That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles [Acts 1:23–26]. I can’t see that this was the leading of the Holy Spirit, nor that it was God’s leading in the casting of lots. Is Matthias actually the one who took the place of Judas? I don’t think so. I believe that in His own time, the Lord Jesus Himself appointed