What do you think? apostle in the Greek is apostollos or one sent forth as an ambassador of the Gospel. An apostle is a minister sent directly by God to do a specific work. A number of the saints of God and even Jesus himself were called apostles in the New Testament. This will come as a shock to many of you, but there is no such thing as offices in the New Testament when it refers to these ministry gifts. The so-called five fold ministries more accurately describe functions in the body of Christ than positions. Men love titles and offices, but that is the way of fallen man (see 1 Sam. 8:6-7). The only time the word office is used in the original Greek New Testament is referring to Matthew, who sat at the office of tax collector (see Matt. 9:9). Matthew did not trade an office in the Roman government for another political position in the church.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:17:57 +0000
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