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Originally Posted by JJ
So for Myth Busters LCD Style Program 2 let's take up what awareness posted (Post #20) on the DCP thread from the DCP's copyrighted quote of "what Ron Kangas really said about "The Acting God" (please read that Post in its entirety for the complete DCP quote):
Following quotes and commentary on Phil 1:20-21; 3:9, 2 Cor 4:2, Gal 2:20, John 17:17 and John 14:6 then concerning 2 Cor. 5:20 - "On behalf of Christ then we are 'ambassadors, as God entreats you through us ; we beseech you on behalf of Christ, Be reconciled to God" footnote 1 on verse 5:20 "The apostles were commissioned with a definite ministry, to represent Christ to accomplish God's purpose
For Paul to say that God was entreating the believers in Corinth through the apostles means that the apostles were one with God and with His desire to reconcile believers to Himself, not accounting their offenses to them, and putting in us the word of reconciliation. In this sense they were the acting God."
So in the context of 2 Cor. 5:20, is the bolded part (I bolded it) Myth?
Acceptable tests to prove validity include Bible verses (plural) and actual "church life" testimonials of true events (plural) that demonstrate validity or not.
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I say there are at least three ways to answer.
1. There is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus. All other mediatory agencies are obviated. ~1 Timothy 2:5
2. The Centurion said to Jesus (through his ambassadors), "I also am a man under authority, and I tell this one, 'Go', and he goes, and another, 'Come', and he comes, and another, 'Do this' and he does it."
The Centurion was the ambassador of Caesar, and everything he spoke had the weight of Caesar. Thus the servants obeyed without hesitation. He knew Jesus was also an ambassador from God ("No one can do the things you do unless he comes from God" ~John 3:2). The Centurion knew that Jesus could simply speak a word and his servant would be healed. Jesus' response clearly validated the speaking of the Centurion.
3. God also uses messengers as mediators. "God made it known by sending His angel to His servant John" ~Revelation 1:1
Also look at the angel Gabriel speaking to John's father Zecharias, and to Mary, and the angels to the shepherds keeping watch over the flocks at night, as the gospel narratives opened. None of this disappeared from the consciousnesses of the writers of the NT, as we can see in Revelation 1:1. It was understood and continually referenced from the start of the gospels to the end of the NT (see, e.g., where the angel let Peter out of jail).
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God uses mediators, or agents. All of us are "anointed"; all can proclaim the good news, and heal, and teach, and shepherd, and comfort. All of us should. There is no "deputy God" the way the LSM teaches. This supposed elevation of Paul as some 'super-apostle' above all the rest is pure fiction. Only the simple and gullible would bite on that hook. By now this is plain (see Steve Isitt's 'Hiding History' essay) that it's a vehicle for some to dominate the flock. Only those who are willing to be dominated will let themselves be sucked in by the argument. The rest should see that this is a ruse, used by those who wish to spy out our freedom and lead us back into slavery. ~Gal 2:4-13
When the disciples began to argue about which of them was deputy God, Jesus put an end to it, right quick. Why re-visit the subject? It's dead; it's busted myth. Drop it.