APOSTOLIC UPGRADE AND MIGRATION

By Ogaga E. Maxwell
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 Table of Contents
DEDICATION......................................................................................... 5
AKNOWLEDGEMENT............................................................................ 6
FOREWARD........................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 15
CHAPTER ONE.................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER TWO................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER THREE................................................................................. 27
CHAPTER FOUR.................................................................................. 36
CHAPTER FIVE..................................................................................... 49
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......................................................................... 52
 DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to all those who labor to birth and sustain genuine
kingdom reformation in the nations.
 AKNOWLEDGEMENT

I deeply commend the following for the desire to see genuine kingdom
reformation on the earth and their resource has been of great help to my
advancement, progression and migration: Dr S.Y Govender, Apostle Thamo
Naidoo, Apostle Israel Onoriobe and Dr Robert Munien.
My interactions with the leadership arm of Lifemessenger Australia was
instrumental to confirming and affirming the things been revealed to me. To
the Lifemessenger team I owe a lot.
John Clements have been a great help, your input, advice and encouragement
is worthy of note.
Marvin Acha a great covenant friend and Brother who has been instrumental
to the meetings held in Cameroon and Adetayo Bamiduro for their desire to
see the apostolic birthed in the nations.
I deeply appreciate all those who endorsed the book, to Joyce and Dave
Andrew for kingdom partnership and commitment.
My friends who are the core of the reformation work in my local sphere and
region, I appreciate your integrity, passion and sacrifice, Pastor Phil
Dafiaghor, Pst Fanny Epkekurede, Ernest Paul, Azuka Ossai, Godspower
Imikede and the leadership of Kingdom Development Centre where I pastor.
The Holy Spirit and my Dad who are my teachers.
 FOREWARD

“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had

understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;……” (1
Chronicles 12:32).

There is a global phenomenon that is taking place within the Church, and
many are declaring it’s a New Season, and God is doing a New Thing and
Change is mandatory for us to migrate into the fullness of what the Father is
doing. However, many do not have a revelation of this new season to know
what God is doing, and as a result there is still mixture within the things that
God is doing in this season, because the old wineskin is not reformed yet to
receive the new wine.
The children of Issachar had understanding of the season, and they knew
what the season was about and what to do. They were required to leave the
old order of things that exist within the camp of Saul and join themselves to
the new thing that God was establishing in the Kingdom under David, as the
Kingdom makes a radical shift.
It is one thing to have an understanding that we are in a new season, but it is a
total different order to know the requirement of the season, so we can birth
into place the purposes of God. This is where revelation is required.
“They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness:
all the foundations of the earth are out of course.” (Psalm 82:5).
The foundations of the earth are out of course because men walk in darkness.
Darkness is an absence of light, and light speaks of revelation. The
restoration of the foundations of the earth will therefore be proportionate to
present-truth revelation that we walk in as a Church.
Revelation of divine truth brings illumination in the heart, and this comes
through the Spirit of God. The primary channel through which the Holy Spirit
releases this revelation of mysteries is the apostle and prophet that are given
to the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ. When there is a restoration of these
ministry gifts, subsequently there will be a restoration of revelation in the
Body of Christ in regard to the purposes of God. Where there is no prophetic
revelation of the redemptive purposes of God the people run rampant. They
do their own thing (Proverbs 29:18). This is the problem with the Church that
has been taught by those who do not have a prophetic revelation of the
mysteries of God. If the kingdom of God is not preached, then the purpose of
God is not revealed and this affects the accurate function of the Church,
making us naked to every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
I strongly believe that Ogaga E. Maxwell has done an excellent work in
penning down this book, “Apostolic Upgrade & Migration” that will help the
Body of Christ understand the season that we are in, and walk in the
revelation of this season through this process to make a shift, and an apostolic
upgrade.
I trust as you study the principles and patterns of this material, you will be
able to make further apostolic upgrade, and lead a company to make the
transition as well.
In His Kingdom,
Apostle Israel Onoriobe
World Vision Crusade Outreach Ministries
Cape Town – South Africa
www.wvcom-international.org

"Africa absolutely needs to be saved from its weak, imported, religious

church that tickles ears and makes people scream on Sundays, but is so
powerless during the week that the countries can safely afford to ignore it.
However, young Africa is in search mode: to find back to the original
blueprint of life - an upgrade life in the Kingdom that I call LIFE 2.0. It is the
life that Jesus not only life, he offered it to us. How come so many choose a
boring, predictable religious life full of morals, but without purpose?
Many of today’s church leaders know this; some already preach it, teach it,
but hardly anyone practices it, because it means huge and costly change from
tradition, position, fame and stopping to tickle the ears of the ever demanding
religious masses who want a good show (and are ready to pay for it).
Maybe this will require an entirely new generation to move into a new reality
that will explode in Africa, people like Ogaga Maxwell of Nigeria.
Once Africa starts to leave behind powerless half-truths like the "gospel of
salvation" that Jesus never preached, but discovers, maybe for the first time
in history, the Gospel of The Kingdom, church will no longer produce
powerful and well known church leaders running their thing, but an
empowered people that demonstrate what the whole world so desperately
looks for: the Kingdom.
Nobody ever thought something good would come out of Bethlehem and
Nazareth. In my opinion, the whole world will be soon stunned to see what
God will do in Africa through people who obey God more than churchy
traditions. You are supposed to be one of those. And let me tell you: if this
book from Ogaga Maxwell will not put a new fire into your bones and
marrows, maybe you have no bones at all! In that case, go back to Jesus and
ask him to thoroughly reinvent you - and your family, church, work and
dealings with money.
He may give you a second chance. He is good at turning dry bones into *An
army of ordinary people*, as my friend Felicity Dale calls it in one of her
books."
Wolfgang Simson,
Germany, author of The Starfish Manifesto
Apostolic Upgrade and Migration is the book that will help you make the
transition necessary to come into Apostolic Alignment. This book is filled
with great wisdom and insight concerning Apostolic Accuracy. It will inspire
and challenge you to be positioned to come into higher realms of Spiritual
Authority.
Andrew & Joyce Davis.......servants in Christ
"Apostolic Upgrade is a word in season for people in many countries. Ogaga
Maxwell has presented his message in a clear and refreshing way. As he
says, it is not enough to have "truth" but you need "up-to-date truth". What
an exciting challenge. Everyone who reads this short essay will be stimulated
to move on from their previously-held understandings about what is means to
live a Christian life. This is not just about a quick up-grade, but a radical up-
grade that will shake the reader to his or her toes."
Blessings
John Clements
Leader-shift, Australia
This book "Apostolic Upgrade" is an excellent work I am recommending to
all believers, as this is the accurate heart and mind of God for the now. Thank
you my brother Maxwell. Looking forward to more of these good
publications from you.

Pastor Paul Ogedengbe. S.D.C West Africa Congress-WBN

I recommend this book to all believers globally as it captures the exact heart
beat of God to this generation, Migration is a fundamental reality of the
Kingdom as listed in Psalms84-3-7, It is the secret weapon and technology
towards actualization of all the ancient prophetic intents of God
Pastor Steve Kioko
Davidic Centre.
Founding Director - Delta Force One.

Apostolic Upgrade and Migration by this upcoming Apostle of God Ogaga

Maxwell is one of the challenging apostolic books that I have recently read.
In the first two chapters I have come to be challenged by the need to upgrade
myself according the heavenly pattern of the now-apostolic word that the
Father is releasing in the heavenlies for our generation of the end time. This
now-word will establish everyone who takes in to a new level of intimacy
with the Father just like the intimacy that the First Adam experienced before
the fall and like the Last Adam who is Jesus Christ experienced after the fall.
The patterns from Apollos are true deep insights which will make us realize
for the urgent need for upgrade in to apostolic that always comes through
opening ourselves to the God ordained apostolic connections that God opens,
in order for them to speak and impart in to our lives. Once we receive the
apostolic message the fourth chapter grounds us in the new wine skin to
receive the new wine that the Lord is releasing in this end time generation.
Then the implementation in the final chapter is a challenge to go beyond the
ordinary in to the establishment of the apostolic thinking, life style and
continual progression in to Christ's fullness. Overall I highly recommend this
book to be read, to progress in to the apostolic breakthrough thinking which
establishes open heaven and brings the mighty apostolic blessings in to one's
life and ministry.
Blessings,
Apostle Abraham Israel
Household of Faith Church and World Outreach,
Bangalore
India.

"Apostolic Upgrade & Migration" is a book that will ignite in a generation

and future generations, a thirst and hunger for present day truth but also the
reality of the Government of God at hand and those who desires to move into
the deep things of God and apostolic rivers and currencies of the Spirit. As
the church is realigning herself to the voice of the Bride Groom in this hour,
the bride will submit totally and consummate the marriage and be in covenant
with her Lord and King. Moreover, the church will be without spot, wrinkle
and blemishes. This book brings revelation knowledge that will shift ones'
current belief systems, philosophies, doctrines, dogmas, traditions and
Paradigms that have been established in the minds of people over many
decades and centuries and cause a discontentment for error, empty traditions,
religious activities and programs but burn in ones heart a burden for the
TRUTH of God's word and more importantly PRESENT-TRUTH which is
The PERSON which is CHRIST being revealed through His Body in the
earth. God's desire and heartbeat is to usher the church from the first and
second dimensions of the feasts which is the Passover and Pentecost and
bring her into the last dimensional feast and shift which is the Fullness, the
spiritual Tabernacle.
Hebrew 9:8-11 says, The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the
holy place has not yet been disclosed (revealed) while the outer tabernacle is
still standing, which is a symbol for the PRESENT TIME. Accordingly both
gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in
conscience, since they relate only to food and drink and various washings,
regulations for the body imposed until a TIME OF REFORMATION. But
when Christ appeared as HIGH PRIEST of the good things TO COME, He
entered through the GREATER and MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE, not
made with hands, that is to say, not of this creations; and not through the
blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy
place once for ALL, having obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION. With this
revelation knowledge and wisdom that is imparted through this blueprint and
from the heart of a emerging apostolic voice in the 21century.
I recommend and endorse this book for your own collection and apostolic
and prophetic library. This well designed inspired writings carry with it the
Spirit of Reformation and Transformation for an entire generation to come
and it is a well masterpiece and model for Kingdom advancement and
demonstration. I believe Pst Ogaga Maxwell has released not only principles,
biblical patterns, and New Testament order but he also imparts and expresses
the urgency of migrating and being in direct relationship with apostolic and
prophetic companies, leaders and tribes that carries the spirit of Aquilla and
Pricilla for upgrading, re-positioning, maturation, advancement, revelation,
correction, perfection, reformation and accuracy in the mysteries of Christ.
In addition, Pst Ogaga provides clear prophetic revelations and "new wine"
that carries an Isaachar anointing to help breakthrough believers as well as
emerging apostolic and prophetic leaders to understand God's divine
timetable, seasons and current moves in the spirit and shift old Paradigms
from "Church age" into the "Kingdom age" from Church doctrine to Biblical
Foundational Truth, from "little Leaven" to "Fresh Manna from Heaven.
Finally, as you read chapter after chapter, your appetite will change and there
will be a hunger for what God is doing NOW in the earth and you will
become like Nicodemus seeking the truth by any means necessary to get an
understanding of the things of the Spirit. This book will help you implement
the Kingdom in any sphere and it will compel people to be in direct
"relationship with their revelation" as well as walk in the "Kairos" time of
God for their life, ministry, society, community, city, region, local
congregation, church, business and nation and nations of the world.
Hakeem Collins
Apostolic Leader/CEO
Champions International Ministries
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
 INTRODUCTION

The idea of this book was dropped in my heart after I had shared in a series of
meeting in Cameroun, and I also taught partly on this at the “Apostolic
Center” of the Christ Body Outreach in Muntengene, Cameroun under the
leadership of Apostle Samuelson and also at the Light Bearers Kingdom
Community Camp meeting under the leadership of Pastor Phil Dafiaghor in
Nigeria.
The truth was well received by the brethren, and further confirmed the need
to document this for others also to eat of the true bread and wine of the Father
in this season.
“Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of
these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present
truth”. 2 Peter 1:12 (KJV)
“So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them
and are firmly established in the truth you now have” 2 Peter1: 12 NIV
This is the basis for this work; there is a present truth that believers need to
be established in. The truth of yesterday will not bring the body to perfection:
things have to be revisited, our wine- skins have to be adjusted to
accommodate that which the Father is revealing now (new wine).
Apostle John Boney made a remarkable statement “ultimately revelations
degenerate into empty traditions. Unless one stands under an open heaven
with constant ascending and descending into the “speaking place”, all
revelation soon becomes yesterday’s corrupt manna”.
Because the stakes are so high, even though you are up-to-date on all this
truth and practice it inside and out, I am not going to let up for a minute in
calling you to attention before it. 2 Peter 1:12 (MSG) (emphasis mine).
I love the word used here of being up-to-date, believers have to be updated on
what the Father is declaring in this season, understanding that some things
were left in the old order until the time of reformation. The word reformation
is the Greek word “diorthosis”, meaning to straighten thoroughly;
rectification. Some operating systems were left until God would restore the
fullness of the five –fold ministry and break correction to the whole system,
restoring it to what it was in Eden at the beginning.
This is the time God is calling forth His body to come up higher, so He can
show us great and mighty things to come.
“5 Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem continually turn away from
me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. They refuse to turn
back to me.
6 I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly.
None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, "I have
done wrong!" All of them persist in their own wayward course like a
horse charging recklessly into battle.
7 Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove,
swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But
my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them”.
Jeremiah 8:5-7 NET
I do believe strongly in my heart that one of the reasons for this work is, to
help people get into the current season of God. This is still a passion in the
heart of God as he bemoans the lack of understanding in the life of his
people. Even lower animals recognize the seasons of migration and transition
but it looks like the people of God have refused to move and they are stuck in
a particular season and period refusing to move ahead.
The bird knows when it is time to move on, and the other species know when
it is the normal times for their migration, but it is very unfortunate that God’s
own people refuse to pay attention to what God requires of then when it
comes to the season of migration and upgrading.
This book is intended to help us understand what the Father is requiring of us
in the season and to embrace it fully so we can step into the season that
creation has been waiting for where the sons of God can manifest the
‘FULLNESS” of God on the earth.
In the above passage, God asked a series of questions to expose Judah's
stubborn refusal to turn back to Him. When people fall down they try to get
up again. If someone turns away from the right path he tries to return as
quickly as possible. But though most people learn from their mistakes, the
people of Judah refused to return. Failing to acknowledge any wrongdoing,
they pursued their own ways with determination like a horse charging into
battle. They were like horses rushing into battle, having no idea of the
dangers involved. Horses are trained to obey and may not know any better,
but people made in the image of God ought to know where they are going. In
fact, the people of Judah were not as smart as the birds! (See Isaiah 1:3.) God
gave the birds the instinct to know the seasons and the times of their
migrations, but He gave people so much more: a spirit within to hear God's
voice and understand His Law. Made in the image of God, men and women
ought to be as obedient to divine instruction as birds are to natural instinct.
How many church activities, religious programs and churches are charging
ahead without accurate pattern and due order? Some are moving very fast in
the wrong direction and season. They were three feasts in Israel: Passover,
Pentecost and Tabernacles. Why has the church refused to move from
Pentecost to Tabernacles? If your own “church” has refused to move on why
are you still stuck there when you know there is no life there?
 CHAPTER ONE
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UPGRADE?
“Because the stakes are so high, even though you're up-to-date on all this
truth” 2 Peter 1: 12 (MSG)
God does not just want us to have truth, he want us to have up-to-date truth.
They are basically three feasts in Israel that typify the journey of the saints:
Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles.
The church world up until now has been stuck in the first two, and there are
no indications that she wants to move to the third and final feast. There is
urgency in the heavens for the body on earth to connect with the final move
of God (Kingdom restoration move) as prophesied by the prophets and
apostles.
The desire of God is that we become established in present truth; we must be
rooted and grounded in the current declarations of God. John Boney said “we
are blessed by being hostages to a progressive unfolding of the purpose of
God”.
As we examine this very important biblical concept of apostolic upgrade, I
am going to start from the Dictionary point of view, using the Microsoft
Encarta Dictionary there are several meaning of the word upgrade. We will
relate it to our present advance in God.
From the dictionary, upgrade means to improve quality of something: to
improve the quality, standard, or performance of something, especially by
incorporating new advances.
This captures essentially the mind of the Father for his church. The quality of
the church on the earth has to be transformed from a mere social, needy
gathering to an army that is forcefully advancing and reclaiming territories
for the Father. This has to be by incorporating new advances in the context of
NEW TRUTHS. They are new in the sense that they have NOW been
revealed to his Apostles and Prophets, the very same mystery that has been
hidden since ages past.
 “None of our ancestors understood this. Only in our time has it been
made clear by God's Spirit through his holy apostles and prophets of this
new order”. Ephesians 3: 5 MSG
There are many who are parading themselves as apostles and prophets
thereby hijacking the purity of this current season, but Apostle Paul declared
boldly that those with this revelation are those of this new order, the kingdom
order. Many who parade themselves as apostles are not concerned about the
birthing of Christ within the individual believers, all they want is to oversee a
“network” and “plant” churches every where.
In Human Resources’ language when you upgrade you are increasing the
status of somebody’s job or position. I am convinced that is what God is
doing now; the function of the church is being redefined. Please note that, in
this book, the church does not refer to a religious building or place of
worship, rather it refers to the true ecclesia – the called out ones. Two of the
key functions of the church are to reveal God’s wisdom to principalities and
powers and to restore creation back to God because He has given `to the
church the ministry of reconciliation not just evangelism.
10 [The purpose is] that through the church the complicated, many-sided
wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now
be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and
powers) in the heavenly sphere.
11 This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose
which He has realized and carried into effect in [the person of] Christ Jesus
our Lord, Ephesians 3:10 (AMP).
In agriculture, for instance, “upgrade” means to improve the quality of
livestock by breeding with superior animals in order to introduce desirable
traits into the offspring.
This is emphatically stated by John that those who believed in him he gave
the right to become the sons of God and that we have been made partakers of
His divine nature. Through new birth we exchange our lower life of Adam
for His higher life; He becomes “Christ our life”
“It is by means of these that He has granted us His precious and wondrous
promises, in order that through them you may, one and all, become sharers
in the very nature of God, having completely escaped the corruption which
exists in the world through earthly cravings”. 2 Peter 1:4 (Weymouth).
It is crucial that we all embrace the workings of God in this season and move
into higher realms in Him, for He wants to show us great and mighty things.
There are things we are not aware of in the realm of the spirit, deep truths in
Him that he wants to reveal to us.
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to
come. Jeremiah 33:3 (NLT)
'Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things
that you could never figure out on your own.' (MSG)
There are things which we cannot figure out on our own unless they are
revealed to us by God; God has chosen to reveal these hidden mysteries to us
by his apostles and prophets. And if we do not key into the word of the Father
that the restored graces of God are bringing, then we totally miss out of what
He is doing in these day.
This is the day to reexamine old beliefs, and all forms of humanism taught as
the gospel, moving from an evacuation (fly-away-to-heaven) gospel and
belief system to “occupying” and having dominion over the earth as
mandated by God from Genesis.
Now is the time to break away from a greedy covetous prosperity gospel
taught by those who peddle the word and profit from merchandise sold to the
saints, stepping into reformed kingdom economics of wealth distribution and
allocation as instructed by the Lord for covenant and kingdom purpose.
 CHAPTER TWO
HEAVENLY PATTERNS
These are all warning markers — Danger! — in our history books, written
down so that we don't repeat their mistakes. Our positions in the story are
parallel — they at the beginning, we at the end — and we are just as capable
of messing it up as they were. Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not
exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget
about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence. 1 Corinthians
10:11-12 (MSG)
The stories in the scriptures are not to amuse us, or to make the Bible so big
and complete, but as clearly stated by Apostle Paul they are written down so
that we do not repeat their mistakes. We are going to examine briefly the life
of an Apostle and see how he humbled himself to be upgraded. Regardless of
how far we have gone when God brings a new word to us and we know it is
the truth, then we have no option but to embrace and receive it.
In the above translation we are told not to be so naïve and self- confident.
These are two characteristics of those who do not embrace the current
revealed word of the Lord. Some are naïve and some are so confident that
what they claim to proclaim is the “right” word and the “final” word so they
have no reason to embrace new truths been revealed by God.
And as we read above, if we do not embrace present truth and become
established in it, we could easily miss the purpose of God for our lives and
cripple the work we are involved in. For instance the Apostle Paul, whilst he
was still Saul, thought he was doing God a favour by killing Christians until
he encountered the Lord and he saw through the eyes of the Father. Present
truth is essentially seeing through the Father’s eyes. While involved in all of
those religious activities of “killing”, Saul thought he was a great worshipper
of God and in fact he was being promoted by the religious order of the day.
How true is that today? The religious system of Babylon promotes the vessels
that “kill” present truth- carriers. We must learn to discern the voice of God
and do his bidding for our lives, not just what he said yesterday but what he is
saying now.
The Pharisees of Jesus’ day were proclaiming and talking about the Messiah,
but when he came into their midst, they could not discern accurately who He
was, and they went ahead to kill him. Many stand in the pulpit to proclaim
revival, reformation with all kinds of good language, but when God shows up
in the church through his apostles and prophets or other graces, the same
ministers proceed to “kill” the voice of God in them.
When Martin Luther broke the status quo and saw new truth in that “the just
shall live by faith”, the Roman Catholic Church rose up to extinguish and
excommunicate him. Many times the carriers of the pure word of God are
the ones tied up on the stakes by religious folks to be killed, persecuted and
shut down, but thank God TRUTH will always prevail over darkness.
We must understand that the Bible is a book of patterns; the scriptures
encourage us to learn from Abraham our father. That means when we study
the lifestyle of Abraham we can glean spiritual principles and interpret them
into our lives, and determine by spiritual insight where and when we need to
make adjustment and reform. In this way we can conformed to the Image of
the Son.
The ultimate pattern is Christ-He is where everything comes to a conclusion.
“This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and
knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to
the full and complete standard of Christ”. Ephesians 4:13 NLT
“[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the
comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that
[we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality
which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the
measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness
found in Him”. AMP
Patterns from the scriptures offer the key for our development, so we can
ALL attain full and accurate knowledge. We do not just want the knowledge
we can get from men, but FULL and ACCURATE knowledge of God in this
season. And the benefit of this is that we come to the point of maturity, the
completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height
of Christ's own perfection. That is the aim of God for us through the release
of the five -fold graces. And that is also a genuine kingdom
Apostolic/Prophetic goal as typified in the heart cry of Paul.
Him we preach and proclaim, warning and admonishing everyone and
instructing everyone in all wisdom ( comprehensive insight into the ways
and purposes of God), that we may present every person mature (full-
grown, fully initiated, complete, and perfect) in Christ (the Anointed One).
Colossians 1:28 AMP
It is the burden of every genuine man of God to provide comprehensive
insight into the ways and purposes of God. That is why every child of God
needs to make the transition from the acts of God to the ways of God as
exemplified in the life of Moses. Today most of our religious activities are
based on the acts (miracles, signs and wonders) of God but He wants us to
come into the deeper river of intimacy where we learn the “ways” behind the
spectacular and the “who” behind the acts. A place of deep knowledge and
communion as it was in the Garden before the fall of man.
So basically the scriptures are heavenly patterns for us that show us how to
build this house for the Father to dwell in.
 CHAPTER THREE
PATTERNS FROM APOLLOS
4 A man named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a Jew, born in Alexandria,
Egypt, and a terrific speaker, eloquent and powerful in his preaching of the
Scriptures.
25 He was well-educated in the way of the Master and fiery in his
enthusiasm. Apollos was accurate in everything he taught about Jesus up to a
point, but he only went as far as the baptism of John.
26 He preached with power in the meeting place. When Priscilla and Aquila
heard him, they took him aside and told him the rest of the story.
27 When Apollos decided to go on to Achaia province, his Ephesian friends
gave their blessing and wrote a letter of recommendation for him, urging the
disciples there to welcome him with open arms. The welcome paid off:
Apollos turned out to be a great help to those who had become believers
through God's immense generosity.
28 He was particularly effective in public debate with the Jews as he brought
out proof after convincing proof from the Scriptures that Jesus was in fact
God's Messiah.
(Acts 18:24-28 MSG)
In this verse of scripture we are introduced to a man by the name of Apollos .
We need to take a look at his back ground to know where he is coming from,
not many in ministry today have the kind of natural qualification that Apollos
had in his day.
Apollos was certainly an exceptional man in many ways. He came from
Alexandria, the second most important city in the Roman Empire. The city
was a center for education and philosophy, and was founded by (and named
after) Alexander the Great, and it boasted a university with a library of almost
700,000 volumes. The Population of Alexandria (about 600,000) was quite
cosmopolitan, being made up of Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, and Jews. At
least a quarter of the population was Jewish, and the Jewish community was
very influential. Alexandria was the chief center of Diaspora Hellenistic
Judaism. The great Jewish intellectual, Philo, lived there and possibly was
still alive at the time of these events. Jews occupied two of the five districts
of the city, named after its founder, Alexander the Great, who established it
on the Mediterranean Sea near the mouth of the Nile River in 331 B.C. Its
great library made it a major center of learning. It developed its own variety
of Judaism which made accommodations to Greek culture—it was a kind of
“Reform Judaism” in its day. Alexandria even had its own Temple. The
Septuagint was translated there around 200 A.D.
Apollos was an Alexandrian scholar a rank corresponding to that of a
graduate of Oxford or Cambridge. Apollos knew the Old Testament
Scriptures well and was able to teach them with eloquence and power. He
was fervent ("boiling") in his spirit and diligent in his presentation of the
message. He was bold enough to enter the synagogue and preach to the Jews.
The only problem was that this enthusiastic man was declaring an incomplete
Gospel His message got as far as John the Baptist and then stopped!
That is what we find so common today, many men qualifications in the
natural have limited knowledge as far as the reformation is concerned. It is
worthy of note that Apollos was certainly not just an ignorant preacher going
on rampage. On the contrary he knew the Old Testament so well that he had
the boldness to go into the synagogue to teach and preach. But he had limited
understanding.
It is more like traveling with a map that was produced in the 1900’s when
actually this is the year 2010- with all the industrialization that have taken
place you just came into the city and want to drive around, things have
changed you need to get a more accurate map.
Sorry to say this but so many Bible schools and theological institutions are
outdated and can not produce genuine kingdom apostolic reformation on the
earth.
Obviously, Apollo’s had good command of language because he was
eloquent, he had a grasp of the scriptures because it was said that he was
mighty in scriptures and he had influence for him to be able to go into the
synagogue to teach. But it is amazing how with all of this qualification his
knowledge was limited.
Good speaking ability is not enough; every genuine minister of the Lord must
birth life in the people that receive the word from them.
“Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual
double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never
amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions
of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that's not
the way of Christ.” Colossians 2:8 MSG
In the Amplified version it is said that “he preached with power”. I do believe
in God for signs and wonders but sometimes that is not an accurate test of
knowing the Lord, for those who performed miracles in his name he said “Go
away from me for I do not know you”. There was no intimate knowledge of
Him. If there is anything our heart must be seeking it knowing the Lord in all
of his fullness.
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE MESSAGE?
“For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these
things, though you know and are established in the present truth”. 2 Peter
1:12 NKJV
We must understand that there was nothing wrong with the message Apollos
was proclaiming. Many times people accuse us of saying that what others are
saying is wrong. That is not correct they may have been right in their season
there is nothing wrong with holiness, faith, deliverance etc but they are to
serve as building blocks for the current season of God , that is the raising and
releasing of Kingdom sons to posses and preserve cities, nations for the
Kingdom.
What we need to be established in is not just TRUTH but PRESENT
TRUTH.
The word established is the greek word sterizo, (stay-rid'-zo ) meaning to set
fast, i.e. (literally) to turn resolutely in a certain direction, or (figuratively) to
confirm:--fix, (-e-) stablish, steadfastly set, strengthen.
This is exactly what God wants us to do, He wants us to be resolute in that
which is present and be strengthened in it, not to be tossed to and fro with
every wind of doctrine.
The words present truth are a combination of two words
Present is the Greek word pareimi, par'-i-mee to be near, i.e. at hand;. It is
like saying the Kingdom of God is at hand meaning it is present reality.
And then truth which is the word aletheia, al-ay'-thi-a truth:--true, truly,
truth, verity. Meaning something that have been verified to be the truth. It is
really hard to define truth except saying TRUTH is a PERSON (CHRIST).
The ministry of John the Baptist was an important part of God's redemptive
plan. God sent John to prepare the nation of Israel for its Messiah (John 1:15-
34). John's baptism was a baptism of repentance; those who were baptized
looked forward to the coming Messiah (Acts 19:4). John also announced a
future baptism of the Holy Spirit (Mathew 3:11; Mark 1:8) which took place
on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 1:5).
The essential error of the message that Apollos was proclaiming that day was
timing. He was declaring something that have been overtaken by a new
declaration in the heavens. Apollos was not in tune with the new broadcast of
heaven. He needed to upgrade.
Like Don Atkin rightly said “today’s forward call does not invalidate
yesterday’s ministry”, and I will add “but there is a call to move forward
from yesterday into today”
TIME FOR UPGRADE
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard
him, they invited him to their home and explained to him the way of God
more adequately. Acts 18:26 NIV
“they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately”.
Acts 18:26 NASU
I love what Priscilla and Aquila did when they heard the message of Apollos,
they saw the need to help his progression in God. But we must first identify
how this precious couple got such deep revelations of God that the “mighty”
Apollos did not have access to.
Two of Paul's well-known converts were Priscilla and Aquila, a couple who
are also mentioned in Acts 18:18-18 Romans 16:3; 1 Corinthians 16:19; and
2 Timothy 4:19. Aquila and Priscilla went with Paul to Ephesus they were
discipled and “fathered” by Paul. So they had access to Apostolic revelation.
It is vital which company we associate with in this season, because it will
determine to a large extend the amount of revelation we walk with. It has
been predestined by God that men on the earth should carry His revelation to
the rest of humanity. We can all read the Bible but the truth is that we do not
all have the same degree of the spirit of revelation. This is why God released
the five-fold ministry to equip and build the church (you and I).
Although some things were hidden in times past, there is now a great
unveiling. And God has position his Apostles and Prophets to download
those revelations and mysteries and make them available to the body of
Christ.
In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the
mystery of Christ, which was not made known to men in other generations
as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and
prophets. Ephesians 3:4-5 NIV
“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens
with God's people and members of God's household, built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to
become a holy temple in the Lord”. Ephesians 2:19-21 NIV
The issue of foundation is vital to what God is building on the earth. When
we miss the foundation, we miss everything. And apostolic people are
concerned about the “foundation”.
“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder,
and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he
builds”. 1 Corinthians 3:9-10 NIV
Grace was released on Paul to lay foundations as an expert builder. The word
expert builder are the words wise wasterbuilder in the King James Version
(which is the Greek word architekton, a chief constructor, i.e. "architect").
That is what the apostolic is all about accurate foundations. But look at this.
9 What makes them worth doing is the God we are serving. You happen to be
God's field in which we are working. Or, to put it another way, you are God's
house.
10 Using the gift God gave me as a good architect, I designed blueprints;
Apollos is putting up the walls. Let each carpenter who comes on the job take
care to build on the foundation! 1 Corinthians 3:9-10 MSG
Apostolic people have access to divine blue prints. This is what Aquila and
Priscilla had access to as they were in the company of Paul. That is why these
days we must align ourselves to genuine kingdom Apostolic/Prophetic
streams so we can set our foundations right and build our lives according to
Gods divine blue print.
PLACE OF UPGRADING
When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited him to their home and
explained to him the way of God more adequately. Acts 18:26 NIV
We must know how to correct people in their walk with God in the spirit of
meekness. Priscilla and Aquila did not correct Apollos openly. That would
have created more problems. They took him home to a Sabbath dinner, and in
their HOME, explained to him more accurately the word or ways of the Lord.
The point I want us to get here is this, the Lord is restoring the power and
potency of ‘house churches”.Now what I mean by this is that every home that
has received the apostolic word of the Lord would build their homes in such a
way that the message of the kingdom would proceed from there.
Most times we gather together in a building and forget the true church is
ourselves and when we are home, we lose that consciousness also that we are
the church.
This does not mean that we cannot gather together in a building. No – we
need to assemble in some location that serves as a place of equipping. Our
gathering is essential for fellowship, but as we progress we must make our
homes kingdom epicenters.
They agreed on a time. When the day arrived, they came back to his home
with a number of their friends. Paul talked to them all day, from morning
to evening, explaining everything involved in the kingdom of God, and
trying to persuade them all about Jesus by pointing out what Moses and the
prophets had written about him. Acts 28:23 MSG
We see the place Paul was staying was a center for kingdom instruction.
Most times our homes serve as entertainment point for birthdays, movies and
all other things. I am not saying these things are wrong. But we should be
aware that, throughout the New Testament, we have the concept of house
churches and these were centers for kingdom upgrading and advancement
. Say hello to Priscilla and Aquila, who have worked hand in hand with me in
serving Jesus. They once put their lives on the line for me. And I'm not the
only one grateful to them. All the non-Jewish gatherings of believers also owe
them plenty, to say nothing of the church that meets in their house. Romans
16:3-5 MSG
Gaius, who is host here to both me and the whole church, wants to be
remembered to you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our good friend Quartus
send their greetings. Romans 16: 23 MSG
In her book “In His Hands” by Babara Atkin she made reference to a lot of
times where here teenage daughters would bring their friends home and, they
would have tea and fellowship together. During that time, a lot of them were
discipled, called into ministry and some where filled with the Holy Spirit. In
her own words “our girls were bringing their friends home and they were
drawn into the kingdom”
 CHAPTER FOUR
THE WINESKIN
“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will
burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he
pours new wine into new wineskins." Mark 2:22 NIV
If we want to receive the correction and adjustment necessary for this season
then we must change our wineskins.
A lot of people do not know how to position themselves to make the
necessary adjustment in their attitude to receive the message of the Kingdom.
A lot of people teach and proclaim another gospel when actually they should
open up to receive that which the Father is saying this current season.
Our spiritual perception affects us a lot, it determines how and why we do
things, until we perceive the “new” thing the Father is doing, we will not be
able to embrace it.
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new
thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV
The word “percieve” is used as “know” in the King James Version and in the
Hebrew it is “yaw-dah” which means to know (properly, to ascertain by
seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally,
euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition;
(as follow):--acknowledge, comprehend, know, (come to give, have, take)
knowledge, be learned, perceive, privy to, have (understanding).
The above denotes all the expressions of what actually the Father wants of us
in this current season we must come to a place of gaining accurate knowledge
of the current move of the Father in this season.
Forget about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert,
be present. I'm about to do something brand-new. It's bursting out! Don't
you see it? MSG Isaiah 43:18-19
Now in embracing the Kingdom Gospel, David Orton in his book page 54
“Snakes in the temple” explains at lenght the difference between reformation
and innovation.
“We can talk reformation, while actually doing innovation. To innovate
means to make changes or alterations in anything established; to bring new
ideas or methods; whereas to reform means to make better by removing
abuses, to alter; to restore to a better condition; to put an end to; to stop ( an
abuse, malpractice, etc). Innovation merely introduces new methods to the
existing order. But reformation carries with it moral and spiritual overtones
that demands a finish to the old, and a new beginning”.
In his word to leaders Thamo Naidoo says “it is also envisaged that leaders
will prepare their congregations to make the necessary adjustment. This
involves the process of restructuring the mindsets of the people and the
modification of any physical structures that sustain religious life in their
congregations. From this, emerges the challenging responsibility of altering
(or modifying) the composition of those “sacred” systems, which strictly
maintain religious activity but do not produce spiritual life or the desired
objectives of the new season.- Gilgal (Biblical Principles Governing
Transition into Apostolic Reformation)
By inserting the various quotes, my emphasis here is to join voices with
scribes of the earth that the transition is not just about words but deeds and
also that there is a need to make radical adjustment in our lifestyles in this
season. We are not just going to pour new wine in old structures and
mindsets, it is important that our mindset be adjusted before we receive new
wine, or as we are receiving the new wine we adjust our mind set
accordingly. We cannot carry on with what we were doing before and call
ourselves kingdom apostolic.
But since it didn't get the job done, there was a change of priesthood, which
brought with it a radical new kind of law. Hebrews 7: 12 MSG
Every change must bring with it a new operating system, before we continue
with Appollos model we would examine the battle we are been faced with
and also the goal of God in this season, and then we look at Apollo’s and see
the attitude with which he received the adjustment and also watch his
progression from that point.
THE WARFARE OF THE OLD
What exactly is the reason why the old would not give way for the new to be
established? This becomes the objective of the warfare we find ourselves in
during this current season, as we seek to move beyond old, myopic and
substandard ways of operations to embrace the new and living way in Christ.
“We are human, but we don't wage war as humans do. 4 We use God's
mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of
human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. 5 We destroy every proud
obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious
thoughts and teach them to obey Christ”. 1 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NLT)
“The tools of our trade aren't for marketing or manipulation, but they are for
demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. 5 We use our powerful
God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected
against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and
impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ” 2 Corinthians 10: 4-5
(THE MESSAGE)

THE WARFARE TARGET (4 Cardinal Targets)

Massive corrupt culture (human reasoning, humanism)
Warped philosophies-false arguments (warped- bent or twisted, not in
normal shape).
Barriers erected against the truth –proud obstacles.
loose thoughts, emotions & impulse-rebellious thoughts
The above scripture verses highlight four key areas where we face internal
struggles as we position ourselves to embrace the new season of God. There
is a lot of humanism and human reason out there being taught as the gospel.
A lot of messages are self centered and self promoting. Humanism is putting
man in the stead of God, It can be seen in ministry, service and “works”,
making it about us and not God. We must understand and make the
adjustment to move from a human centered (needs) gospel to a Christ
centered message. The first war we face in embracing transition is
HUMANISM.
The next thing we confront is philosophies and false arguments that are
twisted out of shape. Nothing readily comes to mind than the false gospel
been paraded.. In Africa it is a false dimension of prayer pattern which exalts
the ability of the Devil and make believers more afraid of the Devil than they
honour and believe in Gods ability. In the west it is false prosperity covetous
gospel being proclaimed with fame replacing faith and an attitude of “I am
rich I need nothing”. Within each of our personal lives there are false
arguments that hinder us from embracing that which the father is bringing
and one of those arguments in Africa is “but it is producing results”. We
pursue results and miss intimacy and fellowship with the Father. Let us not
forget that those who performed miracles in His name where driven away
because they did not have intimacy and fellowship with the Father.
All of these form barriers erected against the truth –proud obstacles. There
are mental barriers that we have erected in our minds that stand against the
truth as typified in these three areas: lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and
pride of life. I believe one of the spirits that hinder a lot of leaders from
walking in the reformation is the pride of losing their congregations, fame
and fortune. We must die to all of this if we intend to walk in the fullness of
what God has for us.
In this season our thoughts must be properly harnessed to fit into that which
God wants. There is no room for loose thoughts, emotions and impulse, or
rebellious thoughts. We must make sure in all things the Spirit has pre-
eminence. Many have fallen out of the current season of God because they
could not control their emotions. Our emotions will always want to go in the
direction of hype, fame and, goose pimples and do not want stay in a place of
quiet intimacy with the Father. Like Apollos sometimes we can be very loud
about what is not accurate and we want to stay in the place and build a
tabernacle there.
THE GOAL
What then is the goal of our reformation and transformation? Why should we
allow our old mentalities to be tampered with?, the goal is basically to bring
ourselves and the nations into THE STRUCTURE OF LIFE SHAPED BY
CHRIST.
Christ must be the center of everything we are and we do, in ministry, in our
family and in our finances. The message of kingdom reformation is a
CHRIST-CENTERED MESSAGE, not just changing of languages, codes
and patterns but understanding that the priesthood has been changed and the
law also has been fulfilled by Christ.
Structure: - something built or erected: a building, bridge, framework, or
other object that has been put together from many different parts.
The goal of every five-fold grace (different offices and callings) in this
season is to make sure that we are built up “to the measure of the stature
which belongs to the fullness of Christ”. Ephesians 4:13 NASU
.
What then is our Prophetic Position?
First we must be IN CHRIST
We must align ourselves in relationship to Apostles and Prophets and
all five fold ministry who have the mandated to “Build the saints”. We
must note that it is relationship, not hierarchical submission/domination
that we are striving for
The emphasis of this season is intimacy and relationship, not just religious
activities. From the example of Apollos we see that he already had a
foundational knowledge and depth in the baptism of John. In our case we
must establish our individual roots in Christ so that we are “rooted and
grounded in love (God)”. Nothing should replace our taking roots in him, not
ministry, financial conditions, marriage etc everything must take its course
from our intimacy with the Father.

It is clear, then, that relationship is vital, covenant relationships will

determine how far we can go and how much we can access from the Father.
It is the will of God that we align ourselves with people of like-mind.
WHY APOSTLES?

“for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect
and builder is God”. Hebrews 11:10 NASU
Architect is God-
Apostle - “apostolos” he that is sent.
The Apostles and Prophets are sent ones with the design of that which God
intends to build us and the nations into His fullness.
 “having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established
in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty
deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary
principles of the world, rather than according to Christ”. Colossians 2:2-
9NASU
The instructions (teachings) they received from the Apostles is what enabled
them to be rooted and built up, and also prevented them from been taken
captives through philosophy, empty deception. This shows us that we can
become captives of inaccurate philosophies and teachings within the
environment we call “church”. When you listen to wrong teachings instead of
it setting you free because it is not the TRUTH, you would be taken captive. I
stated earlier that the false prophetic and prayer movement in Africa has
taken a lot of souls captive through fear. The average Christian lives in so
much fear, that they cannot fellowship with one another because they do not
know who might want to wish them evil and harm them. This has succeeded
in destroying the bond of the fellowship of peace and the unity of the faith
that the Father wants to bring us into.

God is restoring to the church an authentic apostolic Christianity by re-

laying the foundations of the apostolic message, apostolic ministry, and
apostolic mode. These foundations will provide the spiritual technology to
grow a city wide dwelling of God - ‘the one, holy, universal, and apostolic
church’ - the church of the city. -David Orton

WHERE THEN IS OUR POSITION?

We must align ourselves in kingdom covenant relationship with Apostles and

Prophets so we can access the Grace of God in this season. Such people may
not carry the title, but within them they carry the internal configuration of the
said offices. For instance Abraham was called a prophet Genesis 20:7. In this
season many are in a hurry to bear the titles of Prophet and Apostle because
that is what is “popular”. We must learn to discern who actually true prophets
and Apostles are and learn to embrace them.
Apostle Israel Onoriobe said “relationship is not optional but it is a
prerequisite to advance the kingdom of God” he went further to say
“therefore relationship is a vital organ that facilitates fruitful fellowship that
advances God’s purpose”. But a word of caution there are different groups,
network and families across the earth, and we must prayerfully discern where
the father wants us to stay and be connected then be open to receive the word
of the Lord from them.

Aquilla and Priscilia did not go by any title, but they did what many so called
“Apostles” and “Prophets” would not be able to do. I believe that the
Apostolic and Prophetic mantle will be released on people who will not care
whether they are called by such a title, and the grace of God will be so
evident in their life.

While Apollos was ministering, many were there that day, but it took an
apostolic people who had the grace because they had earlier been aligned
with Paul to bring the necessary adjustment.
Our alignment this season is crucial because God is not interested in running
a one –man show again, we must discern by the spirit the “company” God
wants us to belong to for our growth, nourishment, covering, rebuke,
edification and advancement.
It must be based on mutual accountability and respect for every one present
in the fold. So many so called “apostolic” networks are nothing more than a
franchise of Pentecostal forums. The entire concept of “apostolic networks”
needs adjustment and reformation.

THOSE WHO HAVE ACCESS TO THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST

“By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the
mystery of Christ, 5 which in other generations was not made known to the
sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in
the Spirit;” Eph 3:4-6NASU

Always keep in Mind the goal- THE STRUCTURE OF LIFE SHAPED

BY CHRIST.

“We preach Christ, warning people not to add to the Message. We teach in a
spirit of profound common sense so that we can bring each person to
maturity. To be mature is to be basic. Christ! No more, no less”. Colossians
1:28-29 (MSG)
An apostolic ministry is characterized by access to divine mysteries. The
essence and burden of the apostolic message is Christ revealed in those who
hear them. A Christ centered gospel is the key to our becoming conformed to
the image of the Son.
The combined resources of apostles and prophets will bring us to the place in
God where there is a release in the spirit realm, because they are foundational
ministries that are designed by God to bring us into a position of been built
up as an accurate dwelling place for God.

“Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself
being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together,
grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together
into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit”. Ephesians 2:20-22 ESV
Don Atkin rightly express this when he said
“Both prophets and apostles are to be involved in fulfilling this Jeremiah
commission but not alone and isolated from one another. The household of
God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets
(Ephesians 2:19-22), needs these two grace gifts to labor together. The
simultaneous exercise of (1) the prophetic grace to root out and pull down, to
destroy and to throw down, and (2) the apostolic grace to plant and build up,
will lead to an unprecedented response from believers. There is a spiritually
instinctive desire within the hearts of those who are being built together for a
dwelling place of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:22) for authentic, safe,
Christ-like, foundational leadership”

Those whom we know cover our sphere- we cannot relate to everyone

Kingdom covenant relationship are crucial to winning our warfare.

To relate means to have a significant connection with someone. We live at

peace with all men but relate to those who carry the Kingdom.

“We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our legitimate province and
proper limit, but will keep within the limits [of our commission which] God
has allotted us as our measuring line and which reaches and includes even
you”.2 Corinthians 10:13 AMP

We must understand the place of covenant relationship in our migration. By

the Spirit we must discern those whom the Father wants us to relate with to
aid our progression in the place of covenant unity.

How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along! It's like
costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard, Flowing down Aaron's
beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes. It's like the dew on
Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion. Yes, that's where God
commands the blessing, ordains eternal life. Psalm 133 MSG
The blessing is not just material blessings, but eternal life, and we know that
eternal life is the knowledge of God and Christ.

“ And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become
acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and
[likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the
Messiah), Whom You have sent”. John 17: 3 AMP
When Jesus was manifested in the flesh the Pharisees did not embrace the
“new” that the Father had shown them, and they continued with the old
method of reading the scriptures. They presumed they would have access to
eternal life, but because the priesthood had changed the operating method
(law) had also changed eternal life was no longer in the synagogue.

39 "You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you'll
find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures
are all about me!
40 And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren't willing to receive
from me the life you say you want. John 5: 39-40 MSG
But Peter who associated with Jesus understood at least to an extent what
eternal; life was in present reality that life was contained in the words of
Christ.
Peter replied, "Master, to whom would we go? You have the words of real
life, eternal life. John 6: 68 MSG
It is not just enough to be connected with God, with must also be connected
with people here on earth who will help us grow. And as Rev Kola Ewuosho
said “ covenant relationships must be created and fashioned by God. Man-
made connections and unity cannot bring about fulfillment of God’s purpose.
There must be a heart connection. The Holy Ghost will draw us from
wherever we are, and He will join us to our own company”.
We must not just be connected to people to give us platforms, connections or
travel opportunity. We must be connected in the spirit for the downloading of
new and fresh insight from God. And physical distance notwithstanding, we
must make sure we are connected to those God wants us to connect and relate
with. Aquila and Priscilla’s connection to the Apostle Paul was of immense
benefit to the ministry of Apollos. Our connections will determine how far
we can help others migrate into accuracy.

WE RECEIVE THEIR TEACHINGS

“And now we look back on all this and thank God, an artesian well of thanks!
When you got the Message of God we preached, you didn't pass it off as just
one more human opinion, but you took it to heart as God's true word to you,
which it is, God himself at work in you believers!”
1 Thessalonians 2:13 (MSG)

How we position ourselves to receive is as important as what we hear, the

Jews heard Jesus but few received Him.
How and who we receive determines what and who we become.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children
of God,
John 1:12 (NASU)

“And in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word
which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your
souls”. James 1:21 AMP
It was evident that Apollos received the word brought forth by the couple.
James tells us how to receive the word; we must receive the word and
welcome it with a humble (meek) heart. Many times we hear truths to shake
our old positions and beliefs. Immediately we tend to raise up proud
arguments against them.
And I must also add that God is making the messenger and the message one.
We cannot receive the message and disdain the messenger. Apostle Paul
talked about the Thessalonians receiving the word he taught them as the word
from God. We must learn the principle of honour. We must attribute honour
to those sent by the Father to bring the word. We must not be the generation
that kills and disdains the “sent ones”. I have observed that in the name of
simplicity and oneness, those who are sent to us are not honoured adequately.
This also includes financial honour to those who labour in the word and
doctrine; we must learn to be of a blessing to those who have assisted us in
our progression and migration. Our wallets and cheque books must also
embrace the transition.

It's on account of people like you that I send prophets and wise guides and
scholars generation after generation — and generation after generation you
treat them like dirt, greeting them with lynch mobs, hounding them with
abuse. Mathew 23: 34 MSG

Let the elders who perform the duties of their office well be considered
doubly worthy of honor [and of adequate financial support], especially those
who labor faithfully in preaching and teaching. 1 Timothy 5:17 AMP
 CHAPTER FIVE
IMPLEMENTATION
27 When Apollos decided to go on to Achaia province, his Ephesian friends
gave their blessing and wrote a letter of recommendation for him, urging
the disciples there to welcome him with open arms. The welcome paid off:
Apollos turned out to be a great help to those who had become believers
through God's immense generosity.
28 He was particularly effective in public debate with the Jews as he
brought out proof after convincing proof from the Scriptures that Jesus
was in fact God's Messiah. Acts 18 :27-28.
I am really intrigued by the last part of the scriptures we are looking at, a lot
of people receive the truth of kingdom apostolic revelation but then they go
ahead with all the old doctrines they have been carrying. A lot of this happen
for fear of losing crowd, popularity, fame or for the fear of been branded a
heretic. This is the reason why a lot of people who know the truth do not go
ahead to implement that which they are receiving in this season.
After Apollo’s had received the word of the Lord, he went ahead and began
to teach the new truth he has received. He did not continue with the old. It is
important that when we receive apostolic revelation, we should be ready to
migrate from our old position and comfort zone and go into that place of
“present truth”. There is really nothing to gain in the old position without
migration we would do nothing more than peddle corrupt stale manna when
there is fresh manna for everyday.
In our life as a corporate assembly when the Father deemed it fit to open our
eyes to kingdom apostolic reformation, we immediately got materials and
books ,including CDs and DVD’s, my Pastor attended a couple of Apostolic
School of Ministry outside Nigeria, we got into alignment with key apostles
(Dr Robert Munien of Grace Outreach Ministries, Durban South Africa and
the Global Kingdom Community apostolic team and a key example and other
apostles).Then we began the needed transformation in our church structure.
Revelation without implementation is a total waste of time.It caused quite a
stir and those who could not embrace the new reformation left, but we are
glad that today the assembly here in Nigeria is an Apostolic resource center
to a number of ministries. It is with this passion and desire we started a
kingdom missions organization to take this message round the nations
starting with West Africa, then East and South Africa as at the time of writing
in 2010 we have had gatherings and meetings in 10 African nations,
including Europe (Italy and Germany) and helped quite a number of churches
make the transition by the grace of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit as
he opens the doors and grants us the enablement. .

It was in the course of seeking our further truth to properly grasp the word of
the Lord for this season I got a hold of David Orton “ Snakes in the Temple”,
that is after almost two years of reading “Lifemessenger” online writings.
That began the building of a relationship with this wonderful team of people.
As I embraced the truth of kingdom reformation, I had the passion to see
young people embrace this also, giving birth to “Spirit of Reformation
Initiative” aimed at helping young people make the transition into the current
season of God.
I have illustrated my thoughts with examples to show that when we receive
the truth of the reformation, it should shape our walk, association and
lifestyle. We cannot pretend to have received the truth of the new season and
still carry on with the practices of the old. It is like Peter teaching the
message of Grace and yet still emphasizing the practice of the law until he
was confronted by Apostle Paul.

Go out there, and through by the Holy Spirit discern and seek out materials
that would help your upgrading. Do not just be content with old information
you have had access to already, God is doing something new, He is shaking
the heavens and the earth only what can not be shaken will remain. If you are
not rooted and grounded in present truth the very foundations of your belief
system will be shaken and grounded to powder. Embrace the truth with a
spirit of meekness God will bring men and women your way who will help
you get into God’s perfect plan for your life.
……………………………………
1 Hebrews 9:10
2. Colossians 3:4
3. Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11, Habakkuk 2:4
4. In his Hands Barbara Atkin page 51 e-book
5. Learning freedom within the yoke Don Atkin e-book page 16
6. www.lifemessenger.org
 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ogaga E. Maxwell is a second-generation minister who started out in
ministry at a very tender age. He serves Dr David O. Ogaga, his biological
and spiritual father in the gospel. At the age of 21 he was “affirmed” as a
pastor.

In 2005, he stepped out in faith into “full time” ministry and in 2008 he was
set aside as part of the leadership presbytery and resident pastor of The
Kingdom Development Centre, Warri, Nigeria www.demintl.org a kingdom
focused assembly.

With a distinct gift of “government”, Maxwell debuts as the administrator of

God’s Kingdom Advancement Initiative - GKAI (ww.gkai.net), an
organization that is focused on “charting a course for the gospel of the
kingdom” in the nations of the earth. His administrative ability has been
deployed in developing new initiatives and pioneering initiatives for the
organization.

With a clear mandate for the nations, he has ministered in several African
countries, especially in French speaking West Africa. His passion for
impacting his local region with the message of kingdom reformation led to
the starting of “Spirit of Reformation Initiative” www.soriyouth.org that is
responsible for Spirit of reformation youth camp meeting, reformation
gathering, apostolic shift summits and prophetic mentoring schools.

Maxwell is passionate about spiritual and social reformation. As a social

reformer, he has affected the lives of several young people in African
continent with his projects in three thematic areas: Peace building, leadership
and good governance. As a founding member, board of trustees African
Initiative for Transparency, Accountability and Responsible leadership
(AFRITAL), he has participated in several international forums including The
Generations of Peace Camp in Amman, Jordan and The World Bank
Institute, Global Youth Summit on Anti-Corruption in Brussels, Belgium. A
recipient of several honours and commendations in July 2010, he named as
2011 United Religious Initiative Youth Ambassador 2011 representing
African region.

As a leadership trainer, he is a graduate of Daystar Leadership Academy,

Lagos. He holds three online certificates in Leadership, sustainability and
Management from Youth Action for Change, Italy. He has conducted
leadership training and capacity building seminars for universities, church
leaders, youth groups etc.
He has ministered in several nations globally especially within the Africa
continent - West, East and South African nations and travelled extensively
within his nation Nigeria
In February 2012 during the Ministries Apostolic Summit Dr Robert Munien
called him forth and prophesied his new phase, calling and thrust into the
nations.

He is married to Mary Ogaga and they are blessed with a son, Ray Charis
Ogaga. They reside the city of Warri in Delta State, Nigeria. He maintains a
personal blog www.pastormaxwell.com
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