Which Disciple?

[lunamoth]

Which disciple of Jesus do you most identify with, and why?

peace,
lunamoth

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

Which disciple of Jesus do you most identify with, and why?

peace,
lunamoth

None. I identify with who else...the Centurian.

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Q

[Abogado del Diablo]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

Which disciple of Jesus do you most identify with, and why?

peace,
lunamoth

Me.

[lunamoth]

OK, OK, wiseacres . I should have known no one here would take the obvious path in answering this question.

Perhaps we could at least stick to a NT character???

I still have not picked. Being a typical Libra I hem and haw forever over such things.

lunamoth

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by lunamoth

OK, OK, wiseacres . I should have known no one here would take the obvious path in answering this question.

Perhaps we could at least stick to a NT character???

I still have not picked. Being a typical Libra I hem and haw forever over such things.

lunamoth

But, but but...the centurian IS an NT character...honest!

Actually, none. No disciple. I don't fit the mold...

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Q

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Quahom1

But, but but...the centurian IS an NT character...honest!

Actually, none. No disciple. I don't fit the mold...

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Q

You're one of a kind, indeed, Q. And yes I knew you had already picked a NT person.

I guess this question is too loaded. Just thought it might be fun.

peace,
lunamoth

[juantoo3]

Kindest Regards, Luna.

I suppose I most identify with Thomas. That is, I doubt. I must be shown. He wasn't condemned for doubting, just chastised. But I have gone too long in my earlier walk believing things that were not, only to realize later. So, I am a little jaded, and not a little distrusting, especially of those who know. So I do challenge teachings, which I guess could be called doubt, until those teachings hold up under scrutiny and application.

[lunamoth]

Hi Jt3!

I've been close to going with Thomas myself. Like you I question everything and sometimes just need to be shown...

But then I think, if it's not too presumptuous, that maybe I am like John, who loved the Lord but hesitated before entering the tomb.

Tomorrow I will be someone else.

lunamoth

[Faithfulservant]

This one is hard for me since I have seen myself in a few of them.. Ive been the eager clumsy Simon Peter.. Ive been the tragic depressed and opressed Paul.. Ive felt close to John.. Ive also been Thomas.. Ive been Mary Magdalene..yes and even the centurian But the thing that I have always shared with all of them is the love for Christ.. the faith that I have in Him..

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Faithfulservant

This one is hard for me since I have seen myself in a few of them.. Ive been the eager clumsy Simon Peter.. Ive been the tragic depressed and opressed Paul.. Ive felt close to John.. Ive also been Thomas.. Ive been Mary Magdalene..yes and even the centurian But the thing that I have always shared with all of them is the love for Christ.. the faith that I have in Him..

Very nice, Faithful. Yes, at tdifferent times I relate to different persons too. Like the woman at the well...

peace,
lunamoth

[Bandit]

ok Luna, I will say Peter or John. John because they were brothers & I would like to be close enough to Jesus to be his brother. Peter because he loved Jesus enough that Jesus trusted him to feed his sheep. And also because Peter gave the very first sermon ever preached to the NT Church. He is the rock that Jesus built his church on.


so who are you going to be Lunamoth?

[I, Brian]

I have to admit, I've always liked the fact that Thomas insisted on questioning - always seems a good policy to work with.

[Bandit]

i have never seen it that way. the disciples did not have the Holy Ghost yet. After Thomas touched Jesus, he did not continue to doubt & ask questions & search Jesus up & down with questions.
I have always seen a spiritual parallel in that, Once you reach & touch the throne of God & He fills us with His spirit, He fills us to overflowing & there is no room for doubt. We can have as much as we want & all we have to do is ask, not necessarily question & or search the earth over for spiritual matters.

I think it is when we drift away from His throne is when the opportunity arises for doubt & we start listening to all the options being presented instead of seeking God in spirit. I do think many have indeed been mislead & hurt by false teaching, that is why we have the Holy Ghost today, to guide us into all truth.

[Dor]

I would have to go with John. He was one of the earliest disciples called to follow Jesus. He was one of the inner circle of three as we see from the story of Jairus daughter, the Transfiguration and the scene at Gesthemane. John was the unnamed 'beloved disciple' which we see from the fact he leaned on Jesus' breast during the Last Supper; it was he who alone remained faithful at the Cross and was entrusted by Christ with the care of His Mother: he was the first to believe in Christ's Resurrection at the Tomb: he first recognised the Lord at the Sea of Tiberias; he was one of the small group who waited in Jerusalem after Christ's Ascension. Most importantly John never had any doubts!!

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by Bandit

After Thomas touched Jesus, he did not continue to doubt & ask questions & search Jesus up & down with questions.

Indeed, but I think it's great that he even dared ask. I can't help but find that rather profound. Just me, though.