 Can you lead us in a word of prayer this morning? Sure, pastor, I'll... Sure. Do you have any father? We've praised you, acknowledged your holy name at this moment, we've come on to your throne of praise. Thank you God for this wonderful opportunity for this class, for all of this, I'm class father. Lead us in your way, father. Thank you. Guide us, father, bless Pastor Nancy as well. So this class shall be conducted in the way you want us to be, father. Let us open our mind, open our hearts, father, so that we receive your word, where is your insight in depth, knowledge is, father, that we can apply in your lives and in the ministry as a father. Bless this class, father. I praise you, I praise you, father. Thank you, I did get all these hearts into your throne of praise. And I ask this prayer in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you Prabhakar. Good morning once again, everyone. We will continue in our study of the apostolic. I remember in the last class we couldn't take the questions of two students. So I thought we can begin from there. One is say, the other I think is Elisha, he hasn't yet joined. So say, do you remember the question that you wanted to ask yesterday? Yes, Pastor Nancy. What I wanted to ask was, we may get to eat or I don't know if it's, I've not checked the notes to see if it's covered. But basically what I wanted to ask is that, what I know about apostles is that they can also function in the other offices. They can function in the prophetic, in the evangelistic, in the pastoric and in the teaching ministry. So I'm just wondering, is there also a possibility that some apostles could be apostolic prophets, apostolic teachers, apostolic evangelists, apostolic teachers, apostolic pastors. Is there a possibility that an apostle could actually be functioning in one of these ministries alongside to his apostolic calling, right? Or is just something that just happens when it's needed, for the places the Lord sends him to or she to, how to. So that was just what I was thinking about. I don't know if that is scriptural to say or in line. Thank you. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Sayi, for that question. So if I got your question right, you're asking if the apostolic also carries the anointings of the other offices that was the first question. And the second question is if there is a combination like an apostle who is also a prophet, an apostle who's also a teacher, so the combination of a couple of offices. So the answer to the first question is if you take it in general that the apostle also is a part of all the other offices that may not be true because we will study, we will look at the features of the apostolic anointing. So along with the apostolic anointing comes gifts of revelation. So there's a certain grace given under the prophetica, apostolic anointing. So you would find that people who have that grace or they are in that office, they automatically have the ability to flow in the prophetic and move in the supernatural power of God. So signs, wonders, miracles, teaching capacity, evangelistic capacity. So it is kind of inbuilt into the apostolic anointing itself. So to say that somebody who has the apostolic anointing also is part of the prophetic office and the other offices may not be true. But if somebody is part of the apostolic office, they may display features of the other offices. I hope I'm making it clear, Sehi. Yes, you are, you are, you are. So that is my explanation for your first question. The second question is, yes, a combination is very much possible because you see that even when you look at other offices so you can have a prophet teacher, you can have an evangelist and an apostle. So the combinations are various. It depends on the call that God has for a particular individual. So a certain individual can be part of more than one office. But as I shared in the last class, the only person we know who had, who was appointed in all five offices is Jesus Christ. Yeah, so we, I can't think of anyone else who is called to all the five offices. Oh, certainly. No, I wasn't asking for the five offices. I was, I know that it's only Jesus. I was only asking if there'd be possibility which you will rightly answer. It is possible that an apostle can be an apostolic prophet, apostolic teacher, which you've answered. Thank you so much, man. Thank you, man. Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Sehi. So I'm glad, you know, we could, we could address those questions. Is, there is Elisha. Elisha had a question, but I don't see him in the class today. So yeah, we wouldn't know what he wanted to ask. Okay. So in that case, let's just continue. Okay, coming back. Oh, Louis. Yeah, Louis, please go ahead. Good morning, man. Good morning, everyone. Apart from the, can you function in all of the graces, not simultaneously, but in different requests, is it possible to function in the grace, all the graces as an apostle at the time you come to the prophetic evangelist, teacher or priest, which one again? Just, is it possible to function in the five graces as a minister, not necessarily the title, but just the functions of the graces? Yeah. Okay, yes, Louis, I guess what you're saying. So it depends on the situation again. Okay, so depending on the situation, I think the grace would be activated. So can an apostle flow in all the graces, we would say yes, because as I go over some scriptures today, you will understand that all these functions of whether it is teaching or revelation of God's word, or going and taking new territory or preaching the gospel to a new set of people. What else is there? Teacher, apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, yeah, pastor. So pastor is working with the congregation and also strengthening the leadership. So there are features of all the graces as you put it, but it depends on the function of that particular apostle. See, every apostle and the calling, let me put it this way, the assignment of every apostle is different. So we can't say that a Paul will function like a Peter, or a Peter will function like a James or a James will function like John, because all are apostles, but everyone has their own assignment and depending on the assignment, the grace is manifest. So I hope that makes sense. Yes, just that my experience is I found out that I had, like God was taking me through all the graces. That's what I'm asking. Was it something I was conscious, but I just found out that with my work, I found out that I was like being trained under each grace. So that's some accent. So it's not necessary that I was calling to any particular quote on office, just that I found out that I was working with each grace. So that's why I was asking how, how do you put that in the light of the word? To know that, okay, why is God taking you through this kind of routes? That's what I'm asking. Hmm. Okay, I get the point. So the thing is, Louis, see for us to have a function under all the graces, again, may not necessarily mean that we are called to the office of the apostle because as we've seen, if you consider the prophetic, there is a prophesying believer, which means that all of us can function under the prophetic grace. We all have the great commission. So all of us can preach the gospel. So then there is the evangelistic grace. All of us, Paul, when he writes to, I think it's the Colossians, he says, like sing to one another and songs. So basically like bring the word of God, encourage one another, teach one another. So just because we teach one another, it doesn't make us a teacher, right? So every believer, if you take it for that matter, we can function in all the graces. But again, as we've seen, the extent of the function is what determines whether we are in the category of a believer who is exercising these graces or a little, again, if you wanna look at it as levels, a little higher up in the grace where you are called into an office of whatever. Prophet evangelist and all. So my point is, see, every believer can actually function in all the graces, okay? Depending on the requirement. But this is more about the calling of God on the individual. So if there is a calling in the apostolic office, the extent to which an individual functions under all these graces will be, you know, like very, if you compare it to a regular believer, it'll be many, many times higher, or many, many times greater. So that's how you would look at it. So I think it's about getting a confirmation from God that one is called into the office of an apostle. Else it's hard to tell just by the graces, you know, manifesting that, oh, okay. So and so is to make a self-assessment that, okay, I'm called into the apostolic office. So it would be best to get a confirmation from God. Thank you very much, thank you so much. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Okay, so let's go back to what we have been studying. And I really wanna apologize when it comes to the definition of apostle. I explained it correctly to all of us, but the word, right, the splitting of the word and the Greek word and what it means. It was a little mixed up what I said because yeah, I don't know how I didn't give too much attention to it. So apostle, if you split the word, the Greek word, apo means from. I said stolos means from, so that is wrong, I apologize. Apo means from and stolos means I send, okay. So that is the correct meaning. Apo means from, stolos means I send. So I just wanted to make that correction. Yeah, now let's jump to chapter two here. And we are looking at the way I told us in the last class that when we started discussing the prophetic, it was very important to see how the prophetic anointing manifested in the Old Testament and how it manifested in the New Testament. So it's only when we have a good foundation of scripture that we can make an assessment of whether that is really a prophetic anointing or not. Otherwise what happens is so much that is said about the prophetic anointing, one who doesn't have a grip in the word will not know. They won't be able to verify and validate. So the same thing is being applied to the apostolic. So we are going from scripture. We will look at scriptures, passages, and then later on kind of look at the practical aspects of the apostolic anointing. So chapter two here is simply scriptures from the New Testament, talking about the apostolic in general. Why not from the Old Testament? Because you don't really have these offices manifesting in the Old Testament prophetic. Yes, we've seen, but apostolic maybe features leadership and all, but we can't really call it apostolic at least I haven't heard anyone talk about the apostolic in the Old Testament. So we just have the New Testament scriptures here for us to look at. So it's pretty simple also. We have 12 apostles that we've seen Jesus selected them and he sent them out to do the works of the kingdom. He gave them authority. So he sent the 12 out, he gave them authority. So he sent the 12 out, he gave them authority and they represented the kingdom of God. Now these same apostles are the ones who started stirring the early church into its destiny. So we see a lot of what they did in the Acts of the Apostles. So when we look at the Acts of the Apostles, there are some passages here. Now, I don't know how familiar each one of us is with these passages. So though it may seem a little time consuming, we can quickly read the passages is what I thought. So Acts chapter two versus 42 and 43, can somebody read it? I'll just say which passage and if someone can quickly say, hey, I'll do it, then that'll be nice. Then we can go through all this fast. So Acts two, 42 and 43, anyone? Yes ma'am. Yeah, please go ahead. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles, doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayers and fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. Oh, okay, wonderful. Thank you so much, Susan. So what are some things you observe here, the apostles? Apostles what? People continued in the apostles? Doctrine and fellowship. Great, okay, wonderful. So you see that there are some features, apostles doctrine means that they were strong in setting the standards of God's word for the people. So that is why it's known as the apostles doctrine. Now, they didn't allow the church to have some random teaching coming in and anything goes, no. But there was the apostles doctrine. So they were very keen about the right teaching of God's word. Now you may wanna ask what was the apostles doctrine? So it's understood as primarily the books of the Old Testament or the Jewish books that Jesus also used to read because they would read scripture. So whatever Jesus followed, whatever he read, as well as the teachings of Jesus about the kingdom of God, that is simply put the apostles doctrine. So there is a very clear cut function of teaching which they were involved in. And when you say teaching, it was, you know, they were rooted in the truth of God's word, the truth that Jesus proclaimed, the truth that Jesus held on to, okay? So that is the apostles doctrine. And also we see that they performed and they kind of seem to be leading the group. So no wonder there was fellowship and there was this whole order established. And we also noticed that great signs and wonders were done by the hands of the apostles. So, you know, the manifestation of the supernatural is also something that we observe through the working of the apostles, okay? So we're just trying to understand some features from the scriptures that we read. That's the whole point. Thank you, Susan. We have the next passage of Acts 4 verses 33 through 37. Can somebody read that please? Can I read? Yes, yes, please, Shri Kumar. And with great power, gave the apostle witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and the great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lack for as many as were processors of lands or houses sold them and brought the prices of the things that were sold and laid them down at the apostle's feet and the distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. And Jesus who had, who by the apostles was a surname, Bernabas, which is being interpreted the son of consolation, a Levite of the country of the Cyprus, having land, having land sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostle's feet. Thank you. Yeah, thank you so much, Shri Kumar. So again, what are some things that we observe here? We see that the apostles gave great witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. So that shows us the manifestation of the supernatural power of God through their lives. And great grace was upon them all. Great grace is, grace is God's empowerment. It's his empowerment to do what he has called us to do. So obviously they were able to, they had that ability to release God's works. So that is what we see here. Then we see some sort of a leadership. It was a time when many people had decided to stay back in Jerusalem, after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. And many of them were foreigners and so they did not have possessions here in Jerusalem, but they wanted to follow God. So they stayed back and there was a lack among some, whereas some others had, but in the brotherhood, they started sharing things. So there is that whole leadership, how the apostles guided the people and there was a sharing of material goods because of the situation at that time. So we see leadership, how the apostles really guided them. And yeah, to the extent where also you see a lot of respect. So people honored the apostles and their guidance. So people who had a lot they brought and they put that at the feet of the apostles. So we see like a really fair and a strong leadership coming through the lives of the apostles. Then going to Acts 5, there are lots of verses given here in our notes. So no need to read everything. So basically this is the passage that talks about Ananias and Sapphira who tried to, like basically they tried to get honor through, I don't know what term to use it, but money, right? So they kind of showed as if they are giving so much to the church, but they had kept a part of it aside. Then you see again, this is leadership and also the discernment that one carried by the Holy Spirit. You would wonder, how did Peter know? He just tells Ananias, like you've lied to the Holy Spirit. So how did he know? So basically you see that there's that discernment, the revelatory gifts of the Spirit very much alive and active in the apostle. And they stand up for righteousness. They stand up for the standards of the kingdom of God. And so when somebody had done wrong, there was, unfortunately in this case, it was like an extreme judgment that both this couple, the couple had to face. So you see that the kind of leadership, establishing righteousness and the standards of the kingdom, that also seems to be a responsibility of the apostles. They bring correction. They're very strict. If you want to put it in simple English about the way God's word needs to be followed. So that is very much a part of the apostolic. Moving on to act six. Act six is a passage where the church was growing, thriving. So you had the Greek speaking Jews and the Hebrew speaking Jews. There was a clash between the two communities. One set of Jews, their widows were not receiving food. It was not being given to them in a timely way. So then came this whole thing that, we are being neglected and there is partiality and all. So you see there's an issue in the church. But this is more like again, you could say leadership, authority, guidance, church administration, church government. So the apostles could have just let it be and said, oh, one group is highly sensitive and the other group is completely apathetic, forget it, whatever. But no, that's not how an apostle or the apostles dealt with issues in the church. It seems very simple and very small that some widows are not getting their daily distribution of food or their distribution of food. So you notice that the apostles took a call. They made a decision. So making decisions, then church government, how should we run? There has to be peace between the two communities. So wisdom, God's wisdom is also manifest through their actions. So they decided that they're going to pick six men full of wisdom, full of the Holy Spirit, good report. And they picked seven such men and they gave them this responsibility that you have to distribute the food properly and then the issue settled down. So you see administration and church government which is coming through strongly through this example. Then again, coming to strengthening the local church. In Acts chapter eight, you have the example of Philip. Philip, he goes to Samaria, he preaches the gospel and people accept Christ. But then they don't know about when Peter and John or the apostles in Jerusalem hear about it, they want to strengthen the church to the next level. Yeah, they are excited that there is a new church in Samaria, but that's not good enough for them. They recognize that, okay, Philip, an evangelist, he would have preached about accepting Christ. Well, that's beautiful, but how do we bring these people to maturity? So then John and Peter, they go and they share about the gifts of the Spirit, the baptism in the Holy Spirit. And you read about this man called Simon who was a sorcerer and the manifestation of the Holy Spirit was so powerful that someone who was a sorcerer was really thrilled about what Peter and John were doing. So then he kind of asks them, I'll give you money, give me this ability that when I lay hands on someone like they too can speak in tongues and then they rebuke him, you and your money perish with you. So you see there that apostles are interested in strengthening local churches. They are interested in bringing the people up to the next level of maturity in God. And again, they are quite serious and very strict about the standards of God's word. So in this case, Simon, he gets a nice rebuke from them for the way he assessed the gift of God. So that is part of the apostolic. Now you have some more passages, Acts 9, 27. I'll look it up and I'll tell you. Okay, this is when Barnabas takes Paul and brings him to the apostles, okay? So you would also notice that the apostles have a way of functioning with others in the leadership. So in this case, Barnabas, Paul was, not readily accepted among the apostles because they knew his background. How can a persecutor now claim that he believes in Christ? This must be a trick. And so they were not ready to accept but then Barnabas did that task of bringing in Paul and making him part of the leadership. So apostles also have this function of working with leaders and grooming leaders, mentoring, things like that. So let's move forward, Acts 11, yeah. And apostles are also keen on knowing how the church is doing, okay? And you could say particularly we'll see later that how apostles oversee churches that are a part of their ministry and all that. So in Acts 11, it reads, now the apostles and brethren who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. So you see, they are not physically present but they're concerned. They are concerned about what is happening in a particular place or what is happening in a local church. Is God being represented rightly or are the people maturing well enough? So sometimes for us, we wonder, why is that somebody must be concerned about a local church which is so far away but that is the apostolic. Generally you find that apostles, they don't stop thinking about congregations and people even after time passes by they are quite far away. Yeah, okay. So then again, you have Acts 14 and 15, I'll just sum it up over here. So Acts 14 and 15, we see that there's this whole contention about circumcision of the Gentiles that comes up. And obviously that's not something that God wanted for the Gentiles, but people were pushing it. They were like, okay, if you want to receive salvation, you too have to be circumcised. And so when Paul heard about it and Barnabas heard about it, they were very upset. They took the matter to the leaders in Jerusalem and then all the apostles came together and they made a decision and they laid out the guidelines that no, it's not necessary for salvation that a Gentile be circumcised. So they made it very clear, they made a decision and they made it very clear for the people to follow. So that again is very apostolic to, if there is any kind of ambiguity, confusion about the word of God or about the standard of God's word in any area, what does the apostolic do? The apostolic anointing, sets it right, makes it very, very plain to the people that hey, this is it. There's no gray area over here. It's black and white. This is what we need to follow and this is how we must keep up God's standard. So these are some examples that we have seen from the Acts of the Apostles. So it's summed up in our notes. If you're looking at your notes, then it kind of sums up whatever I shared just now. I said there is an element of teaching. There were signs, wonders, miracles, church administration, church government, preaching. So they went to new areas and preached as well. Leadership, authority, also persecution. So in Acts 14, there's also this time in Iconium where the people rise up against Paul and Barnabas. And yeah, so they went through apostles, you would notice that they went through a lot of persecution. They were targeted, so to speak. So that also was a byproduct of the function to which they were called. Then strengthen, they were all the apostles, you know, they were willing to strengthen. They were keen on strengthening local churches. So they would listen, okay, how was this church doing? Are the churches doing? What can we do to make it better? So strengthening local churches, expanding into new territories. If you look at the ministry that got called Paul and Barnabas too, they went on missions, they went to, you keep reading, you know, new places. Oh, they went to Philippi, then they went to this place. After Macedonia, they moved on to another region. So they were constantly, and he was trying to get into Asia. So so many new territories that they were passionate about taking for the gospel. So they would go and then you see them preaching. Okay, this is the Lord Jesus Christ. Believe in him, receive salvation. And then not just abandon the congregation there, but you would notice that, you know, Paul, he usually his trips are like he'll go in a route and he'll kind of come back in the same route. This is strengthening the churches. Okay, so he was concerned. Okay, there are a set of believers there. How are they doing? Are they growing in God? So that is the apostolic. We're really caring about the state of the body of Christ and the local churches. So this is the example that we get from the New Testament. And we said that, you know, there are many different apostles mentioned. We have Paul, you know, very clearly he is an apostle and he himself acknowledges it in the writings. Generally his writings will begin as Paul an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. So now he knew his calling and he acknowledged it also. There are passages given, but I'm not, you know, making us read in the class. You can go back and read it in Acts 14, 14. For the first time, Barnabas is, he is referred to as an apostle. Okay, so that's what I've been saying and also what I told, you know, some of our friends here. See, Paul is an apostle, so is Barnabas, but their functions are so different. You don't read too much about Barnabas, you know, after a while initially, it was Barnabas who brought Paul on the scene and then, you know, it's more like Paul and team. Now Paul kind of took over and he was the one who is talked about a lot more later on and his function and role was so different compared to Barnabas. So you see, both are in the same office of the apostle, but the, if you wanna call it manifestation or the function or the assignment, it is different. Okay, so that's how we understand. We can't try to box God into one way of manifesting an anointing. So anointing is same, apostolic anointing, apostolic office, so they're all called apostles. When they're called apostles, it's very clear cut that they're in the office of the apostle, Ephesians 4, 11 and 12, but the way it's manifesting is quite different. So that is something we need to recognize. So then you have the mention of, we saw yesterday, Romans 16 and verse seven, Andronikus, Junia, they were also apostles. Now, what did they do? You see, when something is not talked about a lot, you don't have too many, I mean, you can look up and see, okay, is there more written about Andronikus or Junia, even Junia for that matter, actually no. So for us to come up with a theory of what did they do? How did they function? It'll be in the realm of speculation. We don't know, we don't know. Now, people can come up with all kinds of teachings and say, this is what they did and this is what we should see in the church today. But I would be very cautious to take that because I don't know. The Bible doesn't, it's just sharing their names once. So then we don't know how the apostolic came was released through their lives. But we do understand that it would have been different. Like Paul was different, Parnabas was different, Andronikus, Junia, you also have a mention of Silas, Timothy, Titus as apostles, okay? So the references are there. You could just go up and look it up and you'll notice that they are termed as apostles. Again, based on whatever function they were called to. Silas also, if I'm not wrong, in the early church, he had the, he was functioning in the prophetic. He was functioning in the prophetic. So he had a prophetic anointing. Now, I think he was in the office of the prophet, I don't know, but just kind of thinking about the question that somebody asked two anointings in one person's life. So Silas, or he's also known as Silvanus. He is an apostle, Timothy again, an apostle, Titus apostle, James the Lord's brother, who later on became the leader that the church of Jerusalem looked up to. He's also called as an apostle. So you see, there are all these apostles and yesterday there was a question. The question was only if someone encounters Jesus, personally, if you have an encounter only then you can be termed as an apostle. So the reason why I said that that may not be true is because you see all these people, the names that I mentioned, they are called as apostles. Now, based on the word of God, based on the Bible can be confirmed whether or not. Paul, yeah, it very clearly says how he came to Christ and he had an encounter with Christ. Okay, wonderful. How did Barnabas come to Christ? Or did he have an encounter for God to call him an apostle? It's in the realm of speculation. Again, Andronicus, Junior, they called as apostles. So did they have an encounter? I don't know, we don't know because it's not in the Bible. So when somebody makes a statement that is like, okay, you need to have an encounter to be an apostle and not too sure, maybe these people all had encounters, maybe they didn't, we can't verify. So yeah, so that statement, I mean, I can't confirm it. Okay, so I would just leave it as it is. Now, just coming back to the chat here, there is, yeah, are there any questions or comments Shikumaran Sehi or you just posted? You clarified it, thank you. Clarified, okay, great, great, yeah, wonderful. Okay, so yeah, it's nice. So we are getting a hold of what an apostle and the Anointing is about. Yes, Manghi. Good morning, Pastor. Good morning. Thank you very much. Yeah, no problem, go ahead. For allowing me to ask my question. Yeah, sure. In Matthew 27, I think it's also an act where God gave his disciple a great commission, go all over the world, make disciple, teach them to do the same. That's not that make, that commission makes, give anyone who believe in Christ the same mandate or the same sending, does that make all believers who are doing the same apostles or can it be reserved to few? Yeah. Thank you, Pastor. Yeah, thank you, Manghi. Good, very deep observation. You are right, you are very right. So every believer, as we said, every believer can be prophetic. So every believer can be apostolic. So based on the great commission, you are right that all of us can manifest this grace of going and preaching the gospel, entering new territories, even starting new churches, but then it doesn't make us an apostle because the apostolic office as such, the measure of the anointing, it's way greater than what believers can do at their given grace or capacity. So does it make your, is it clear? Yes, it is clear, it's clear, Pastor. Thank you. Yes, thank you, thank you. Manghi, Taisha, you have a question. Please go ahead. Oh, Pastor. I was going to ask, it's not about the apostolic, it's about the, sorry, it's about the prophetic. I was just checking if we'd be having more sessions, not the one on the breakouts. Okay. Okay, Taisha. So the apostolic, the content on that, I'll see if I can complete it a little faster. So then if we have time towards the end, we can have more breakout sessions. Is that okay, Taisha? Yes, that's okay, thank you, Pastor. Yeah, sure, thank you. And just want to encourage all of us, you're still free to post prophetic words on the chat or on the stream page. So don't have to wait for the breakout sessions or on your, if you have a WhatsApp group, then you can do that too. I'm coming to Rose's comment here. She says, Pastor, remember the spirit of God said, separate to me, Paul and Barnabas, for the work I have for them. This was the time of his apostolic commissioning. Okay. Yeah, so yes, Rose, it was the time of their commissioning. I would say just that. It was the time of their commissioning. The time of their apostolic commissioning, I don't know. I mean, personally, I don't know if I would say that because looking at the encounter that Paul had in Acts 9, it's quite clear what God wanted him to do at get go. He told him, you're going to stand before leaders, you're going to do this, you're going to do that. And then again, when Paul writes about himself in the book of Galatians and other places, he seems to express that he already knew. He knew. So he knew about the apostolic call on his life. He was commissioned to, the more missions kind of an assignment from Acts 13. Now, is it called apostolic commissioning? Actually, I don't know, Rose. I don't know. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. Yes. All right. So we still have about five minutes. Let's continue. So, you know, based on what we have studied so far, it's what we can settle in our hearts is that the apostolic anointing will manifest itself based on the assignment of the individual. So there is no fixed formula. We listed out functions. We said, oh, there's teaching, there's taking new territory, there's going through persecution, there's all these things. But to say that everyone who, excuse me, everyone who is called as an apostle has to check off ABCD, everything is checked off. It doesn't work like that. So we have to be ready for the manifestation of apostolic anointing the way God wants it. So, yes, the guidelines we've seen, we kind of understood the boundaries, if you wanna call it within which this functions and that is helpful for us. Yeah. So, again, just building on what I shared with us today, we see that God calls people to specific work and it could also be to specific people. So, for example, when God called Paul, it was clear to him that he is going to suffer many things for Christ. He's going to stand before kings. And I'm calling you to be an apostle to the Gentiles. So God made it very clear that he was an apostle too. And then the Gentiles. But if you look at Peter, Peter was very passionate about the Jews. So a lot of what he did early on in the first century church is focused on the Jews. So his apostolic ministry was focused towards them. So when we talk about apostles, there's an assignment. There could be a set of people that an apostle is called to. There is distinction in the work that different people do. So as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 3, 6 and 10, he talks about Apollos. He says that, okay, I planted Apollos watered. So there is a different role and a function of people in, it could be the same apostolic office, but you can have an apostle plant the church and then you can have an apostle sort of govern the local churches and lead the local churches. So there is a distinction in the role that apostles can play in building and strengthening local churches. And the apostolic anointing is also about opening new doors to the unreached, opening new territories for the gospel. So Paul talks about it, a door has been opened for me. So he was always excited about new places that the church could enter and share about what Jesus had done. Then the apostolic is also about equipping people with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So Paul wrote quite clearly to the Corinthian church about the manifestation of the, he lists out nine gifts of the Spirit and he encourages them to use the gifts of the Holy Spirit. So you find that the apostolic also encourages the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit. They are equipped with revelatory gifts of the Spirit. We've already talked about it. Some of the things that Paul wrote, he affirms that I got it by revelation because he never really walked with Jesus in the natural or the physical sense. So there are some more points, but I will not rush through it. We will take it up in the next class. We could pray and close if that's okay. So I just wanna request someone to lead us in a word of prayer, please. Heavenly Father, we thank you for all of the class. We thank you for your learning. We thank you Lord for the gift of the prophetic and apostolic anointing. We thank you so much for what we have learned. Holy Spirit continue to breathe upon us, continue to manifest in our lives as we grow and to impart knowledge and to edify the church in Jesus name, amen. Amen, amen. Thank you. Thank you so much, Taysha. And thank you class. God bless you. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend. We'll connect next week and yeah, enjoy your classes. God bless. Thank you, Pastor. Thank you. Thank you, God bless you too.