As I was studying in Romans this week, I was examining the apostleship of Paul. Paul in Romans 1:1 was called to be an apostle. There are about 22 men named as apostles in Scripture. They were men called of God. Today we have those who claim apostolic succession, that is, that they have inherited that apostleship, and as a result, inherited the sign gifts along with it. We know that claiming to be an apostle is the only way, since the sign gifts were given to the apostles (2 Cor. 12:12) Nowhere can I find a Scripture where a Christian today is called to be an apostle. Even in Ephesians 4:11 where some are give apostles, and prophets, those are no longer! There is no man today whom God has hand selected to be an apostle. We are called sons, and brethren, called to walk in the light, and newness of life, but not to be apostles. There is no such thing as apostolic succession. Each of the men named as apostles in Scripture were hand picked by the Lord. Paul was the last of them. Every one of them saw the Lord, and no man today has seen him! 1 Corinthians 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. Paul was the last one who saw him in Acts 9. He was a late bloomer, born out of due time. There is no apostolic succession, and as a result the sign gifts are finished.
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