Jesus said that you cannot take new wine and pour it into an old wineskin. This is because new wine expands in size and can break a brittle old wineskin, losing the wine. Jesus was of course less concerned with wine than with spiritual realities...
Every spiritual leader knows that the Church is not what it should be. There is a longing in the heart of every genuine Christian leader to see God’s people become what they should be, and to see maturity in the Body of Christ. There are...
This is a common question and research shows that the answer is not commonly known. Here is what I believe to be a comprehensive list of apostles taken, with scripture references from the New Testament. Jesus is our first Apostle. We read this in Hebrews chapter...
Listed below are a number of significant things we believe the Bible says about apostles. This is not a creed, and neither is it necessarily comprehensive. This is not to be confused with any list of apostolic doctrines as listed by any number of apostolic...
The Body of Christ has numerous parts, and although the majority are not apostles, all should be apostolic, it is God’s intent. Apostolic qualities should be common to all believers, and working through them, creating apostolic life and character. In Psalm 32:8-9 it says “Do not be...
There are only two references to false apostles in the entire bible and given so, it would be a mistake to assume that there are more false apostles than genuine. Given the many references to apostles in scripture, and just the few to false apostles,...
There are never false or counterfeits without there being the genuine. Nobody produces a $99 bill because it would immediately be recognised as a fake. Because there are genuine apostles, the evil one produces the false in an attempt to thwart the work of God....
All apostles are human, and all humans make mistakes. This doesn’t give apostles a license to sin. All believers must guard the heart and the mind and strive to walk before Christ and with each other in integrity. All believers must be on the watch...
“From the beginning God had revealed Himself to be a personal God, but more amazing is this; when Christ came in the flesh as the great revelation of God, He revealed God to be God in Father and Son.” – The Apostolic Revelation, Chapter 9. God is...
God has appointed and continues to appoint “fathers” throughout Scripture and history for varying reasons. Abraham is the “Father of many nations”, Adam is the “Father of the human race”, Jacob is the “Father of Israel”, Paul is the “Father to the Gentiles” and the...
