When It Comes to Apostles and Prophets for Today, We’re Still Asking the Wrong Questions.

As to determining whether or not apostles or prophets exist today, I think we have to answer some fundamental questions beforehand:

These are examples of questions everyone’s answering but few are asking:



1.  Aren’t Apostles directly appointed and authorized by Jesus Christ to be His immediate representatives on earth? (Mark 3:14; Luke 6:13; Acts 1:2, 24; 10:41; Gal. 1:1)

2.  Doesn’t an apostle have to be an eyewitness of the resurrected Christ? (Acts 1:22; 10:39-41; 1 Cor. 9:1; 15:7-8)

3.  Doesn’t an apostle have to be able to confirm his mission and message with miraculous signs? (Matt. 10:1-2; Acts 1:5-8; 2:43; 4:33; 5:12; 8:14; 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:3-4).

4.  Doesn’t an Apostle have the authority to write scripture? (2 Peter 3:16)

5.  If the apostles and prophets laid the foundation of the church, then isn’t it silly to try to lay other foundations over theirs? (Ephesians 2:20)

These are examples of questions everyone’s asking, but few are answering:


6.  Is the Church still being equipped for works of service? (Ephesians 4:12) (2 Corinthians 13:11)

7.  Is the Church still being built up? (Ephesians 4:12) (Romans 4:19)

8.  Has the Church reached unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God? (Ephesians 4:13) (Ephesians 1:17)

9.  Have we become mature? (Ephesians 4:13) (Galatians 4:19)

10.  Have we attained the whole measure of the fullness of Christ? (Ephesians 4:13) (1 Corinthians 14:20)

11.  Have we grown up in every way into him who is the head? (Christ) (Ephesians 4:15) (1 Peter 2:2)

12.  Are the diverse parts/members of the church each doing the work/mission assigned to them in loving manner? (Ephesians 4:16) (Colossians 2:19)

13.  Can we really get to the bottom of this subject by talking about BIG “A’s” and small “a’s?” 

If we can answer “yes” to any of the second set of questions, then their might be a case for the discontinuation of apostles and the apostolic gift.

If however the answers are “no,” then that tiny word “until” in Ephesians 4:13 means everything.  

 

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