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APOSTLE: A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I)
APOSTLE DEFINED
A) GENERAL
SENSE OF THE WORD APOSTLE: ONE
SENT WITH A MESSAGE
B)
THE OFFICE OF APOSTLE WAS GIVEN FIRST BY JESUS CHRIST TO THE TWELVE
DISCIPLES WHOM HE CHOSE TO BE HIS WITNESSES - SET APART TO
PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF GOD
1) [Mk
3:13-15]:
2) [Jn
20:19-24]:
3) [Lk 6:13]:
4) [Lk
9:1-6]:
5) [Mt
10:5-15; cf. Mk 6:7-13]:
6) [Lk
10:17-21]:
7)
[Acts 1:1-2, 20-26]:
8) [Ro 1:1]:
C) THE
TWELVE APOSTLES
Many
significant things arise from comparing the names in the above chart.
a) [Mk 6:7]:
b) [Mt
10:2-4]:
Information About Each Apostle:
Simon Peter
Andrew
James and John
Philip
Bartholomew
Thomas
Matthew
James the son of
Alphaeus
Thaddaeus
Simon the Zealot
Judas Iscariot
8)
The Twelve Apostles And The Apostle Paul Had A One Time Historical Role
To
Establish The Church And
Set Down The Final Pages Of The Word Of God For The Duration To The End
Of The Age
a) [Cp
Mt 10:1-8, (cf.
Mk 3:13-19)]:
b)
[Compare 1 Cor 4:1, 9]:
c)
[Ephesians
2:19-20]:
d)
[Eph 3:4-6]:
9) Six Signs Of An Apostle
D)
THE GENERAL SENSE OF APOSTLE AS IT APPLIES
TO ALL BELIEVERS IN THE CHURCH AGE
1) [2 Cor
5:20]:
2) [Eph
6:18-20]:
3)
[Acts 14:4, 14-15]:
4) [Ro
16:7]:
5) [2 Cor
8:22-23]:
6) [Phil
2:25]:
7)
[1 Thes 2:4-6]:
8) [Compare
Mt 16:19]:
a) [Compare
Mt 18:18]:
II) PAUL'S
APOSTLESHIP WAS APPOINTED BY THE RISEN LORD TO BEAR THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST BEFORE THE GENTILES AND KINGS AND SONS OF ISRAEL
.ON
THE WORD APOSTLE
A)
[Acts 9:15]:
B) [1
Cor 9:1]:
C)
[Ro 1:1; 11:13]:
D)
[Gal 2:6-8]:
E) [1 Cor
15:7-9]:
F) [2 Cor
12:1-21]:
G) [2 Cor
5:11-21]:
H) [Compare
Acts 22:12-15]:
I) [2 Pet
3:15-16]:
III)
APOSTLE WHEN IT REFERS TO JESUS CHRIST
A) Jesus The
Apostle Was Sent From
God
1)
[Jn 17:3]:
2) [Heb 3:1]:
IV) THE
FALSE CONCEPTS OF APOSTOLIC
SUCCESSION AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH FATHERS
V) THE
TWELVE APOSTLES HAVE AN ETERNAL DESTINY SITTING UPON TWELVE THRONES AND
JUDGING THE TWELVE TRIBES OF
ISRAEL
A) [Mt 19:27-28]:
B) [Lk 22:28-30]: