You are here:  Home  Arrow Your Choice: Fulfillment Or Frustration  Arrow Moving To Fulfillment  Arrow Real Church  Arrow Church's Foundation  Arrow Counterfeited
There are 9 sub-topics of "Church's Foundation":

  dot  5-fold ministry     dot  True 5-fold Ministry is Unpopular     dot  Who sets ministries     dot  counterfeited     dot  false apostles & prophets?     dot  The Pope -- Not Scriptural     dot  Apostolic Age     dot  apostles in the past     dot  Did God restore?  

Can The Ministries And Offices Of The Church Be Counterfeited?

We know that the ministries and offices of the Church are counterfeited. Every gift of God, including salvation, is counterfeited. By their fruits shall you know them. The Scriptural order is very plain.

The counterfeits:

There are many instances where authority is claimed but a man or an organization is glorified. Anyone would know that this is not from God.

A friend of mine went to a seminar where anyone who wanted it could purchase the right to be a "five-fold ministry."  What would make anyone believe they could purchase something like this?  It really brings to mind Simon the Sorceror.

There is a group that saw, in Scripture, that there has to be apostles in the Church. They didn't see any, so they simply decided to be the apostles.  Rather than wait on God, they just usurped the authority.

There are groups of apostles that function under a one-man ministry.  That is, there is a local pastor who set up some people under his or her authority and gave those people the title of apostle.  Apostle means, "one sent," and they were sent by man not by God.

There are those who are called apostles but are not under the headship of all the other apostles. They desire to be maverick.  That is not scriptural.

There is a very plain scriptural order of apostles.  It is obvious that they are here until we all come into 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.  They will be here until that happens, and we must build the Church according to the pattern God has given us in Scripture.

 



Author/Compiler: Bob Stenson (unless otherwise noted)
Last updated: 2010-08-03 14:39:33



If you seek God, you will find Him through His Son, Jesus.



Revelations 22:19 And if anyone takes away from the Words of the Book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the Book of Life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which have been written in this Book.

John 10:35b the Scripture cannot be broken,

Human theology and reasoning is not necessarily correct, but the Bible is. The Bible can only be understood by revelation, and revelation is given by the Spirit of God. God does reveal in His own way. But we only know in part. If we think we know any thing, we do not know it as we ought. We are instructed, by God, to keep seeking Him. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth. The truth sets us free. Lies bind us. Whoever seeks Jesus does find Him. Jesus is the truth.




Prayer, Bible, Unity
THE CONCLUSION

If you would like to know more about God's plan for you, then click here.

| Links | | Add Site URL | | Link To This Page |
|About SeekFind.net | | Contact Us |
        
Ask a question
Link to SeekFind.net

There is so much more for you. This is what you have been missing. Don't let anyone deceptively keep you from fulfilling your destiny and God's purpose for your life.

Prayer, Bible, Unity



Prayer, Bible, Unity

We believe the Holy Scriptures teach:
  • The 5 apostolic ministries (Ephesians 4:11)
  • The nine gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:8-10)
  • Local congregations overseen by elders and deacons (Titus 1:5)
  • Every member having and being a ministry in the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:11)
  • Being led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14)
  • The gathering together of the Body of Christ (Genesis 49:10, John 17:21)