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Apostles are around today.

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Before we decide this, which is not open-and-shut, it's worth recalling that not all (or not many) of the personages that proclaim each other to be apostles are genuine ones, and that the world is a contingent place to be, and also reflect on my observation in post 38.

Perhaps when churches need re-founding, God will send apostles, without job titles, obscure people leading ordinary lives.

If one takes the fivefold as things all believers are called to take part in most of, not as bosses, but as co-helpers, then who knows, simple believers who supplicate a lot might be co-apostles already.
 
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Does anyone today have the signs of an apostle?
You have the ability to separate the Word - but it is not advisable, nor is it sound practice to do so.
 
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Does anyone today have the signs of an apostle?
Surely you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God entrusted to me by divine revelation to pass on to you;
by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ [mystery of godliness], which was
not made known in past generations but has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets; Ephesians 3:2-6

God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery which is for all His people, that Christ lives in you; Colossians 1:27

For what matters is a new nature in Christ Jesus. Galatians 6:15-18
 
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Does anyone today have the signs of an apostle?
Ephesians 4:11-13 ISV
11. And it is he who gifted some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers,
12. to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah
13. until all of us are united in the faith and in the full knowledge of God's Son, and until we attain mature adulthood and the full standard of development in the Messiah.
 
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"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." (John 1:12–13)
Yes, as written,
To little children the Father in Heaven, Elohim Mighty One, Creator,
has revealed this
and in His Good Pleasure has hidden salvation from educated ones.
 
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That is not an argument there are no apostles today.
Remember the famous,
or infamous, comma debate for centuries ? Since Jesus did not go to Paradise the same day, that helps better understand, for little children, but not for scholars...
The first time I read this post,
it looked briefly like , contrary to your direction revealed in this thread
that "There are no apostles today" and thus "That" is not an argument...
However, having read previously the op, your op, and a few other posts,
I realized you mean / meant/
that the post you were replying to was not an argument , not a valid argument, maybe not even pertinent, (I did not read the post you were replying to yet, btw) m
it did not help in trying to show as if (as is not the case) there are no apostles today.
Thus a "," , in English and perhaps other languages, not Hebrew ,
can change the whole meaning when the author is not asked or has not made clear his meaning.
 
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I did a study many years ago... I am talking like 40 years ago. I found 23 probable apostles listed in the NT.
A number of years ago I read someone else's results - it was clearly shown in Scripture that there are (or may be?) 120 (now from memory so the number may be plus or minus some) messengers of Yahweh, i.e. specifically in NT "apostles"..... without any guesswork at all.
 
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