Full life to be messengers of the only gospel
Faustino de Jesús Zamora Vargas
SUMMARY: A new wave of false apostles and administrators of grace has emerged, seeking adoration and recognition among innocent and humble believers. Paul was an Apostle because of God's will, and an apostle is someone sent with authority to act on behalf of the one who sent them. All believers are called to the apostolate of spreading the gospel, but some falsely claim to be apostles for their own glory. The church must not be silent in the face of these abuses and must preach the true message of Christ, who blessed the poor in spirit and exposed the hypocrisy of false interpreters of the law. We are called to make disciples of Christ, not ourselves, and have been given the authority to tear down strongholds for the glory of God.
It turns out that now a wave of new officiants and administrators of grace has been unleashed. A new clericalism is in fashion, self-proclaimed apostles, deceitful patriarchs and rascals who seek adoration and recognition among the most innocent, most humble and sensitive people to the beauty of the gospel. If Paul was an Apostle, it was because of God's will. His apostolate was given to him by the Lord himself when he said “… he is my chosen instrument, to bear my name in the presence of the Gentiles, the kings and the Israelites” (Acts 9:15). Paul affirmed it in the same way when writing to the Romans. “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart to proclaim the gospel of God” (Ro 1.1) and a few verses later: “Through him, and in honor of his name, we receive the apostolic gift to persuade all nations that obey the faith. (Ro 1.5).
An apostle is “someone who has been sent with authority to act on behalf of the one who sent him” (Deiros, P. A. (1997). Hispano-American Dictionary of the mission). So if we are moved by the Holy Spirit to do the Great Commission that the Lord left us (Matthew 28: 18-20), all of us, in a certain way, have been called to the apostolate that is nothing more than “going and making disciples ”, Planting churches, preaching the gospel of salvation, confirming the faith of new believers, embodying a godly life of love and justice for witness in the name of Jesus. However, Paul warned us against some who claiming to be so, only go looking for their own glorifying himself: "Because such are false apostles, fraudulent workers, who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ" and abounded: "And it is not surprising for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (2 Co 1-13-14).
God has placed apostles in his church (1 Corinthians 12:28). The apostolate is a spiritual gift. The Word must be preached and spread to the ends of the earth; the church of the living God must continue to saturate our nations, but all for the glory of God. Jesus said that “the one sent (the apostle) is not greater than the one who sent him” (Jn 13:16). Some media, permeated with new tendencies to glorify man and not God, have taken it upon themselves to exalt and praise miracle workers on occasion. Unfortunately, some brothers in the faith still need to see "signs" of the Most High God to believe, forgetting that we live by faith, "the conviction of what is not seen, the certainty of what is expected" (Hebrews 11.1).
Let us not be impressed by the fanfare and the cloth used to preach in the pulpits marked by the cheap and deceitful miracle work that proclaims the prosperity of the faithful in multiplied proportion to what is delivered in the "storehouse" of tithes and offerings. . The church of Christ must not be silent in the face of these psychological abuses. Let us preach the Christ who called blessed the poor in spirit and promised a Kingdom, to those who mourn, to the humble, to those who are hungry, to the merciful and to those who seek peace (Matthew 5), to whom he took away the masks of hypocrisy to Pharisees and false interpreters of the law (Luke 11).
We have been called to fulfill the mission of “making disciples”, not of ourselves, but of Christ. We are the messengers - apostles of the good news of salvation - through the great merits of Jesus Christ on the cross. Create it! He has given us the necessary authority in the name of the Father to tear down all kinds of strongholds contrary to the Kingdom of God. Just for your glory!
God bless you!
An apostle is “someone who has been sent with authority to act on behalf of the one who sent him” (Deiros, P. A. (1997). Hispano-American Dictionary of the mission). So if we are moved by the Holy Spirit to do the Great Commission that the Lord left us (Matthew 28: 18-20), all of us, in a certain way, have been called to the apostolate that is nothing more than “going and making disciples ”, Planting churches, preaching the gospel of salvation, confirming the faith of new believers, embodying a godly life of love and justice for witness in the name of Jesus. However, Paul warned us against some who claiming to be so, only go looking for their own glorifying himself: "Because such are false apostles, fraudulent workers, who disguise themselves as apostles of Christ" and abounded: "And it is not surprising for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (2 Co 1-13-14).
God has placed apostles in his church (1 Corinthians 12:28). The apostolate is a spiritual gift. The Word must be preached and spread to the ends of the earth; the church of the living God must continue to saturate our nations, but all for the glory of God. Jesus said that “the one sent (the apostle) is not greater than the one who sent him” (Jn 13:16). Some media, permeated with new tendencies to glorify man and not God, have taken it upon themselves to exalt and praise miracle workers on occasion. Unfortunately, some brothers in the faith still need to see "signs" of the Most High God to believe, forgetting that we live by faith, "the conviction of what is not seen, the certainty of what is expected" (Hebrews 11.1).
Let us not be impressed by the fanfare and the cloth used to preach in the pulpits marked by the cheap and deceitful miracle work that proclaims the prosperity of the faithful in multiplied proportion to what is delivered in the "storehouse" of tithes and offerings. . The church of Christ must not be silent in the face of these psychological abuses. Let us preach the Christ who called blessed the poor in spirit and promised a Kingdom, to those who mourn, to the humble, to those who are hungry, to the merciful and to those who seek peace (Matthew 5), to whom he took away the masks of hypocrisy to Pharisees and false interpreters of the law (Luke 11).
We have been called to fulfill the mission of “making disciples”, not of ourselves, but of Christ. We are the messengers - apostles of the good news of salvation - through the great merits of Jesus Christ on the cross. Create it! He has given us the necessary authority in the name of the Father to tear down all kinds of strongholds contrary to the Kingdom of God. Just for your glory!
God bless you!
