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Eph 2:19-22

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner {stone} in whom the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. (NAS)

In an exclusive sense those who are called to be an apostle or prophet that should be a role model that becomes a foundation for others to follow. They should be forerunners of seeing and doing God’s plan so others can see a demonstration of what pleases God. These forerunners include all those we see in the Bible that followed and became God’s exhibition, God’s blueprint, all of which Jesus Himself fulfilled and demonstrated. The forerunners also include those today that reveal and demonstrate God’s plan in purity and maturity. We might get the idea then that apostles and prophets are an elite bunch, not at all, they are simply forerunners for those that come afterwards – a people who see the model of Jesus portrayed and follow Jesus because of what they have seen portrayed. Jesus was the Apostle and Prophet that the “office of the apostle and prophet” will exhibit. That is what makes them a firm foundation, upon which you are built on.

We must be sober in our thinking concerning a calling. If any are called to perform any ministry function, by itself, it means nothing. Only heeding the call and pursuing Jesus and thereby becoming a blueprint of Love and Wisdom in the Power of God will we amount to anything. Just as there are immature pastors, there will be immature apostles and prophets in this age. Therefore we have the scriptures, to give us the means by which we can examine these role models to see if they “match up”. If they match up we can therefore be fitted together, built together, because our role models were fitted with the cornerstone. How do I know who these apostles & prophets are? Because you will see that they fit; that is as long as you are hungry for Truth and have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is revealing to you. How do I know if I am a forerunner? You will see this plan with CLEAR VISION and have grace to become a demonstration of this plan to others.

We have preset concepts of what an apostle and prophet are. They are "forerunners" - that is why they are the foundation. A pastor, teacher and evangelist can become an apostle or prophet IF they see the blueprint clearly and demonstrate it in COMPLETION. The same can be said of all of us, no matter what our role is today, if we are seeing with “clear vision” and demonstrate it – you may be called to be an apostle or prophet. “I do not quite see with “clear vision”, what about me?” That is fine, be content in your role, be content in being built into the foundation. Desire not to be anything that you are not equipped to do, in the book of Romans it calls that “questioning the potter”. As you mature in Jesus, you will have ample opportunities to minister – no matter what your calling is!

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