In most denominations or churches, those in important positions are recognized when assigned to a position. The questions before us are: how do we understand the importance of this act and when should it be asked?
THE IMPORTANCE OF ORDINATION
- In order for us to discuss the importance of a person’s public recognition in an important position.
- We need to examine the different terms used in the New Testament to describe this process.
- We read in Acts 14:23 that Paul and Barnabas were chosen earlier.
- Officials?in all churches in several cities in Asia Minor.
- The Greek term translates as?chosen?is it fragrant.
- Which is composed of words?Hand? (smell) and.
So, in Biblical Greek, sniffing simply means choosing someone for a position or assigning someone a specific task. The only other occurrence of the verb in the New Testament is in 2 Corinthians 8:19, where has a well-presented brother been? Chosen by the churches? to accompany Pablo on his way. It is clear in these terms that smirotonço means to appoint or elect someone for position number 2. However, in patristic Greek it came to mean “order with the laying on of hands. ” Because of this later usage, some interpreters have read this meaning in the New Testament and argue that Paul and Barnabas ordained men to the office of elder by laying on of hands, indicating some kind of special meeting of authority. or ecclesiastical power. Although the laying on of hands is generally associated with the appointment of elders, the author expresses this meaning using a different term. For example, when Lucas wants to talk about the laying on of hands, he uses the verb epitithçmi plus the noun? Hand? (puffing) (Acts 6. 6; 8. 17, 19; 9. 12, 17; 13. 3; 19. 6; 28. 8; see also 1 Timothy 5. 22). Others claim that the word cheirotonço means? Vote? in the context of Acts 14:23. Although this is a possible meaning of the verb, it is unlikely to be based on context. Paul and Barnabas elected, did not vote, the elders of the church.
The other verb that is used to convey the idea of?Chosen? It is found in Titus 1. 5 when Paul urges Titus to “constitute elders [kathist-mi] in each city. “In both cases, in classical Greek and biblical Greek, kathist-mi means choosing someone for a position. For example, Jesus asked someone, “Who appointed me judge or party among you?”(Luke 12:14). We also read how Pharaoh showed Joseph’s favor:?Who made him governor of this nation and the entire royal house?(Acts 7. 10).
Hand taxation is usually associated with a person’s choice or assignment for a specific job or task. Did seven who were chosen to serve the Church come forward to alleviate the responsibilities of the Apostles?Before the apostles, and they, praying, imposed their hands on them?(Acts 6. 6). In the church of Antioch, the Lord chose Barnabas and Paul to do a special task: “Then, fasting and praying, and laying down their hands, did they send them back?(Acts 13. 3). In another context, Paul urges Timothy not to neglect the gift given to him – by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the rectory – 3 (Acts 14:4). It should be noted that there the whole body of the elders laid out his hands and chose Timothy for service and not just an old man or a bishop. Finally, Paul warns Timothy, “To lay down someone’s hand in a hurry?(1 Timothy 5. 22). Although Paul does not specify the public appointment of someone to the previous post, the context concerns only the elder number 4.
Prayer and fasting are also associated with the selection and choice of leaders. The Apostles followed the example of Jesus, who prayed every night before choosing his 12 disciples, the Apostles (Luke 6:12-13). After the church chose the seven, do we read that the Apostles prayed?(Acts 6. 6). Similarly, when Barnabas and Paul were elected missionaries, the church fasted, prayed, and sent them (Acts 13. 3).
The New Testament never uses the word? (in the modern and technical sense) in relation to a Christian leader assigned to Office No. 5 So does this usually lead to misuse of the term?in our modern context, if we have in mind the biblical concept of public choice or office assignment. Order? It carries with it the idea that a special grace is transmitted through the laying on of hands, contrary to the episcopal tradition that the authority of the office comes from the bishop and is transmitted to those elected by imposition. hands, the authority of the office comes from God, who calls and gives gifts to men to lead his church (Acts 20. 28; 1Corintios 12,28; Ephesians 4. 11). The New Testament does not teach that those who are chosen to lead the church are “ordained” for a sacred and priestly office. Don’t you teach that only ordained named priests have the right to preach, baptize, and direct the Lord’s Supper or pronounce a blessing?
It is the Church’s duty to recognize those whom God has set aside for this important task. Grudem says: “If someone is convinced that the local church should select the elders, would it be appropriate for the church that chose this old man?Shouldn’t it be the group that grants external recognition of the election by appointing the person in office or ordaining the pastor?6 Strauch warns against understanding the choice of elders in the light of the priesthood of the Old Testament:
“Priests and deaconos are not chosen for a special priestly function or a holy clerical ordination. Instead, they take leadership positions or services among God’s people. We must be careful not to sanctify these positions more than biblical writers. The New Testament never covers the appointment of the elders in a sacred mystery or ritual. There is no sacred rite to perform or a special ceremony to perform. The choice of the elders is not a sacred sacrament. The choice does not confer a special grace or power, nor cause someone to become a priest, clergyman or saint at the time of appointment.
TIME FOR ORDINATION
It is common for people to receive the title of “pastor” without having received an order. However, if the above analysis is correct, then be a “pastor”, the correct way (or deacon) is to be “ordered” in the direction of a public assignment to this office. The idea of separating the title from public order is not in the Bible, the elders are not chosen after becoming elders, but as they age, they are elected to office.
Therefore, being elected to the office of priest implies that a man has biblical qualifications, was called by God, was approved by the congregation, and was therefore publicly recognized as one with the function, which does not necessarily mean that he worked full-time for the church or went to the seminary. Rather, it means that God called and offered a person to the humble leaders of the church. Is it also a biblical precedent to call some church leaders?shepherds before ordination and then?reverend?Minister, after the order.
Resum
Should seniors be ordered? If by ordination we simply refer to the public recognition of someone for a particular function and ministry. Perhaps a more appropriate and biblical term would be “choice?”Or “commission. ” The choice for a ministry is often accompanied by prayer, fasting, and the laying on of hands. These public events draw attention to the seriousness and importance of the election. In addition, the elderly must be elected as soon as they take office.
1. Therefore, the word is unlikely to mean “to be elected by popular vote”. See J. M. Ross, The Nomination of Presbyters in Acts xiv. 23,?Expository Times 63 (1951): 288-89; Strauch, ancient biblical, 137?39.
2 For similar use, see Philo, De Specialibus Legibus 1. 14. 78
3 Later Paul indicates that the gift was given to Timothy by the laying on of his hands, which probably indicates that Paul was removed from the counsel of elders mentioned in 1 Timothy 4. 14.
4 The laying on of hands also relates to those who have received the Spirit (Acts 8. 17, 19; 19. 6) and those who have received healing (Acts 9. 12, 17; 28. 8).
5 Banks, for example, writes: “Does ordination, as we know it, not simply appear in pauline epistles?(R. Banks,” Church Order and Government?”, In Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid [Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993], 135).
6 Grudem, Systematic Theology, 925
7 Strauch, Ancient Biblical, 285.
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