Posted on 03/30/2013 10:44:48 AM PDT by Salvation
I don't agree. Jesus specifically said that the apostles were to do this for others; He didn't say just for other men. This was to show that they are to be servants, not masters.
This wasn't the same as Jesus sending the Apostles out on the Great Commission, to preach the Gospel, and consecrate the bread and wine to become His Body and Blood. THAT was the institution of the priesthood, and for that he did choose just men.
I think the tricky thing would be giving time, rather than money (or better yet, both). I get lazy and think it easier for me to give money rather than my time
An interesting view on this can be found at:
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2013/03/have-we-entered-an-age-of-a-new-gnosticism/
You sound remarkably like a Pharisee
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