Moving in the Apostolic

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Moving in the Apostolic

open those places for others to follow and enter in. These are the individuals and churches that will operate in apostolic anointing to open new regions and new frontiers so that others may enter in and experience the fullness of God. Opening New Regions to the Word of God And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region (Acts 13:49). Some believe their cities already have enough churches, and they need to revive the existing ones rather than build new ones. But many of the existing churches will not receive new things, often fighting against a fresh move of the Holy Spirit. As a result, many of the present churches are ineffective. This is why I do not focus on the number of churches in an area, but on the number of churches that are having an impact. Often the number ranges from few to almost none. This is why apostolic ministry is needed: to plant effective, powerful churches that will have an impact! Or how can one enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house (Matt. 12:29). Before a region opens to the gospel, however, the strongman of Matthew 12:29 must first be bound. (See also Mark 3:27; Luke 11:21,22.) The strongman may in fact be a demonic principality that rules over a certain geographical area, leading a horde of demonic principalities that influence the affairs of people. The Bible clearly demonstrates God's superiority over all these "principalities and powers." (Compare Daniel 7-10 with Ephesians 1:21 and 6:12, Colossians 1:16 and Romans 8:38, where the Messiah decisively defeats all his enemies.) The "goods" are the souls that are being influenced and controlled by this ruling spirit to keep them from the truth. Apostles can go into new regions and break through the resistance by binding the strongman. The strongman is bound by the overall ministry of the apostle. The apostle then establishes new churches and new