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How long will there be apostles?

 

Ephesians 4:11-16 describes the house in its perfection with Christ as its head.

And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ--from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

 

(Ephesians 4:11-16, NKJV).
Note verse 12 says Jesus gave the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers "for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry." They are to perfect the saints to do the work, not do it all themselves! Those who operate in these gifts are always working for the maturation of the saints so that the saints can do the work of the ministry. Verse 16 says the whole body is to be fitly joined together. This joining supplies its needs as each member does his part to edify the body in love. The supply comes from the joining of the saints as they minister to one another in the Spirit, not by them sitting in a pew while one man does it all.

 

Don't let anyone tell you apostles and prophets died off with the twelve of the early Church. Because apostles and prophets are ministers who do not draw attention to themselves, they often don't protest this teaching, but the Bible does. These five ministries will continue to prosper until "we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:13, KJV). This verse is far from fulfilled now, but as men and women rise up to their callings in Christ and in the power of His Spirit, it will come to pass

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Note verse 12 says Jesus gave the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers "for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry." They are to perfect the saints to do the work, not do it all themselves! Those who operate in these gifts are always working for the maturation of the saints so that the saints can do the work of the ministry. Verse 16 says the whole body is to be fitly joined together. This joining supplies its needs as each member does his part to edify the body in love. The supply comes from the joining of the saints as they minister to one another in the Spirit, not by them sitting in a pew while one man does it all.

 

Don't let anyone tell you apostles and prophets died off with the twelve of the early Church. Because apostles and prophets are ministers who do not draw attention to themselves, they often don't protest this teaching, but the Bible does. These five ministries will continue to prosper until "we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." (Ephesians 4:13, KJV). This verse is far from fulfilled now, but as men and women rise up to their callings in Christ and in the power of His Spirit, it will come to pass