Thank you for making the statement that one can be educated incorrectly. Now go take a good, long look at yourself, being one who is a cessationist. NOWHERE in scripture is any proof the gifts of the Spirit ceased..... yet many seminaries teach it.
Remember Gamaliel? He was considered a top educator in OT law, yet when Jesus walked through the streets, he couldn't recognize his own Creator! Does it make me ignorant to say he was ignorant?
Does it make me ignorant to say all those educated people who stand behind the ecumenical movement are ignorant? Most of those people ARE seminary graduates!
Seminary was good in its day..... now most of them cannot be trusted.
Let's not forget that those who led the people to shout "crucify Him!" were highly educated scribes & pharisees.
Who says I am a cessationist? YOU!
I am not against speaking in tongues, as I have said many times, when it is done the Biblical way. In other words, a person speaks a language they do not know, and another person hears it and they know the language. Usually resulting in salvation for the person who hears it. That is the pattern set down in Acts.
I am not against miracles. Why would we pray if we did not expect God to answer? Just not in the Word Faith, arrogant name it and claim it way - God answers our prayers when it is his good will. It is not our words that create miracles, but a holy and sovereign and Almighty God.
I believe in signs. Just not the rolling in the aisles, dog barking, confusion and nonsense. God speaks to us clearly today. Sometimes he uses the small still voice, and sometimes he gives us a sign. However, like Gideon, I think signs are highly overused, and needing them are generally a sign of lack of faith, and a deep walk with Christ.
Rather than seeking the "outer" things, which were necessary at the birth of the church, God has left us with his Word and the Holy Spirit. There is nothing more exciting than seeing the Holy Spirit work in people's lives to heal people, to restore them, and to save them. And then that abiding peace that comes from knowing God and walking with him.
I see no where in the bible, including Acts, where frenzy and wild behaviour is a sign of God's presence. In fact, that is more like the priestesses of Artemis in Ephesus, who liked to whip their followers into hysteria, so they thought they had "experienced" the presence of their goddess. (Not necessarily talking about your church, Stephen, just what I have seen in WoF and some charismatic churches - personally, not on videos!)
And I am totally against the Word of Faith heresy. Wait, I said that already here, and a thousand times elsewhere. Not going into that again, unless a new thread needs to have the Biblical exegesis on that topic.