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Then they are not listening.It is easy enough to "listen" but when a person walks more according to his own fleshly ways than by following the Holy Spirit, what is he really going to "hear"? It isn't so hard to both listen and hear if a person doesn't have too hard of a head or too stiff of a neck. Jesus said it this way:
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matt 11:28-30 [KJV]
Or in your preferred version:
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" Matt 11:28-30 [NIV]
Apostle or evangelist or teacher or pastor or prophet, it still comes back to coming to Jesus...!
Yes, there is a lot of that but much of problem lies in quenching the Holy Spirit of God. Church [excuse the usage of that word] service are frequently and probably always in greater or lesser measure structured [programmed] ahead of time allowing no, or almost no, leading in the service by the Holy Spirit working in or through persons present who have no specific authority from men. From God they may, but with a programmed service, how many in the "picked" [as opposed to called] leadership are paying attention to God? How many not within that leadership are willing to "buck" the leaders because they believe God wants to use them?Then they are not listening.
You are seriously mistaken. Try again.Selected Paul for a special purpose. But never called him an apostle.
What is with that cheap shot? You did not quote the whole post deliberately.You are seriously mistaken. Try again.
Selected Paul for a special purpose. But never called him an apostle.
So what was he?
I believe so because in some of his l letters he was identified as an apostle.
But he was different in the fact he was the only post resurrection picked apostle.
So those that have meaning? I don't know.
Doesn't mean Mathias was not an apostle? He didn't write in the books of the Bible.
Again, I do not know.
No, but to even mention it when the verse does not say one way or the other, shows you wrongly inferring that the verse says something it does not.When you examine the verse it does not say every position will continue to the end,
The term "apostle' was not used by Jesus in sending out the twelve. It was first used by Paul who was "sent" by Christ, which is the meaning of the word. Thus, the twelve were "sent", as was Paul, as are any whom the Lord "sends."Selected Paul for a special purpose. But never called him an apostle.
So what was he?
I believe so because in some of his l letters he was identified as an apostle.
But he was different in the fact he was the only post resurrection picked apostle.
So those that have meaning? I don't know.
Doesn't mean Mathias was not an apostle? He didn't write in the books of the Bible.
Again, I do not know.
Apostle or disciple. Word used does not matter, the meaning does.The term "apostle' was not used by Jesus in sending out the twelve. It was first used by Paul who was "sent" by Christ, which is the meaning of the word. Thus, the twelve were "sent", as was Paul, as are any whom the Lord "sends."
No, the twelve also referred to themselves as "apostles." The point is, they too were "sent ones." That is the biblical definition.Apostle or disciple. Word used does not matter, the meaning does.
Love them spoke English so your argument is moot.
I love the way you paraphrase when it suits you.Apostle or disciple. Word used does not matter, the meaning does.
Love them spoke English so your argument is moot.
There is no paraphrase to it.I love the way you paraphrase when it suits you.
Oh, yeah, you not only paraphrased the scriptures, you didn't even use quotation marks or chapter and verse. Be careful now, people might think you are a flaming Gnostic heretic.There is no paraphrase to it.
They neither spoke or wrote in English.
That was not a cheap shot, and there was no need to quote the rest of your post, since you said you don't know for sure, and that Paul was not called an apostle.What is with that cheap shot? You did not quote the whole post deliberately.