Apostles Today and Apostolic Governance

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

Many leaders are coming forward to day, claiming to be reformers, the apostles of today, claiming that God has commissioned them to shout reform from the root top. One of those reformers is Lee Grady, assistant editor to Charisma Magazine. He believes that the church needs correction and that he is the one to do the correcting.

Grady's 15 point reform runs the usual gamut of complaints from bad theology to bad behavior amongst ministers, from faked anointing to faked callings. What his call for reform lacks is actual reform and credibility.

The Issue of Credibility

Grady used his position as editor and columnist at Charisma to voice his complaints for the past 10 years. He then attempted to use that as a track record on which he would like to base his credibility. However, each set of complaints Grady's Gray voiced failed to reform the church, which means that he is not a credible voice.

Always remember: A complaint is not reform. A complainer is not a corrector. Complaining about what is wrong with the church does not qualify one to correct the church, and submitting the same flawed strategies over and over again doesn't make it effective the next time around.

Who is Qualified to Correct the Church?

The new Apostolic Governance will not come from those who seek for validation through a failed system. The vessel whom God calls will have the knowledge to make and implement change and will have a prophetic voice, speaking the word of God from the bowels of God's grace rather than the chiding frustration of man's carnal nature.

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by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

Apostles today are necessary to gage the spiritual growth of the church. God wants the church to abound and increase in His grace. The true spiritual gage to measure the growth of the church is the apostle's calling.

In the absence of apostles, the church gages growth in ways that are artificial. In ways that point out new things are done differently, but are not producing the likeness of Christ. For example, in his book "The New Apostolic Reformation" C. Peter Wagner reports on 9 specific points by which he gages the purpose of this particular apostolic movement and validates this movement to be of God.

Wagner is in error. The movement he is reporting on is the placebo movement the adversary organized to deceptively move the church in the wrong direction, accepting apostolic authority for the wrong reasons, defining apostles with the wrong definitions. The adversary will give this movement many "new" things to do to make growth seem as if it is happening when in fact it is not.

Take for example, item #6 on Wagner's list: New Prayer. He says, "Prayer in new apostolic churches has taken forms rarely seen in traditional congregations. Some of this takes place within the church and some takes place outside the church." But none of what he describes is new. Prayer and worship has been done thousands of different ways.

Did you know. . .God is not looking for you to do prayer differently, God is restoring the priesthood of all believers to the church and the church is now relearning how to offer spiritual sacrifices of prophecy. This is the natural process of worship when the 12 Elements of the Gospel are the foundation of your faith.

Unity + Gifts = Growth

According to Wagner, Unity + Gifts = Growth. The critical mistake here is that knowledge growth is required for the advancement of any society and that includes the church. Here I am speaking of the 12 Essential Elements of the Gospel. God is taking the church back to learn the ABCs of the covenant. When a body of believers share the same knowledge that God sanctifies they also share the same bond of the Spirit. Now you have knowledge that is empowered by God.

Growth is the natural processes working in the natural environment God created for you to engage with Him. True stewardship brings the people back to abound in the grace of God. "For if these things be in you, and ABOUND, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." (2Peter 1:8)

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

In my article, Definition of Apostle, I show you how a lack of experience causes leaders to extrapolate from the Greek and Hebrew language their expectations of an apostle. I showed how an overreliance on word study, while ignoring the meat of the subject, leads to speculation.

Extrapulation is Dangerous

The Greek word "apostolos" means "one sent forth". Billy Graham reportedly uses the word apostle in three senses: 1) Apostleship is used in a general sense that all of us are sent into the world by Christ, 2) Apostles s are the messengers sent on particular errands, and 3) The gift of apostleship.

We can see why an extrapolation of the meaning of apostle based on the definition of the Greek word alone is dangerous. When no value is given to what the apostle is teaching no function if given for the apostle other than to evangelize.

What Happens When We Base Our Definition On Observational Data Alone?

We did see the apostles in the early church going from place to place carrying the message of Jesus Christ to convert the sinner to Christ. But this is what scientists would call observational data. If we base our definition on observational data alone our conclusions will be misleading.

What about the scripture that says that the church continued in the doctrine of the apostles (Acts 2:42)? Here we have the opportunity to make another observation, that the church needed to continue past the point of conversion to a way of practice and we see that practice being defined by "doctrine".

We make a mistake to believe that apostles are only sent out to preach the gospel to the lost. How costly is that mistake? Consider that when the new convert needs to begin to practicing his or her new found faith in Jesus Christ, he has no doctrine, which means he has no practice.

One would quickly argue that we have the Bible now and we don't need apostles. But, that is not the pattern God designed for the church, is it? God did not give the church a book to lead them in practice. He gave them leaders called apostles who instructed believers in the practice of their faith.

That being true, consider how ridiculous this leading argument against apostles sounds: "We don't have to know that we are apostles to be sent." Again, if we base our definition on observational data alone our conclusions will be misleading. We can see how misleading this conclusion. It is based only on apostles being "sent ones" and leaves out all other data about them.

You do have to know that you are an apostle to give doctrine to the church, otherwise you have no author to teach. In fact, first job of an apostle is to teach doctrine to the church. Think about what it would be like to bring lost sinners into a church that does not teach or preach the doctrine of Christ correctly. Will that new born believer be able to "continue" in the faith without being able to practice their faith? No.

Apostles must be defined in the church today as they were in the early church by having all the observational data necessary to give the office the proper function with the grace of God.

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein." (Revelation 1:13)

I want to talk about 5 rules to properly discern prophecy, the role apostles today play in giving words of prophecy to the church, and how to guard yourself from false prophets. Following this teaching I will post several of the prophecies God gave to me to give to the church. As you read each prophecy I share with you I want you to see how God is correcting the church and then ask yourself what God wants you to do..

Apostles Today Play an Important Role in the Church

Apostles today do what apostles did in the first century. It is really just that simple. Just as surely as Jesus spoke to the early church through His apostles and prophets so again Jesus is speaking through His apostles today. The reason why I first say that Jesus will speak to the church today through apostles is to isolate the essential ingredient necessary for proper discernment that comes through the apostle's calling.

Doctrine is Important for Discernment

The apostles have the authority to teach doctrine to the church. The prophets, once instructed in the doctrine of Christ can then function in their calling. The apostle and prophet will then both be centered on Christ. The same is true for the other 3 callings, the evangelist, pastor, and teacher. Each office needs to be instructed in the doctrine that Jesus authorized the apostles to teach. Now all 5 callings are centered in Christ, all embracing the same doctrine. Can you see how important doctrine is for discernment?

Rule #1 - Prophets who have not first been instructed in doctrine by apostles today have no authority in the church.

Can You Discern Prophecy if You Do Not Have the Doctrine of Christ?

"If any man have not the doctrine of Christ he is none of His." (2 John 9)
It is often said that the church today is in dire need of discernment. That is because she is in dire need of the one true doctrine of Christ. Wrong-headed leadership attempt to draw doctrine from the pages of the Bible without first being instructed by living apostles. This turns the Word of God into the precept of man. It's a free for all. Everyone is claiming the Holy Ghost is teaching them, but in reality each is drawing from scripture what their imagination sees and needs.

Rule #2 - If you don't have the doctrine of Christ you don't have discernment.

Rule #3 - If your doctrine has not been taught you by living apostles today (qualified and authorized by God) your doctrine is not centered on Christ, it is drawn from the flesh.

The Church Today is in Dire Need of Discernment

The church today is dire need of proper discernment. Everyone is claiming to possess a prophetic word for the church and false prophets have raised up schools to teach the church the false and dangerous art of personal prophecy.
Just as the doctrine of Christ lost its center on Jesus, having found a new center in the flesh, so also prophecy followed the same course. This is first noticed when ministers try to use the gift of discernment to judge prophecy. This tells me that they lost their center.

When the foundation of truth is properly laid in the knowledge of the 12 Elements of the Gospel faith is properly centered on Jesus Christ and all prophecy is judged from that point. Lacking that firm standing in Christ a Christian has to weigh prophecy on a different scale other than truth.

Let's see how the church is made to rely on subjective practices:

1. It does not sit right with my spirit.
2. I am getting a red light.
3. That may be for you, but it is not for me.
4. Let me put that on the shelf for a while to see what God speaks to me.
This error of using the gift of discernment to discern prophecy means that truth is not being engaged properly.

Rule #4 - If your doctrine has not been taught you by living apostles today your discernment is subjective.

Evaluating a word of prophecy involves these 4 things:

1. The integrity of Jesus Christ. Does the word follow the record of Jesus Christ or the record of man?
2. Is the prophecy a level one prophecy which comes through the priesthood of each believer or is it a level two prophecy that comes through the gift of the Spirit?
3. Who is bringing forth the word? Have they been established in the Word, is the foundation of truth set properly in their hearts to assist them to discern between the record of man and the record of Jesus Christ?
4. How credible is the vessel, do they speak from the aspiration of man or from the grace of God?

Rule #5 - If your faith loses the integrity of Christ so does your discernment.

How To Guard Yourself From False Prophets

It is simple to guard yourself from the manipulation of false prophets who prey upon the ignorance of believers. You'll need to build the foundation of truth in your heart. The foundation of the 12 Elements of the Gospel.

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

When Charismatic leaders began to drift again into another journey to find more substance for their failing religious experiences, they found the neighbor's living room either too crowded or judged them as failing to provide more of Jesus, so they began to dig for their roots.

Some going through attic boxes to give them a boost of confidence and some digging through the cemeteries of generations past, each looking for the elusive clues to haunting questions: How did they remain faithful to Jesus, how did they get their prayers answered, how did they attract the crowds, what was the secret to their humility? Armed with new information Christians pieced together from what they considered to be "best authors" a series of commentaries to present a new face to the world. They painted a self-portrait of the Gospel of Jesus Christ from the contaminated relics of the past.

Not aware of their defilement these seekers of answers feel compelled to have others share in their discovery. But a disease was in those remains. The virus that caused church-blindness 50 years ago was now spreading again through sincere believers. Every page of a new found book was a fretting leprosy carrying a mixture of many hybrid beliefs.

Let Us Return: Denominational House Warming

Some thought the old was better and renewed those old relationships among those that just a few years ago they called anathema. Some started their own churches, and some loved Jesus their own way and cast all groups into the legalistic pot of stew.

The giant had fallen into a slumber and reformists were prophesying correction and renewal.
This was not all in vain, for the Lord, after the rain was now looking for those new plants to sprout.

God Had Cast His Net

We can see the wisdom of God in how events began to play out in those many groups and that God was now seeking someone to tend His garden. For He planted a garden and brought the man to the garden to tend it.

But as time passed the field became a forest of many trees, some fruit bearing trees and some trees for the fire. Here we see the patience of the Lord

An Outpouring-Cleansing-Separation

To receive the reward we must play by the rules. Not the rules of works, but the rules of His righteousness and labour of faith and charity.

Reform develops as it goes through a process beginning with the divine calling of His stewardship. By this the church begins to understand the value of the Voice of the Lord and learn His fear as God next initiates the responsibilities of the individual priesthood of each believer.

The priesthood must be sanctified by the voice of the Lord through the steward as we see in the history of His plan.

Jesus selected His apostles, the number of them being 12 to confirm the promises and the sign of transition from the priesthood given and confirmed by Isaac to Levi the son of Jacob.

Today's Warning For 2012
December 2011 Charisma Magazine: Chuck Pierce: Break Old Cycles for 2012

Chuck Pierce says: "Ask God for signs, wonders and miracles that will intervene in old cyclical structures of your life."

Apostle Eric says: Today God has indeed chosen a sign, not to confirm the transition from Moses to Jesus as we see in the first century church , but to carry that of the faith of Abraham who was selected of God to begin another new season and Enochian Week.

Unfortunately, the attention of today's Bible students is to re-enact the experiences of the book of Acts. Looking to validate God's divine presence in their faith they call those re- enactments "divine inspiration" and to accept them as the eyes of their discernment when judging the new and strange work of the Lord. And thus cast off the work of Christ.

Instead of beginning in Jerusalem to the ends of the earth, God's true reform is beginning from the ends of the earth and will end in Jerusalem for the completion of the church age.

The True Sign is in the Grace of God

The true sign is in the grace of God, even as God called Abraham to begin a new kingdom where righteousness dwells. God began a true family tradition of covenant faith and not ethnic race.

"For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his STRANGE work; and bring to pass his act, his STRANGE act." ( Isaiah 28: 21)

1. Those that refused Noah's preaching and his stewardship (Ark) died in the flood.
2. Those that refused Moses' preaching and his stewardship (tabernacle) perished in the wilderness.
3. Those that refused David's preaching and his stewardship (Pattern of the temple) were separated from Judah to Baal and scattered abroad.
4. Those that refused Christ and His apostles preaching and stewardship (church) were scattered and plagued.
5. Those that refuse the apostolic reform today and its message of stewardship (renewal of the church) will face the great tribulation.

Learn your history and prepare your heart for this is the day of visitation and the hour of temptation for the world and the church.

Wash Those Hands of Tradition of Man

"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. CLEANSE your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded." (James 4:8)

Those that follow the voice of the world will not hear the voice of God in what the Lord is doing in His strange work to wash the church of its leprosy and to restore true faith in the heart from all those writings of error that many stored in attic. "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches."

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

December 2011
Newsletters: A Word for 2012

Lee Grady says: "I'm actually optimistic about where we're headed in 2012. And as I have prayed about the coming year, I've sensed these three clear directives:"

Apostle Eric says:I want to first talk about Grady's "sense/clear" directive # 2 - "The sound of evangelism must be amplified".

What umbrella is Grady standing under? For he took upon himself to address church reform just a few months ago and now, failing to reform the church, he re-directs the church's attention to go out and convert sinners. How can this be productive evangelism to convert sinners to become members of a church that needs reform?

It's like inviting all the people of your good community to a party in a leper colony. What gospel will those zealous Bible students preach? The teachings of their traditional institutions or the covenant of Jesus Christ.

The Problem is. . . If you preach the gospel of the current Christian culture you are bringing them into a church that cannot disciple believers. God is not a God of confusion. He will not bring lost souls into a church that will devour them with false doctrine.

How Old and How Deep Are The Roots of Church Reform?

The late Bill Bright, founder of the well-known Campus Crusade for Christ, famed for evangelism, spent over 50 years building and leading an organization geared towards evangelism. Towards the end of his ministry he wrote:

"In the process of counseling and interacting with tens of thousands of students, laymen, and pastors year after year since 1951, our staff have discovered that
1. Many church members (including people from churches which honor our Lord and faithfully teach His Word) are not sure of their salvation;
2. The average Christian is living a defeated and frustrated life; and
3. The average Christian does not know how to share his faith effectively with others."

In the above report, we have what is called results-based evidence that the current Christian culture is not capable of sustaining converts because they cannot disciple believers in the faith.

Those counseled by Bright's trained ministerial staff had access to the best the Christian culture had to offer. From the books like The Kingdom of Cults by Dr. Walter Martin, or E.W. Kenyon's New Creation Realities that found their way into Grady's attic to current authors such as Joyce Meyer and Billy Graham.

We have the results of fifty years of exposure to countless pieces of information about faith, the devil, how-to win the battle of the mind, how-to find a deeper walk with God, how-to loose God's power, how-to bind the devil, how-to worship, that did not empower believers. The result of 50 years of teaching is that "The average Christian is living a defeated and frustrated life".

If you preach the gospel of the current Christian culture you will condemning converts to live the same lie as yourself, you will be condemning them to the same struggle the church has not been able to overcome.

Grady says: "I've sensed these three clear directives:" The word "sense" and the word "clear" have no business being in the same sentence. They contradict each other. How can a revelation be clear in the fog of your imagination? Shall the whole church pursue a revelation that is not clear? Do we trust a blindfolded person to give clear direction?

Did Moses hear the cracking burning camp fires on the back side of the desert and sense he heard the voice of the Lord? There was no straining of Moses' ears to hear God, neither was there any straining of my ears when the Lord spoke to me about my calling to the apostle's office. I did not sense it. It was told to me by God.

• Did Noah sense that he should build the ark or did God tell him?


• Did Samuel sense that David was chosen of God or did God tell him?


• Did Jesus sense he was the Son of God, or did He know clearly the mind of God?

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck

It can be confusing with so many voices claiming to be the voice of God. This 'voice' is considered to be many things by many Christians. Some claim the voice of God gives them "insight" while others claim the voice of God is giving direction. But the church is still, poor, blind, wretched, and miserable.

It's Time to Call a Spade a Spade

It's time to call a spade a spade. We know it is the spirit of this world that is speaking and not the Spirit of God. The 'voice' of the spirit of this world is easy to discern as it always carries the institutional biases of the current Christian culture.

The spirit of this world speaks of the passions of faith with knowledge that is ambiguous and void of the wisdom of God. For the hearers of the world speak of the world and the world hears them. What does this mean? It means that the language of the flesh is the same in every culture except the culture of God. The language of the flesh confirms the rhythm of the nature of man and reflects that knowledge. It speaks to the needs and desires of the soul but cannot fill that void.

If you are speaking the language of the flesh how can you hear the voice of God, for God does not speak the language of the flesh, He speaks a different language.

The Spirit of This World -- The Challenge on the Grounds of Logic

When the gospel is preached in this spirit it draws upon the needs of man and even challenges his logic to be better as in Adam's case when the Serpent used knowledge and the name of God to challenge Adam's present circumstances for improvement.

The Spirit of God - Draws the Soul by Grace and Truth

But when the soul is drawn by grace and truth the conscience responds in faith and God confirms this reaction with His witness and Seal. Many church going people struggle with spiritual things because their conversion was not set within the right environment for the reciprocation of faith.

They were instructed rather to pursue religious virtues by the challenging of the text hoping that transference of experience would take place confirming their efforts as noble and acceptable to God. That is what the Pharisees did with the Law of Moses. They sought the letter to transform the soul. We can understand the zealous, unreasonable drive they had to persecute Jesus who stood in the light of another kingdom. And we can understand that as the Pharisees increased their application of the letter their zeal increased.

Let's Call a Spade a Spade

The imagination is not the grace of God. When a person speaks the language of the flesh the imagination plays the role as the mediator in place of faith and passions are incited by this spirit. As religious passions are excited a false form of justification takes place and it is sensed that God smiled at your sincerity.

Truth challenges this spade of the imaginary salvation by exposing the heart with reproof of truth. This is where the offended party says, "Do not judge me!" The nakedness of the conscience is communicated in their wretchedness, as they now feel adrift from God. But those feelings they experience is the untethering of the imagination from the shadows of church tradition, which, if repentance followed so would a new tethering take place.

The Spade -- Psychology and the Ministers of Unrighteousness

When the soul is void of substance the unconverted believer will resource knowledge that seems to feed the soul but only addresses the struggle. They feel a confirmation in themselves about the struggle. They call this confirmation God speaking to them, but it is the spirit of this world giving witness to man.

The witness of man being in rhythm with the signature which weighs all knowledge by this spirit will also try to weigh truth by this process. Do you see the danger? This spirit will not comply to truth but rather challenge its source, environment, vessel, and confirmations of man.

The False Anointing Plays Tricks In The Mind

In other words the spirit of this world will always seek mans confirmation to dissolve its doubts. Grace is foreign to their experience even though they claim it for themselves. Unfortunately, it is Satan's false grace that is seen and felt. Seducing spirits will enter their imaginations about Jesus through their drive to feel worthy of God.

To these unconverted believers the anointing of God is set within the psychology of a ministry and so they seek the experience through those they admire and even call them the servants of the Lord. But the apostles set the anointing in truth where the vessel can only obtain this experience by following the sanctified pattern for it.

by Apostle Eric vonAnderseck
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The Challenge of Transition

The transition of the church to apostolic governance faces a specific challenge that I want to speak to you about. The challenge concerns how the church has grown dependent upon the roots of their tradition. All religious traditions have their roots in the mind and these roots run deep. The longer a tree stands, the deeper the roots. The longer you have eaten at the table of the False Religious System (the current Christian culture), the deeper the roots of tradition.

Just as the roots of a tree are not seen, the dangerous ties to religious tradition is not seen. How will you respond to God's challenge? Will you defend yourself and the traditions you are accustomed to?

I have seen quite often what a believer does in response to God's challenge. They go through a check list of sorts to count out the ways in which they tell themselves and others that they are ok.

It is quite natural for Christians to measure their faithfulness by their emotions and passion and zeal for God or by the sacrifices they make. But the conviction is there. It is something they just can't shake off.

So if it is the will of God to transition the church and He has been speaking to the church for a long time, stretching out His hand to her, why are Christians hesitant to transition? Why do they make excuses to avoid making the changes God is calling for, and at times outright deny the need to leave the house of Baal?

Stockholm Syndrome

I would like to share a word of knowledge received by Evangelist Melissa: "Stockholm Syndrome". You may be familiar with it. Originally termed by a psychiatrist to help the management of hostage situations, it describes the psychological phenomenon in which a captive emotionally bonds with his/her captor. Empathy to the plight, situation, and needs of the captor leads to feelings of loyalty, which leads to the need to defend them. If their captor does not physically harm them this act is mistaken for kindness, which they feel they need to reciprocate.

What is the Lord saying to the church? Satan is the captor. He held you captive to the tradition of man. Our Lord knows that you have emotional attachments and ties to the traditions that were planted in your heart and mind and He understands that you are sympathetic towards those who brought you up in the knowledge that He is now showing you needs to be put off.

Apostles today challenge the Stockholm Syndrome by giving believers education that will help them through the transition.

The Roots of Deception are Deep

God will not change His mind about the transition of the church from the knowledge of Satan to the knowledge of God, from the house of Baal to the house of Jesus Christ. The beginning of a season of change is never a comfortable place to be in, so when God starts pulling at those roots you are going to feel a bit uncomfortable.

* The imagination is still working hard to resolve your doubts about where you stand and why God is doing this and you are wondering if you can trust Him.

* Your logic is still working hard trying to fit all the pieces together in a way that makes sense to you before you take the first step.

Did you know. . .God will give you knowledge for faith. When your mind reasons with grace He will add to your understand to give you insight into His heart. In the time of doubt, don't lean to your logic, lean to His grace.

God Has Drawn a Line in the Sand

Satan rules the thinking of the carnal minded by measuring your reality with the present circumstances to the favourable outcome of tomorrow. But God has not and will not concur with the imagination to resolve doubts to allow the logic to rule in place of faith.

From the Garden of Eden to the steps of the temple the pattern of deception has taken mankind down the same path. Satan says, Look at your present circumstances to see your future reality.

The Ghosts of Probabilities

It was not logical for God to lead the children of Israel into the wilderness where they would have nothing to eat or drink. But God knew He was taking His people through a transition from the bondage of Egypt to the Promised Land.

Moses was blamed for their suffering and accused of being sighted. The people challenged God. . .How can God feed this multitude? The logic of the people saw this contradiction and they began to weigh the probabilities. Why? Because they were looking for a favourable outcome. If I am fed and can see that the probabilities are in my favor then I can accept that this journey is of God. But if I cannot see a favorable outcome than I am packing my bags and heading back to Pharaoh and his idols. I may have been in bondage, but I knew what to expect.

This is a good lesson for you to reflect upon when you make the transition back to the true faith of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to bolt and make a bee line back to the house of Baal when your logic cannot predict for you a favorable outcome or are you going to allow God to assist you through the transition? You know, there is nothing quite as spectacular as watching God teach a young saint to walk in faith. Once they begin to experience God's grace and peace they begin to lose their grip on the old traditions and an excitement sets in regarding God's provision. He always increases the understanding by grace.

The "What-If'ers"

The "What-If'ers" are full of questions. What if this- and what if that. These are those wonderful doubters that seem to always be present when the stewardship issues guidance to the church. They feel their questions of outcome are worthy of good logic. They even boast of their sternness as if it is sound reason and that they show a sound mind not believe everything the Spirit gives through His government. Standing aloof to prove individuality.

But doubt is not faith and their provocation is not logic but fear and their independence is a search for themselves, which they can only truly find in Christ.

The "What-If'ers" doubt that God is going to perform His will. This is also what Satan revealed about his own heart, that he did not believe that he would receive anything that God promised him and so he sows this doubt and discontent and independence in the minds of men.

The "What-If'ers will never bring to the table the abundance of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding that characterizes time spent with the grace of God. They cannot come back to you with an increase of understanding, so instead of the sweet grapes gathered by fellowship with God they come back with the bitter grapes produced by the ground of logic.

The "What-If'ers feel so competent in their questions that they refuse to move. This describes the stout hearted not the heart that is made soft by grace. Asking questions is not showing great in-depth wisdom. Wisdom gives direction, but questions exhibit a demand and explanations for their approval. This is what Korah did to Moses , not sowing confidence of faith but to ruin Moses' credibility in the sight of the people so that Korah could offer his advice and as something that was in good standing with God.

The journey of the Doubter is one that you must never make. The Doubter begins his journey with doubt, which progresses to double mindedness, which progresses to sedition.

The Error of Logic

Anyone can throw out a challenge or sow a criticism against spiritual government, but that practice is not approved of God. Unity is not found in doubt. For those of this spirit remain lawless to divine oversight except when they are seated on the "throne."

"Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself ALTOGETHER A PRINCE over us?" (Numbers 16:13)

Fear Not the Circumstances!

Anyone can recall text for confidence, but the Spirit is the One who communicates through his government the direction of the church. We see this history repeating itself over and over again with each transition.

As God spoke to Abraham so did He say to His disciples, "Fear not!" Don't assess My abilities by the perspective of your previous experiences of life. For traditional religion stays within the safety of the current culture of Christianity, saying and doing only those things that are made acceptable by tradition.

The Fear Of Error Will Not Protect You From Error

There are many ways in which those who have been impaired by Satan band together to survive God's challenge and the hour of temptation. One of those ways is through apologetics. Apologetics is a way in which the logic of one is allowed to war against the logic of another. These skirmishes serve to defend doctrinal territory gained, to gain new territory or to show off the logic one possesses. Apologists challenge each other to duels in which their mind imagines that their logic is a fearsome weapon and that they can wield the sword of their logic skilfully as the knights of old.

Those that affirm themselves by their own brand of apologetics do so because they stand in doubt of their faith, not because they want to exhibit the strength of their faith. They wish to find validation for the doctrinal traditions they previously accepted as truth. When the contrary is present they feel uncertain of the position they first argued and they will challenge what they don't understand and for good measure say, "It is of the devil!"

The only shield you have against error is the anointing found in the sacrifices of your charity in your daily priesthood. The apostles are the refuge for your faith.