The need for the prophets and apostles today

The purpose of the five fold technologies:
For the complete furnishing of the saints spiritually, emotionally, mentally, intellectually and physically,(individual level personal reformation, training them to learn to receive)

For the work of the ministry (be able to listen, download blueprint and fulfill instructions)(Training them how to give, impart, repair, reform, build lives) local church level

For designing, constructing and erecting the different units of Christ as one solid massive building according to the blueprint. Global level of networking.

And how long?
Perfecting and edifying is a process and is in a progressive tense in Ephe 4:12. Remember Jesus said I will build my church and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.(have or exercise force over it, or coerce or dominate it)
What he meant was He will be building His church through the fivefold that He gave to the church when He left. The issue here is if we reject the ministry of the apostles and prophets we are actually rejecting Jesus’ endeavor and effort to build His church which will be able to stand and challenge the enemy. He wants to build a church that will live to see death being conquered completely after which He will hand over the kingdom to God the Father.

We also need to keep in mind the context of the statement that Jesus made. He said this when Peter out of apostolic and prophetic revelation discern Christ and made an accurate interpretation of Christ’s true identity. He said You are a piece of rock (out of a bigger rock) but upon this rock (a massive bigger unison of pieces of rocks which is a combination of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone) I will construct my church (a governmental company of people).

We also need to keep in mind the same architectural technology reemphasized by apostle Paul in Eph 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
(we are constructed and laid upon the firm technological strength of the apostles and prophets, Jesus being the chief pattern through which the other foundational pieces of stones fit or aligned their shapes).
Eph 2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord:
Eph 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

And the fivefold will continue to function and operate (till we all come to the unity of faith)till we all arrive at a certain unified matured level of hearing capacity for all seasons of our personal lives ,the local church level and to global level capacity

And of the knowledge of Christ {frequency of understanding (apostolic and prophetic) where our downloads from God begins to become similar in weight and dimension in the corporate and global level and our operational capabilities are greatly enhanced,
Unto a perfect man (where we scale 10 out of 10).

Unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ (until we measure up ourselves to the height, size, weight, experience, wisdom, and maturity of Christ) Remember it is He Himself building a part of Himself, His bride the church. He expects it to be perfect full of himself not a drop less.

A physical body if observed properly also builds and repairs itself with every organs and cells doing their roles respectively. It self destructs when it refuses to obey the brain and some organs starts malfunctioning.Covenantal joinings and partnership (networking) are expected in the days to come. It is a must if the church wants to reach its destiny.We need a globalized church that can deal not only with national issues but global issues.

True Ministry starts with us first.

Most of us once we get saved wants to start doing something for God and many wants to jump into ministry immediately. But a word of caution though-yes God is very much interested in us trying to do ministry for Him but first He wants us to serve Him before we can learn to serve others. He wants us to become more like Him rather than start jumping into ministry.

The becoming like Him is more important than the doing part. Character is more important than ministry. When we minister we represent Him so we need to wait on Him to prepare us,chisel us and mold us to the character He wants to shape in our lives. The message is very important but the carrier of the message needs to be a holy,prepared and attested vessel. Our lives should correspond to what we preach and teach or else we behave like the Pharisees and being hipocritical.

The Son of God waited for 30 years before He launched into ministry,Saul who later became Apostle Paul was prepared in the wilderness of Arabia before He went public. They are our patterns to follow. A soldier needs to undergo training before he can be sent into the battlefield.

We are the last day sent ones and we have the hardest and the best ministry laid upon our shoulders and we need intensive and extensive training to represent our master and King and His Kingdom.

Ministry is not a copy of things on earth.

God has a wonderful plan for all of us.But there is a whole lot of logistics involved in carrying out the agenda of God on earth.We cant blindly imitate the ministries around us if we want to be rewarded in heaven for our work here on earth.So lets examine some critical elements that will allow us to be effective.

1.Identify your calling/grace/ministry that you are called to do.
Know what you are called to do and the office you are supposed to assume.
2.Identify the domain,sector or people you are called to cater to.
Know where to release your grace & the area of operation you need to get involved in.
3.Understand your preparation period and cooperate with God to hasten it.
Allow Him to transform your character to become the person who can be trusted.
4.Learn to identify God's timing of release for your work.
Know seasons(kairoses) in your life and also the global season of God for the hour.
5.Identify the people you are called to connect with.
Choose your people carefully and also the overseer God sends in your life.
6.Choose your strategies based on His timing and never IMITATE other ministries.
God's strategies always change with each generation so be innovative & don't get stucked.
7.Always remember who is it that you are serving and the source of your success.
Never steal God's glory for yourself.Acknowledge Him in all your ways.

It's always been God's nature and glory to hide deep secrets from people undeserving and its our privilege to unlock it. But God wants us to depend on Him and understand that He is our source. So we need to learn to use the Kingdom technology of ASK:
ASK-is the petition of our MOUTH for everything that we need to fulfill His will.
SEEK-is the searching with our EYES for people,our domain and strategies.
KNOCK-is the conquest with our FEET of domains,glory and wealth for the Kingdom.

Lets follow the footstep of our Master in doing what the Father does. Amen.