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a very good refutation of CESSATIONISM.
Let the games begin.
However, one thing it was NOT about was that there would be Prophets of the Old Testament ilk or Apostles of the New Testament sort.
There will be small p prophets and small a apostles (or missionaries) in the Church, but no modern prophet will have the same anointing as the Old Testament or Old Covenant provided for.
Nor will there be missionaries or apostles like the Twelve in the church.
This is why Paul writes that the church is built upon the FOUNDATION of
The (Old Testament) Prophets and the (New Testament) Apostles, with Christ as Chief Cornerstone...
this foundation has already been laid. So there is no need for Old Time Old Covenant Prophets, who were the only ones with the Holy Spirit, during the time when only the Jews had a chance to have their sins washed away in the Temple.
Nor will there be a need for any new modern apostle to be like any of the Twelve Apostles.
Plus, of course, no modern prophet or apostle will ever WRITE the Word of God, nor can any one of us ever be EYEWITNESSES in the FLESH of Christ's ministry on earth.
Just needed to be clear, that while the gifts of the Holy Spirit are for the church today, those positions filled by the heroes of the faith cannot be positions now for anyone in the church because Scripture is sealed.
I think this is the problem with the Lou Engle counterfeits and Elijah List liars. They want all the pomp and circumstance of the Old Testament positions, when it is not theirs to have! (No wonder God sent a deluding spirit on them and they can't prophesy their way out of a paper bag.)
And the irony is, the same Scofiled who preached cessationaism also provided the basic paradigms that fortune-tellers use today to undercut the goodness, power, and gospel of or King and His Kingdom.
“Let the games begin.”
Alas, it is true. The Free Republic Religion threads have become games. I have for the most part lost interest.