Who is the Great Commission for?

[John of Japan]

Originally Posted by Brother Bob
Boy, you put a wrinkle in the Catholic!!!!

I'm not sure what you mean, Brother Bob. Teach me, please! :wavey:

Boy, I feel dumb. Remind me not to do BB just before bedtime. I went to bed and then lay there thinking about this and then it hit me--Catholic apostolic succession. Duh! :tonofbricks:

 

[John of Japan]

Oh, I remember now.

One can hold my position--the the GC was given to the assembled church and its successors--without giving up the idea that it was given to individuals.

That because when Jesus gave the GC to the local church, he by definition included every member.

But the authority to administer the ordinances still belongs to the congregation, who designates individual for that task. That usually are the pastor and deacons, but I see nothing in the Scripture to limit the responsilbility to those two offices. The congregation can designate any member to baptize and preside over the Lord' Supper.

You're making sense. I'm thinking. :thumbsup:

 

[Tom Butler]

You're making sense. I'm thinking. :thumbsup:

John, thanks for your kndness. Sometimes I surprise myself.