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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Yes, along those lines the Lord said "call no man your father" because God is your father.
Likewise I have considered that you should call no man "The Apostle" because the Lord Jesus is "the Apostle". Even at the time of Paul he wasn't "the" Apostle.
Ultimately the authority was not with James or Peter or Paul. It was with the Lord.
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That was my point when I recently quoted Hebrews chapter one. Jesus is the High Priest; Jesus is the Mouthpiece of God; Jesus is God's Oracle; Jesus is God's Deputy Authority; Jesus is the Apostle of the Age; Jesus is the Minister of the New Covenant. God has spoken in many ways in the past, and today He is speaking to us in His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, and through whom He has made all things.
Anyone who becomes the subject of our attention as the conduit of God's speaking has arguably diverted us from our path. There is only one (speaking) Mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus. And every single one of us is, or can be, His speaking "deputies". Some of us have more capacity and so forth, but if their gifts (i.e. "ministries") become our focus then we have mis-aimed.