sorry its an extremely time consuming and time wasting mission that will mosy likely be futile in the end for me to mine through all 90 pages of this thread to find the single post that you wrote on apostles and disciples so to help me out can you please copy and paste it or at least tell me the page number to go to to find it.
The reason I ask is because you can give something any definition you want (even I invent words or use words in life that I create my own definition for) but it doesn't make it correct in real life. And when talking about the Bible we have to be extra careful to talk about it with the right definition, the same definition given in context of scripture as a whole. And the Bible is very clear in the passages that talk about Apostles and the people that are considered apostles. the Bible even states certain CRITERIA for choosing an APSOTLE. And also the word disciple, the way you just explained disciple to me is not the way the Bible uses it and tells us what it means. Because the Bible says thay every believer is a disciple and that every disciple is given the charge to go out and spread the message of the good news and to obey the commandments Jesus has given. And one command Jesus gave is to LOVE. (and both going out and obeying are actions, which means every disciple is called into action). You have even said yourself many times that LOVE is not an emotion, but an ACTION. so therefore to be a discople is to be a doer of the word.
But the BIBLE tells us that every believer and follower of Christ is a disciple, but not every disciple is an apostle (in fact there were only 12-15 people in the entire BIBLE given the honor of being called an apostle and there are very specific criteria for that.
we have to be careful we don't take one verse and use it as as a definition for all, when other verses expand on or clarify the meaning. so what I'm saying is can you please define apostle and disciple the way it used throughout the entire message of the new testament?
and if you are going to give it a different meaning or definition from the way the context and entirety of the Bible defines it just make sure you explain your definition when you use it. Because from reading the comments on this site it seems to me that many of the disputes and misunderstandings stem from people giving their own definition that is different from the norm (commonly understood) and even though they may be making a good point, nobody can understand it because they don't know what they are trying to say. I thank God that he did not give us the ability to read other people's minds it's a great blessing that our thoughts can remain secret and known only to God and ourselves. but this also means that in order for us to get our point across we have to explain our thought process/pattern to others because other people can't possibly know what we mean if we don't explain it