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Bible Question:
Dear Tim, Nolan, and saints, I have asked this question before, but here goes. If the 'office' of apostle and prophet are no longer active, why do we still have the 'office' of pastor, evangelist, teacher? It is late, so my mind may not be so sharp...but where in the Bible does it say that the prerequisite for apostles and prophets is that they must provide *new* revelation? For that matter, where in the Bible is the prerequisite that these ministers must be infallible? Not all apostles and prophets wrotes books of the Bible. (Thomas, Philip, Bartholomew, etc.) Some of the saints that did write books were not identified as apostles or prophets. (Dr. Luke, John Mark, Jude) None of them were infallible. So why must a present-day minister be made to fulfil these requirements? Martin Luther showed a *new thing* to the church, something called 'grace.' Somtimes things are called *new* after they have been lost for a while. Apparently, the church has lost quite a few things, and the ministerial gifts are there to help find them. I am not sure that I understand 'not offices, but gifts.' This is too complicated to be of God, IMHO. I must say that it sounds as if 'church-planters,' missionaries, and appliers of God's Word are SCC (second class citizens) Why must we give so much glory to men who were simply obedient to God, and deny bona fide status to present-day ministers doing the same thing? With all due respect, this sounds like beatification to me. I look forward to answers. In Christ Jesus, charis |
Bible Answer: Dear Charis welcome home! Prophet: a person who communicates a divine message or an "oracle" (utterance) received from God. (Eerdmans Bible Dictionary); A persone who serves as a channel of communication between human and divine worlds (Harpers Bible Dictionary) If there are no more prophets then it must mean that God is not communicating with us any more???? Apostle: An official representative charged with a commission (Eerdmans); An apostle is "one who is sent out". An apostle is a personal messenger or envoy, commisioned to transmit the message or otherwise carry out the instructions of the commissioning agent. I guess if there are not any apostles any more then God is not sending anyone out to deliver his good news???????? In summary, I guess in certain ways we are all on our own??????? Something wrong with this picture? |