What actually IS an apostle? “apostle” is a New Testament word meaning “one sent out”
Would Jesus have been the world-changer that He was….if not for the apostles?
The Gospels:
Matthew - the excellent side of things...regal, respectable, powerful...attention to detail, nothing out of order. He quoted the OT the most..he was the accountant, the detail guy.
Mark - all about the servanthood of Jesus. No genealogy because who would want to know the pedigree of a servant? We put others first.
Luke - trying to show Jesus as a man. His human, relationship side.
John - trying to show us that Jesus was GOD...his sovereign side.
World changers are focused on their mission, and they trust God to work out the future.
World Changers have to go back down the mountain.
To do that...sometimes we need a few things:
WHY did they get to see Jesus ascend?
They needed closure.
They needed a commissioning.
They needed to get to work.
They needed a helper.