Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney ...
We had no NT church until after Jesus was crucified.
Then the blood of Jesus became the sacrifice for our sins.
And after Jesus arose from the dead and was taken into heaven, then Jesus set up HIS church from heaven, calling and naming HIS ministers from heaven.
The apostle Paul was an example of this calling of a minister by Jesus from heaven.
Acts 26, Paul says to king Agrippa: I heard a voice (from heaven) speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue. 15 I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; Jesus, from heaven, sets HIS ministers into the NT church:
After Jesus arose into heaven,
HE (Jesus) 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: (Eph. 4:10-11) And the New Testament Bible was given to the church
from heaven as apostles were inspired by God to speak and write the books of the New Testament.
II Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
The early church had no NT Bible. The apostles wrote on
"parchments" and sent these letters to the churches in various cities and countries, and these epistles became the NT Bible as the instructions from God came to them and they sent these
"epistles" (letters) to be circulated among the various churches in their areas.
Colossians 4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
So they passed these epistles, which we know today as the NT Bible, from church to church.
These writings were inspired by God just as God inspired us today to write the blog and to record the words presented on Podcasts.
Man does not appoint himself as a minister to the church.
All ministers (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers) are called by Jesus from heaven and are lead by the Spirit of God in that which they speak to the church.
( Click here for podcast and to see scriptures )