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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The Apostle Paul, under the inspiration of Scripture, tells the Church to appoint elders and deacons and specifies the criteria for doing so.

Under the inspiration of God, yes, not of the Scriptures. Nowhere in Scriptures is a command given to the Apostles to divide there office into the three of bishop, presbyter and deacon. This they did no their own authority.

You can say God doesn’t command it. Scripture is given by inspiration from God as men are moved by the Holy Spirit.

As I said before, there is not command in Scripture given to the Apostles. They did this exercising the authority given to them by Jesus.

There is nothing to say the church took it on itself to do this.

Except the record in the Scriptures that they did this by their own authority.

29 posted on 06/12/2015 6:59:33 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

“Under the inspiration of God, yes, not of the Scriptures.”

ALL Scripture, including Paul’s writings, comes from direct inspiration from God. The commands are from God. The criteria are from God.

“As I said before, there is not command in Scripture given to the Apostles. They did this exercising the authority given to them by Jesus.”

No, they did it under the direct inspiration of God. There is no indication they just made it up and then God said, “Hey! Good idea! I like that, let’s record it as if I said it!”

There is nothing to say the church took it on itself to do this. It is an argument from silence, against the inspiration of Scripture directly from God.

Best.


30 posted on 06/12/2015 7:04:06 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion ( "Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal.")
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