Show me a promise or show me a command.
“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Nothing about writing there.
“Show me a promise or show me a command.
“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Nothing about writing there.”
If all I’m rejecting is one man’s opinion that he can’t back up within scripture, I’m rejecting a man who may or may not have insight. But I won’t simply take anything ANYONE says and run with it. Not even from my own pastor. But them my pastor would tell me not to follow him, but God.
Do you understand what you're writing? Jesus to the Apostles. When I go to church, we read the Bible. I hear the Apostles. I am a member of an Apostolic church. I do not reject the Apostles.
There is no mention of apostolic succession. This would have been a perfect time to add that little detail. Maybe something like, "he who hears those that follow you hear you" or something like that.
If you listen to any of the creeds, which we recite in church every week, you have the faith crystallized. There is no mention of apostolic succession. There is no mention of anything extra Biblical. Mary is a virgin and that's it.
Those that wrote the creeds made sure they did not exceed Apostolic tradition as expressed in the Bible. Good lesson to learn.