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To: Ken4TA

What do you make of the ordination of Matthias?


2,601 posted on 05/11/2010 9:45:29 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (O Maria, sine labe concepta, ora pro nobis qui ad te confugimus.)
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To: Mad Dawg
What do you make of the ordination of Matthias?

Exactly what the Scriptures record (Acts 1:15-26). It lays out what makes one Apostle. There are no modern successors of the Apostles, for one had to have been a witness of Jesus from the time of John the dipper until the day Jesus ascended up into heaven. That is the requirement which no man today can fulfill.

However, any church that sends out one of their own members to evangelize others can be called an Apostle of that particular church group. The Apostle Paul was an exception to the requirements laid out by Peter; for Jesus Himself chose Paul to be an Apostle, and also taught him personally for apparently quite a period of time.

Your read?

2,604 posted on 05/11/2010 11:03:46 AM PDT by Ken4TA (The truth hurts those who don't like truth!)
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