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To: Philo-Junius

Which in turn raises the question:

Does the Church have Apostles in the present day?


1,110 posted on 05/11/2008 1:40:32 AM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Philo-Junius
Does the Church have Apostles in the present day?

No.

Apostles are no longer required to spread the word of God. According to the Great Commission, we who believe on His name are to make disciples of all the world.

Christ has risen. The sacrifice is complete.

Therefore there is no further need for the signs and miracles of the Apostles. Christ risen from the cross is the only sign any man needs to confirm the truth found in Scripture.

1,118 posted on 05/11/2008 10:43:10 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Philo-Junius
Does the Church have Apostles in the present day?

And again, the answer is found in Scripture. And the answer is NO.

The apostles had no successors, for to succeed them one needed to be a witness of Christ's resurreciton...

"Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection." -- Acts 1:21-22


1,122 posted on 05/11/2008 10:58:27 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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