of following Jesus? And what is the cost of choosing not to follow Jesus? The one who has chosen to be a disciple would be expected to express his/her choice in deeds. His service will find expression in action, it cannot be a matter of words only. As he/she strives to serve his master as faithful as he can, he will be aware that he never does more than may be expected of him. All the time he must be vigilant and perseverent and never give way to self-confidence for his world can end any time, and so, he must be open to God's will. But he can be of good heart because he has a Father in heaven who will surely hear his prayers. A true disciple will put all his trust in God and pray persistently without losing hope for there is nowhere he can go except to his master whom he has chosen to follow. So, he has to persist in prayer even if his master seem not to answer his prayers as we shall see in the parables of the Unjust Judge (Lk 18:1-8) and the Friend at Night (Lk 11: 5-8). And the true disciple must bear in mind that what his Lord asks of him, more than anything else is the unlimited practice of fraternal charity. As John puts it: "By this all men shall know that you are my disciple if you have love for one another." (Jn 13:35). The true love of a disciple is not the one expressed in words but in actions. This kind of love is clearly exemplified in the Parable of the Good Samaritan as we are going to see in detail in chapter three. The love of a Christian disciple will always be in two aspects love of God and love of neighbor. These two aspects should always go together without ignoring one or the other for love of God and love of neighbor cannot be separated.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12342/553
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTangaza University Collegeen_US
dc.subjectDiscipleshipen_US
dc.subjectLukanen_US
dc.subjectParablesen_US
dc.subjectChristianen_US
dc.subjectLove God and Neighbouren_US
dc.subjectDemands of Discipleshipen_US
dc.titleChristian Discipleship In The Parables of the Lukan Traditionen_US
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