 revival, God is restoring the fivefold ministry to the body of Christ. What he's doing is he's restoring the Acts church is what he's doing. Like when we read the book of Acts, all of the mighty miracles that are happening, we have to do what the Acts church did to see the results of the Acts church. So what we're doing is really returning to his word in the book of Acts. And when we look at the book of Acts, we find the fivefold ministry. We find apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We see them operating. We see them by name. By the genus, I've never heard nothing like it. One man wrote me in his 80s. He said, I've been living 83 years. I've never heard a man like it. I went up and I literally went to the throne room of God. That kind of power is almost impossible for a natural body to contain. And as I went to the throne room of God, and I didn't see God's face clearly, but I saw the face of God. It wasn't clear. Not like I could see your face clearly. And as God began, he put a mantle on me. And it was a very distinct mantle. I had no idea that Apostle had prophesied. I think he said that there was a mantle that was coming upon me, that there was a new mantle coming upon me. And then I saw the earth for a moment. And then he brought me back and he put me in certain places, one being the White House, one building certain continents. It is odd when you look and notice that there are more apostles today than we had in the Bible. Now, I don't think that these apostles today are apostles, not like the apostles from the Bible. And we're going to find out what an apostle actually is. We've got some people today who claim to be apostles who are self-appointed or someone else calls them apostle, but they do not in any way shape or fashion line up with the type of apostles that we see in the Bible. We've got people who, they're doctrine, they're understanding of scriptures that line up their act, their power or lack thereof, that resemble what we see in the Bible. So first off, let's first begin with what an apostle is. An apostle is anyone who is sent by someone. And I thank God that now I'm here. And some don't like the idea that I'm here, but God sent us. That's right. Now, to be sent by someone, that also means that you're sent not only by someone, but to someone and for a specific reason. Before we go more into that, let's look at what Jesus was, because the term is also applied to Jesus. If we go to Hebrews chapter three, therefore holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. And so Jesus was called an apostle. We also see this term where we get the word apostle from. If we go to Luke chapter nine verse 48, it says, and said to them, whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The word is derived from two words, one, apostle. And the second word, stay low. The word apostle was from and stay low kind of means to make ready. And so the word tells us that it's someone who is sent in order to make something ready or to deliver a message. It's almost as though this person is being sent on an errand or they have a specific mission, not just simply to exist or just to proclaim or just stand in the street corner and yell out something or just even utter a message, even if it's a true message. An apostle generally could be anyone, but when we say that someone is an apostle, biblically speaking, that person is someone who is sent in this case by, well, Jesus said by God, but then there are those who are sent by the church. And then there are those who are sent by Jesus. We know of 12 apostles that includes a Matthias who was added. And then we have someone like a Paul. Then we've got someone like a Barnabas who was also an apostle, but he was an apostle of the church sent by the church, not commissioned by Jesus. No one ever verified that he was an apostle of Christ. No one called him that. And so he is an apostle, but an apostle of the church. We had a lot of people who were sent by the church for specific reasons. Barnabas, of course, was sent with Paul to be an apostle with him to the Gentiles, but he was not an apostle of Jesus Christ. Why do I say that? Well, there are some criteria of an apostle that we see that these people today, they don't meet that criteria. The first criteria, first and foremost is that you had to have seen the risen Christ, not that you saw the resurrection. People hear this and then they say, well, Paul did not see the resurrection. And I'm not saying that Paul saw the resurrection. As a matter of fact, no one saw the resurrection. What I'm saying is what the scripture is going to say when we look at it in just a second is that a person had to have seen Jesus after his resurrection. They encountered the resurrected Christ. We can find that when we go to Acts 122, when they are speaking of choosing someone, he says, so verse 21, so one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these must become with us a witness to his resurrection. And so it's important that whoever an apostle is of Jesus had to be a witness to him after his resurrection. Again, it's not saying they were witnesses to the actual act of resurrection, but the fact that they witnessed that he had been resurrected. Because again, no one saw that. None of the apostles were there. They had to be informed later on. And so that includes Peter or Thomas or John. Also we'll find out that this also includes Paul. We know about Paul encountering Jesus on the road to Damascus. And Paul even validates that this is a criteria for being an apostle when he stays in 1 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 20 says, am I not free? This is Paul defending his apostleship. Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? And then he also gives a further proof. He says, are you not my worksmanship in the Lord? If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship. And what he's simply saying is to others, other Jews, he's not an apostle to them, but he is an apostle to these Gentiles, specifically this particular church, this group in Corinth, which he's writing this letter to. And we have validation of his apostleship by others. We have it just in the book of Acts that he's an apostle and they accept him. Peter even goes on to say that even his writings are considered to be scripture. Now today, however, we've got people who will claim that they are an apostle. And the question just begs, well, how do they become apostles? When you look at the story of this person, Katherine Crick, who by no means is an apostle, and it's even doubtful that she even is a Christian. I surrendered to Jesus January 7th of 2016, the day I was baptized in the Holy Spirit, and two months after I first encountered the power of God. Nine months later, I went to this conference, this prophetic conference, where there was going to be a different prophet ministering at this conference. And I was amazed at the way that the power of God was moving at this conference. And I was very convicted. This is a true prophet of God. God is really here. The kingdom of God is really here. And then this prophet prophesied to me that I was called to be an apostle. She has stated that she became an apostle because someone touched her, called her to this prophetic ministry, and then later became an apostle and received it. This is another gift to make this anointing known. Receive this anointing now. This is different. We want God to use us to reach them and to bring them to you so that they may be healed and delivered and be directed into God's will for their life and so that they may receive what we have received. It is only because of you, Baba. We would be nothing without you. We know and recognize that you hold the keys for America and only you. As John the Baptist declared, there's someone greater than me coming that they may hear and come to this conference and to this ministry and receive you, receive the real Jesus and receive from the real Jesus through you. We give ourselves, we lay down ourselves, we surrender and submit to you that God would use us to serve you and to help fulfill your vision. We plant this seed at your feet, Daddy, for God to have our way with us to serve you. They will not know the real Jesus unless they know you. Sante Sana for being our Father. We love you. Because she seems to worship this person here and she's calling him Daddy and ascribing things that no one should have that label put upon them, but Jesus lets you know who she's in service to and it's not the Lord. She is a clear heretic of a true false prophet if there ever was one and also a scam artist because we've seen the videos of her claiming to cast a demon out of the same person that someone else is also allegedly cast a demon. Both of them are in cahoots and both of them are just as false as they could be and so clearly she's not an apostle. However, people are falling for this. People are believing this and these are people who are not reading their scriptures. I'm anointed as an apostolic to build you as a man, to build this house, to reach nations. It's an office that God's ordained me for. It's not a gender thing. So as an apostolic anointing, I can build. And just like her, it's also interesting to see other people how they call themselves apostles and how they became apostles. Paul wasn't the last one. No. Hallelujah. Take off. Not at all. You want to know how I became one? God appeared unto me. I said, God Almighty appeared unto me and spoke to me like you did, Brother Paul. And so if Gino says that Jesus appeared to him, well, we've got a problem. As a matter of fact, not just for him or for anyone else, anyone who ever says they've seen Jesus appear to them, but in his case, calling himself an apostle that kind of goes against what scripture suggests. We're told in John 17, Jesus says that he's leaving them and that he didn't say that he said that he's leaving them by themselves. And in his stead, the Holy Spirit will come. He's not returning back. That's the implication of John 17. We know when he is going to come back. As a matter of fact, the apostles are told in Acts, again, he says in Acts one, verse nine, it says, and when they had said these things as they were looking up, he, that being Jesus was lifted up and the cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heavens, as he went, behold, two men stood by them with white robes and said, men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will come in the same way as you saw him going into heaven. So the next time that we see Jesus is going to be the same way that they saw him leaving. That's the way he's coming back, not individually to anyone else, somebody named Gino or somebody named Catherine or somebody named Jonathan or anyone else who will say that they had a vision that Jesus came to them and spoke to them. That's not how this works. Rather, you make these claims. The problem is, there's nobody to validate that. Unlike with the other apostles, there were people there to validate that. Catherine Crick, who validated, who did she see? She sees some man, some other Charlton in Africa and that's how she becomes an apostle. Jonathan Ferguson, how does he become an apostle? It's not quite sure, but maybe by the laying on his hands of these two ladies here in America. And the Lord says no more than you will raise up the generations and you're going to rebuild ruined cities. You're going to rebuild the cities the devil says he is the owner of. I brought you here to reclaim ruined cities in Jesus name and a number of Jesus name. And now I'm not really sure of the story of Paula White House she became an apostle seems to be self-appointed, but clearly just following her life and her ministry, her so-called ministry, she doesn't have a grip on the scriptures. Here's someone who claims that Jesus is not the only begotten, but that we also have been begotten. Does she not know the word that's used there in John 3? It's monogamous, the only one of his kind. And so if there's others who are also only ones of the kind, well then that would make what Jesus said in John 3 a lie. I'm now coming to a priestly anointing. Jesus is not the only begotten Son of God. He is not. I'm a son of God. He's the first fruit. He's the first born of many. Whenever you come across someone who claims to be an apostle, if their doctrine is off, that's a clear indication that they cannot be an apostle. But since anybody wants to be an apostle, anybody claims to be that they are relying on the fact that people do not read. And so it's like we've got this great big department store instead of Toys R Us or Babies R Us, we've got Apostles R Us. Anyone can go and become apostle, pick an apostleship title off the shelf or just run with it. The Lord appeared to me or have some other false prophet lay their hands on you. You give them some money, you give them some attention, you give them some credit, and then they will see in you someone who will follow and will keep their secrets safe. And so then you too also might, through the laying on their hands, become an apostle or someone granting you, I see something in you. The Lord is speaking to me about you. That's kind of how this works. The problem is though, being an apostle, we are told that apostles form the foundation of the church. In Ephesians 2.20, we see that built on the foundation of the apostles speaking about the church, says, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God as a church built on the foundation of the apostles and prophet Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone. And so there is no new foundation that's being, that's being laid. And so unless you were there, the church is not built on you. We don't add to a foundation. We built on top of a foundation, but we don't add another foundation on top of a foundation. And so it's clear that the church is laid or the foundation of the church is laid already with those of the apostles. And so that would just logically speaking would discount someone like a Gino Jennings, someone like Jonathan Ferguson, Paula White or Katherine Crick or anyone else who calls themself an apostle, even those who will say I'm an apostle, but just not the type of apostle. No, you're not an apostle because again, the issue is who sent you. And if your ministry is just like everyone else's, well, then the term of what you're looking for is just something to kind of lift yourself up to make yourself out to be something that God didn't call you. Remember the Bible says that we should not think more highly of ourselves than we ought to, but become sober minded and to think lowly of ourselves. This humility is what's required, have this mind that was in Christ Jesus being humble. How did he demonstrate that by coming in something lower than what he was? Him being God coming in the form of something lower than God in the form of man. But what we see these modern day apostles do, they go the other way. They instead of becoming humble and lowly, they want to lift themselves up. Greater work than these shall he do because I did more work than the Son of God. I declare the spirit of fear to get out. I deliver you. I free. Recall in Acts chapter 14 where you see actual acts, actual power of the apostles. Remember the name of the book is called the acts of the apostles. And so the apostles are showing these particular acts, these powers, and you've got men who are wanting to worship them, who are wanting to bow down to them. And look what is stated in chapter 14 verse 15. He says, men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you who we bring you good news that you should turn from these vain things to a living God who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. And so we see in this case, Barnabas and Paul are not trying to accept praise or not trying to accept the adoration of men, but they're trying to place it properly and where it is. But if you notice these appointed apostles, these self appointed apostles today, they don't do the same thing. Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on white house grounds, God walks on white house grounds. When I walked in the river, God walked in the river. When I go into the dry cleaner, that dry cleaning place becomes holy. I had every right and authority to declare the white house as holy ground because I was standing there and where I stand is holy. In fact, all the apostles knew that there was going to be some suffering by them for the sake of God. That was just part of the package, whereas today you don't see them wanting to suffer at all. You want to see them enriching themselves, being promoted and so forth. But then they pretty much knew that being an apostle was a death sentence, even though we don't have the full details, literally speaking of how the apostles died and so forth. None of them lived glorified, happy, wealthy lives, like each and every last one of these apostles are trying to do. So notice this passage here in 1 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 9. This is Paul speaks as for I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all and someone can even take this last of all might be referring to that they were the last, the people that God is going to use to demonstrate his power and to show his glory. And I think that they're probably accurate in saying, so look what he says. Here's the main point, like men sentenced to death because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. And so Paul's point here is that they are going to suffer, but not just suffer. They're going to suffer publicly before the world, before men, before angels. I don't think the apostles today, these self-appointed modern day enriching apostles that they are trying to suffer unto death the same way that these apostles did. And of course, it also begs the question, where are the powers that come along with these self-appointed apostles, like we saw in the days of the actual apostles in this apostolic age? Where is their power? Because when they did something, it was clear. It was evident that they had actual power from God. That was not an issue. Today, we don't see this same power. Now what they will tout is what they're doing. They'll tout how many people have come out to their services. They'll tout how many people have been baptized. They'll tell all the different things. Well, there are a lot of other organizations that we know are not godly that will do the same thing. As a matter of fact, they will also tout that they have, at least by the founders, have seen God. Think of the people who have also stated that they have seen God. Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, L. N. G. Baker, founder of Seven Day Adventists, Charles T. Russell, Jehovah's Witnesses. How about Jim Jones? He's made that claim before. By the way, Muhammad, he's made the same claim. And so when you make the same claim that you have seen Jesus, that you've seen the Lord, and that he sent you, look who's company that you're in. That's not the company that you really want to keep. Now, someone's going to say, wait a second, doesn't the Bible say that he, God has given us or that Jesus has given us apostles? Well, let's go to this passage and let's see if we can put this to bed for good. In Ephesians chapter 4, verse 11, let's look at it. Let's start in verse 10. He who descended that is Jesus is the one who also ussended far above the heavens, that he might feel all things. And here it is, verse 11. And he gave them apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, which is four particular offices that he's given. And here's the reason why, to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ. And so then someone's going to camp on verse 13 as well until we all attain the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God. Now, someone's going to say, have we attained this unity? Have we attained this faith and knowledge? Have we matured like we need to? Well, no. Well, that to them will indicate that we need to keep having these things or these offices constantly and perpetually given. Well, the thing that's given us more of that that gives us access to all of that is Jesus's death on the cross and the giving of the Holy Spirit. Does that happen once or is perpetually given? It happens once. And so it would be faulty logic to state that because it hadn't happened that he's going to keep giving these same gifts over and over, these same offices over and over again. But I want you to notice a couple of things that should go ahead and satisfy any doubt that there are no more apostles being given. When we go back to it, a couple of things we're going to look for. We're going to look at this word here gave for a doken, which means he gave past tense. Now, why would I even look at that? Because that's the arrow, that's the arrow's tense meaning it was done in the past. Not that it was continuous that he is giving and someone's going to naturally say, well, wait a second, Cory, if he gave apostles and he gave prophets and you say that those are no longer in play anymore, which I believe it's true. What about evangelists and what about these shepherds, these teachers, these pastors? Does that also apply to them? Well, it would if it wasn't for the fact that he also tells us in other pastors that he's still giving those that there's a need and a cry and a desire for more pastors. Anyone who desires to be a pastor, the work of an overseer, that person desires noble thing. And Paul tells us all to fulfill our work or our ministry as an evangelist. And so those things are still being given, at least those two. But here's why I can say also conclusively that he's not speaking about giving any more apostles that he's speaking of apostles, a particular group of apostles. Let's go back to it in verse 11. He says, and he gave the apostles, which apostles? Now, this is definite. The word apostles here or the apostles is two main apostles. Why is that important? Well, because this word here would indicate indeed kind of an indefinite in particular, the apostles. Two is the word for the, it is so it is articulate, meaning that what we see here is God gave, Jesus gave the apostles. Speaking of a specific group of apostles, which group of apostles? The apostles that we see there. Those are the ones that he's speaking of. He's not saying that he's given apostles in general and perpetually because if that were the case, he would take off the word the, the article, the definite article. And in this case, our two main apostles, which shows us clearly, clearly that he's speaking of a specific group of apostles. Those are the ones that we're talking about. Those 12 that were apostles to the Jews, and then also Paul himself. And so it should be clear just by the verbiage that's used. Remember, God is the one who chose these words to be used to be given to us. It was his Holy Spirit that inspired these men to write in this case, Paul, and Paul made it clear that it was the apostles that he gave. So at Geno Jennings, he did not give apostle Catherine Crick. He did not give her apostle Jonathan, Jonathan Ferguson, or any other apostle, Paul White. None of you are apostles of Jesus Christ. You were not sent by the Lord. Clearly, you're not naming this, you're not mentioning this, you're not kind of playing it in this. Again, if a person is sent by the Lord, he certainly would also also make sure that whoever sent is not sent having faulty, faulty biblical understanding. One of the more egregious things that I've heard was even Geno Jennings stating that a person has to be baptized in water with the person who's baptizing you, saying the words in the name of Jesus or in Jesus' name. If he does not say that, even though you believe, even though you had faith, even desiring to go down and be baptized in physical water, which is not what the Bible tells us to do, we are baptized in the Spirit. That's what saves us. But even still, he's stating that if a person baptizes you in water, which you have to have according to him for salvation, if that person, through no fault of your own, if that person says the wrong words over you, you are not saved. Everybody that was baptized, father, son, and holy ghost, you got to be baptized over. Over again. You'll preach a lie to you. If you've been baptized and the preacher just said, father, son, the holy ghost, you just got wet. Just got wet. That sort of frightening understanding of the scripture should cause alarm to anyone who would even think to follow him. Same thing with Apollo White and her ridiculous tongues. It never gets old listening to her make an absolute mockery and fool of herself, but also a mockery of what tongues are or actual languages are victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory, victory. For angels are being released right now. Angels are being dispatched right now. And then Jonathan Ferguson wanting to be what he is for fame, for prestige, for money. If you haven't paid your tithe yet, I want you to get your tithe, get your offering. If you just want to give it to this moment, if you're already tired, then you just want to give it to this moment. It's a special moment to give it to the presence of the Lord. The presence of the Lord is what makes the ground speaking symbolically, metaphorically. It makes the ground conducive for your seed to harvest. And then Catherine Crick just simply wanted to be somebody. Look at me. You're preaching in a public park and casting out demons in a public park. You might say, whoa, you're bold. Where'd you get that bonus? And so I would say to you just as a warning to reject anyone, anyone who would come to you and say that they are an apostle and that this office is still open. It is not. Amen.