by D/n Shimelis Mergia
(one part of my SENIOR ESSAY)
(one part of my SENIOR ESSAY)
28/07/2004
Any Christian
teaching must be Christ centered. When I say Christ centered teachings, I mean
that which follows the teaching and doing of Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ
taught about Asceticism practically, when he went to wilderness after His
baptism. After He passed there with fasting and praying for forty days, He went
back to the people and preached the Gospel to them.
After
He finished His preaching He usually went to the wilderness and led the solitary
life by spending his time on prayer (Luke, 6:13). He was not restricted himself
in wilderness or lived within the people. He has a time to be alone and to
spend with his sheep. This is practical teaching of Jesus Christ about Asceticism.
