WELSH OUTPOURING: RICHARD TAYLOR AND ANDREW PARSONS FINALLY EXPOSED AS FAKES AND LIARS!!!

The scandals at Victory Church in Cwmbran are now unravelling dramatically, with the exposure of seediness, sexual scandal and financial wrongdoing. Richard Taylor, long rumoured to be having multiple extra marital affairs, has now “resigned” from both Victory Church and Victory Outreach UK (VO UK) after inappropriate sexual behaviour involving a woman in the congregation was discovered. Richard Taylor and Andrew Parsons have also been suspected of shady financial dealings involving Victory Church and VO UK. This matter also seems to be coming to light with the “resignation” of Andrew Parsons from Victory Church. Sadly he still has his claws into VO UK but hopefully not for very much longer.

Jesus Christ warned us:

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

These two scam artists perverted the words of the living God (Jeremiah 23/36) and they managed to deceive a great number of people with their fake "Welsh Outpouring". People travelled from all over the UK to see the unholy spectacle, and it was spreading like gangrene to other churches, both in Wales and other parts of the UK.

None of the alleged healings and miracles were ever verified and all the claims made by Taylor et al were hot air and hype. Furthermore, Taylor and Parsons qualifications for the ministry were suspect. There were many tell-tale signs that these two men were false, and yet people continued to believe in them – preferring to believe a lie.

If these two clowns managed to deceive many so called “Christians”, what will be the outcome when the Antichrist appears?  This man will be an evil genius indwelt by Satan himself who will come with wicked deception along with lying sins and wonders. He will make Taylor and Parsons look like mere infants in comparison. God will send judgement - and that judgement will be a strong delusion upon those who reject the truth and prefer to believe what is false.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2/8-12)

Those true Christians who were genuinely fooled by the farce known as the "Welsh Outpouring" do need to take stock now and learn a vital lesson. We cannot afford to simply accept any old rubbish that comes along in the guise of Christianity – OUR ETERNAL DESTINY DEPENDS ON ACCEPTING TRUTH AND REJECTING ERROR. 

JESUS CHRIST IS THE TRUTH AND HIS WORD IS TRUTH (John 17/17).

The Bible tells us to test the spirits:

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John 4/1-6)

You may say that Taylor and his cohorts did confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh…. Yes they did didn’t they? This is why the whole counsel of God is so very important:

The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. (Psalm 119/160)

Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55/6-9)

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death. (Revelation 21/8)

UPDATE 

On the 12th October 2014 the VCTeam released a "special announcement" concerning the future of Victory Church:

http://victorychurch.co.uk/news/special-announcement

Dear Reader – Do you have questions about Jesus Christ and how to be truly saved? If so, then please read my post: GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gods-plan-of-salvation-through-jesus.html

DECEIVER BILLY GRAHAM IS SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR THE ANTICHRIST!

Billy Graham aka "Mr Facing Two Ways" has been described by more than a few people as: “The greatest deceiver of this century” due to his inclusivist ecumenical beliefs. Many discerning Christians have seen through Billy Graham and have distanced themselves from him after realising what he really is, including fundamentalist leaders Bob Jones Senior and Junior, James Bennett, Dr John R Rice, Dr Charles Woodridge, Jack Wyrtzen and Dr Robert Ketcham etc.

President Truman called Graham “a counterfeit”.

Graham is now promoting his new film “The Cross” to be released in November. This film will be shown worldwide. In the UK, the Assemblies of God Pentecostal denomination are now promoting the film and will be showing it free of charge in their churches. http://www.aog.org.uk/news/my-hope

BILLY GRAHAM: "The return of Christ is near."

November 2013 - Billy Graham: “And those signs (of the end of the age) in my judgement are converging now for the first time since Jesus made those predictions.” Graham also said that he has a burden for sounding the alarm for humanity to repent and turn from their sin just like Noah did in ancient days. Though some of what Graham says sounds plausible, his whole ministry is tainted by the ecumenical spirit of antichrist –
BILLY GRAHAM IS NO NOAH!

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) does not believe in the “secret” rapture of the church. Billy Graham has stated that the rapture is concurrent with Christ’s second coming:

Billy Graham: “ …..the rapture will not be secret, since it will be part of Christ’s visible and triumphant return to end this present evil age (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17).” http://billygraham.org/answer/what-is-the-rapture/

“Graham showed the evangelical flame still burned brightly within him by claiming that the time was ripe for the second coming of God on Earth. In the Bible this is called the Rapture - but it spells Armageddon for human civilisation.” http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/billy-graham-hope-christ-rapture-prediction-516248

The above statements are very dangerous contradictions of the Bible - they are confusing and deceptive. They are so deceptive that I believe Billy Graham will be instrumental in fooling people into accepting the Antichrist!

The “rapture” so called (the harpázō of the ekklésia– the snatching away of the true church) is when Jesus Christ will meet believers in the air:

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4/16-17)

The actual timing of the rapture is the subject of much debate, some take the pre-tribulation position, some the mid tribulation position and some the post tribulation position. It is not my intention to go into the timing of the rapture here apart from stating that it is a separate event prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth.

Franklin Graham wonders if we are only hours away, not days from the rapture.
http://matthew714ministries.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/franklin-graham-on-the-rapture/

If the rapture is concurrent with the second coming, then what Graham says about Christ's imminent return is biblically impossible! The second coming of Christ to the earth cannot happen for at least seven years!!!! The problem is that the Antichrist is going to come as a “christ” figure prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth, and I believe that it is this deception that Billy Graham et al are promoting. The term "antichrist" denotes “in place of Christ” as well as "against Christ".

The period of time generally referred to as “the tribulation” will begin when the Antichrist signs a seven-year covenant with many (Israel) (Daniel 9 /24-27). It is this event that starts Daniel’s 70th week. The Antichrist will break the covenant in the middle of the seven years. Once the Antichrist sets up the abomination of desolation there will be a period three and a half lunar years, described variously as 42 months, 1260 days, or a time, times and half a time (Daniel 7/25; 12/7; Revelation 11/2; 12/6; 12/14; 13/5). This is the period referred to by Jesus Christ as “Great Tribulation” (Matthew 24/21). This event signals that there are only three and a half years remaining before Jesus Christ returns to earth to set up his earthly kingdom.

And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week (seven years – each day is one year), and for half of the week (three and a half years) he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator. (Daniel 9/27)

And from the time that the regular burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,290 days. (Daniel 12/11)

During the Great Tribulation, Satan will deceive the entire world into worshipping him in the form of the end time Antichrist (Revelation 13/1-4). Eventually he will gather all the armies of the world to fight against the returning Jesus Christ (Revelation 16/12,14)

But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matthew 24/36-42)

Noah entered the ark seven days prior to the flood (Genesis 7/10) - this is a type of the rapture (the flood being a type of the tribulation when God's judgement falls on a wicked world).

Revelation 19/14: And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. Those returning to the earth with Christ are armies (plural), they are not only angels (Matthew 25/31), they also comprise the totality of the saints - they wear white and pure fine linen (býssos) which is the righteousness of saints (Revelation 3/4; 7/14; 19/8). At some point in time prior to the second coming believers are removed from the earth.

The rapture is NOT the second coming of Christ to the earth.

Christ will NOT return to the earth when the true church is raptured.

I can only conclude that Billy Graham along with his son Franklin Graham are either biblically illiterate or intentional deceivers!

Graham’s rhetoric about immorality and repentance sounds wonderful doesn’t it?

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Graham-evangelist-final-message/2013/10/05/id/529474/

Yes people should repent and turn to Jesus Christ – the real Jesus Christ that is. It is imperative for people to be aware that there will be a great deceiver, the Antichrist who will be empowered and indwelt by Satan himself coming with mighty miracles and signs performed by his sidekick the False Prophet. He will deceive many for a period of seven years prior to the return of Jesus Christ. Why isn’t Billy Graham warning about this?

DO NOT BELIEVE BILLY GRAHAM - HE IS A FALSE TEACHER AND A COMPROMISER

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4/1)

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits. (Matthew 7/15-19)

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. (Matthew 24/24)

The Vatican do not bother to hide the fact that they worship Lucifer:

http://ephesians511blog.net/2014/08/10/billy-graham-evangelistic-association-assisting-people-back to-roman-catholic-skull-cap-human-heart-and-mummy-worship-august-15-17-2014/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University

http://www.texemarrs.com/051998/deceive.htm
http://www.christiandoctrine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=903:billy-graham-apostate&catid=184:science&Itemid=560
http://wmcgrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/billy-graham-walks-talks-and-looks-like.html
http://www.wayoflife.org/database/graham_was_warned_many_times.html

Dear Reader – Do you have questions about Jesus Christ and how to be truly saved?  If so, then please read my post - 'God's Plan of Salvation Through Jesus Christ.'

http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gods-plan-of-salvation-through-jesus.html

DAVID HIND TRINITY LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER - SEVEN YEAR VISION OR RELIGIOUS CLAPTRAP?

BILLY GRAHAM, THE POPE, BENNY HINN OR THE MORMONS - TAKE YOUR PICK!

David Hind links the foundation of the apostles with apostate traitor of Jesus Christ Billy Graham!!! What hope for any kind of vision from God based on faulty theology and false teachers? http://trinitylifechurch.org.uk/messages/

Will someone please tell David Hind that Billy Graham has publicly denied Jesus Christ!

GRAHAM: “…I think everybody that loves Christ, or knows Christ, whether they’re conscious of it or not, they’re members of the Body of Christ…Whether they come from the Muslim world, or the Buddhist world, or the Christian world, or the non-believing world, they are members of the body of Christ because they've been called by God. THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW THE NAME OF JESUS…and I think that they are saved, and that they’re going to be with us in heaven."  

Question: When Billy Graham prayed with Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who were these prayers directed to - the Mormon god i.e. the spirit brother of Satan, or the true Saviour Jesus Christ?

Question: Why did The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association remove language on its website calling Mormonism a cult?

Billy Graham has consistently flouted the command of Jesus Christ to make disciples rather than converts
(Matthew 28/19). Graham has been sending converts

to the apostate Roman Catholic Church for years and years..... As such he is responsible for leading vulnerable new believers into unbiblical doctrines of demons like lambs to the slaughter!!! He has shared platforms with Roman Catholics and has visited the Pope.
http://ephesians511blog.net/2014/08/10/billy-graham-evangelistic-association-assisting-people-back-to-roman-catholic-skull-cap-human-heart-and-mummy-worship-august-15-17-2014/
http://www.soulrefuge.org/?p=2979

Like father like son, Franklin Graham (son of Billy Graham) allowed a Roman Catholic Bishop to pray at his Pittsburgh evangelistic revival this year!
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/?p=15966#.U_88YgnhKtc.facebook 

http://www.soulrefuge.org/?p=9865
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQKm69gGbTg

The Vatican do not bother to hide the fact that they worship Lucifer:

It has been rumoured for years that Billy Graham is a Freemason, another Luciferian"religion". Graham has had Freemasons on his staff and is friends with many prominent Freemasons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-cD-1HhZFc
http://ephesians511blog.net/2014/02/02/the-freemason-doctrine-of-billy-graham-exposed-2/

At a luncheon at the Conservative Baptist Association's Convention in Milwaukee in August 1948 Graham was asked, "Billy what do you expect the World Council of Churches to do in August?" Graham's reply, "I believe that they are going to nominate the Antichrist." At the Lausanne Congress in 1974 Graham stated: "I have nothing but the warmest of relations with the World Council of Churches."  Billy Graham is full of these contradictions!

William Randolph Hearst is a very interesting character! He was a powerful newspaper magnate, 33rd degree Freemason and founding member of the infamous Bohemian Grove. He gave the order for his newspapers to “puff Graham” in 1949 and financed the first three years of Billy Graham’s crusades making him a national celebrity. Hearst’s mansion (now a museum) is a tribute to the occult and plays host to the occult elite. Avon Publishing (one of Hearst's companies) published The Satanic Bible in 1969 by Anton LaVey, founder of The Church of Satan. Hearst Avon published The Satanic Rituals by LaVey in 1972. Now why would such a man as William Randolf Hearst support Billy Graham? Perhaps a more pertinent question is: Why would a man of God (supposedly) agree to be sponsored by such a person? The Rockefellers, Witneys, and Vanderbilts have also funded Billy Graham’s crusades.

Consider these heretical statements made by Billy Graham:

• “I respect other paths to God.” (Billy Graham, Parade Magazine, October 20th 1996)
• "I have nothing but the warmest of relations with the World Council of Churches." (Billy Graham, 1974, Lausanne Congress).
• “Mao Tse-Tung’s eight precepts are basically the same as the Ten Commandments. In fact if we can’t have the Ten Commandments read in the schools I’ll settle for Mao’s precepts.'” (May 28th 1978 in the Japanese newspaper ‘Mainichi Daily News’ from Plains Baptist Challenger, July 1977).
• “While I most certainly believe that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, I do not find anywhere in the New Testament that this particular belief is necessary for personal salvation.” (United Church of Observer, July 1, 1966).
• “I believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative word of God but I don’t use the word ‘inerrant’ because it’s become a brittle divisive word.” (Billy Graham, Newsweek Magazine, April 26, 1982)
• “World travel and getting to know clergy of all denominations has helped mold me into an ecumenical being. We’re separated by theology and, in some instances, culture and race, but all that means nothing to me any more.” (U.S. News & World Report, December 19, 1988)
• “Sodomites are born sodomites, it is in their genes.” ( Larry King Live, December 1994)

A WARNING:

The Cross, a new film by Billy Graham will be released in November this year. The Assemblies of God in the UK are now promoting this film. Billy Graham: "It is a great privilege to work with Assemblies of God churches and pastors across the whole of the United Kingdom." Satan's agenda for a one world ecumencial church is gaining momentum.
http://www.aog.org.uk/news/my-hope

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5/8)

David Hind has nailed his colours to the mast yet again by endorsing Billy Graham. He also endorsed necromancer Benny Hinn in January and met with ecumenical apostates at Churches Together Breakfast on the 10th of May.

David Hind’s new friends at ChurchesTogether will approve of his endorsement of Billy Graham no doubt.

Two attendees of Churches Together Breakfast on the 10th of May: 

• David Monteith of Leicester Cathedral: "David Monteith wrote the Radio 4 service broadcast in the aftermath of 9/11 involving a rabbi, an imam and a priest preaching together." http://www.stphilipscentre.co.uk/home/our-trustees/ 

• Rachel Parkinson Leicester North Methodist Circuit: http://www.lnc-methodist.org.uk/about-us/what-we-believe/ “It is central to Christian belief that when anyone in the world, no matter what their circumstances or religion, cries out to God, he hears and responds. It is also true that three of the world’s major religions – Christianity, Judaism (Jews) and Islam (Muslims) – all worship the God whom Abraham worshipped approximately four thousand years ago. In that respect it is absolutely certain that no faithful adherent of any religion has put himself or herself beyond the reach of God.” http://www.christianity.org.uk/index.php/are-all-religions-worshipping-the-same-god.php

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. (1 John 2/22-23)

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4/12)

Qur’an 1:68 “They say, ‘God has begotten a son.’ God forbid! Self-sufficient is He. His is all that the heavens and the earth contain. Surely for this you have no sanction. Would you say of God what you know not?!'" 

The Jews regard Jesus as a false messiah. The Jerusalem Talmud (Ta’anit 2:1) states explicitly: “If a man claims to be God, he is a liar.”

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8/31-32)

The Assemblies of God and Mormonism

Assemblies of God CEO George Wood has formed ties of faith with the LDS!!
http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/discernment/mormonism/assembly-of-god-ceo-forms-ties-of-faith-with-church-of-lds

Question: Where does Trinity Life Church in Leicester stand on Mormonism and Roman Catholicism?

Question: If David Hind endorses the foundation of the apostles - then why does he embrace the ecumenical spirit of Antichrist?

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1/8)

But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. (2 Corinthians 11/3-4)

LINKS:

http://wmcgrew.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/billy-graham-walks-talks-and-looks-like.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPhAVnbeOuo
http://www.despatch.cth.com.au/Misc/Graham3.htm
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/preachers-of-compromise-franklin-graham.html
http://standfirminthelord.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/the-trouble-with-adam-simmonds-pcc-northamptonshire/

Dear Reader – Do you have questions about Jesus Christ and how to be truly saved? If so, then please read my post: GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gods-plan-of-salvation-through-jesus.html

IAN MCCORMACK: THE FIVEFOLD MINISTRY DECEPTION

The fivefold ministry has been promoted in recent years by the New Apostolic Reformation movement (NAR) lead by self-proclaimed "apostle” C Peter Wagner. The claim of those associated with NAR movement is that God is restoring the so called “five-fold ministry” to the church. Ian McCormack’s teaching about the fivefold ministry and his statement that God is restoring foundational apostles and prophets in these days puts him in broad agreement with the NAR movement on this issue.

The fivefold ministry teaching is predicated on just one verse in the Bible:

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers….. (Ephesians 4/11)

We should never isolate a single verse of scripture to promote a teaching. This is in fact precisely the tactic that Satan used when he tempted Jesus Christ – when he used single verses from the scriptures Jesus response was: “it is also written….”. We always need two or more witnesses to establish a matter (Numbers 35/30; Deuteronomy 17/6, 19/15, Matthew 18/16; John 8/17). The whole counsel of God is so important:

The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. (Psalm 119/60)

I have based this post on Ian McCormack’s teaching on his own website and at New Bern Church:

http://www.aglimpseofeternity.org/teaching/ian-preaching-video/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qj7RPzeIuA

Ian McCormack’s opening remarks at New Bern Church are very concerning. Firstly his statement that teachers are not that good at pastoring is a direct contradiction of scripture. What is referred to as “the fivefold ministry” is actually fourfold! Ian McCormack and others separate pastors (shepherds) and teachers, but this is actually one office! The original Greek for this verse contains the definite article as does the ESV. To separate pastor and teacher is to separate something that God has put together! How can anyone be a pastor if he cannot teach? This is not a good start. Those promoting the so called “fivefold ministry” cannot even interpret the only verse they say validates their position! This hardly generates confidence in anything else they have to say.

The title of pastor is used as a noun only once in the New Testament and it refers to an elder or overseer of the church. The primary qualification of an elder (pastor) is that he should be able to teach! Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach….. (1 Timothy 3/2).

The apostle Paul lists the qualifications of overseers and deacons (1 Timothy 3/1-7 [2 Timothy 2/24; Titus 1/7]), but he never once lists the qualifications of an apostle. For such an important role in the church, why would he miss this out? No man can fulfil the office of an apostle in the sense of the original apostles, since no man can fulfils the criteria of the twelve plus Paul. The apostles are unique in that they are the foundational authorities of Christian doctrine through their canonical writings. The apostles writings were infallibly inspired as the written word of God (John 14/26; 16/13; 1 Thessalonians 2/13 Ephesians 3/5). The scriptures tell us that the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone (Ephesians 2/20). The apostles received their teaching directly from Jesus Christ in person. No man has the authority to set the scriptures today as the twelve apostles and Paul did, therefore the original apostles can have no successors.

Jesus Christ made a distinction between the twelve and the seventy two; both the timing and the manner of their appointment was different (ἕτερος):

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others (ἕτερος) and sent (ἀπέστειλεν) them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send (ἀποστέλλω) out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. (Luke 10/1-3,17)

Strong’s 2087 ἕτερος héteros – another (of a different kind). 2087 /héteros ("another but distinct in kind") stands in contrast to 243 /állos ("another of the same kind"). 2087 /héteros ("another of a different quality") emphasizes it is qualitatively different from its counterpart (comparison). http://biblehub.com/greek/2087.htm

ἀπόστολος (apostolos-apostle) a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle. http://biblehub.com/greek/652.htm

The seventy two were not “apostles” in the sense of the original twelve. They were sent out by Jesus Christ as pioneers, but they did not share the unique authority of the twelve. Likewise these days there are church planters who are not apostles in the sense of the original twelve.

In the New Testament there are two instances where apostolos is not translated “apostle” but rather “messenger” or “representative” (2 Corinthians 8/23; Philippians 2/25).

Ian McCormack speaks of Christ being the cornerstone of the church and of these modern day apostles and prophets being the foundation of the church. He gives us no exegesis, but what he continually asserts is that God has told him these things personally. He equates the role of a prophet with ecstatic experiences: “.....open heaven, angels, revelation, throne room supernatural encounters, dreams and vision, transformation glory realm and spiritual warfare”. This statement is enough to entirely dismiss his ministry.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (1 John 4/1)

Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. (1 Thessalonians 5/20-21,see also Isaiah 8/20; Acts 17/11; 1 Corinthians 14/29 Galatians 1/8)

The call to interpret Ephesians 4/11 as a restoration of the office of the original apostles and prophets is not only wrong exegesis, it denies the sufficiency of the Bible (2 Timothy 3/16).

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. (Hebrews 1/1-2)

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11/3)

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. (1 Corinthians 3/10)

The scriptures tell us that we shall know false prophets by their fruit (Matthew 7/16). What exactly is the fruit of those who claim to be modern day apostles and prophets? Well it is fairly obvious when we watch the sickening antics of these false prophets in action:

Below: "An in-depth discussion on the erroneous teachings from the NAR: C. Peter Wagner, Mike Bickle from IHOP, William Branham, Bill Johnson, John Dawson who started YWAM, Paul Cain and more. Their false teachings of Dominionism, and the fact that by and large, that WHOLE NAR movement stems straight from Gnosticism."

Another so called "apostle" is Rick Joyner who claims a higher level of inspiration than the apostles:

http://www.morningstarministries.org/about/questions-and-answers/knights-malta-rick-joyner

http://www.apostasynow.com/reviews/finalquest.html

I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.… (Acts 20/29-30)

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds. (2 Corinthians 11/13-15)

Ian McCormack's endorsements and associations:

Links: 
Bill Johnson - Bethel Church in Redding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYA7ZkkutPw
Iris Ministries - the interdenominational mission of Rolland and Heidi Baker in Mozambique:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScRO7sa4uXs 

http://www.dayspring.com.au - the website of DaySpring Church Sydney Australia.
www.masterpotter.com - the website of Jill Austin.

Endorsements:
David Yonggi Cho: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8208sgtIsZU
John Wimber: http://www.inplainsite.org/html/vineyard_john_wimber.html

Reinhard Bonnke - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEqMD02ztJw

Ian McCormack has appeared on the 700 Club quite recently promoting his new film "The Perfect Wave" http://www.inplainsite.org/html/pat_robertson.html

Ian McCormack has shared platforms with false prophet Bobby Conner and spiritualist JoAnn McFatter.

Dear Reader – Do you have questions about Jesus Christ and how to be truly saved? If so, then please read my post: GOD'S PLAN OF SALVATION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
http://bewareofthewolves.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/gods-plan-of-salvation-through-jesus.html