Cessationism vs. continuationism...does it make any difference?

One of the Miracles of St. Anthony of Padua (Anthony Dines with Enemies)

CERTAIN heretics of Rimini decided to end the meddlesome interference of Anthony in their sinful lives. His sermons had turned the attention of the people to their sinful excesses and the only solution was to get rid of the friar. So they invited the Saint to dinner, planning to poison his food. But God revealed their plans to their intended victim. Anthony still came to dine. Before he sat down at table he told his enemies of their plot. But they only laughed at him, reminding Anthony of Christ’s promise to His disciples, “And if they drink of any poisonous drink, it shall not harm them [Mark 16].” If he would eat the poisonous food without harm, they would return to the Faith. Anthony blessed the food and ate it without harm. The heretics confessed their sins and made good their promise.

Is this sign to be believed?
https://www.sainttherse.com/from-the-miracles-of-saint-anthony-of-padua-anthony-dines-with-enemies/#:~:text=Before he sat down at,would return to the Faith.

Which vs is that again please

Of old false prophets were to be stoned and i am saying that based on your faith’s love of foretelling the future and the realities in the failings of the foretellers? It is the same as trying to do it now when it was meant as a sign to the Israelites that they had lost God’s blessing and so the Holy Spirit was going out to the gentiles.

Ok, how about this....show me a miracle, really.

Do one, show me one on video, this is the day and age of cellphones, show me an actual 3rd party verified miracle of a born blind man getting his sight or a missing limb grown back full and healthy, and not this one saw some goitre in Africa instantly cured according to someone else. Let us see it and why are not people in wheelchairs there in droves walking away from there wheelchairs?
What was your 1st one again? A 12th chapter or vs somewhere?

OK so then exorcism should also be included with speaking in tongues and the subject of continuationism.

Or do these spiritual gifts come a la carte as one pleases?

Gifts are given as the Spirit wills according to I Corinthians 12.

Jesus called casting out demons in His name a sign or miracle, depending on your translation.

Jesus came to die on the cross at Calvary. He came to reconcile lost mankind back to the Father. He did not come to fret over the ailments of the flesh. He came to provide justification, sanctification and glorification to those who place their trust in Him.

How about you endeavor to tell me what exactly are tongues in the current church. I have seen a million things described as tongues but none of them match what happened at Pentecost.

So what about exorcism today? Is it valid? When and where?

and not lower back pain nonsense....you meed it to be so, so where is it?

I'm wondering about your church background. Do you not think that demons exist? Why would a Christian not think demons exist? Where do you think they went after Biblical times?

It seems like it is fairly common among evangelicals, at least, to allow for the idea of demonization to occur. You should consider whether your worldview is actually synchretism between modernism and Christianity or else so-called 'Englightenment' thinking and Christianity.

I'm not sure the exact year, some time in the 1980's, one guy I talked with said he had one cast out of him. He was a Christian musician at the time. Another missionary had a similar experience. He said the minister who prayed for him 'bound' the demon. He had seen the demon and it had attacked him.

I spent many years in Indonesia. I don't think Christians of any denominational background would deny that such things can occur. I used to have a DVD of this guy who was acting crazy and demon possessed while a church was singing and some people were commanding the demon to come out. At the end was a clip of all these amulets that they said fell out of his body. That might have been visible in the clip. Witchdoctors in Indonesia are said to put different things in people's bodies. A tiny rock in a tooth is the most common thing, it seems. Apparently, nails that just go into the skin without piercing it are supposed to be another thing they do. The rock might make the person resistant to injury, they say, or else make the individual attractive to the opposite sex or make people like them. Some of it is probably just nonsupernatural scams, like one woman who took a potion to have a baby, just got fat or retained water from it, and never got pregnant.

I spent a lot of time talking to my driver in Indonesia, hired by my employer. His brother had been in an asylum for mental illness for years. A group in his neighborhood, maybe, invited Daud Tony, who is known for casting out demons over there. I know little about the man and have never even heard a sermon from him, just second-hand stories. He said Daud Tony ministered to his brother-- maybe laid hands on him or something, and his brother was normal after that. I'm not sure if that had anything to do with demons per se or was a healing, but that came to mind. My driver was really excited about it and talked about it quite a bit for a while there before my family moved away.

Some examples:
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=mocker&version=KJV
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=scornful&version=KJV

Of old... but we are no longer in or under the old.

Trying to do what, exactly? Prophesy is not always telling the future.

My faith's love of foretelling the future? Again, you make little sense.

What about your faith? Are you a man of faith?

To clarify, are you demanding a sign? Are you saying that you will not believe I Corinthians 12 which says that the Spirit gifts some members of the body of Christ with the gift of 'working of miracles' unless you see it with your own eyes?

Also, if you look at verse 28, it implies that there are 'miracles' among the gifts/ministries other than 'apostles.'



I have seen quite a bit of footage on YouTube and elsewhere online. There are videos of things like a limp arm being made whole, blind eyes being opened, bones popping into place that you can look up. But I cannot fly around the world and interview people and verify the events. Nor do I care to pour through all the evidence that is out there at your fingertips. There are also plenty of testimonies, and testimony from witnesses is a Biblical form of evidence. Not every miracle or healing is caught on a cell phone camera. What I am familiar with are healings, not water into wine miracles. I cannot think of anything like that that I have seen.

I have never seen a limb grow back. I did go to school with a girl who had severely crossed eyes who had glasses so strong that they magnified her eyes and made them look huge. She was healed and I 'interviewed' her about it, informally I mean in a discussion. An evangelist had laid hands on her. We went to the same church and Christian school. She was a year ahead of me. She was not wearing glasses after the healing and said she did not need her glasses anymore. The results of the healing were very much visibly obvious.

If your position on this is that if someone is healed of something like that through the laying on of hands, but I cannot show you a video specifically of a limb growing back, that God does not heal through the laying on of hands, that does not make much sense.

But based on scripture, I accept the the Spirit gives members of the body of Christ the gift of the working of miracles 'as He wills.' Why? Because I believe the Bible? John MacArthur's convoluted argument is no reason for me to reject the direct teaching of scripture.

You accuse people of having demonic doctrine, twisting scripture, etc., but you yourself do not believe what the Bible teaches about spiritual gifts. You are apparently not familiar with the passages that discuss it since you asked me about chapter 12. My question for you is this, If you are not familiar with the passages of scripture that teach about spiritual gifts in the church, why would you insult and accuse other people for their beliefs on this topic? That is a very brazen thing to do. You should repent and humble yourself and study the Bible on this matter. You should also, as a matter of holiness before the Lord, be careful about accusing others.

Why do you need the witchcraft of future telling? The scriptures are complete and Jesus warns you of such deceptions and their end.....Matthew 7:21-23 21"Not everyone who says to me, 'LORD, LORD,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22Many will say to me on that day, 'LORD, LORD, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?' 23Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

...buuut again, here and there say, no lineups of loved ones bringing their lame to be made whole or grieving mothers receiving their babies back from the grave....your faith in these things you claim as fact, that are to be actual manifestations of supernatural events being injected into the here an now? You can’t actually take anyone there, but only claim that over here or over there someone said or saw or did. Why do you need to hold onto such shams?

If you had lower back pain, you would probably be quite happy if the Lord healed it. We should be thankful to God when He heals 'small' ailments. They may not be small to those who have them.

When you read the Gospel do you think, "That's nothing. That's just a woman with an issue of blood. What's a little bleeding?" I do not think that is the proper attitude with which to view a healing.

Why do you wrongfully assume and falsely accuse me of "needing the witchcraft of future telling"?

Especially since I said prophesy isn't always about the future. Your comprehension suffers.

Nor did you answer my question.

....you play with words “prophesy isn’t always”, just like satan twisted God’s words in the garden to Eve the serpent said to the woman “Surely you won’t die!”, your being just like him by twisting the meaning of the words. No, you won’t die right this moment Eve, but your sweet innocence is now destroyed!

A lot of these things sound like false signs and wonders to me.

Romans 12:2

....you play with words “prophesy isn’t always”, just like satan twisted God’s words in the garden to Eve the serpent said to the woman “Surely you won’t die!”, your being just like him by twisting the meaning of the words. No, you won’t die right this moment Eve, but your sweet innocence is now destroyed!