THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER TWELVE

“And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till 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 4:11-13).

I believe one of the greatest deceptions in the Body of Christ today is a movement built on the lie that for the church to truly function today, God has had to restore the office of the apostle and prophet as a "modern day foundation" of the church. Where is that in scripture? When did Jesus, who is the Author and Finisher of the church ever lose these foundational ministries? If they were lost, does that mean that the church of Finny, Wesley, and Wigglesworth’s time was built on sand? Since these modern apostles rank first in authority, does that mean that David Wilkerson, the founding pastor of Times Square Church, needs to find a modern apostle to submit to so he will come under “proper alignment?”

The scriptures clearly state that the church that Jesus is building sits on a foundation: “And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; In whom all the building fitly framed together growth unto a holy temple in the Lord” (Ephesians 2:20-21). NO OTHER FOUNDATION CAN BE LAID: “For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:11). Any apostle or prophet claiming to be a modern foundation of the church is simply a liar: “I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars” (Revelation 2:2). This is because a modern foundation by its very definition would have to be another foundation which equals another gospel.

Many times in scripture the church is referred to the house of God. The foundation this house sits on is the scriptures that came through the ministry of the original twelve apostles minus Judas, plus Paul. The work of these men of God lives on even though they are dead as pertaining to this life. This is because the words they left us were literally the Words of Jesus and were written not only in His Blood, but also the Apostles blood. This “Blood” still speaks in Almighty Power and Authority today: “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel” (Hebrews 12:24). Therefore, the church sits on as it were an eternal and unmovable foundation that has not the slightest crack in it. How is it that God had to restore something that had never been lost? How is it we are still falling for heresy the Assemblies of God rebuked over fifty years ago?

"In 1949 the General Council of the Assemblies of God held in Seattle overwhelmingly approved a resolution that was prepared by a committee that dealt with the Latter Rain Movement. The resolution adopted disapproved of the following practices of the Latter Rain, and the action was made necessary as a result of the movement invading the Assembly of God churches:
1. The overemphasis relative to imparting, identifying, bestowing, or confirming of gifts by the laying on of hands and prophecy.
2. The erroneous teaching that the church is built on the foundation of present-day
apostles and prophets.
3. The extreme teaching as advocated by the "New Order," regarding the confession of sin to man and deliverance as practised, which claims prerogatives to human agency which belongs only to Christ.
4. The erroneous teaching concerning the impartation of the gift of languages as
special equipment for missionary service.
5. The extreme and unscriptural practice of imparting or imposing personal leadings by the means of the gifts of utterance.
6. Such other wresting and distortions of scripture interpretations, which are in opposition to teachings and practices generally accepted among us." -


The truth is the church needs to get back to its foundation and quit going from fad to fad! The word apostle means a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders. I am sure there are apostles today that fit this description such as Barnabas, Timothy, and Silvanus who were called apostles in the scriptures. But these never claimed to be the foundation of the church because the truth is, that was settled from eternity: “And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb” (Revelation 21:14). There will never be another twelve!!!