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No More Apostles

8/22/2021

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          Sermon text was from Mark 3:13-19.  It begins simply enough.  Jesus goes up a mountain and calls certain ones to go with him.  Verse fourteen says that he ordained twelve to be with him that he might send them to preach.  He also gives them power to heal and cast out demons and then he names the twelve he ordained including Judas which betrayed him.  The text is something familiar to anyone who has been in church any length of time, studied the Bible, or attended a Bible study group.  Everyone knows who the apostles were.
          This is the description of the apostles.  The Bible backs it up with accounts of them following Jesus, going out and preaching both before and after the crucifixion and resurrection, and healing and casting out demons.  After Judas betrays Christ and hangs himself, the eleven get together and vote to choose one to take his place.  They are very careful to choose from the ones who have been with them the whole time they were with the Lord.  They pray and then vote.  Matthias is chosen.  This is in Acts 1:21-26.
          Another event soon presents itself.  Christ has chosen someone to go to the Gentiles.  He meets Saul on the road to Damascus.  Saul becomes Paul the apostle, one whom Christ sent.  First Corinthians 9:1 bears this out.  And these are the known apostles according to the Bible.   The canonization of the Bible, which includes the New Testament, was completed by the fourth century (397 A.D.).  Since it is complete, it is finished and all that is needed.  All that God planned has been done.  Everything needed for salvation of mankind is now available.
          The sermon was one of clarification.  There are those who think that there are still apostles in the world today.  In order to be an apostle, one has to have been ordained by Jesus himself.  And, he would have been given powers to heal and cast out demons.  The apostles were the ones that brought the legacy of Jesus Christ to the world through preaching and writings made possible through the inspiration of God.  God warns us not to add to his words.  It’s in Proverbs 30:5-6.

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    Linda Johnson moved to Douglas County with her husband Tom 12 years ago after retiring from teaching. Following Tom's death in 2016, Linda began facilitating a grief support group called GriefShare through Sweden Church.​ She serves as the Sunday School teacher for our High School class. Her "Layman's Pen" articles are also published in the local paper, The Douglas County Herald. 

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    Andrea is Pastor Joshua Strong's wife. She also serves Sweden Church as Church Secretary, website administrator, and Sunday School teacher to the Intermediate Class.

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