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Defining The Modern Day Apostle
An apostle is a founder. Many ministers are grounders, but not all are founders. We will discuss
more on this distinction in a later chapter. An apostle may found a church, found a revelational truth,
found a unique ministry, found a new group of Christians, found a ministerial fellowship, or found
many other things.
Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers are GROUNDERS.
Apostles and Prophets, however, are FOUNDERS.
An apostle births things.
An apostle may birth other leaders.
An apostle sets things in order. (Titus 1:5)
An apostle is a SPIRITUAL FATHER. (1 Corinthians 4:14-21)
An apostle moves in signs and wonders. (2 Corinthians 12:12)
Most apostles in the Bible have SEEN THE LORD, at least in the form of a vision. (1 Corinthians
chapter 15)
An apostle is a minister to ministers and a leader to leaders.
An apostle’s mantle is “governmental” by nature.
Note Elijah and the Widow Woman. The widow woman DISCERNED that Elijah was her spiritual
father and, as a result, enjoyed a lifetime of miracles because of her spiritual perception.
Note Elisha and the Wealthy Woman with her husband: This woman DISCERNED that Elisha was
her and her husband's divine connection to God and, as a result, enjoyed harvest after harvest of
miracles.
This woman did three things:
She PERCEIVED the prophet through spiritual recognition.
She RECEIVED the prophet by meeting his material needs.
She CONCEIVED the Prophet’s Reward by receiving her miracle!
Elisha did three things:
He discerned her NEED.
He accepted her SEED.
He performed the DEED!
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