Tuesday, February 2, 2016

feburary 2 2016

February 2, 2016
Life of Jesus story #8
Jesus Twelve Disciples
·         Jesus chose twelve men to be with him all the time to share and his work and to learn from him.
·         Jesus prayed for a whole night before he finally chose the disciples.
·         Twelve Disciples of Jesus were:
·         Andrew was a fisherman. Andrew was the brother of Simon.
·         Simon Peter and Andrew were fishing when Jesus called to them to follow him. They were to catch men instead of fish.'
·         Philip came from the lakeside town of Bethsaida As soon as Jesus called him he went off to find his friend Bartholomew.
·         Bartholomew also called Nathanael. Jesus told Bartholomew you are a true man of Israel. There is nothing false in you.
·         Matthew also called Levi Matthew was a tax collector. Who worked for the Romans.
·         James and John these brothers were also fisherman. Jesus nicknamed them the sons of thunder because they had bad tempers.
·         Simon was a zealots believed in fighting to get rid of the Romans.
·         Thomas is sometimes known us Doubting Thomas because at first he would not believe Jesus had risen from the dead.
·         James was the sons of Alphaeus.
·         Thaddeus he was also called Judas son of James.

·         Who was Judas Iscariot? Judas Iscariot loved money more than Jesus. He looked after the only disciple's money. It was Judas who betrayed Jesus. In the end he killed himself.

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