The apostolic ministry refers to the foundational role of the apostles in establishing and spreading the early Church, marked by divine calling rather than human approval (Acts 1:8). Illustrations often contrast human judgment with God's sovereign choice, emphasizing faithfulness to apostolic teaching as vital for true Christian witness (Ephesians 2:20).
Cromwell turned idols into money to fund practical acts of goodness.
Oliver Cromwell was a stanch Puritan, and could not brook the least approach to Popery. "What are these?" he once inquired, as he saw a dozen silver statues in the niches of a chapel. "The twelve apostles," replied the trembling dean. "Take them down," said Cromwell, "and coin them into money; so that they may go about doing good."
Christ's resurrection opened the way for believers and empowered apostles to spread the Gospel.
Christ, our Joshua, went through the Jordan of death, opening the way for all who would believe, to follow Him. Appointed twelve apostles (according to tribes of Israel) by the memorial of the Gospel, to transmit the knowledge of this to remote places and future ages
Apostolic disciples transform spiritual darkness into God's kingdom through Christ's power.
As the fairy god Ceres in the old Greek mythologies went forth from Mount Olympus moving over the desert land, touching the miry bog and widening it into a river; touching the thorn-tree and causing it to be laden with olives, and the brier and it bears its luscious figs; touching the desert plain and it becomes a garden, so these disciples, filled with the light and love of Jesus Christ, go forth into the mortal darkness and spiritual destitution of the heathen world until under their influence pagan Rome casts all her idol gods into the sea and crowns Jesus King of kings and Lord of lords.
— J. H. JOWETT
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