Not only that. He was chosen to be "an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God" Did you read the references i gave ?Ok chosen for a missionary, what does that have to do with the upper room?
Not only that. He was chosen to be "an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God" Did you read the references i gave ?Ok chosen for a missionary, what does that have to do with the upper room?
It doesn't matter what we think. WE can't call someone an Apostle unless the Word tells us. Otherwise, we're going "beyond what is written".
The 12 were explicitly chosen by God, so was Paul. Unless someone can prove that Prov 16:33 was a prophecy AND that it WASN'T fulfilled by the Roman soldiers concerning Jesus garments AND that it WAS fulfilled by the 11 replacing Judas...then we could continue in that direction of thought.
Not only that. He was chosen to be "an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God" Did you read the references i gave ?
We can't say that Matthias saw the risen Christ but we can say that Paul did.Like we can’t just assume Paul was the twelveth apostle and wasn’t stated as such in the Bible.
And no 11 didn’t replace Judas, I don’t know where you come up with these sayings but it’s not correct
We ought not to make assumptions about the gaps, and risk "going beyond what is written" as Paul forbade us.I’ll say this before I go, some of the disciples was only mentioned 1 time in the Bible that is it, no other information on what they did was mentioned but that doesn’t mean they didn’t do anything
Matthew 19:28: And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
So, Judas Iscariot is going to be one of them?
all the apostles were called Jesus's friends.
“No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you" -John 15:15
read Acts chapter 1:23-26Matthias was chosen by men. Paul was chosen by God.
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The fact that he wrote 1/3 of the N.T. should be compelling enough.
Matthew 19:28: And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
So, Judas Iscariot is going to be one of them?
We can't say that Matthias saw the risen Christ but we can say that Paul did.
We can't say that Matthias delegated authority to perform signs and wonders, but we can say that Paul did.
We can't say that Matthias was chosen by God, but we can say that Paul was.
Matthias just doesn't measure up. He was "counted" as an apostle by men, Paul was "called" as an apostle of Christ by God, to which the scripture agrees with this decision.
I rest my case
We ought not to make assumptions about the gaps, and risk "going beyond what is written" as Paul forbade us.
The text doesn't indicate that God condoned any of this. God is not a gumball machine. Prayer is not chiefly designed to convince God to give us what we think we need. God never even told them to replace Judas it was Peter's idea. God doesn't always answer (or even desire) prayer (Jer 7:16, 15:1, Ezk 14:13-16, Duet 3:23-26, 2 Sam 12:16-18.)read Acts chapter 1:23-26
So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
Matthias was chosen by God.
Interestingly, Judas is the only apostle that Jesus called friend. By contrast, Jesus called Peter Satan.
read Acts chapter 1:23-26
So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” 26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.
Matthias was chosen by God.
This was something Peter said out of his own will before the Holy Spirit was upon Him. Peter had been wrong before. The Holy Spirit baptized him in the following chapter leading up to his spirit-led leadership of the church.We can’t say Paul was supposed to be the twelveth legit apostle because what happened in the upper room was to forfill scripture when Jesus came to Paul on the road to Damascus wasn’t scripture forfilled. He was chosen to speak to the gentiles in which Paul was well studied on different languages.
No one here is claiming that Paul is above the other 11 apostles. I (and others) have said that he was equally with them because he was chosen by Jesus, in whom the final authority lies. I definitely am not a "Pauline doctrine" guy. Jesus has been given all authority on heaven and earth.It’s called Pauline doctrine, basically placing Paul above all other apostles which I don’t think Jesus placed one disciple/apostle above all and that is what your doing, obsession with the teaching of Paul not saying Paul didn’t do great things indeed he did but your going over the top I’ve seen it before from other posters I’ve seen people place Paul’s words above Jesus words that’s called Pauline doctrine.
I agree with everything here except "they weren't indwelt" They were born again in John 20:22, they just hadn't been baptized with the Holy Spirit yet. So they were born again, but they had no imparted power to witness and be led by the Holy Spirit yetBoth make sense to me. That they acted of their own accord, or it was the Lord's will. Arguments could be made for both.
The only additional modifier to the casting of lots argument is they weren't indwelt at that time.
It doesn't exactly change anything for me because we don't 100% know but we shall.