But nothing is just automatic. It requires faith to use authority, and authority has to be exercised, or things remain lawless. John Alley

Apostles are given specific measures of authority because their calling into the service of Christ will bring confrontation with high-level beings in the spirit realm. John Alley

Apostles always will feel the burden to lead the five-fold ministers of Christ into relationships of deep love and harmony and always appeal to believers everywhere regarding their hearts toward each other. John Alley

Here Paul provides more detail: Christ is the chief cornerstone for the foundation of an eternal temple that God is building, and apostles and prophets also are part of this foundation. John Alley

Apostles especially are called to teach five-fold ministers to love each other. Only then can a unified, in-love, under-authority, five-fold ministry become a properly constituted headship government for the Body of Christ. John Alley

The great battle has been, still is, and will be for some time, over the restoration of apostolic authority. And obviously, such authority can only be acceptable when found in real apostles. John Alley

Central to the gospel is the offence of the cross. That sovereign work of grace, so perfectly replete of divine love, life, power, and salvation, was offensive to some and foolish to others. John Alley

A great sin of false apostles, amongst others, is that they despise other ministries and anything they think is beneath them. All this will be well disguised, but it is our inheritance, the house of our Father, that they are ravaging when they despise any part of the Body of Christ. John Alley

When believers dishonour their pastor, or think little of his leadership, or speak derogatively of other pastors and churches, these are examples of despising the Father and the Father’s house. This fleshly behaviour is the despising of one’s inheritance. John Alley