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   From: none@none.con   
      
   On Jun 28, 2023, James wrote   
   (in article<4m9p9i9jfgmsp1igvqrat1dlcjc0fgvt10@4ax.com>):   
      
   > The apostles were a special group of people existing only in the first   
   > century and with Jesus. Jesus is not like that around today, and there   
   > was no extending on with apostleship into our century. Thus the   
   > priests DO NOT have Biblical permission to forgive sins. That is left   
   > up to Jesus and Almighty God.   
   >   
   > Sincerely James   
      
   â€œAnd he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;   
   and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the   
   work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all   
   come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto   
   a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:†  
   (Eph 4:11-13)   
      
   God deleted no ministry positions.   
      
   Your JW doctrine is not to be found in the Bible on this issue.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)