The Office In The Church (2): The Special Office and the Office of Believers

In our previous article we noticed that the office of ministers, elders and deacons is an institution of God. Furthermore, that those who are called to this office are undershepherds of the chief Shepherd Jesus Christ. Christ is the great office bearer. They are His servants and ambassadors vested with authority to speak and to act in His name. This was true in a very unique sense of the apostles in the early church after Pentecost, but this is no less true of the office bearers in the church...