Apostolic School Of Ministry

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The Table of Contents is arranged in order of ‘speakers’. The session numbers do not appear in
sequentialorder,butrather,topicsspokenbyeachspeakeraregroupedtogethersoastofacilitate
agreatercontinuityinstudyingthebroadthemessystematically.
Session Speaker Topic Page
1. ThamoNaidoo Introduction 4
5. ThamoNaidoo TheSpiritualMan-Part1 9
11. ThamoNaidoo TheSpiritualMan-Part2 13
15. ThamoNaidoo TheSpiritualMan -Part3 17
16. ThamoNaidoo TheSpiritualMan-Part4 22
17. ThamoNaidoo TheSpiritualMan-Part5 26
2. SamSoleyn UnderstandingGod 30
8. SamSoleyn UnderstandingGod,theSpirit 35
10. SamSoleyn RulingfromtheThrone 42
13. SamSoleyn IdentityandFunctionality 44
4. StephenEverette InternalCulture 49
7. StephenEverette DivineNature 52
9. StephenEverette RepresentingGod 57
14. StephenEverette SupplyShock 60
3. SagieGovender DryBones 65
6. SagieGovender TheOne-nessofGod 70
12. SagieGovender TheGullah 76
18. SagieGovender TheTasselsontheTalith 81
PierreToerien’sPoeticSummationoftheNov.2011ASOM 85
FutureConferencesandApostolicSchoolsofMinistry 89
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Session1 ThamoNaidoo
IInnttrroodduuccttoorryy SSeessssiioonn ooff tthhee AASSOOMM
A. POSTRESURRECTIONMETHODOFREVEALINGCHRIST
LUKE24:13-ff
13 And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was
aboutsevenmilesfromJerusalem.
14 Andtheyweretalkingwitheachotheraboutallthesethingswhichhadtakenplace.
15 Whilethey weretalkingand discussing, JesusHimself approached and began traveling with
them.
16 Buttheireyeswerepreventedfromrecognizing(epiginosko)Him.
17 And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as
youarewalking?”Andtheystoodstill,lookingsad.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You the only one (stranger)
visitingJerusalemandunawareofthethingswhichhavehappenedhereinthesedays?”
19 And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the
Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the
people,
20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and
crucifiedHim.
21 “ButwewerehopingthatitwasHewhowasgoingtoredeemIsrael.Indeed,besidesallthis,
itisthethirddaysincethesethingshappened.
22 “But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the
morning,
23 anddidnotfindHisbody,theycame,sayingthattheyhadalsoseena visionofangelswho
saidthatHewasalive.
24 “Someofthosewhowerewithuswenttothetombandfounditjustexactlyasthewomen
alsohadsaid;butHimtheydidnotsee.”
25 And He said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets
havespoken!
26 “WasitnotnecessaryfortheChristtosufferthesethingsandtoenterintoHisglory?”
27 Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things
concerningHimselfinalltheScriptures.
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28 And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were
goingfarther.
29 But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is
nownearlyover.”SoHewentintostaywiththem.
30 When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and
breakingit,Hebegangivingittothem.
31 ThentheireyeswereopenedandtheyrecognizedHim;andHevanishedfromtheirsight.
32 Theysaidtooneanother,“WerenotourheartsburningwithinuswhileHewasspeakingto
usontheroad,whileHewasexplainingtheScripturestous?”
33 AndtheygotupthatveryhourandreturnedtoJerusalem,andfoundgatheredtogetherthe
elevenandthosewhowerewiththem,
34 saying,“TheLordhasreallyrisenandhasappearedtoSimon.”
35 TheybegantorelatetheirexperiencesontheroadandhowHewasrecognizedbythemin
thebreakingofthebread.
36 While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and said to them,
“Peacebetoyou.”
37 Buttheywerestartledandfrightenedandthoughtthattheywereseeingaspirit.
Post resurrection methodology of exegeting Jesus: Lk 24: 31, 44-45. Jesus did three things;
He….
1. OpenedtheScriptures(v.27)
2.OpenedtheirEyes(v.31) :
3.OpenedtheirUnderstanding(v.45)
HeOpenstheScriptures
Godhaschosento revealHimselfthroughthe post-resurrectionmethodology– i.e.
throughHis WORD.OntheroadtoEmmaus Jesus chosetorevealHimselfto twoof
His disciples through His Word – see Luke 24. The LAMPSTAND is symbolic of this.
God’s Word will take superiority over everything we do. Have a Christo-centric
focus.InJohn1–itimplies–theSon,whoistheWordmadeflesh,explainsGod.
Joh1:18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in
thebosomoftheFather,HehasexplainedHim.
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As we leadChrist out fromthe Scriptures, some aspects may createoffense – some
things saidwillbeprovocative.InHebrews 3it speaks ofthe ‘dayofthe Lord’being
adayofprovocation.
Everything taught in this school will be grounded in the WORD. We have a Word-
centredenvironment.ThusweallmustbewillingtoREPENT.Yourwalkisdefinedby
your belief. God’s bail-out plan for the church is the apostolic message of this
season. The word is tremendously amazing, inexhaustible and utterly infallible.
AllowyourselftobeimpregnatedwiththisWORD.
When we open the Scriptures in this school, we are breaking of the Bread of Life –
andChristisseen.
“Giveustodayourdailybread”,isourcry.‘Daily’heremeansbreadthatcomesfrom
out of space and time – the same substance that God is made up of. The food of
Heaven is God Himself. Heaven and earth are interconnected and find their
expressionandcontactpointinthehumanbody.
JesusOpenedtheirEyes.
We break bread – and this is breaking open of the Scriptures, then HE opens their
EYES!Religionblindspeople’seyes.
JesusOpenedtheirUnderstanding
Understanding = epignosis = exact knowledge – the most supreme revelation from
above. Thisunderstandinghighlightsinaccuraciesinourlivesandseekstocorrectit.
Thisknowledgestandserectsbeforeyouandchallengesyoutobowtoitsaccuracy.
B. ThisschoolemphasisesthenecessityforaReformation
Reformation=diorthosis= anadjustmenttotheskeletalstructureofsomethingsothatitcan
beexactlyalignedtofunctioneffectively.
Heb.9:10‘….timesofreformation’
There is a comparison of two tabernacles. One is the structure of religion with three sections – the
TabernacleofMoses.Thosefunctioninginthisfunctionedaccordingtoveryclearregulations. These
priests were the interface between God and the people. To do this they had to represent God to
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men.TheyfollowedacertainfootprintdefinedbyLeviticalLaw.ThissystemwaslargelyEXTERNAL–
and could never bring people into a more accurate relationship with God. This Tabernacle was a
shadow of better things to come. Even the temple in Jesus’ \time was destroyed. What is the true
tabernacle or temple? His Body – the Body of Christ – this is the true tabernacle. The pattern and
type in the Tabernacle of Moses is a composite complex picture of us as human beings – the
composition of our spiritual and physical constitution. We have three parts: the flesh, the soul, the
spirit. We have spent too much reforming the external structures of our ministries (e.g., finances,
musicteams,etc.).
Howarethe internalcourtsofyourlife?
 Howisyourbody?
 Howisyoursoul?(Lampstand,table,12loaves)
 Howisyourspirit(mercyseat,ark,Aaron’srod,potofmanna,tablets)
Thesearethereformationquestionsthatmustbeasked.
WemustreformtheINDIVIDUAL inthechurch.
C. THE‘GILGAL’PRINCIPLE
This school is a Gilgal moment. Gilgal comes from the Hebrew word meaning ‘Full Circle or Full
Cycle’; or ‘to roll away’. It carries the idea of something circular or cyclical. Out of Gilgal, comes
Galilee. The root word meaning ‘the wheel of a chariot’ = gives you momentum to the next level.
Gilgalalsomeansthe‘wheelofawell’.
Godwillputresourceintoussothatwecanmovetothenextlevel.
Gilgal is the conclusion of one’s cycle in one’s journey and the commencement of another CYCLE.
Howyoucloseonechapterwilldeterminehowyoustartthenext.
Gilgal is a location in the Spirit. Here reformation takes place so that you move efficaciously from
onephasetooneanother.
GilgalisjustacrosstheJordan–notJericho.WhatyoudoinGilgalwilldetermineifyougetJericho.
InDavid’slife,Gilgalwasonthewildernessside= theplaceyoucometoafteryouhavemadeyour
transition.
Thereareatleast 2to6differentlocationsnamedGilgal.Allkeyministriesfunctionhere;e.g.Elijah
startshere.Saulalsowasinstructedafterhisinaugurationtogotheretoreceivefurtherinstruction.
Hedisobeysandgoestwowarslater–andhewasdethronedasKing.
Deu11:26-32
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26 "See,Iamsettingbeforeyoutodayablessingandacurse:
27 theblessing,ifyoulistentothecommandmentsoftheLORDyourGod,whichIamcommanding
youtoday;
28 and the curse,if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside
from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not
known.
29 "It shall come about,when the LORD yourGod brings youinto the land where you are entering
topossessit,thatyoushallplacetheblessingonMountGerizimandthecurseonMountEbal.
30 "AretheynotacrosstheJordan,westofthewaytowardthesunset,inthelandoftheCanaanites
wholiveintheArabah,oppositeGilgal,besidetheoaksofMoreh?
31 "Foryouare about tocross the Jordan to go into possess the land whichthe LORD your God is
givingyou,andyoushallpossessitandliveinit,
32 andyou shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you
today.
This is the season of greatest prosperity that we have ever seen for the church. How you position
yourselfatGilgalwillbeimportant.Gerazim(blessing)andEbal(curse)isoneithersideofyou.This
is your boundary on both sides. Gilgal is ahead of you. Gilgal is your compass – the place of
reformation.Gilgalwillshowyouhowtogettotheplacewhereyouneedtogoto.ByGilgalisOAKS
ofMoreh(theplacewherearrowsareshotandinstructions)=theplaceofshootingsonsintothe
earth.
Oak = reference to the terebinth tree = a form of pine = produces a volatile liquid called
turpentine. At Gilgal you received the necessary fuel you need to propel you into fulfilling your
destiny.
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Session5 ThamoNaidoo
TThhee SSppiirriittuuaall MMaann
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ThesonofGodisaspiritualman.Thespiritualman devoteshisentirelifetobeinggovernedbythe
SpiritofGod.
Spiritual=pneumatikos=aspiritualbeing;
Thereisanewmovefromreligiontospiritualityintheworldtoday.
The spiritual man is led by the Holy Spirit. The context in which the Holy Spirit functions is called
theWordofGod.Thissetsourspiritualityapartfromthatwhichisprevalentintheworldtoday.
The Wordis the veryelement thatconstitutesthe Heavens andthe Earth.Forany individualtosay,
“I am spiritual”, he must be able to live in the environment of the Spirit. He must be totally
dependentupontheLord.
 TobeaspiritualmanistobeasonofGod.
Rom.8:12-17
12 Sothen,brethren,weareunderobligation,nottotheflesh,toliveaccordingtotheflesh-
13 for ifyou are livingaccording to the flesh,youmust die; but if by the Spirit you are putting
todeaththedeedsofthebody,youwilllive.
14 ForallwhoarebeingledbytheSpiritofGod, thesearesonsofGod.
15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a
spiritofadoptionassonsbywhichwecryout,"Abba!Father!"
16 TheSpiritHimselftestifieswithourspiritthatwearechildrenofGod,
17 andifchildren,heirsalso,heirsofGodandfellowheirswithChrist,ifindeedwesufferwith
HimsothatwemayalsobeglorifiedwithHim.
John1:11-13
11 HecametoHisown,andthosewhowereHisowndidnotreceiveHim.
12 ButasmanyasreceivedHim,tothemHegavetherighttobecomechildrenofGod,evento
thosewhobelieveinHisname,
13 whowereborn,notofbloodnorofthewillofthefleshnorofthewillofman,butofGod.
ReceptionofChristgivesustheprivilegedopportunitytobecomechildrenofGod.Children=teknon
= we become a legal member of God’s family. Not a physical operation, but a spiritual operation.
BeingalegalmemberofGod’sfamilydoesnotmeanyouenjoyalltheprivilegesofthatfamily.There
is a process towards this. The divide is whether we choose to live by our own law or by the law of
God.Thecriticalissueis“beingledbytheSpirit”.
LED = ago = to be carried ; being captured by the Spirit of God; coming under the absolute
dominanceoftheSpiritofGod.Comeundertheabsolutedomainofthesovereignleadershipofthe
HolySpirit. WehavetoredefinetheministryandfunctionoftheHolySpirit.
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THESPIRITUALMAN
There are two types ofmaninthe earth,the spiritualandthe naturalman.This does notmeanthe
naturalis simplyasinfulman(neitherarewe sayingthe naturalisnot sinful).Wemust notcreatea
dichotomousviewofthenaturalandthespiritual. Naturalthingsdoesnotnecessarilyrefertosinful
things.
1Cor.15:45-50
45 Soalsoitiswritten,"ThefirstMAN,Adam,BECAMEALIVINGSOUL."ThelastAdam became
alife-givingspirit.
46 However,thespiritualisnotfirst,butthenatural;thenthespiritual.
47 Thefirstmanisfromtheearth,earthy;thesecondmanisfromheaven.
48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly,so also are those
whoareheavenly.
49 Justaswehavebornetheimageoftheearthy,wewillalsobeartheimageoftheheavenly.
50 Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does
theperishableinherittheimperishable.
v.45 : The word ‘became’ implies a process. A man does not become a son at birth. The original
intentof‘wife’wastoproducesonstopreservethenameofthefamily.God’sbrideistocaptureHis
seedandpreserveHisimageandlikenessintheearth.
Adam disconnected from his ‘spiritual’ character. You will never study the corporate without
understandingtheroot.Judah,theprovinceinIsraelwasfirstJudah,thetribe,whichwasfirstJudah,
aman.Fromtheindividualtothetribe–andthelandiscalledJudah.Theanointingthatwason the
individualinfectedandinfluencedawholegroupandultimately,theland.
When Adam sins, the whole environment becomes ‘adamic’. What is in the ‘head’ will be in the
‘hem’. Adamembodiestheentirehumanracewhichchosetooperatefromthesoul.ThelastAdam
became a life-giving spirit. In our church we have these two categories of people. Some soulish
people are religiously connected – and are even compliant by all observations; and yet there are
somewhoarespiritual,operatingbyadifferentorder.
1Cor.15:47 Thefirstmanisfromtheearth,earthy;thesecondmanisfromheaven.
v.47:However,thespiritualisnotfirst. Soul=Psuchikos.
To be heavenly – you do not have leave the planet. To be spiritual you do not have to leave the
body. ConsiderPaul carried into the third heaven – he said that he was not certain whether he left
hisbodyornot.Ourbodiesshouldbeabletoengageallofheavenandallofearth.IfallofGodcould
resideinChrist,thenHecanresideinallofus.
1Cor15:48 Asistheearthy,soalsoarethosewhoareearthy;andasistheheavenly,soalsoare
thosewhoareheavenly.