Apostles

[michaelf]

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What is a gift of apostleship?

Is it around today?

[Fat]

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What is a gift of apostleship?

Is it around today?

Here is what was characteristic of the apostles and necessary.

(1.) that they should have seen the Lord, and been able to testify of him and of his resurrection from personal knowledge (John 15:27 ; Acts 1:21, 22 ; 1 Cor. 9:1 ; Acts 22:14, 15 ).

(2.) They must have been immediately called to that office by Christ (Luke 6:13 ; Gal. 1:1 ).

(3.) It was essential that they should be infallibly inspired, and thus secured against all error and mistake in their public teaching, whether by word or by writing (John 14:26 ; 16:13 ; 1 Thess. 2:13 ).

(4.) Another qualification was the power of working miracles (Mark 16:20 ; Acts 2:43 ; 1 Cor. 12:8-11 ).

The apostles therefore could have had no successors. They are the only authoritative teachers of the Christian doctrines. The office of an apostle ceased with its first holders.

In 2 Cor. 8:23 and Phil. 2:25 the word “messenger” is the rendering of the same Greek word, elsewhere rendered “apostle.”

[Hal]

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What was the qualification when they chose Matthias?


21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord  was living among us, 22 beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

23 So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

[Fat]

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What was the qualification when they chose Matthias?


21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord  was living among us, 22 beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”

23 So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

I have some questions for you Hal.

First for what purpose did Christ choose Judas?

The Scriptures tell us that the apostles prayed for guidance into which one of the two candidates should be selected to replace Judas. If they prayed for guidance from God and could not amongst themselves determine what guidance God had for them and they chose to cast lots for a vision from God, did they really receive that God was guiding them to choose between the two candidates?

Why would there be a need to replace the person God had chose for the purpose of Betrayal?

If it was so important that there be 12 apostles why did Christ choose a 13th apostle?

Why was Matthias never mentioned again in the Scriptures?

[Zant Law]

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I don't think there are any apostles today. I no of on one that has been given all gifts of the Holy Spirit.