Posted on 12/05/2022 6:01:37 PM PST by marshmallow
After all, what did Jesus know, anyway? The gates of hell prevailed a long time ago, the Holy Spirit dropped the ball as soon as the last Apostle reached room temperature, and we can do a much better job reverse-engineering a church from the Bible given to us by a bunch of 4th century apostates.
/s in case anyone didn't get it.
LOL.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover. -- Mark 16:16-18
As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.” And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour. -- Acts 16:16-18
Nowhere in the Bible does it say everything you do must be explicitly in the Bible. That’s a man-made protestant tradition.
The apostles and their successors were given the power to cast out demons. That’s exorcism.
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