What is an Apostle? | Josh Buice | The Church
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What is an Apostle? Josh Buice clarifies this in The Church: Pillar and Ground of the Truth.
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- The teaching of the Apostles must always be examined under a clear understanding of what an
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- Apostle is. So we think about Apostle, you think about sometimes you might drive down a road and see a sign that talks about it being the
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- Church of the Apostles. Or you might see a billboard that's advertising, come hear
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- Apostle so -and -so preach. Well, the fact of the matter is simply this, the word
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- Apostle has a specific meaning. And there's big A, Apostle, and then there's little a,
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- Apostle. In one generic sense, all of God's people are Apostles in the sense of being sent out on a mission.
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- I don't really like to define Apostle that way or use it that way because it confuses a lot of people.
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- In one way, you might say a missionary is an Apostle of Jesus in the technical sense.
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- But once again, I think that using the title for Apostle to talk about a missionary would be confusing to people.
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- So in the real sense, big A, Apostle is someone who was actually commissioned by Christ under the authority of Christ with the mission of Christ and the message of Christ.