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Originally Posted by Igzy
Okay then don't accept it. Believe someone is an apostle today if you want to for all the good it will do. I just can't see what good it would do.
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But that is not the point. It is you who are saying there are no more apostles after the original authors, and the writings of the Bible are completed. I agree the writings of the Bible are completed, but see no reason to believe that in all of church history, after the apostles' time, the Head of the body has stopped "giving gifts to men, and He gave some apostles."
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Norm, in one of his earliest posts, said, "to me, WL is an apostle." I know others who say, "TC is an apostle." Brothers in Germany felt, "JS is an apostle." Brothers in Brazil feel, "DYL is an apostle."
The record of the New Testament shows that no Apostle is perfect. Peter blundered a few times, and all church history has learned about them. What is significant concerning the apostles is their calling and commission by the Head of the body. Paul also gave the signs of the apostle in 2 Cor 12.12 as a test to those who claim the apostleship, but are not.