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Who said it did? I'm not here to sell my church.

He was not commissioned by God. He was included and chosen by men, not God. Hence, the commission of Paul, the real replacement for Judas. The apostles are numbered as 12 in Revelation. Which one of "the thirteen" has been discarded?

Your interpretation of this passage is errant. The unbloody manner is spiritual, not liturgical. Communion is a memorial. No religious ceremony imparts divine grace.

Local membership handles matters of organization and discipline in accordance with Matthew 18.

The commission of Matthias was spurious. God does not ordain by the casting of lots.

The list that is enforced on the clergy is much shorter. The standard for membership is not the same as for employment.

Yes, my "theories" are everything. :rolleyes: No, I don't belong to a group that bestows infallibility upon human beings. Jos 24:15 KJV And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side...

S So the city of New Jerusalem has 13 foundations? Rev 21:14 KJV And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Attaboy!

Yeah, especially the "not enforced" part, right?

Yes

I think you're confused.

The promise is to all believers.

I'm not playing your sick little game anymore. Bye now.

Then I must be a liar.

I'm very confident. I'm just not interested in your estimation of my confidence.

Apparently

Then why do you keep on responding?

How can the apostles remain if the successors are not apostles?!! It's absolute confusion!!!

Look at it!!!