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Restoring the Place of the Apostles

Restoring the Place of the Apostles. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. Where did the Lord place the apostles before us? (Eph 2:20 ). We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided.

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Restoring the Place of the Apostles

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  1. Restoring the Place of the Apostles

  2. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Where did the Lord place the apostles before us? (Eph 2:20)

  3. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Ephesians 2:20- having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

  4. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Why are we told this? What if we build on another foundation? • The consequences of this neglect are all around us.

  5. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • "God said it, I believe it, that settles it"...Uhhh...no...God said it, someone translated it into your language divorcing it from its own culture, you read it with a preconceived belief lens, then interpreted it and became convinced in your heart you knew what meant even though it bore no resemblance to the original audience or culture it was spoken into to begin with...”

  6. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Whose voice do we really hear – the writings of men or the delivered words of the apostles? (1 Jn 4:5-6)

  7. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • 1 John 4:5-6- They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

  8. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • While Jesus spoke many words, He wrote nothing. How then does He speak to us? • God worked a plan through Jesus to give us a confirmed, written word. • Any generation that does not understand this process is in great danger. • Men in rebellion seek other subjective ways other than relying on God. (Isa 50:10-11; Prov 3:5-7)

  9. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Isaiah 50:10-11 - " Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD And rely upon his God. 11 Look, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with sparks: Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled -- This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment.

  10. We must seek to build upon the foundation that God has provided. • Proverbs 3:5-7 - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil.

  11. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Jesus came to fulfill and teach God’s plan that was delivered to Him. (Jn 17:4-5)

  12. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 17:4-5 - "I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do…

  13. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Jesus goal was to glorify the Father. How did He do this? • Jesus repeatedly pointed out that He taught and did nothing of Himself. (Jn 17:8)

  14. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 17:8- "For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

  15. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Jesus would only do those things that He saw the Father do. Without instruction He would do nothing! (Jn 5:19-20, 30)

  16. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 5:19-20 - Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 "For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

  17. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 5:30 - "I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

  18. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Peter was to feed only on the words that were given to Jesus. (Jn 6:63, 68)

  19. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 6:63 - "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

  20. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 6:68 - But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  21. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Jesus wanted His followers to understand that the Father delivered his teaching to Jesus. He wanted others to test the source of doctrine! (Jn 7:16-17)

  22. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 7:16-17 - Jesus answered them and said, "My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 "If anyone wants to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority.

  23. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • Jesus would only to act when the Father gives instruction. We are to do the same thing! (Jn 8:28-32)

  24. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 8:28-32 - Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. 29 "And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him…

  25. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

  26. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • The real test of loving Jesus is how we handle these words! (Jn 14:21-24)

  27. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 14:23-24- Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.

  28. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • The example set by Jesus was instilled in the apostles. (Jn 17:14-19)

  29. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 17:14-19 - "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. …17 "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. 18 "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 "And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

  30. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • The genuine words of God will be hated by the world. • How did Jesus “sanctify” Himself? He emphasized and lived staying within the words that God delivered to Him. • It is more than a “narrative.” (Jn 17:26)

  31. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 17:26 - "And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

  32. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • The apostles are the only means by which we can know and believe in Jesus. (Jn 17:20)

  33. God’s eternal plan involves delivered words • John 17:20 - " I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;

  34. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • What is an apostle? • This is a name Jesus chose for them. (Lk 6:13)

  35. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Luke 6:13 - And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:

  36. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Apostle- 1. a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders 2. Specially applied to the twelve disciples whom Christ selected, out of the multitude of his adherents, to be his constant companions and the heralds to proclaim to men the kingdom of God: - Thayer’s Lexicon

  37. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • The word apostle can also be used in a general way. (Acts 14:14)

  38. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Acts 14:14 - But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out.

  39. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Jesus interacted with these men before He chose them. He prayed all night before He made His final choice. (Lk 6:12; Mt 4:19-22)

  40. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Luke 6:12 - Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

  41. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Matthew 4:19-22 - Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 They immediately left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

  42. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • He then let His choices be known! He is going to work through these men. • He trained them for over 3 years. Imagine men who are trained personally by the creator of the universe! (Jn 15:27)

  43. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • John 15:27 - "And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

  44. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Jesus’s words would “bind and loose” through these men. (Mt 16:19; 18:18)

  45. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Matthew 16:19 - "And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

  46. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Matthew 18:18 - "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

  47. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Any implementation of Jesus as Lord would include their work! (Lk 6:46)

  48. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • Luke 6:46 - " But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?

  49. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • One’s attitude towards the apostles is the same towards Christ. (Jn 15:19-20)

  50. How did Jesus prepare and present His apostles to His followers? • John 15:19-20 - "If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

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