How many apostles?
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Judas was not an apostle he was the son of desturction. John 17:12 “While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”
Judas might of been a disciple, bit he was not an apostle because Jesus knew who was going to betray Him and he was the son of destruction.
John 6:63-65 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
John 13:10-11 “Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
John 18:1-3 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons”
Judas might of been a disciple, bit he was not an apostle because Jesus knew who was going to betray Him and he was the son of destruction.
John 6:63-65 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.)65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”
John 13:10-11 “Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”11 For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
John 18:1-3 “When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples.3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons”
Here are the requirements of an apostle of the Lord. Acts 1:22-23 “So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”
Anyone else that claims to be an apostle is a sent out one as a missionary which is not the same as those that are in Ephesians 2:19-21 “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.”
These people today do not fit these requirements they are somply missionaries nothing more, which is not a bad thing but these guys that call themselves apostles are doing it in the flesh it for self glory.
Anyone else that claims to be an apostle is a sent out one as a missionary which is not the same as those that are in Ephesians 2:19-21 “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.”
These people today do not fit these requirements they are somply missionaries nothing more, which is not a bad thing but these guys that call themselves apostles are doing it in the flesh it for self glory.
We would have to be careful to not add other meaning to the word it can make the authors intent ...head in another direction.
God sent Abel who gave the gospel to Cain .Cain killed the sent one(apostle) Just as the no faith Jews killed the apostle of our faith, Christ.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Ye do not add to the word (singular) which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it (singular), to keep the commands (plural) of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.Deut.4
God sent Abel who gave the gospel to Cain .Cain killed the sent one(apostle) Just as the no faith Jews killed the apostle of our faith, Christ.
[SUP]2 [/SUP]Ye do not add to the word (singular) which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it (singular), to keep the commands (plural) of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.Deut.4
There is absolutely no ambiguity about the exact number of apostles:
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Rev 21:14)
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mt 19:27,28)
When Jesus made that promise, He anticipated the removal of Judas and the installation of Paul as His 12th apostle. The man who wrote over half the New Testament.
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Rev 21:14)
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Mt 19:27,28)
When Jesus made that promise, He anticipated the removal of Judas and the installation of Paul as His 12th apostle. The man who wrote over half the New Testament.