Culture of the Kingdom
Today’s Topic: The Apostles’ Doctrine: Understanding the Role of the Apostolic
Scripture: Acts 2:42;
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
When a church does not receive the apostolic then they do not have a connection between the mouth of God and the ear of the people. In our past message we looked at Romans 10:15 and saw that the preacher must be sent (Apostolos). The apostle is the one commissioned by God in every generation to update the revelation of the mysteries for that generation. So in a few words there are apostles today who are to be revealing the mysteries of the Kingdom to the saints and the thing that God is doing CURRENTLY in the earth. Let’s look at this: Ephesians 3:2-5 and this is Paul speaking:
“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: How that by revelation He made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:”
Jesus even said in Matthew 23:34-39:
“Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all righteousness blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou killest the prophets and stonest them which “are sent” (Apostolos) unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not! Behold your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.”
Now this is evident to me, Jesus and Paul that there is a need for apostles AND prophets. Remember, the prophets are shown the new season before it actually hits. The apostolic heralds it in by telling you what reality has come to the earth. So now no longer the type and shadow is relevant but the reality that has come. Now Jesus stated in Matthew 23:34 that He is sending prophets, wise men and scribes. Now the problem we run into we really do not believe Jesus! Now I am not questioning you because if you do then you do. But what I am saying is we have preachers who talk about how God loves you and want you to live your best life and He wants to bless you with riches and all of this but the fundamental principal that they fail to tell you is that you must submit to the rulership of the Lord, Jesus Christ. You hear a lot of people talk about God but when it comes to Jesus, there seems to be this air of mystery. Now your life in the Kingdom is only as good as your faith. But moreover you must change your thinking from democracy to monarchy or Kingdom-thinking. Democracy is opinion driven and the Kingdom is whatever the King says. Now Jesus made some powerful declarations and if you do not believe this declaration you will find yourself in religion and not the culture of the Kingdom:
John 14:6: “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”
Now that statement makes Jesus exclusive and the only way to the Father. New age religion and all of these other false religions of the earth will fight that declaration. Why? Because with the rise of the Global Kingdom and the Antichrist we will see a compromise of this very declaration. Their reason for it is to promote peace and unity in religions. This is nothing but the work of Satan. Now if you compromise on John 4:16 and the declaration of Jesus, Jesus has these words for you in Matthew 10:33:
Matthew 10:33: “But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven”.
Jesus is telling us Himself and through Paul that there are “sent ones” or apostles that He will send who will speak for God. These apostles will inform the Body of Christ of what God is doing currently in the Earth. When we reject the apostles, and I want to make this clear, we reject the word of God to our ears and Jesus said our house will be left desolate (Matt. 10:38,39). It is desolate because there is no current word or fresh food for our spirits coming from God because we rejected the sent one from God.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
