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What Is An Apostle? (Endnotes)

1. The “Administration of Grace” is a term of Dispensational Theology used to describe the time period that began on the day of Pentecost and ends when Christ “raptures” the Church of his Body. For more on Administrations see our booklet Defending Dispensationalism. Close

2. Joseph Thayer, Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, (Gk) Apostolos. Close

3. Paul refers to himself as an apostle in 1 Cor. 1:1; 2 Cor. 1:1; Gal. 1:1; Eph. 1:1; and Col. 1:1, and makes defense of his ministry of an apostle in 2 Cor.10-13. Close

4. “His” is our grammatical choice of a pronoun, but it does not mean that we believe all evangelists are male, because no verse says that. Close

5. Barney Coombs, Christ’s Love-Gift to the Church, Apostles Today (Sovereign World Ltd, Kent, England, 1996), p. 64. Close

6. See 2 Cor. 6:4-10. Close

7. See 1 Cor 4:9-13. Close

8. See 1 Cor. 4:15; Phil. 2:22; 1 Thes. 2:11; 1 Tim. 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philemon 1:10. Close

9. Bill Scheidler, Apostles, the Fathering Servants (City Bible Publishing, Portland, OR., 2001), p. 178. Close

10. See Col. 2:2. Close

11. See Rom. 6:4-8; 8:14-17; 11:25; 16:25 and 26; 1 Cor. 2: 6-10; 13:2; 15:51 and 52; 2 Cor. 3:6-18; Gal. 3:28; Eph. 1:5, 9; 2:5, 6, 11-15; 3:1-10; Phil. 3:21; Col. 1:25-27, 2:2; 3:11; Thess. 4:15-18; 5:9; 2 Thess. 1:7b; 2:1. Close

12. Paul’s purpose statements all reflect different aspects of the Secret (Eph. 3:8; 4:16), including the one Body (Col. 1:28; 2:2) one Hope (1 Thess. 1:9,10), one God and one Lord (1 Tim. 2:4). Close

13. See Col. 2:2. Close

14. John C. Maxwell, The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, TN, 2001) p. 91. Close

15. Maxwell, op. cit., pp. 28-41. Close

16. Maxwell.,op.cit. p. 81. Close

17. See 1 Thess. 1:7. Close

18. See Eph. 3:5. Close

19. See Phil. 1:7, 16; 2 Tim. 1:14. Close

20. See Mark 10:42-44. Close

21. See 1 Cor. 5:1-5. Close

22. See 2 Cor. 1:24. Close

23. John C. Kelly, End Time Warriors (Renew Books, Ventura, CA, 1999), p.131. Close

24. See 2 Cor. 10:8 and 2 Cor. 13:10. Close

25. Some cite “first” in 1 Cor. 12:28 to mean first in prominence, or as having preeminence, over the other ministries. The word first in the Greek, proton, was used to refer to first, such as the first item on a list, or in a line. In a family, the first (proton) born would not mean he is superior or over the other children. He is merely the first in the line or list of children. Whenever there is a list of items, something must be listed first. If the first item is the most important, then logically we would conclude that the last item would the least important. Today when we list items, to prevent someone from drawing this conclusion, we will many times use the expression, “Last, but not the least,” of which the converse is, “first, but not most important.” Close

26. John Eckhardt, The Ministry Anointing of the Apostle (Crusaders Publications, Chicago, IL, 1998) p. 1. Close

27. See Heb. 3:1. Close

28. See Acts 21:10. Close

29. See Acts 13 in reference to Paul and Barnabas and their sending from the church in Antioch. Close

30. See Rom. 11:13; 15:16; Eph. 3:1, 8. Close

31. See Acts 15:35 and Col. 1:28. Paul and the apostles utilized the disciplines of teaching (didasko) and preaching, (dialegomai, euanggelizo, kataggello, and kerusso). Paul was adept at many forms of communicating; including declaring, announcing, proclaiming, arguing, disputing, and reasoning. Close

32. See Acts 2:22; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 8:6; 14:3; 15:12; 19:11; Rom. 15:19. Close

33. Coombs, op. cit., p. 28. Close

34. See Eph. 3:7; Phil. 1:7. Close