I was wondering how many of you who are cessationists, who do not believe in I Corinthians 12 gifts operating in this day and age have been diagnosed or have ever demonstrated symptoms of mental illness.
It would depend on how you would define mental illness? Schizophrenia is a Greek word that means to split the mind. This would be between the imaginations of one self and the reality of the world around us.Bipolar would be to vaccinate back and forth between the two. There are extremes in both case as well as mild. Whether we are mentally ill or bodily ill God is not worshiped or does not heal by human hands . As Christian we can have the mind of Christ to help us heal or move other to perform his will..
Cessationists are picky. They know the Holy Spirit is still bringing his gifts as he moves men to both will and do His good purpose. He also so knows how to warn us of those who would say ...."thus sayeth the lord" or "Lo is Christ is here or there as if he was still bringing new revelations.
Before his last new revelation we looked through a dark glass. This was until the last new revelation as His interpretation called the book of Revelation was was complete/perfect He has sealed up the possibly for another word, jot or tittle .
Tongues are prophecy together the understanding coming from God..not from the church
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail;
whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.But when that which is
perfect is come, then that which is i
n part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.For now we see
through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:
now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.1Co 13:13
Now we have the whole/perfect will of God without any laws missing by which we could know him better. Tongues a language not known to the Jews was and is prophecy God interpreters his own understanding and is why it would be impossible to deceive them the elect with signs and lying wonders.
Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise
false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that,
if it were possible, they shall deceive the
very elect.
False prophets they are those who say they are receiving new revelations. His prophets heed his words of prophecy . They are given the prescription of the doctor of their souls to see more clear no more thus a dark glass . what they had it part we have the perfect it resist the plagues of this world.
For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If
any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Amen. Revelation22
.........End of story
It would seem easy for the elect who refuse to go above that which is written ,to try the spirits to see if they are of God or of men . Anyone that says thus sayeth the lord, the Lord has spoken to me auditory as a new revelation we are commanded to believe not , not not execute a faith as if it came from the true prophet
Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore
if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not.Mat 24:25