New Warhorn Media post by Tim Bayly:
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… This does not mean all Christians are barred from making disciples of all the nations, teaching those disciples to observe all that Jesus commanded. Many parts of the New Testament teach and demonstrate this work is is also the witness and confession of every believer. But acknowledging this is no contradiction of the apostolic authority of the Eleven and their successors right down to our own day and churches.
On a small point, thanks for making this clear. I admit that I was pretty surprised when I first came across the idea that Matt 28:19-20 also meant that the responsibility for evangelism lies principally with the ordained leadership. I would observe that nowadays, most people who come to faith as adults, do so through the witness of their friends.
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Yes, there is much truth to the centrality of Christian witness to the work of the Holy Spirit in regenerating sinners. Still, the principal method God has ordained and employed is preaching. It might be good to put it, “the responsibility for evangelism lies, firstly…” Love,
… which, for anyone who is interested, raises some questions about the enthusiasm for what I will call ‘course-based’ evangelism - Alpha and Christianity Explored (=Rico Tice) to name two. The way in which they preach the Gospel is closer to the ‘reasoning in the synagogues’ approach of Acts 17:17-18.
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