Modern Day Apostles?

1Cor 9v1: Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? 

2Cor 12v12: Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds

Acts 1:21-22 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

Clearly two of the proofs of Paul’s authority as an apostle are that he has seen the Lord and that God worked through him signs and wonders and mighty deeds it was to these to signs that Paul appealed to and the fact that He had planted their churches and brought them to Christ. Also when replacing Judas there was a criteria which the others used.

This is the person that is in my mind when the bible says apostle.

Eph 4v11-14: And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

He gave some (to be) apostles, I don’t disagree with that, as I said before I still learn from the apostles when I read the bible and still use their teachings for my perfecting. Some prophets, I believe we have prophets today in the church not that they are foretellers of the future but that they have a message from God in their ministry specifically relevant for the day we live in, though these people do not call themselves prophets because they don’t think highly of themselves which is correct, we still have Evangelists doing a great work for the Lord home and abroad, pastors and teachers being two distinct offices in my opinion though many pastors are teachers too.
He gave these for our perfecting, that is that by these ministries we may become more and more Christ like in our actions and pure in our doctrine. The work of the ministry, these are / were labourers for Jesus who do it all for the edifying or building up and strengthening of the body of Christ.
This is to be until (v13) we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
When will this be? The fact that it involves all of us (saved) and the fact that we will be perfect in our knowledge of the Son of God must mean it is until this happens:
1Jn 3v2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is
Phil 3v21: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
1Cor 13v12: For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

This is the blessed hope of the church, for which we cry out, Come Lord Jesus, the rapture of the Church, the marriage of the Lamb to His bride. We shall then be made perfect, we shall then have perfect unity as there will be no tares or wolves in sheep’s clothing amongst us, and any misunderstandings will be cleared up, our fleshly nature will be swallowed up which is generally the cause of our misunderstandings, we shall be perfected, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.

Now what of modern day apostles, have they seen Christ? Do they work verifiable miracles like the true apostles? Those who claim to have seen Christ, (and there are some within evangelicalism) ought to be examples of holiness, self sacrifice and doctrinal purity but these things are always lacking, instead they make constant appeals for money, live deliciously at the expense of the naive and often vulnerable people they fleece through their TV screens, they are no apostles but they are ministers of Satan, who make a merchandise out of their wresting of scripture. Now if there were to be a modern day apostle, He cannot preach or teach a gospel different to that of Paul (let him be anathema) and cannot overturn the foundations that have already been laid by the first apostles, else as any construction worker will tell you (or child) he would bring the whole building down. So any one claiming to be an apostle, needs to work mighty signs and wonders and have seen Christ, live lives of holiness and their doctrine must stand up to the scrutiny of the teachings of the apostles and prophets whose writings we know are inspired.

Rv 2v2: I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: