When Isreal was already a 'kingdom of priests', why should God require the Levites to perform ritual duties...a special kind of priests.
Do protestants have a reasonable non-Roman-Catholic explanation for John 20:22-23?
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When Isreal was already a 'kingdom of priests', why should God require the Levites to perform ritual duties...a special kind of priests.
When Paul said "“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, ...." he referred to the OT laws and prophets only. There was no New Testaments (gospels and epistles) at his time.
Should you take away the NT then??
John 20:30: "Now Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book".
Does this suggest the bible (scriptures) is not enough to include all Jesus's teachings?
Is teaching of Jesus not recorded in the gospel worthless??
What is actually meant by the term is that the saying was not written down in the canonical gospels. Here are some of these sayings in other canonical books of the new testament and early church fathers’ writings.
Acts 20:35
In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort we must help the weak, and keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
(This is not found in the four gospels.)
'Does it say there are no other tools? No.....' Then tell us what tool is it??
' the guidance of the Holy Spirit'....then explain to me why Holy spirit guided some protestant denominations to believe in predestination (once saved, always saved), and guided the other denominations to reject on it??
Do you know there were a number of church fathers in the first and second century who wrote extensively and had strong influence on Christian theology which Protestant denominations consider useful?
I give you some:
Clement of rome
Ignatius of Antioch
Polycarp of Smyrna
Justin Martyr
Irenaeis of Lyons..
They were common church fathers before the Protestant split from the Church.
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I get it… and with respect, solo worship is not something other than “actual worship”. It is only different than “corporate worship with regard to the number of participants.
A church can be 2, or more saints.
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Did I say on my own?? Being alone is not a church. It sounds like you’re emplying that a church is a physical structure; you have to go to it? I’m saying, wherever 2, or more saints are together for worship/ Bible study can be a church; Jesus is there. Plz read the verse.
Why not, the scriptures you brought here say you are a priest already. You have direct access to GOD now, in offerin sacrifice, repent and confession. You don't need anyone in between. Why your church still needs a pastor??
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“Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.”
Matthew 23:9 NKJV
Perverting the Gospel:
Protestant churches generally use terms such as “pastor” or “reverend” and refer to the clergy in general as “ministers.”
“mister,” which means “master” and “reverend,” which means “revered.”.....are lay fellows subordinate to the church pastor?
Father, Reverend, Minister..are just titles showing respect.
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This is not what it means. As I had mentioned before, the priests under the OC were from the tribe of Levi, they were the only ones chosen by God to perform priestly duties. Jesus was from the tribe of Judah, however He is our High Priest residing in heaven, sitting at the right hand of God the Father.
Yes, He calls us priests, because we (saints) are now a holy nation, God’s chosen to proclaim the praises of Him.
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”
I Peter 2:9 NKJV
You spoke not what you meant, because you don't know what the scriptures mean.
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I’m not Protestant!! We don’t use such titles. As I had mentioned, any male member (saint) can give a sermon. We are blessed to have a fulltime preacher/ teacher, but at times other male members have preached too.
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I absolutely do. Maybe you’re just refuting it because it doesn’t fit into your creed?
Why female members are excluded?? What denomination is that?
Like Paul said:women to remain quiet in church settings ?
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-Exactly, Jesus is our only Mediator.
-I explained the priest part, already.
-As for the “pastor”, I’m assuming this is a preacher/ teacher. A preacher is just another member who conveys the word. Any male member that’s a saint can perform this duty. Many times they are hired to be fulltime preacher/ teacher.
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-We are non-denominational. We follow the NT pattern of the 1st. century church.
-Women are to keep silent during worship
First century church did this:
Acts 2:42
They (1)devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the(2) breaking of the bread and to the prayers.
I don't think you do the same.
First century church did not have gospels, they listened.
today, you don't listen , you sola scriptura!
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