Culture of the Kingdom
Today’s Topic: The Apostles’ Doctrine: A Sent Message
Scripture: John 4:16; Acts 2:1,2
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
We left off with some profound scriptures in our previous message and today we want to continue this look at the Apostle’s Doctrine. We left off with a challenge of whether you believe Jesus or not! Jesus in John 14:6 stated He is the (exclusive) way, truth and life and NO MAN comes to the Father except by Him. Now we talked in some previous messages about Ambassadors and delegates and we know Jesus delegates authority and power to Holy Spirit who gives it to us to execute His Will in the Earth. Now the apostles or “sent ones” are specific people who are sent by God to deliver the word of God for that season that brings the revelation of a mystery that has been in type and shadow and now is being revealed. Now if you do not accept or recognize the apostolic then you will continue in religion and living in the type and shadow and never coming into the reality and the grace of God in the New Season.
Now these apostles are not the access point to God! I need to make that clear. Jesus said no man comes to the Father but by Him. The apostles are the ones that the message of God COMES THROUGH. They are the ones that speak for God and not the ones whom you access God through. The Roman church for example states “Unless you come through this way you cannot come to the Father….” Hence you have people believing that the Catholic church is the only way to the Father. However Jesus did not set it up that way. He did not set up some means by which another may stand in His place. He is the only one and the only person that can give you access to the Father. Now if Jesus is the one who gives us access then there must be an actual relationship not religion with the Lord Jesus Christ but that is the result of an apostolic gospel. It is the gospel (good news) that comes by an apostle that brings the truth to mankind.
This message that the apostle brings, when it is heard, it restores or promotes or even re-establishes the relationship between the individual and Christ. Now remember Christ is the Head of the church which also is His body. So to belong to the Body of Christ you must be connected to the Head. Now that seems simple enough. Now the message that connects you to the Head is an apostolic message. The message through the apostle is the thing that God is saying at the time. This message represents the revealing of a mystery that was once spoken but now is about to be revealed. The type and shadow that currently stands is about to be taken away and give way to the reality. God setup forms, types and shadows in the Old Testament and even some in the New Testament that is not the reality but is meant to be like a light on a path. It is to guide you to the reality. Let me give you an example that the church struggles with and it pertains to the Kingdom.
The Kingdom has come, the Kingdom is coming and the Kingdom will come. Simply stating, that the Kingdom of God in the Earth is full but not complete. In other words there is nothing on Earth that the Kingdom needs or needs to be improved upon. So it is like a baby. A baby is completely a baby who has limbs and organs but the difference is that they need to be developed. The Kingdom of God came back to the Earth on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1,2). Now it came in all of its fullness but not completeness. Now as time goes on, more and more of the mysteries of the Kingdom are going to be revealed. The things that God once presented in type and shadow to the earth will now be revealed. This revealing will be ushered or heralded in by the apostolic. When they speak, the seasons change because they are sent in the proper season to reveal the word of the Lord for that season. As a result, with a new season comes a new dispensation of grace, or economy of God.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
