A seal was broken by Adam and Eve, and every human being ever since. The Jews kept breaking God's Covenant unceasingly in the OT times.
Likewise, when God uses us to further faith in others via our witnessing, it HAS to happen, so these actions matter
How do you know that God wants you to witness? The Great Commission was given to the eleven. And no one else. He gave the "keys" to the disciples and no one else. And they passed it on to others of their choice, and they of theirs, and so on in succession until this day.
If He addressed anyone in particular with such a request, it was never a crowd, but a specific individual. "Follow me" He would say to the person in question.
If I've learned anything from these discussions it's that the RCC and the EO believe 90% of the Bible was written to a few dozen people rather than to all the family of God. It's been eye-opening, to say the least.
If He addressed anyone in particular with such a request, it was never a crowd, but a specific individual. "Follow me" He would say to the person in question.
That opinion contradicts the words of Christ who tells us whom He came to gather...
"I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. " -- Matthew 15:24
And whom He prays for...
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word" -- Matthew 17:20
What seal was that, and where is it in scripture? God did not seal them against sin.
How do you know that God wants you to witness? The Great Commission was given to the eleven. And no one else.
Scripture is clear. Do you suppose that God gives us a whole big list of good things He wants us to do, but preaching HIS WORD is not on that list? Come on. I continue to love the irony of Apostolics saying on the one have that God loves all people and wants all people to be saved, yet in the same breath preaching that Christianity is an EXCLUSIVE faith that should only be shared by the tiniest minority of elites in the faith. That's hilarious. :)