But the imagery and the portrayal of Judas by the other
apostles makes it clear that Judas is destined for judgment.
Worse than that,
the apostles made us worship Jesus - who in reality was punished by God for his own wrongdoing!
Why do
some apostles make themselves into super stars?
How then is
an apostle made?
Terrible persecution accompanied the early days of the Church, especially in the Palestinian cities where
the apostles made many converts to the Lord Jesus (cf. Acts 8, 1).
And join the crowd in front of the tower and watch the Twelve
Apostles make their way around the clock.
Not exact matches
Even the
Apostles set up a plan for
making sure the poor and widows were taken care of fairly and not purposefully or accidentally ignored.
This testimony about Jesus as only a son of David (2 Samuel 7:12 - 14 NIV) who was punished by God with the floggings of men for claiming to be god thus becoming the «bright morning star» (Isa.14: 9 - 20) was revealed through the Bible by Maestro Evangelista in http://www.thename.ph which proves he is the «angel» or messenger sent by Jesus to deliver his testimony or HIS ADMISSION that he is not a son of God and as the «bright morning star «to all churches (or believers of Jesus) thus nullifying the «antichrist» lie
made by the
apostle John.
Our Lord Jesus Christ spoke to us of the Blessed Trinity when before the Ascension He said to His
Apostles: «Go, therefore, and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit» (Matt.
The
apostle Peter wrote that some
made up «artfully contrived false stories» and fed these to individuals as «truth».
in the day, s that jesus our lord was on the earth (jesus) there was many people named jesus, just as among hispanic and central american peoples, it was a common popular name of many people, if you want to prove to your self that jesus was not married, look up what the
apostle said,» i saw standing upon mount zion with the lamb 144,000, these are they that have washed thier robes and were not defilled with women, for they are virgins, jesus emphasised in parts the need and values of a husband and wife in a home, the two mary, s and the women that followed him and ministered unto him tells us the great importance of women, and women in the home, he wanted all married men to have thier own wife, in those days of so many years ago there was false prophets, storytellers, wild imaginations, he told us not to believe them, whether you are catholic, christian, islamic or any other, we can all take pride in the fact what the prohets, jesus and the
apostles told us all fits jointly to gether, they were a work of love, to understand the christian bible correctly, islamic people are not rejected, but rather they are a equal, the angel told hagar to return to her mistress, he also told her he would
make ishmael a blessing and his seed a great nation, regards
The reason we don't have to
make that effort is because we trust that the history between the
apostles and the Church today is all of a piece (despite its obvious tragic tears and seams).
We have been promised that if we worship God daily in the midst of his people, and if our worship remains faithful to the teaching of the
Apostles, God will be
made known to us in both Spirit and Truth.
Only living persons are to be baptized, for just before Jesus ascension to heaven, he gave the command to his eleven faithful
apostles: «Go therefore and
make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them... teaching then to observe all the things I have commanded you.»
+ Revelation 7:14 The
apostle John's vision: «These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, + and they have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
(John 20:17) The
apostle Peter wrote in about 62 C.E that «he is at God's right hand, for he went his way to heaven; and angels and authorities and powers were
made subject to him.»
So, to paraphrase the
apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians that as in Adam all die even so in Christ shall all be
made alive.
The
apostle Paul did not change the gospel to
make it more palatable to the crowd.
Jesus eschewed worldly wealth Jesus
made it quite clear that rich people must give away all their worldly possessions to enter his kingdom (Mark 10:21, Luke 14:26 - 33, Luke 18:18 - 22), he stood for the poor and underprivileged (Luke 12:33), and Jesus and the early
apostles practiced communal life sharing all possessions (Luke 3:11, Acts 4:32, 2 Cor 8:13).
And he and the other
Apostles probably forgot to pay their Roman taxes and the legendary actions by the Romans
made them martyrs for future greed.
Functioning in the church, unity in the church,
making it NOT about us, praying for those that are trying to lead the church and having to deal with defending Christ on a regular basis and being the targets they are, being a church member is in the family and showing them how to serve God in the family, that we being able to meet and gather collectively is a gift and even the
apostles did it and encouraged it.
The
apostle Paul didn't
make that mistake.
Infatuated with himself, he usurped the prerogatives of the
Apostles by presuming to preach the Gospel in the streets, where he
made many disciples, and involving them, both men and women, in a like presumption by sending them out, in turn, to preach.
«It is He who has sent forth His
apostle with guidance and the true Faith [Islam] to
make it triumphant over all religions, however much the idolaters [non-Muslims] may dislike it.»
We can see how the
Apostles» Creed is an extension or expansion of such «confessions,»
made necessary because of movements of thought or opinion which were beginning to invade the Christian community and to threaten the integrity of the gospel the Church preached.
As McKnight notes in the book, «Most of evangelism today is obsessed with getting someone to
make a decision; the
apostles, however, were obsessed with
making disciples.»
Making a sermon around 1 verse was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, but I know the
apostles proved their points by grabbing verses haphazardly.
Here it is necessary, of course, to
make a distinction between the later developed creeds — and above all, the various «confessions of faith» of the Reformation period — and the
Apostles» Creed.
Islam calls mankind to believe that Muhammad is the last of all prophets and
apostles, as is
made clear in the Qur» an, «Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is Aware of all things» (Surah XXXIII, 40).
The
apostle Paul talks about this in Romans 14 when he explains that we must regard one another with kindness and without judgment for the decisions we
make that keep us from stumbling in our faith.
The
apostle John
makes the statement that «God is love and those that abide in love abide in God and God abides in them»
while the writer has little knowledge of the bible, he is also greatly lacking what he should know to write such a article, the laws give to people of all walks of life is the commandments given by moses, religion does not have anything to do with goverments laws or rulings, he told us straight the one law that there is no forgiveness for is murder, rulers and goverments take it upon themselves to
make the decision whether to go to war, or if a person should be put to death, as far as jesus and the
apostles are concerned thier labours was a work of love and true humanitarian towards all peoples, races, religions, they never asked for anything for themselves, and they never took from one to give to another.
Two of the greatest Irish missionaries, Columban in the Frankish domains and Columba in Scotland,
made their original excursion from their homeland with twelve companions, presumably in imitation of Jesus and his
apostles.
But we really don't have any more proof at all to believe that Paul, the self - proclaimed «
apostle» was anything more than an ordinary man who needed to
make up religious «sales literature» to survive and spread his own personal beliefs.
The
apostle Paul likewise embraced this approach, «I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some» (1 Corinthians 9:22 b).
Since any arguments must be
made from silence, it is much more reliable to turn to great principles of the Gospel taught by Jesus Christ and the
Apostles.
The power to bind and loose, conferred on all the
apostles jointly and to Peter in particular (Matthew 16:19) is seen in the Catechism of the Catholic Church as authority to absolve sins, to pronounce judgments on doctrine and to
make decisions on Church discipline.
In Luther's words, «Most certainly father and mother are
apostles, bishops, and priests to their children, for it is they who
make them acquainted with the gospel.
And in the New Testament absolutely no provision is
made for clergy or buildings other than to cover the traveling expenses of
apostles.
Remember, according to Ephesians 3:5, this mystery was hidden for ages and generations, but was
made known by the Holy Spirit to God's
apostles and prophets.
«There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were possessors of lands «or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the
apostles» feet; and distribution was
made to each as any had need» (Acts 4:34 - 35).
hm, a hypocrite is someone who says they've done nothing wrong [and judged others]... not someone who is striving to live a right life, realizing they need Christ... like the
apostle Paul, I understand my sin and struggles —
make no excuse for them, accept God's grace and try to move forward
When I think of the original doctrine of the
apostles, and considering viewpoints such as the above of «church father» Origen, I can not help but regard the term «church fathers» as a very unfortunate man -
made creation indeed.
The
apostle Peter, after testifying that he had seen Jesus Christ in all His glory, said, «And so we have the prophetic word
made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts» (II Peter 1:19, NASB).
Jesus Christ told him on the road to Damascus that he was going to be used greatly by God, but every time Paul tried to be used by God, all he did was cause problems and
make people angry, to the point that even the
apostles didn't want him around.
This is the message Gods angels have for humanity today: The
apostle John referred to a vision he had, saying: And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, * + and he had everlasting good news + to declare as glad tidings to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people, + 7 saying in a loud voice: «FEAR God + and give him glory, + because the hour of the judgment by him has arrived, + and so worship the One who
made + the heaven and the earth and sea and fountains of waters.»
But to the
apostle, such a dichotomy would have
made little sense.
The speech in question was that
made by LDS Church
apostle Boyd K. Packer, 86, the president of the Quorum of Twelve
Apostles — a governing body in the worldwide church.
Yet when we discover what
makes an
apostle and what an
apostle was supposed to do, we can assume that there were more than just these seventeen.
The tradition is that according to the promise
made by Jesus, the
apostle Thomas (Didymus) sent Thaddeus (Addai), one of the seventy, to Edessa.