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Answer my question, please. Why did the Apostles teach the priesthood? You still haven't answered the question.
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Answer my question, please. Why did the Apostles teach the priesthood? You still haven't answered the question.
"priesthood" in the New Testament
Heb_7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
Heb_7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
Heb_7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Heb_7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
Heb_7:24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
1Pe_2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
1Pe_2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
And the Apostles knew all this. They should have written "There is no such thing as priests anymore...." but they didn't. They taught it and established "presbuteros" (priests) in every town where they went.
An earthly priest acts "in persona Christi," that is, it is Christ who is in the priest who forgives the sin, not the priest himself. So you are technically right about that, but we are still commanded to confess our sins to an earthly priest, just as they did in the Old Covenant. That has not changed at all, and we know this because in John 20:23, Christ gave the Apostles the authority to forgive sins, meaning that they had to hear them confessed first.
And the Apostles knew all this. They should have written "There is no such thing as priests anymore...." but they didn't. They taught it and established "presbuteros" (priests) in every town where they went.
No they didn't they established elders, incidentally, they should be married to one wife,
So where did the priests come from?
And in the Orthodox Church they are the husband of one wife.
Show us where the apostles established a priesthood. Of course they didn't.
You tell us. Not from scripture that is for sure.
And those priests are all of those who placed their faith in Christ, based on 1 Peter 2:4-10.
The man in this video was a Roman Catholic "priest" for 22 years.
SO....
WHAT....?
I am supposed to be impressed by the words of one single apostate vs the writings of centuries of the Early Fathers who defended the Trinity against heresy??? The men of the first five centuries of the Church who put together the canon of Scripture, defended against heresies, and built the Church?
That will be the day!!!!
Since you have used words like "apostate" and "heresy", do you believe that only those who are members of the Roman Catholic Church will gain eternal life through faith in Christ?
Do you believe all Protestants are doomed to hell?
I was a Bob Jones Fundamentalist for 13 years and I heard our pastor even condemn other Fundamentalists to hell who didn't "toe the line" with respect to certain teachings in Fundamentalism.
The New Covenant: Bob George
After going to David Gay's website and listening to a few minutes of this presentation, I am assuming that you are a Reformed Baptist?
In the New Covenant, that ritual is now baptism. Baptism makes you part of the covenant community, even if you are outside the physical boundaries of the Church which Christ established on the Apostles.
Which baptism makes you are part of the New Covenant?