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Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	Religion and Theology
Academic level:	College
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Introduction to Theology
The basic elements of the prophetic form of discipleship involve divine
intervention /mediation , utterances , and fulfillments as these were the
elements of the Old Testament Prophecies .
Discipleship simply means making disciples . In the New Testament , a
disciple is a student or a learner while prophesy in the Old Testament
Scripture is a revelation from God of what is going to happen either in
the near future or a distant future given to some individual chosen by
God to proclaim such futuristic revelation to the people . Others
however , see it as a form of spirit divination , but the New Testament
sees it as a divine message and a direct utterance from the Holy Spirit .
In a divine mediation or intervention , based on the ancient Old
Testament society God intervenes in the affairs of men either to
proclaim Gods judgments to people because of their sins or to proclaim
blessings and deliverance from their enemies . God usually appoint a
prophet in accomplishing this purpose . This has been a difficult task
because God often addressed the message to the king which means that the
appointed prophet will either rebuked the sins , proclaim a bad news or
good news in the king 's face . This proclamation is called prophetic
utterances , which usually begins with ``thus said the Lord ' This
prophesies in turn is authenticated by its fulfillment .
These prophetic elements have been obviously seen in the New Testament
disciple ship . One of the occasions that clearly depict this is found in
the Scripture text of Mark 14 :30 . Jesus ' utterance of Peter 's would be
denial of him for three times that will be heralded by a cockcrow finds
its exact fulfillment in the same chapter of Mark 's gospel beginning
from verses 66-72 . Edwin Keith (1994 ) pointed out that this report of
Peter 's resistance has been ``syntactically shaped into a prophetic
element central to plotting and characterization (Keit p . 152 . The
story in this occasion was generated by Peter 's strong assertion in Mark
14 :29 about Jesus prediction of the disciples ' falling away during his
darkest hours . Peter asserted , ``Even if all fall away , I will not ' an
utterance for which , Jesus rebuked him straight in his face . The
fulfillment of Jesus ' exact pronouncement of Peter 's denial confirms its
prophetic utterance .
On the other hand , discipleship does not simply mean to make a person a
follower . Discipleship means learning the teachings of Jesus . Fred
Herron (2005 , quoting Thomas Merton argued , ``Prophecy is a
participation in the mission and person of Jesus , it is an intrinsic
element of discipleship (Herron , p . 46 . Herron emphasized that in
many occasions a ``prophet stands alone against the whole structure ,
which in the case of the disciples have been part of their lives . The
case of Saint Paul is also an outstanding example of this . Saint Paul
among all the disciples has suffered the most in connection with his
faith . In defending his own self in front of high government officials ,
against...

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