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Apostles:Any of the 12 disciples chosen by Jesus Christ. The term is sometimes also applied to others, especially Paul, who was converted to Christianity a few years after Jesus’ death. In Luke 6:13 it is stated that Jesus chose 12 from his disciples “whom he named apostles,”Mark 6:30 the Twelve are called Apostles when mention is made of their return from the mission of preaching and healing on which Jesus had sent them.The disciple of Jesus is a worshiper,a servant, a witness.”The standard definition of “disciple”is someone who adheres to the teachings of another. It is a follower or a learner. It refers to someone who takes up the ways of someone else. Applied to Jesus,a disciple is someone who learns from him to live like him, someone who, because of God’s awakening grace, conforms his or her words and ways to the words and ways of Jesus as others have put it in the past, disciples of Jesus are themselves “little Christs”A disciple of Jesus is a worshiper,a servant,and a witness.
Apostles:Any of the 12 disciples chosen by Jesus Christ. The term is sometimes also applied to others, especially Paul, who was converted to Christianity a few years after Jesus’ death. In Luke 6:13 it is stated that Jesus chose 12 from his disciples “whom he named apostles,”Mark 6:30 the Twelve are called Apostles when mention is made of their return from the mission of preaching and healing on which Jesus had sent them.The disciple of Jesus is a worshiper,a servant, a witness.”The standard definition of “disciple”is someone who adheres to the teachings of another. It is a follower or a learner. It refers to someone who takes up the ways of someone else. Applied to Jesus,a disciple is someone who learns from him to live like him, someone who, because of God’s awakening grace, conforms his or her words and ways to the words and ways of Jesus as others have put it in the past, disciples of Jesus are themselves “little Christs”A disciple of Jesus is a worshiper,a servant,and a witness.