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[[File:Jesusteach.jpg|right|300px|thumb|To think like [[Christ]], you may need to change [[the way]] you think. That change is called [[repentance]]. <Br>We are [[warnings|warned]] about a [[strong delusion]] that will [[deceive]] ''many''. <Br>[[Jesus]], according to his own words, came to take the [[Kingdom of God|kingdom]]<Ref name="ktaken">{{ktaken}}</Ref> from those who were [[teach]]ing something different from what [[Moses]] told the people to do. <Br>Their '''[[Corban]] was an error that God hates<Ref name="Errorbn">{{Errorbn}}</Ref> and was making the word of God to none effect'''. <Br>Jesus [[appoint]]ed a kingdom<Ref name="Appointk">{{Appointk}}</Ref> to His [[Apostles]] so that they would bear witness and through the [[Holy Spirit]] so the people could [[repent]] and bear [[fruit]]. <Br>Through [[Christ]], the [[world]] might be [[saved]]<Ref name="mightsav">{{mightsav}}</Ref> if the people would [[repent]] and [[seek]] the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[Righteousness]].<Br>Many [[modern Christians]] do not practice "[[pure Religion]]".<Ref name="religious">{{religious}}</Ref> <Br>In fact, they often engage in "[[covetous practices]]' going to the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth''<Ref name="fatherruler">{{fatherruler}}</Ref>  who call themselves ''[[benefactors]]'' but ''[[exercise authority]] one over the other''<Ref name="exauth">{{exauth}}</Ref> to set the [[table]]<Ref name="2tables">{{2tables}}</Ref>  of which [[early Christians]] would not eat because they were a [[snare]]<Ref name="snaretrap">{{snaretrap}}</Ref> and [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref> ]]


== Apostolos ==


The word ''Apostolos'' is from the Greek word ''apostello'' meaning ''to send, to order (one) to go to a place appointed''. An ambassador from Greece would be called an ''Apostolos'' and certainly the [[Apostle]]s were ambassadors from the [[kingdom of God]] to the [[world]]. It appears 78 times as '''apostle''' but twice as ''messenger''. It could include anyone who is ''a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders''. 

While it might be "specifically applied to the twelve apostles of Christ," in a broader sense it is also applied to others who are spiritually sent or delegated by God as [[prophets]] or teachers or any task based on the [[righteousness]] and [[Will of God]].

The [[kingdom of God]] is [[one form of government]] where its ministers are servants with no offices where men  ''[[exercise authority]]'' one over another because Jesus said ''it was not to be that way with us''. 

There is only one [[denominations|denomination]] of His Church because Christ and [[Doctrine of Jesus|His doctrine]] is the only common denominator. 

Only God delegates men to be His Apostles. If any man preach a doctrine other than that which Jesus taught, he is clearly not an apostle of Jesus.

An apostle may have authority over things that by their nature and circumstance belong to God. This would be things freely given to men who actually are separate from the [[world]] and actually belong to God. 

The apostles seemed to actually have belonged to God as they considered themselves to be His [[bondservant]]s saying there is another king, often doing contrary to the decrees of [[Caesar]].<Ref>Acts 17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.</Ref>


=== Ambassadors of Christ ===

An ''ambassador of Christ'' could certainly be called an [[apostle]] if he or she was truly sent from the [[kingdom of God]] to the [[world]] by way of the [[Holy Spirit]]. 

The term Apostolos clearly appears 78 times as '''[[apostle]]''' in the Bible, but the real question is how would you know if someone was truly sent by God?

And what would that look like?

They would be doing what Christ [[commanded]] and conforming to the directives of Christ to His [[Disciples]] and the [[Doctrine of Jesus]] concerning his ministers. 

[[Christ]] was the king of Judea and took the kingdom from the false ministers of [[Moses]] and [[appoint]]ed it to His trained [[disciples]].

What the [[early Church]] did can give us insight into what an ambassador did.

=== Ambassadors of others ===


Many people claiming to be ''ambassador of Christ'' fail to meet the guidelines for Christ's ministers.

If men calling themselves [[apostle|apostles]] or [[bishop]]s are not conforming to the instructions of Christ, they may be some other King's apostle.

There are lots of things that can give us insight into what a [[bishop]] was expected to do and be. And there are examples of what they should not be doing.

[[Ambrose]] was a [[bishop]] of a church overseen and funded by [[Constantine]]. But many of these new bishops who oversaw that [[daily ministration]] of [[free bread]] which included [[covetous practices]] with an [[appetite]] for the [[dainties]] of [[Constantine]] or other.

The people who chose to at the [[tables]] of rulers should have put a [[knife]] to their throat because what should have been for their [[welfare]] was a [[snare]].


[http://keysofthekingdom.info/KOK-100327.mp3 Listen to Audio] '''The Church ([[Ekklesia]] in Greek or Qahal in Hebrew) - Then and Now'''. How is the church different today than the first century?, [[Essenes]], Dead Sea Scrolls, Apostles = Ambassadors, "Swear not!"...

[http://www.keysofthekingdom.info/KOK-100717.mp3 Listen to Second Audio]

=== Audio notes ===

'''Was Christ really King?''' Structure of government in Christ's time, 

Why did the [[Pharisees|pharisees]] ask permission from [[Rome]] to kill Christ?

'''Making covenants'''

What is "faithfulness"?

[[Herod]] the Great's method, 

Dead stones vs. living stones, 

A word or two on [[oaths]]

Hosanna in the highest!

The "palm" tradition, 

Christ in the treasury, 

[[Apostles]] = ambassadors, 

[[Church]] is a government, 

"This Rock", 

Who has the Keys of the Kingdom?