– It’s the very central office of our LORD (Heb 3:1)
– Apostolic office sets the foundations of the church (Matt 16:18) (1 Cor 12:28)
– The first step to helping them is to be separated from their ways! (Acts 26:17) (2 Cor 6:17) (Ps 1:1)
– The first major role of the Apostolic is the Ministry of Teaching based on sound doctrine & revelation (Eph 1:18)
– Any hinderance to revelation denies a people from being converted & healed by God’s Power (Acts 28:25-27);
√ Revelation sanctifies the hearer (John 17:17)
√ Revelation prepares the hearer for liberty (John 8:32)
√ Revelation discerns & subdues deception (Acts 8:12)
√ Revelation opens the hearers to the ministry of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:37)
√ Revelation opens a people’s eyes to the Person of Christ (Luke 24:30-31)
– The 2nd most crucial role of the Apostolic is the Ministry of Prayer (Acts 6:4); (Neh 1:4)
√ The channel through which Thy Kingdom come!
√ The channel through which Thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven (Is 45:11)
√ Prayer is the spiritual legal system that allows divine intervention in Earthly affairs (Ps 50:15)
√ The interaction that transforms a people into God’s vessels
√ Supernatural power is bestowed on ordinary people at the prayer altar (Jer 33:3)
√ Spirit prayer subdues the flesh while empowering the inner man (Mark 16:24)
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE YOUR PRAYER LIFE;
√ Diligence & hunger gives power to a prayer life (Heb 11:6)
√ Double-minded people cannot benefit from the power of prayer (Jam 1:8)
√ Worry some people find it difficult to benefit from the power of prayer (Heb 4:16)
√ Right submission is a gate to Dominion (Jam 4:7-10)
√ Consistent prayer gives power to your spiritual altar (Lev 6:13)
√ Unforgiveness, bitterness & rage starves your prayer life of power (1 Tim 2:8) (Mark 11:15)
– The 3rd role of the Apostolic is the Ministry of Healing & Deliverance (Mark 1:32) (Acts 5:15-16) (1 John 3:8) (Acts 28:8-9) (Obadiah 1:8)
– The 4th role of the Apostolic is the Ministry of Repentance & forgiveness (Acts 2:37-38) (Acts 10:46)
– The 5th role of the Apostolic is to Prepare the church for Christ’s return (2 Cor 11:2)