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The Test of a Genuine Apostle is seen in the works of an Apostle and the Seal of an Apostle.
 
4. To Establish or Strengthen Churches The book of Acts repeatedly shows apostles preaching the gospel, gathering believers, strengthening them, and establishing functioning churches. Therefore, apostolic ministry does not merely produce converts; it works toward establishing stable, mature, properly led churches —— Acts 14:21–28; Acts 15:36-41, Acts 18:18-23, Titus 1:5
 
5. To Establish and Teach Sound Doctrine A genuine Apostles is known by the message or sound teachings or doctrines they are called to preach. Whenever you remember an Apostle and you cannot point to the central message of the call or ministry, then their apostleship is questionable (Acts 2:41-42, 1 Timothy 1:3-4 KJV, NLT, Titus 1:9-13, 2 Timothy 1:13–14).
 
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The Authenticity of Apostleship describes the originality or reliability of the office an Apostle as genuine. This is one of the crucial signs of a genuine Apostle
(1 Corinthians 9:1). Two (2) main evidences defines the authenticity of an Apostolic ministry and they are: A. The Evidence of the work of an Apostle
B. The Evidence of the Seal of an Apostle The Work Of An Apostle Here are some works of the Apostle that proves the genuineness of an Apostolic Ministry:
 
1. Sending Capacity An Apostle must have a sending capacity or ability. The farther you can go, the greater your capacity or ability as an Apostle. There are people who call themselves apostles but there are certain places they don’t want to go. The sign of a genuine Apostle is someone who can go anywhere for the gospel.
 
2. To Pioneer the Gospel in New Territories Apostles characteristically take the gospel into places where Christ has not been established. Paul’s ministry demonstrates a strong pioneering and missionary dimension. Thus, apostolic ministry is naturally associated with territorial expansion and kingdom advancement. One of the unique dimensions of the Apostolic ministry, is the ambition of chatting new territories.
 
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Who is an Apostle? Apostle is the Greek Word “Apostolos” which means the following:
1. A Delegate: A person sent or authorized to represent another).
2. An Ambassador of the Gospel or a Commissioner of Christ.
3. A Messenger: A Carrier of a message or is employed to carry messages on behalf of another.
4. One sent forth with orders Genuine Evidence Of An Apostolic Ministry
1. Evidence Of The Call Of God The first genuine evidence or sign of an apostolic ministry is His calling. Who then calls an Apostle? Jesus Christ! Apostle Paul described his calling; •He was not called or appointed by a group of people; •He was not called by any human authority; •He was called by Jesus Christ Himself, God the Father, who raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Galatians 1:1 NLT, Acts 9:1-6, 15, Acts 22:17-21,
2. The Evidence Of Having a Certain Degree Of Freedom (1 Corinthians 9:1). The next thing from being called as an Apostle is to have some degree or realm of freedom to do certain things. You cannot claim to be an Apostle a too much restrictions, your apostolic ministry may never be fulfilled. The word freedom is the Greek word “Eleutheros” which means;
•To be Free Born In a civil sense of not being a slave. How can you be an Apostle of Jesus Christ and also be a slave to one thing or the other; one person or another. That will curtail your movement and ministry. As an Apostle, you must even marry a woman who will give you some degree of freedom to do the work of God.
•To be Unrestrained Apostle need a certain realm of freedom to express their apostolic ministry especially when they are called in a ministry. The administrative structures must allow such apostles some degree of freedom from restrictions so they can express their apostolic ministry or calling.
•To be Granted Certain Exemptions from Laws Apostles are people who have a strange heart for the Lord of their call and their calling. So they often come up with a lot of innovations, ideas and creativity. Therefore without a certain of degree of exemption from rules, regulations and laws, they will be restricted and cannot fulfill their apostolic ministry.
3. THE EVIDENCE OF SEEING JESUS CHRIST (1 CORINTHIANS 9:1). One of the qualifications Apostle Paul gives to the genuineness of his apostolic calling is that he has seen Jesus Christ. A genuine of Apostle of Christ may encounter Jesus Christ once and again during his ministry calling. Be blessed as you listen to this thought provoking and challenging teaching from our father!

The passage does not tell us the exact method they used, but Scripture gives us several biblical principles that explain how they likely tested these false apostles.
1. They Tested their doctrine Against Apostolic Truth The first and greatest test was whether their teaching agreed with the gospel delivered by Christ and His apostles.
•Apostle Paul warned the elders of the church of Ephesus that false teachers will arise from amongst them. You must remember Paul taught in Ephesus in 3.5years no wonder they are sound in doctrine (Acts 20:28-31).
•The presence of strong teachers or teaching priests and shepherds keeps vicious wolves at bay and seems to neutralize the vicious wolf instincts. My aim is to turn as many people as possible into an army of apostles, shepherds and teachers to keep the spirit of vicious wolves at bay (Acts 20:28-32) Vicious means deliberately cruel or violent, immoral and brutal.
•Even if an angel preached another gospel, he was to be rejected (Galatians 1:6–10).
•The Bereans examined the Scriptures daily to verify Paul’s teaching and guess what? Paul was so excited they did. He recommended highly because He realized they were a different breed as compared to the Christians of Thessalonica (Acts 17:12)
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Who are the Nicolaitans? They are people within the church of Ephesus who hold on to the demonic doctrine of Balaam (Revelations 2:14).
What is The Meaning of Nicolaitans?
1. The Greek Word for Nicolaitans means destruction of people.
2. The Root Greek Word for the word Nicolaitans is the “Nikolaos” which comes from the compound word “Nikao—Laos”. This means “Overcomer of People.” The Nicolaitans have this spirit of always trying to overcome or dominate the people of God through infiltration and introduction of strange doctrines and believes contrary to what God has given them through.
 
The Nicolaitans Upholds The Doctrine Of Balaam (Numbers 25:1-9, Numbers 31:12-16) The demonic Strategy is to uphold the Doctrine of Balaam to Balak against the people of God. You must know how the devil works against a church. This is to infiltrate the various ranks of the church from within with strange doctrines.
 
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Jesus was saying that if the Ephesian church refused to repent, He would withdraw its status and effectiveness as His church. This could involve several related realities.
 
1. The church will lose its place in the body of Christ. Every church has a place in the palm of Jesus Christ. There is a place in the realm of the spirit that Jesus has placed every golden lampstand or candlestick in order to become relevant in His body but the moment that place is lost, the church is physically alive but useless. And there are many churches around the world, whose lampstand has been removed and so have become more institutionalized than spiritualized. Let’s becareful so Christ doesn’t remove our lampstand in the realm of the spirit as a church.
 
2. The Loss of Christ’s Presence Jesus walks among the lampstands (Revelation 1:13). If He removes a lampstand, the church loses the blessing of His active presence and fellowship. A congregation may continue meeting every Sunday, but if Christ no longer owns and empowers its witness, it has lost something essential. The moment Christ removes the lampstand, He moves away from that church. His presence may linger for some time but His person is long gone from amongst the people. Many churches today are without Jesus Christ the owner and builder of the church because it doesn’t belong to Him anymore it has become the founder’s property. Any church that loses the presence of Jesus is finished forever!!!
 
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The Things Jesus And Was Not Happy About The Church Of Ephesus Nevertheless means that all the good in the Ephesian church did not cancel out the bad Jesus is about to describe. You have left your first love: Despite all the good in the Ephesian church, there is something seriously wrong. They have left - not lost - their first love. They once had a love that they don’t have anymore. This can be described as “a definite and sad departure.”
1. The distinction between leaving and losing is important. Something can be lost quite by accident, but leaving is a deliberate act, though it may not happen suddenly. As well, when we losesomething we don’t know where to find it; but when we leave something, we know where to find it.
2. Though they had left their first love, everything looked great on the outside. If you would have attended a service of the church at Ephesus, you might have thought, “This is a happening church. They are doing so much, and they really guard the truth.” At the same time, you might have had a vague, uneasy feeling - yet it would probably be hard to pin down. It wasn’t hard for Jesus to see the problem, even though everything probably looked wonderful on the outside.
3. The problem was serious. Without love, all is vain. No wonder Jesus said, “Nevertheless I have this against you.” “A church has no reason for being a church when she has no love within her heart, or when that love grows cold. Lose love, lose all —— 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (NLT), 1 John 4:7-13.
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Introduction To The City Of Ephesus
•Ephesus is a great city was also world-famous as a religious, cultural, and economic center of the region.
 
•Ephesus had the notable temple of Diana, a fertility goddess worshipped with immoral sex. This tremendous temple to Diana in Ephesus was regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was supported by 127 pillars, each pillar 60 feet tall, and it was adorned with great sculptures.
 
The Good Things About the Church of Ephesus
•The church of Ephesus had works in the Lord.
•The church of Ephesus laboured for the Lord.
•The church of Ephesus cannot bear or tolerate evildoers in the church.
•The church of Ephesus tried those who say they are Apostles and are not and found them to be liars
•You have patiently suffered for me without quitting (Rev. 2:3 NLT)
 
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Jesus Christ is Described as the Faithful Witness.
1. This is because Jesus Christ modeled to all mankind during His earthly life and ministry the perfection of the God-kind of Life He multiplies bread in the wilderness John 5:17-23, Mathew 9:1-7.
2. Jesus Christ witnessed about who God the Father is, He was the one who showed us what God looked like - Colossians 1:15 (NLT), John 10:30, John 14:6-11, Mathew 11:27
3. Jesus is the faithful witness because God was in Him reconciling the world unto Himself by the preaching of the gospel of salvation, Healing and Deliverance — 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
•The First Begotten of the Dead or the Firstfruits of the Resurrection of the Dead. The reason Jesus is called the firstborn or the firstfruit of the resurrection is not because he was the first to die and be resurrect from the dead. To say Jesus died and resurrected from the dead is not a correct statement, why? Because no man dies and resurrects himself from the dead. When the Angel of death, takes a hold of you, He is so powerful that you cannot deliver yourself from his hand except someone with a higher power than the Angel of death. So in the case of Jesus, the Holy Spirit did (Psalm 16:10, Romans 8:11).
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A. His Head and Hair were White like Wool (Revelation 1:14). The white hair signifies:
Agelessness The state of never looking old or appearing to grow old. Jesus Christ is the ageless One. He was in existence before all things were created or begun. How ageless could Jesus Christ be? If you don’t know Jesus, He is ageless, you cannot place a particular age on Him. Jesus is an eternal being and He is God. He is not a man to be toiled with (John 1:1-3, Hebrews 13:8, Colossians 1:17) Ancient of Days He is the ancient of Days (Revelation 1:4, 8; 4:8).
 
1. Who Was (God of the Past) —— This declares that God has always existed. Before creation, before time, before the universe, God already was (Psalm 90:1-6 GNT, John 1:1).
 
2. Who Is (God of the Present) —— God is not merely a God of history; He is actively present now. He is the ever-present God who: Sustains creation; Hears prayers; Rules over the affairs of humanity; and Walks with His people. His presence is continuous and unchanging (Psalm 46:1) 3. Who is to Come (God of the Future) Jesus Christ is the God who shall return again. He is the God of the future and He shall return in glory (Acts 1:8-11, John 8:54-58, Genesis 14:17-20, Hebrews 7:1-4, Daniel 7:9-10).
 
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