Sentences with phrase «not apostles»

What implications for ministry can be drawn from the fact that both the first martyr (Stephen) and the first missionary (Philip) were members of the diaconate, not apostles?

It is significant in this connection that in the early days of Christianity, the Creed — not the Apostles», but the Nicene — began with the Greek word p s t e n w m e n «we believe.»

All of the other leaders in Scripture are known as ministers and fellow laborers, but not apostles.

If the titles «Father, Son, and Holy Spirit» are so critical in baptism, why did not the Apostles use them?

It is Christ, however, whom he serves, not the apostles.

As I looked out over the 180 people taking New Testament interpretation, I saw folk who had never been to church in their lives, and for whom the YDS chapel was their first parish; who certainly did not know the Nicene Creed and probably not the Apostles» Creed.

Harri... the person who wrote 1 and 2 Peter was not the apostle Peter.

Does not our apostle Paul tell women to sit down and shut up?

«It is also the consensus position that the evangelist was not the apostle Matthew.

Early Christian writers mention an Elder John of Ephesus, who was a follower of Jesus but was not the apostle of that name, and they sometimes refer to him simply as «the Elder», just as the writer of these letters calls himself.

Oh wait, didn't the apostle Paul have something to say about this guy with having a form of godliness but being arrogant?

For Luke, Paul was not an apostle in the sense of the Twelve, but was numbered among others as a prophet and teacher (Acts 13:1).

That is why a man must be chosen of God through revelation to represent him and to preach his holy word — a thing that protestant churches totally lack because they apostatized from the Catholic church and which the catholic church can not claim either because the first pope was a bishop, not an apostle, and to this day can claim no authority from living apostles.

Didn't the apostle John «write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know...» and «This is the confidence we have...»

The early church sought to recognize in him Jesus» brother, who, though not an apostle, became the head of the church at Jerusalem.

It has been claimed that the gospel can not have been written by an apostle because of its use of Mark; an apostle can not have relied upon a book written by one who was not an apostle.

We can not tell whether or not an apostle would have followed such a procedure.

Stephen J. Binz notes that «her announcement, «I have seen the Lord,» is the same credential used by Paul to insist on his own authority as an apostle: «Am I not an apostle?

1 Corinthians 9: 1 Am I not an apostle?

For the poet purchases the power of words, the power of uttering all the dread secrets of others, at the price of a little secret he is unable to utter... and a poet is not an apostle, he casts out devils only by the power of the devil.

If this view be accepted it carries with it the implication that the evangelist was not himself an apostle, but had available information from an original disciple, perhaps in written form, and that he wrote while this disciple was still alive (19:35, 21:24).

paul was an apostate not apostle.

As though you, too, were not called by God, even if you weren't an apostle.

Am I not an apostle?

Speaking as an admirer, but not an apostle, of the graphic novel, I thought the Watchmen movie was confusing, maddeningly inconsistent and fighting a long, losing battle to establish an identity of its own.

And when Paul St. John (not the apostle) Mackintosh at TeleRead performed a handy recitative on The Big Reporting Gap in Self - Publishing Income [22], a commenter named Stephen [23](not the saint) reminded us all of an annual accounting that Howey's own agent, Kristin Nelson [24], has done in the past on a year's work.

Even Théophile Gautier, certainly not an apostle of radicalism either in art or politics, took the opportunity to sing a hymn of praise to the new era in the pages of the same periodical.

Pielke is not an apostle of inaction but a pragmatist who repeatedly and deservedly portrays his diagnoses and remedies as common sense.

Not exact matches

But it's about endless what he's done over history, and if you don't believe the apostles in simply writing up what happened, then you won't believe anyone today either.

Same thing with the bible — many gospels were rightly left out, because they were found to be frauds used for social gain by crooked writers many years later, and not written by the actual apostles or their scribes, as they had claimed.

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.

Not one apostle wrote down what this guy supposedly said.

Like the comet reports, you can write them off, or you can believe them and track them down... like I did... if you bother to believe God, seriously believe him, and don't have any problem with what he wants, the apostles accounts won't be any shock to you either.

Cardinal Müller: Not even an ecumenical council can change the doctrine of the Church, because her Founder, Jesus Christ, entrusted the faithful preservation of his teachings and doctrine to the apostles and their successors.

Sam, you claim that you don't believe the bible, nor the apostles or the prophets, correct?

There are so many things that have faced human society that were completely incomprehensible to the original disciples and apostles, the early church, and yet the church endures, the church survives because the Gospel isn't tied to one particular time in history, one particular school of thought, one particular framework.

You must also not believe the Bible when it tells us that Jesus Christ promises to guide and guard His Church until the end of time [so that evil will not prevail] and that the Bible says that Jesus Christ will bring His Apostles [which would include their successors] into remembrance of all that He taught them and He would bring them into the fullness of Truth as we can bear it.

And his apostles do not come as propagandists of a secular doctrine of salvation «with sublimity of words or of wisdom» (1 Cor 2:1), but as «ministers of the Word» (Luke 1:2), as his «witnesses to the ends of the earth» (Acts 1:8), as preachers and teachers of the Gentiles in «faith and truth» (cf. 1 Tim 2:7).

******** And Judas was an apostle -------- Just pointing out to trey that being (formerly a foreign missionary and ordained minister, or for that matter and apostle)- does not equal saved.

With that in mind, the prophetess as God's voice, as judge, as apostle, as leader has precedence in the scriptural history of God's people as far back as at least Judges and as recently Acts, to saying nothing of those who have been recognised as particular saints since then (although I'm not RC I don't deny there are people worthy of particular honour).

Judas was not to become a martyr because of the way the apostles wrote about him in the Gospel - they saw through the eyes of men, and Judas was unable to redeem himself before he died a natural death, dying instead loathed, hated & driven to suicide for his deed against the Son of God, Jesus, whom he had Loved so much.

So if Judas had not killed himself he would in all likelihood have been forgiven and taken his place with all the apostles.

When the apostle Paul gave the requirements for elders, he said, «If a man can not manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?»

The article says on 6 credible martyrs, then states Nero lighted his garden with Christians (I believe more than six died there, not counting the others whom he blamed for burning down Rome) Then we have 11 apostles who were martyred in the Roman empire (more than six there also).

False Christians arn't persecuted True ones are though they even have been persecuted by the Vatican and other false Christians they are under ban in places like NK and Iran and some other places Jesus apostles where persecuted stephen was stoned John the baptist was decapitated Paul was liked in prison for a while you see only true Christians are persecuted how can the richest orinization on the planet claim to follow God and be the richest on the planet and actually persecute everyone else.

Galatians 1:1 «1 Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me,»

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.

the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...

Jesus knew all that would happen - he tells the apostles things to come - Since Jesus in John 17 has not been arrested yet & Judas has not hung himself - the apostles regard Jesus» words about Judas to mean that Judas is to be doomed because of the betrayal — then they forget later on that Peter denied Christ — yet Peter WAS FORGIVEN!

I know that you can not tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.