Rebuttal Governing Body Rebuttal
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She has a calm, logical presentation.
In Galatians there are clues as well..
ch.1- "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.
Ch.2- Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles,...
....6 And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me....
...and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles ....
....they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do....
...But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party."
The apostles were responsible men who Jesus sent out... They were not a board room group sending out orders to others.
In Galatians there are clues as well..
ch.1- "Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.
Ch.2- Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles,...
....6 And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me....
...and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles ....
....they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do....
...But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party."
The apostles were responsible men who Jesus sent out... They were not a board room group sending out orders to others.
The video mentions Acts 14:26-28 (6 min:46) that the brothers didn't report to some governing badly, but to the whole congregation.
Also Acts 15:22 says: Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole congregation, decided to send chosen men from among them to Antioch, along with Paul. The whole congregation, so that includes women as well and young ones.
In one way it is sad that the church no longer has this type of organization. However today the level of organization has been raised much higher as all God's saints are prophets having connection by revelation to teach, encourage, edify, heal and protect with Jesus as mediator, high priest and chief apostle. With the world in confusion and chaos spirituality and the church scattered divine revelation is the only way for God and Christ to work in the church.