Apostle, if your focus is not the gospel of grace and its transforming power then you ain't an apostle of Christ!

Rom 1:1-5 NRSV  "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,  (2)  which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures,  (3)  the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh  (4)  and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,  (5)  through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name,"

There are many present truth apostles these days. Most of them do not focus, dare I say rarely mention, the gospel of grace and the transformation it will bring. Quite frankly, if one is not continually proclaiming the gospel of grace they are NOT, I repeat NOT an apostle of Christ Jesus! They are claiming and chasing signs and wonders. However, the scripture plainly states that the purpose of signs and wonders is to establish the truth of the gospel of grace. Act 14:3 NRSV "So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace by granting signs and wonders to be done through them." Yes, I will admit that many of the modern day apostles perform signs and wonders, but are they lying signs and wonders? I think they are because they DO NOT LAST!

These apostles continue to promote the schizophrenic gospel that requires people to do all sorts of things themselves. When people don't get healed, they simply say that the person's faith was not strong enough. That sounds like a cop out to me. If the person is healed or they receive a miraculous request then the apostle is great. If they do not, then simply the person, not the apostle, did not have enough faith. But in Acts 3:1-9 you can read a story where Peter the apostle's faith healed the lame man. Again, as explained in Acts 14:3 it was done to establish the truth of the gospel that Peter was preaching.

Apostles should be building on the foundation of the gospel of Christ. Yes, they should be foundational apostles. The foundation is the pristine gospel of grace. It is the gospel that explains that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. It is the fact of reconciliation that brings forth all of the miracles. The prosperity promises of Deu 28 are available in Christ and the gospel. They are NOT predicated on law obedience. They are strictly predicated on the obedience of faith. That is what Paul stated that he was assigned to facilitate. Romans 1:5 in the passage above said that he was set apart for the gospel of God to bring about the obedience of faith. Faith in what? Faith for the sake of faith? No! Faith in the gospel of God's grace.

I see people these days chasing after these apostles and prophets looking for a miracle. They have itching ears and gullible hearts. They want to vicariously put faith in another person to receive their miracle. What they most certainly need to do is put faith in the gospel of God's grace and rest completely in the finished work of the cross! This will bring about all they desire. Hear me well, a true apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ will constantly be preaching Jesus Christ, crucified and risen. Every message, let me repeat this to be clear, every message.... EVERY MESSAGE... should be a resurrection message!

Apostles should be encouraging churches to continuously proclaim the gospel and rest in it. If they did this they would find that they would have the real anointing and they would see that the real anointing produces the fruit of the Spirit.... by their fruits they will be known.... the fruits are Love, Joy, and Peace!