The true Preachers of God — as ambassadors or messengers
of God, who was sent by God were given the proper authority to do their
assigned work.42D.1 What is the authority of the
Apostles, as ambassadors or messengers of God?
In 2 Cor. 5:18, Apostle Paul explains:
Now all things are of God, who has
reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the
ministry of reconciliation. (II Cor. 5:18, NKJV)
God through Christ gave the Apostles,
as messengers of God the authority to preach the Gospel — God's message,
by giving them the "Ministry of Reconciliation".
God through Christ reconciled man to Himself and gave to His
messengers — the Apostles, the ministry of reconciliation.
42D.2 What did God entrust to His
Messengers — the Apostles, as "Ministers of Reconciliation"?
In 2 Corinthians 5:19, Apostle Paul
explains further:
That God was reconciling the world to Himself
in Christ , not counting men's sin against them. And He
committed to us the message of reconciliation. (II Cor. 5:19, NIV)
The same verse in other version of
the bible:
We are to tell
how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not
charging men's transgressions to their account, and that He
has entrusted to us the Message of this reconciliation.
(Weymouth's New Testament)
God through Christ, entrusted the
"message of Reconciliation" to the Apostles, as ministers of
reconciliation, so that anyone may have a chance to be reconciled to God through
Christ, and that their sins may not be counted against them. They are
the true Preachers of God.
42D.3
Can
any preacher, "who are not a messengers of God", preach the message of
God?
In Romans 10:15, Apostle Paul gave
the answer rhetorically:
And how can they preach unless they are
sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of
those who bring good news!" (Romans 10:15, NIV)
No, any preacher who is not sent by
God or is not a messenger of God. He cannot preach the message of God, simply because he
was not entrusted the message of reconciliation. Said preacher has no
authority to preach the Gospel. He is not a True Preacher of God.
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God
through Christ gave the Apostles, as messengers
of God the authority to preach the Gospel —
God's message, by giving them the
"Ministry of Reconciliation". It is to
them that the Message of reconciliation was
entrusted, so that anyone may have a chance to
be reconciled to God through Christ, and that
their sins may not be counted against them. They
are the true Preachers of God.
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