The Ministry Anointing of the Apostle

Spiritual Pioneers

first part of structure. The Church is a spiritual structure. The Church is referred to as God's building. Edify means to build. From this we get our word edifice. If the Church is not being constructed according to the pattern of the Lord, the apostles will discern and know it. They will know when things are out of order. Just as an architect knows when the builders have diverted from an original design, the apostles know when the Church has diverted from God's original plan. Apostles are concerned about how the spiritual building of the Lord is erected after the foundation has been laid. The foundation for the reformation under Martin Luther was the doctrine of justification by faith. Luther received and began to preach that believers were justified by faith and not works. The Church had to be built upon this foundational doctrine. However, in addition to preaching and teaching this doctrine of salvation by faith, preachers had to be trained and taught, and churches had to be organized and governed. It is not enough to lay a foundation. A building must be constructed upon the foundation laid. Many of those around Luther did not have the wisdom to build upon the foundation of faith. Luther had to correct and even disassociate himself from some who would have taken the reformation in the wrong direction. This is not to imply that Luther was necessarily correct in all of his theology, but the apostolic anointing upon his life gave him insight to build the Church after the foundation was laid. When reformation does come to the Church, there are those anointed to govern. The word governments found in 1 Corinthians 12:28 is the Greek word kubernesis meaning to steer or pilot. There is an ability to steer the Church in the

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