5 Smooth Stones

the victories which we have received over the enemy of our God, and have so often had to retake spiritual ground which was once delivered to us by the Lord and held by the church. By understanding that we need all the fi ve ministries that the Lord has given, and also an a tt itude of generational thinking, we will regain and retain the victories which the Lord grants to us, and show His wisdom now, even in the heavenly places. 2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” In reality there are some a tt ributes of each of these callings in just about every Christian. We all have the Spirit of Christ which is the source of all ministry. We can all learn a lot about our own selves and our abilities in Christ by learning about the fi ve stones. By understanding more clearly the function of the fi ve stones of the ascended Christ’s shepherd’s bag and how they best raise up the saints for the works of service in the Kingdom, we will indeed be able to have the results of functioning ministry which is something we should all wish to achieve. This is a mature church which produces spiritual fruit which remains. ENDNOTES: 1 2 Samuel 21:15 “When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. 16 Then Ishbi Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred she kels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall go out no more with us to ba tt le, lest you quench the lamp of Israel." 18 Now it happened afterward that there was again a ba tt le with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the giant. 19 Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gi tt ite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fi ngers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 So when he de fi ed Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. NKJV. These were all Giants and sons of the Giant. Three of them were sons of the Goliath and one was his brother “brother of Goliath the Gi tt ite” 2 Samuel 21:18. Often people simplify this to “four sons.” 2 While Jesus was on earth He ordained twelve apostles. After Judas’ death the eleven sought the Lord and accepted Ma tt hias as his replacement (Acts 1:26). Together these twelve are called the Apostles of the Lamb (Revelation 21:14). These twelve are unique and there will never be another Apostle of the Lamb added as these are foundational to all ascension ministries and the foundations of the New Jerusalem bear their names. Once Jesus ascended on high and sat down on the right hand of God He continued His ministry by calling others into the fi ve gift ministries of apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers. None of these were ordained before His ascension, and they may properly be called ascension gifts or ascension ministries because they were called and ordained after His ascension into heaven. Ephesians 4:7 “But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, 10