| HARD QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ASKED "What about ordaining?" |
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| Bible translators used the word "ordain" only in the King James Version/Translation.� Therefore, we will use the KJV to study it.� All New Testament verses with that word are below.� Only those referring to ordaining individuals in the New Testament church are written out. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark 3:14����������������� "And he [Jesus] ORDAINED TWELVE, that they should be with him and that he might send them forth to preach."� (Matthew 10:2 says the Twelve were APOSTLES.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John 15:16����������������� Christians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 1:20,22,26��������� "His [Judas'] bishoprick let another take....must one be ORDAINED to be a witness with us of his resurrection....and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven APOSTLES."�� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 10:42����������������� Jesus as judge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 13:48����������������� Believers to eternal life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 14:23����������������� "And when they had ORDAINED them ELDERS in every city, and had prayed with fasting, they commanded them to the Lord, on whom they believed." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 16:4������������������������������� Decrees for church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 17:31����������������������������� Jesus as judge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 13:1������������������������ Governments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Corinthians 2:7����������������� Wisdom of God | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Corinthians 7:17��������������� Christian life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Corinthians 9:14��������������� Salaries for preachers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Galatians 3:19��������������������� Old Testament laws | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ephesians 2:10��������������������� Good works | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Timothy 2:7������������ "Whereunto I am ORDAINED a PREACHER and an APOSTLE (I speak the truth in [spoken by] Christ, and lie not;) a TEACHER of the Gentiles in faith and verity." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titus 1:5�������������������� "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ORDAIN ELDERS in every city, as I had appointed thee." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 5:1�������������� High priests in Old Testament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 8:3�������������� High priests' duties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hebrews 9:6�������������� Design of tabernacle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jude 4������������������������ Ungodly men | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark 3:14����������������� Who were ordained?� __________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Who ordained them?� ________________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Do we have apostles today?� __________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 1:20,22,26��������� Who was ordained?� ___________________________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� To take whose place?� __________________________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� He was then numbered with what group? ______________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Do we have apostles today?� ___________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 14:23����������������� Who were ordained? ___________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Do we have elders today?� __________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Timothy 2:7������������ Who was ordained?� ____________________________.� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Who ordained him?� ________________________________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� What three positions did he hold?� _____________________________, __________________________, and ____________________________.� Do we have apostles today?� _________� | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� If we use this verse to say preachers are to be ordained, who else must be ordained? _______________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Who must ordain them?� ____________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Titus 1:5�������������������� Who were ordained?� _____________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Do we have elders today?� _________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "So, who can baptize?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 9:10, 17-19�������� "And there was a certain DISCIPLE at Damascus, named Ananias....said, 'Brother Saul, the Lord...hath sent me that thou mightest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost.'� And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 11:26����������������� Another term for "disciple" is "Christian."� Ananias had no title. See also question on Christians. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 22:12,13,16������� "And one Ananias, a DEVOUT man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul....be baptised and wash away thy sins."������������������������ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� Ananias had no title.� He was just devout. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acts 2:14,15,41��������� "But Peter, standing up with the eleven....third hour of the day (9:00 AM) Then they that gladly received his word were baptized; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ����������������������������������� If they began baptizing at noon and baptized until 6:00 PM, the TWELVE APOSTLES would have had to baptize 250 each, 42 an hour, unless those baptized earlier in the day helped baptize others. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romans 6:4��������������� "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||