Session 3 – John Alley

Every part of the Christian walk needs a revelation of the heart. Tithing, Communion, Baptism of Holy Spirit, Baptism. Sonship etc.

John’s experience. Baptism of Holy Spirit brought love and authority as well as tongues.

Conversion brings love, forgiveness. Still tied to world even though we are changed.

Healing. He knew that it was real, could preach about it. There was no power until he had a revelation of the heart. When he got the revelation, the power to heal came.

Not just revelation as information. Power or grace is received. Grace is power. They can’t be separated.

Anointing, power, Spirit, grace all talk about the same thing.

Don’t assume that you have all the love you can have. There is a ladder of love. Love that passes all understanding.

Moses could not enter the Promised Land. The Law cannot bring you to Christ, only Christ can do this.

As big as the Pentecostal movement has become, the apostolic movement is built on it and is already bigger.

Juan Carlos Ortiz. We call each other brother because we are not. We are all potatoes-he scrubs us to get the dirt off then he takes the skin off, then he puts us in a pot with a bunch of other potatoes, and turns the heat up. But he loves mashed potato- crushes us to make us one.

We need an extra work of grace that makes us one.

2002. Realised all of a sudden that he belonged to Chuck, Chuck belonged to him. The spirit of Sonship came in. From that moment, all the barriers were gone. “At home.”

Jesus’s Prayer, “Father make them one” was answered.

Need a father to give love, honour and service. Not about receiving teaching but giving heart.

Father Son Relationship is the new wineskin for the structure of the church. Note: this is the same new wineskin that has been here for 2000 years. It is the container that enables us to carry the Spirit. The old wineskin was Judaism. The new wineskin is the church. Father and Son is the life, the apostolic grace.

Start as servant, but become beloved friends.

There is no Sonship without the giving of the heart. There is no Christianity without the giving of the heart.

Session 2 – Darrell Roos

John Alley

What was it that made it possible for Elisha to receive double portion of Elijah’s spirit?

It was his longing for his spiritual father.

Cf. Paul’s longing to be with Timothy

I am here for him. He is not here for me.

Holiness, higher cleanness of heart, comes from our attitude to those who are over us in the Lord.

Darrell Roos

Everything is for, about and in Jesus.

Built a Cell church, but it imploded because it lacked an apostle.

He didn’t even know what an apostle was.

1994 asked Chris Peterson to be his apostle. Didn’t know about fathering, but he got it. Following year was asked to be AOG regional director. Didn’t want to but it was God.

Leaders accountable to Jesus for maturity of disciples. We have to have the apostles and prophets in the church, as well as the pastors, teachers, evangelists.

An apostle is both a general and a father.

Apostolic is not just about the apostle but about the heart of the people.

He did not understand sonship, but then started to see it everywhere in the Bible. He needed a spiritual father, but couldn’t find one. Began to believe it was not for him. Life changed when he realised Chris Peterson was a father to him.

2 Corinthians 11:2. Godly jealousy to present the church to Christ as a pure bride.

Many who were called to apostolic ministry but have turned back to re-embrace the pastoral model.

Mark 2:1-7. Paralytic lowed through the roof. Man got healed because the faith of 4 men. Like the 4 out of 5 fold ministry gifts. Need God to breathe on the apostles and raise them up.

Session 1- John Alley

“Kingdom Culture” is a phrase that is often used but not defined. Claimed that apostles will bring “Kingdom Culture”.

Something is missing in much teaching about the apostolic. People want to be “as one” but not be one.

Kingdom Culture

Nation of priests

Priesthood – represents God to men, men to God, offers sacrifices.

Ex 19:6 you shall be to me a kingdom of priests.

Rev 1:6. He has made us a people and priests

1 Peter 2:9

The believers were one in heart and mind Acts 4:32.

We must love one another as God has commanded

The more excellent way is the way of love and is the heart of the apostolic message, and of Kingdom Culture

When you get apostolic grace you move into higher levels of love.

The purpose of the moves of Holy Spirit is to bring maturity of love.

Apostles are here to move church from institutional to relational basis. This is the central purpose of apostolic movement.

Restoration of apostles is about the restoration of the apostolic nature of the church. It’s not about what we do but about how we relate. Submission is central.

You cannot come to maturity in Christ without a revelation of love. Without love, spirit of sonship and community we cannot get close to fullness of Christ. The role of apostles is to help church find this perfect love.

It’s been a fantastic few days at the Apostolic Summit here at Rockhampton, the 20th Summit.

The speakers were John Alley and Bob Hausleman. Bob Hauselman is the Senior Minister of Restoration Christian Church in Sellersburg, Indiana, and also the Apostle in charge of ARM Network. Both of these men are influential in their respective ministries, carrying a lot of spiritual authority but with great humility.

The theme of the Summit was “Exploring Apostolic Authority.” This is not just about the authority which apostles carry within their own gifting, but the authority given to the church when apostolic order is in place. Many stories were told by the two main speakers and cameo speakers such as Lloyd Gill and Ross Blamey who has the “Kick up the backside anointing.”

We caught up with our favourite ex-Narrabri teenager, Choni Smith. Choni led us to the Rockhampton Zoo.

This year we are staying at Rockhampton Serviced Apartments, in a renovated Church of Christ building now called “The Chapel”.  It’s a four- bedroom apartment on Denham St, a very pleasant place.

Tomorrow we head over to Rosslyn Bay for the Sons’ Retreat. This is a low key retreat for pastors and other ministers. It’s a great time of fellowship and encouragement.

You can find more photos from the Summit, and from the Retreat as I add them at this link https://goo.gl/photos/1Ajmm52dG9G6qDo17

 

Each year, about this time, we travel to Rockhampton for the annual Apostolic Summit, followed by the Sons’ Retreat.

This year the speakers were John Alley and Canadian Kenn Gill. This was Kenn’s second year at the Summit.

John used his sessions to talk about the end times and the need for pastors to teach clearly on this topic.

Kenn urged us to think and live apostolically, of which the first goal must be evangelism. We must find our “Jerusalem” and fill it- that is determine our immediate mission field and ensure that everyone is aware of the gospel.

I love the Summit for the energetic worship, meeting old friends and great teaching.

After the Summit we go to the coast where we spend a couple of days with other pastors. While there is some teaching there is more emphasis on sharing together and prayer.

 

A feature this year was the presence of quite a few pastors from Myanmar, Indonesia and Africa. Their experiences are very different to ours. Pastor Suum, whom we got to know over the time of the Retreat, shared how he was badly beaten and left to die because of his faith in Christ.

Overall it was a very tiring time, but so worthwhile. I always come away feeling physically drained but spiritually recharged.