We are called according to His purpose not ours. It has nothing to do with our righteousness and everything to do with His.
John 6:66 indicates that even after the Twelve were appointed, He still had a large and continual following. Luke 10:1 notes that later Jesus sent out an additional 70 disciples.
NKJ Bible.
Mark 3:13 (NKJV)
13 And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him.
Luke 6:13 (NKJV)
13 And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:
No comments:
Post a Comment