Ralph Neibor Biography
What is in common with the light with darkness, or has Christ with Veliar? It is sad to see that the ministers mixed up, who they are and to whom and what the apostolic foundations for the church serve as regata. Arthur Katz, by the word "apostle", I am a special reverence. The loss of the true meaning of this word threatens the loss of faith itself. The concept of “apostality” is not easy to give a definition, but, nevertheless, in this word there is something that is the heart of faith.
This word is fundamental and we need to restore its true meaning, we ceased to relate to it simply as another religious denomination term. The word "apostolic" is filled with God's glory, and therefore we need to find and preserve the apostolic foundations, otherwise we will not be a church that would be called Apostolic. The definition of apostles cannot be found in the dictionary, however, like any other great biblical concept.
Rather, we need to comprehend the spirit, what does this word mean. Our task is to find and restore everything that was once true, which was highly valued, what they believed in, what they understood and what was vital for the early church. In the word “apostolic” there is something special, which immediately reminds of the essence, spirit and atmosphere of the Church, when it was filled with God's glory.
Since its birth, the church has been apostolic, and it should be such at the final moment of its stay on Earth. Without a doubt, only the Apostolic Church can survive and win, and at the end of the centuries to reveal through its testimony the secret of the opposing truth to the remnant of Israel, breaking the wall of its bitterness. Probably, one of the greatest mistakes of the Church is its satisfaction with religious statements and statements that are not properly supported.
We are deceived ourselves and will also deceive others, if we continue to be satisfied with only unfounded statements. God is real. He is the god of reality. He is not satisfied with the simple approval of a religious doctrine. He expects confirmation and reality. Arthur Katz False Apostles is everywhere, and you can determine them, because they let you know that they are the apostles.
They have talent and means, they can quote the Scriptures and sayings of Paul - and all this can make a strong impression. They behave in this way, but Paul did not do so. He could tell the Fessaloniki: "You yourself know what we were for you between you." In other words, they always knew Paul with the same, unchanged, and his character was completely connected with the word that he brought in force.
In the ministry of Paul there was no professional mystery when he was not somewhere in a secluded place as in public. In the life of the apostle there are only two guiding motives: “for the glory of God” and “for you”, but never “for me”. Pavel did not look for his or something for himself. These two views are an absolutely necessary requirement for the Apostle, and therefore for the Apostolic Church.
The structure must correspond to the foundation. In his farewell appeal to the elders of the Ephesus Church, Paul said: “You know how I am from the first day that I came to Asia was with you all the time, working for the Lord with all the humble wisdom and many tears, among the temptations that adopted to me by the mischief of the Jews” of the Acts. ” Regardless of external circumstances, Paul had precious apostolic constancy of character.
There is no place for human mood or complaints. This is something much exceeding human good intentions and will. Such a constancy of character can be explained only in one way, and Paul’s own words: “For life is Christ for me.” We sometimes believe that this is just an exquisite expression, a certain apostolic extravagance, but Paul talked about this literally. This is the only explanation of the constancy of his apostolic nature, and something else is a call to disaster.
We cannot strive to become an Apostolic people on the basis of human determination, biting his lips every day to become who we should be. Walking so, we will tolerate a miserable defeat. We must reveal a secret known to Paul - and it is now available to us in the same extent as for him then, but we do not believe the word and do not want to accept its meaning. There is only one explanation of Paul to the phenomenon: this is the continuation of the crucified and risen Christ, who found for himself the abyss in another body, completely conquered by His life.
Paul did not live for himself and therefore could say: "I was consulted by Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." Do you know why we passed this stunning demand? Because we lived below the apostolic level. Katsu re -read almost all of his books. This is one of the few authors of really spiritual books that were written on the basis of revelations from the Lord, and who was personally familiar with him, said that his life reflected, then what he spoke and wrote.