Wrong 12th Disciple?
On Monday at my Spiritual Discernment class, my professor gave an interesting theory about perhaps an example of bad spiritual discernment in the Bible. He talked about Acts 1:12-26, where Matthias is chosen to replace Judas as the new 12th disciple. And how do they choose him? By casting lots. He also mentioned that after Matthias was chosen, we never hear from him again. But we do hear about another apostle extensively in the rest of the book of Acts. My professor pointed out how this apostle spoke of himself as one "untimely born" (in 1 Corinthians 15:8 in the NASB; the NIV says "abnormally born"). And the apostles were people that Jesus himself had called, while Matthias had not been called by Jesus. With all these arguments, it's obvious that my professor was throwing out the possibility that perhaps Paul should have been the 12th disciple, to replace Judas. Something to this theory?
posted by chongsun @ 10:14 PM
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Maybe. It seems like speculation though.
There is no clear condemnation of casting lots in the Bible, to my understanding. And many of the other apostles (the ones chosen by Jesus) were never mentioned in the bible again either...does that discount them?
Good points. I was wondering if perhaps he wasn't mentioned at all in early church stories after his choosing. But he seems to have a similar biography as the other apostles.
I have always believed that. Why else did Paul have such a difficult time being accepted by the CHristian community? And why else would he say, "Galatians 1:1 Paul, an apostle-- sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead-- "
He always started his letters with the fact that he was an apostle by the will of God. Was this a dig at the original 11?
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