Friday, July 24, 2009

A Governing Church is also an Apostolic Church

What does an Apostolic Church provide?

  1. Apostolic patterns and strategies

It's in the strong local church that the breakthrough believers are moving towards maturity meaning they have embraced all these patterns into their lives. All this because of following the apostolic patterns and it's strategies that's given to us as in the book of Acts.That's why apostolic men can be birth and raised in this place.


When we partake of this diet as a local church and has become a resource center, people who are weak and need help are coming to us to get their resources. We are no longer just meeting our own needs but others as well. People begin to see our existence is beneficial. That is why the apostolic church must be in existence before apostolic men are discovered.


  1. Apostolic men/leaders

These are people who are birth and raised in the apostolic bases. The pattern and procedures of the apostolic is built into them. We cannot impart into others what we have not received and become.


What does it produces?


  1. An apostolic company (a group of apostles) that carries apostolic nature, mindset and apostolic behaviour patterns.

Apostolic church produces apostles because Jesus Christ is also an Apostle.

“Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.” Heb 3:1

Believers – disciples - apostles.

Upon the impartation or transferring of things and life, God just changes who you

are.

v. 1 “He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness. v.2 These are the names of the twelve apostles…” Matt 10:1-2

All that Jesus had were transferred into them; the disciples become apostles. They carried his apostolic nature, mindset and behaviour pattern. They were no longer representing themselves or own name but Him and moving in His name. Their names and His name is interwoven and seen as one. Luke 10:17-20 & the story of the sword of Gideon and the sword of the Lord.

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