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Here again is the sixth and final point the Cessationists claim prove that
the gift of tongues have already ceased. The whole list is found on post #2.
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6) Current observation confirms that the miracle of tongues has ceased. If the gift were still available today, there would be no need for missionaries to attend language school. Missionaries would be able to travel to any country and speak any language fluently, just as the apostles were able to speak in Acts 2. As for the miracle gift of healing, we see in Scripture that healing was associated with the ministry of Jesus and the apostles (Luke 9:1-2). And we see that as the era of the apostles drew to a close, healing, like tongues, became less frequent. The Apostle Paul, who raised Eutychus from the dead (Acts 20:9-12), did not heal Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25-27), Trophimus (2 Timothy 4:20), Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23), or even himself (2 Corinthians 12:7-9). The reasons for Paul’s “failures to heal” are 1) the gift was never intended to make every Christian well, but to authenticate apostleship; and 2) the authority of the apostles had been sufficiently proved, making further miracles unnecessary.
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It will require more than one post to address this mess. Let's work through it one point at a time.
Here's the next one.
"The Apostle Paul, who raised Eutychus from the dead (Acts 20:9-12),
did not heal Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25-27), Trophimus (2 Timothy 4:20),
Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23), or even himself (2 Corinthians 12:7-9)."
How would you answer the Cessationists?
This statement of the Cessationists is like a flag ship for their ignorance.
In reference to healing they state what the Apostle Paul could and could not do.
Healing is a partnership between God and those who are willing to pray for the sick.
Ultimately it is God's decision whether to heal or not to heal.
And he can certainly do it without our help.
100 percent of the people we don't pray for don't get healed.
If you want to better that percentage then pray for the sick.
If only 10 percent of the sick you prayed for were healed, would it be worth your while? It would be to those who were healed.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other
and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
When did the Apostle Paul say that spiritual gifts would be needed until?
1 Corinthians 1:7- 8
Therefore you do not lack
any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait
for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
8 He will also keep you firm to the end,
so that you will be blameless on the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
the gift of tongues have already ceased. The whole list is found on post #2.
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6) Current observation confirms that the miracle of tongues has ceased. If the gift were still available today, there would be no need for missionaries to attend language school. Missionaries would be able to travel to any country and speak any language fluently, just as the apostles were able to speak in Acts 2. As for the miracle gift of healing, we see in Scripture that healing was associated with the ministry of Jesus and the apostles (Luke 9:1-2). And we see that as the era of the apostles drew to a close, healing, like tongues, became less frequent. The Apostle Paul, who raised Eutychus from the dead (Acts 20:9-12), did not heal Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25-27), Trophimus (2 Timothy 4:20), Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23), or even himself (2 Corinthians 12:7-9). The reasons for Paul’s “failures to heal” are 1) the gift was never intended to make every Christian well, but to authenticate apostleship; and 2) the authority of the apostles had been sufficiently proved, making further miracles unnecessary.
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It will require more than one post to address this mess. Let's work through it one point at a time.
Here's the next one.
"The Apostle Paul, who raised Eutychus from the dead (Acts 20:9-12),
did not heal Epaphroditus (Philippians 2:25-27), Trophimus (2 Timothy 4:20),
Timothy (1 Timothy 5:23), or even himself (2 Corinthians 12:7-9)."
How would you answer the Cessationists?
This statement of the Cessationists is like a flag ship for their ignorance.
In reference to healing they state what the Apostle Paul could and could not do.
Healing is a partnership between God and those who are willing to pray for the sick.
Ultimately it is God's decision whether to heal or not to heal.
And he can certainly do it without our help.
100 percent of the people we don't pray for don't get healed.
If you want to better that percentage then pray for the sick.
If only 10 percent of the sick you prayed for were healed, would it be worth your while? It would be to those who were healed.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other
and pray for each other so that you may be healed.
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
When did the Apostle Paul say that spiritual gifts would be needed until?
1 Corinthians 1:7- 8
Therefore you do not lack
any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait
for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.
8 He will also keep you firm to the end,
so that you will be blameless on the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.