The word apostle comes from the Greek apostolein, meaning sent ones. Current members. It begins to remove all the “hype” surrounding the apostolic call today. As an illustration, consider pastors. Before becoming an apostle, however, one needs to be a Disciple. In other words, there is a difference between apostolic calling and actually being an apostle. And to be a Disciple, one needs devotion and interest. Then perhaps we can go on into the process of being made into a mature Apostle. If you and I can read this passage and say “yes that is what I am called too”. So rejecting Paul’s message is rejecting Jesus. INTRODUCTION: Talk about this event. The Twelve were called personally by Jesus to an apostolic task at the commencement of His earthly ministry (Matthew 10:1 parallel), and after His resurrection this call was repeated, made permanent, and given a universal scope (Matthew 28:19,20; Acts 1:8).

The term apostle was also used in the New Testament to describe an individual who was commissioned and sent by a community or church to preach the gospel. And speaking about Him with others should be as well.

Either because it’s assumed to be an expired gift, or because we’ve so often seen it abused, most of us (even those of us who are gifted as apostolic leaders!) Saul of Tarsus, a persecutor of Christians who was converted when he had a vision of Jesus on the road to Damascus , is also called an apostle. For most of my life in the church, “apostle” has been something of a dirty word.. The call of the apostle to his task might come in a variety of ways. Above all, function determines who is an apostle and who is not. In Lesson One of this Introduction of the Corinthian letters we learned how these letters fit into Luke’s narrative in the book of Acts. Answer: Every apostle was a disciple, but not every disciple was an apostle. The calling of an apostle is typically a lifetime calling. So, there definitely seems to be room for the term apostle being used to refer to someone besides the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. TEXT: ACTS 1:12-26. What an apostles is Formal definition – One of the original 12, later to include Paul and Barnabas, then to any person who … I believe that God is still in the business of calling apostles. To be an apostle, there also has to be continued interest in being a disciple. His messages are in line with the one of Jesus and the Apostles. PURPOSE: TO HAVE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO THE CALL OF BEING AN APOSTLE.

TITLE: CALLED TO BE AN APOSTLE.