Gifts of the Holy Spirit Explained Biblically and Counterfeits Tested Biblically Part 2 of 2
Walter Martin explains the position many churches who uphold their cherished doctrine of Cessationism, being thoroughly unbiblical. A contextual exegetical examination of 1 Corinthians chapter 12-14 reveal there is no biblical support for any type of cessation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Great portions of Holy Scripture have to be denied, and the usual counterfeit gifts arguments are presented to support the view that the Gifts have ceased. Yet the testimony of Holy Scripture is clear, and a rightly divided contextual view of all Scriptures that speak on the subject, will never support the unbelief of New Testament commandments given by our Lord in 1 Cor 14:37 The foundational Scriptures of the New Testament cannon, is support enough, that God has not changed concerning who he distributes individually His Gifts as He wills 1 Cor 12:11. The danger of holding onto a Cessationist view is that it has so often produced a prideful arrogant division by it’s adherents. Causing the True Body of Christ to be disjointed, without the care/unity, as commanded by our Lord to have for each other. 1 Cor 12:25, John 13:34, John 17. Furthermore, the only gifts valid in the Cessationist camp are Teaching, Preaching, Administration Helps; and by this limiting of gifts, a Popish mentality has infected the minds of these “teachers”. They require you to submit to the authoritative position of “teacher”, while they consistently, unbiblically, deny the other gifts, that facilitate …
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