A Apostle A1

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[Opinion] No one should have any title for the purpose of receiving honor. Nor should anyone wait for a title to do the work God has appointed. The title recognizes one who has done the hard work of plowing the ground for the gospel to be planted. The original apostles had the further distinction of having been with Jesus. But when they were replacing Judas, they were selecting a bishop, not an apostle. [1]

  1. ± Ac 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. [{bishoprick: or, office, or, charge }] ± Ac 1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ± Ac 1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.