Apostles: New Testament Church

Jesus Ministries, Joan Boney  ... 

Shortly after I was born again in 1975, in the night while sleeping God transported me into heaven.  I was with God, and with Christ, and with the Holy Spirit.  ( I saw no physical type images.  It was a spiritual experience.)  At that time I was "merged" into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.

 

A few nights after this, the exact same thing happened a second time.

 

At that time I thought this happened to everyone when they were born again.

 

Later I found that not to be the case, and I felt God had ordained me into two ministry offices:  apostle and prophet, to which I was called by God and set by Jesus in the New Testament church.

 

Ephesians 4:11-12  And HE (Jesus) gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

 

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This is what God taught me about the office of a New Testament apostle and the work apostles do in today's churches:

 

God took me to Acts 15 to show me the work of apostles of Jesus in the New Testament churches.

 

A primary role of an apostle has to do with establishing church doctrine.

 

In the early church, they did not have the New Testament to prove church doctrine.  Apostles, appointed by God, judged the doctrine and set the doctrine in the church and established the doctrine of the New Covenant in the churches.

 

An example:  (Apostles considered a controversy and made a ruling for the NT church.)

 

Acts 15

 

1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas (apostles) had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them.

5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, (Concerning the Gentiles) That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.

(But The New Covenant is not the same as the law of Moses.)

6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter.

7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter  (apostle) rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as HE  did unto us;

9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul (apostles) declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.

13 And after they had held their peace, James (apostle) answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for HIS name.

15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom MY name is called, saith the Lord, WHO doeth all these things.

18 Known unto God are all HIS works from the beginning of the world.

(James, an apostle, presents the ruling for the church concerning the doctrine of Christ in the matter at hand.)

19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas (a prophet) surnamed Barsabas, and Silas (a prophet), chief men among the brethren:

23 And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:

25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.

28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

30  So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:

31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

32  And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

33 And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.

34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.

35 Paul also and Barnabas (an apostle) continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

 

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Today we have the New Testament Bible which tells us the doctrines of Christ for the New Testament Churches.

 

Current apostles still have a special anointing by God concerning the doctrines of Christ for the church.  

 

We try to get individuals to judge their doctrines by scriptures returning to the New Testament Bible, for many churches today have fallen away from some scriptures in the New Testament Bible and have set up anti-christ doctrines, doctrines opposite to Christ the Word, thus the end time apostasy of the end time churches working in churches right now.

 

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  (Paul says)

 

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day (of the Lord) shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

(In 1982 while reading the above scriptures, God said to me:  "The falling away are not people leaving the churches.  The falling away are churches leaving the scriptures.")

 

An example:  One day I heard television news present an interview with Catholic pope.  The newscaster asked this man what he thought about homosexuals and lesbians.  This pope said:  "Well ... I don't see anything wrong with being homosexual or lesbian."

 

I screamed at the TV and said:  "What about the Bible?"

 

Romans 1

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified HIM not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, WHO is blessed for ever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

(This is what the Bible says about homosexuals and lesbians in the New Testament Bible.)

 

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2 Timothy 3:16-17  

 

16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

 

Prove your doctrine by the scriptures of the New Testament Bible.

 

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In the end times, before Jesus returns and before God destroys this present heaven and earth, the apostasy comes into many churches where they fall away from certain scriptures and preach and teach another doctrine.

 

Jesus said: 

 

Matthew 5:32  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

 

(I've never heard any church teach this doctrine.)

 

* If a man divorces a faithful wife and she remarries she commits adultery but her husband who divorced her caused her adultery.

 

* The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

 

Romans 7:2-3  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

 

I Corinthians 7:10-11  And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:  But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

(I've never heard a church teach this.  And it is often violated by women in churches who leave their husbands and marry another man.)

 

39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

 

Mark 10  (Jesus says)

 

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

 

11 And HE (Jesus) saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

 

(These scriptures are often changed in today's NT churches.  This is the end time falling away where churches omit scriptures and set up doctrines which are not according to NT scripture.  Antichrist in the churches.  The end time apostasy before Jesus returns to gather the elect.)

 

NT apostles will try to convince church people to return to these scriptures and follow these instructions.)

 

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