In principle discipleship is the continuation of the mission of Jesus through the imitation (hupodeigma) of Jesus' way of life. This implies that his disciples will live according to the will of God, for Jesus was the personification of the will of God. The disciples of Jesus are therefore the locus of the manifestation of God -- their way of life must indicate the presence of Jesus (and God) in the world in a different mode. Discipleship indicates a personal relationship between Jesus and his disciples which is modelled/based on the Father-Son relationship which is elucidated by the agency model. A Descent-Ascent Schema forms the setting for this concept, with the Johannine dualism as the determining factor for this schema. Thus the 'agency' motif constitutes the structure for discipleship in the Fourth Gospel with a revelatory-salvivic assignment. The revelatory aspect concerns the disciples' relationship towards God and the salvivic aspect their directedness towards the world. The disciples have to live a holy life through which God will be revealed and which will enable them to accomplish their mission in the world so that the world may become saved. This study concentrates on the theological perspective of discipleship with some reference to the characteristics of discipleship. / Thesis (DD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / New Testament Studies / unrestricted

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T13:48:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MASATOSHI SATO.pdf: 1219777 bytes, checksum: 1353ca68b0064f806d5e5dd1ce84dbcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-11 / This study aims at researching the scriptural, etymological and missiological meanings of the verb send in John 6,38. The study intends to resort to intelligibility as far as the meanings of each verb goes, through a hermeneutical process and exegetical analysis, as it dissects the why and what for of the submissive and unconditional acceptance of the Son towards the paternal will a matter of obedience. It also considers the importance of the criteria in the sending of the proclaimers of the word, given how, much like the sending of Jesus by the Father, there came about, concomitantly, a duty to the disciples given by Jesus. The writing of the Gospel of John is to be understood, experimented with and experienced by the disciples, who have the duty to take ownership of God s will in their own personal lives. The methodology applied is bibliographical research, with the biblical exegesis and hermeneutics being brought forth from the biblical text. In John s Gospel, the verb send is predominantly used to refer to the Son of Man, who came down from Heaven to do God s will. There is an exact correspondence between do the will and do the work. The very bases, the power, and the goal of the life of the Son are to be grounded on a both effective and complete execution of the work assigned by the Sender. The expression by John s Jesus I came from the Father, deals with two theological issues of the utmost importance: Jesus pre-existence and his reincarnation. The sending is a key concept and an indispensable action to the work of revelation hence to the work of salvation, in John s Gospel. / Este trabalho tem como tema pesquisar o significado escriturítico, etimológico e missiológico do verbo enviar em João 6,38. O trabalho intenta recorrer a inteligibilidade quanto ao valor dos significados de cada verbo pesquisado por meio do processo hermenêutico e análise exegética, ao passo que analisa o porquê e para quê da aceitação submissa e incondicional do Filho à vontade paterna, uma questão de obediência. Considera a importância do critério no envio de proclamadores da mensagem bíblica, uma vez que, assim como houve o envio de Jesus pelo Pai, concomitantemente ocorreu o mandato aos discípulos dado por Jesus. O escrito no Evangelho de João deve ser compreendido, experimentado e vivenciado pelos discípulos, que tem o encargo de tomar posse da vontade de Deus nas suas vidas pessoais. A metodologia utilizada é a pesquisa bibliográfica, realizando-se a exegese e hermenêutica bíblica a partir do texto bíblico. Em João, o verbo enviar é usado principalmente para se referir ao Filho do Homem que desceu do céu para realizar vontade de Deus. Há exata correspondência entre fazer a vontade e executar a obra . As bases, o poder e o objetivo da vida do Filho são para serem fundamentados numa efetiva execução completa da obra incumbida pelo Emissor. A expressão do Jesus joanino ( eu vim de Deus ) envolve dois conteúdos teológicos de suma importância, a pré-existência de Jesus e a sua encarnação. O envio é um conceito chave e uma ação imprescindível à obra da revelação, e consequentemente à obra da salvação, no evangelho de João.