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What is an Apostle? What is The Meaning of Apostle?
The word apostle means sent one.
Apostles in scripture were those sent by the Lord Jesus Christ to preach the gospel, make disciples of nations, cast out devils, perform miracles etc.
There are 12 apostles of the Lamb who will sit on thrones, and there are Ephesians 4:11 apostles that the Lord sends for the full duration of the Church age until we come to full measure and stature of Christ.
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Are There Modern Day Apostles?
Yes, there are modern day apostles who are different from the apostles of the Lamb. This is what is shared in Ephesians 4:11-14.
Are There Examples of Modern Day Apostles from Scripture?
Yes, actually. Outside of the 12 Apostles of the Lamb we have Paul and Barnabas who were apostles. Those were the Jewish Apostles, but what about Gentile apostles after the original twelve, Paul, and Barnabas? Timothy and Silas, Greeks, were also apostles because in 1 Thessalonians the apostles Paul, Silas and Timothy were introduced as the authors in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 and then in 1 Thessalonians 2:6 they say: 6 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. 7 Instead, we were like young children[c] among you.
Here we see that Apostles continued even into the Gentile Church and are thus available to us today, for the apostolic ministry continues until the perfection of the saints according to Ephesians 4:11-12, and by extension 1 Corithians 13:9 which talks about the same perfecting occurrence in the Church.
- An apostle is one sent on a mission by the Lord Jesus Himself
- An Apostle is a messenger or ambassador who is sent out to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ.
- Apostles are those who spread the word of the gospel as messengers of God.
- Apostle means "one who is sent out" or a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy.
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Function of Apostles in Ephesians 4:11-16
- 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
- 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
- 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
- 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- 16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
