17- Priesthood is a specific calling

(Mark 1:2-4) As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You." {3} "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

'Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.'" {4} John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

[13] If Priesthood Is A Specific Calling, Selection And A Mission From God, Then It Is Not For Every Person, But For Those Selected And Called By God.

In God’s Kingdom, and as the Sovereign King, selects His servants, as we have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other sections. He calls and commissions them so that they would not work on their own but according to His command.

(Exo 25:9) "According to all that I show you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you shall make it.

This commandment, did not only apply to apostolic rank only, but to their successors the bishops as well. Here we see Saint Paul commanding the bishops at Ephesus;

(Acts 20:28) "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

[14] The Bishops Are Successors To The Apostles

The bishops were the successors to the Apostles who were appointed by the Holy Spirit as shepherds. The Holy Spirit appoints and commissions. This is why the Lord Jesus said;