Cessationsim is the idea that more tangible, visible, gifts of The Holy Spirit are no longer given to believers. That, after the completion of scripture, they are only reserved, by God, as He sees fit to use. The outbreak of COVID-19 seems to discredit just about all those who claim to have these such gifts. We will look at two predominate gifts, The Gift of Prophesy and the Gift of Healing, in the season of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Seems To Prove Cessationism
Cessationsim is the idea that more tangible, visible, gifts of The Holy Spirit are no longer given to believers. That, after the completion of scripture, they are only reserved, by God, as He sees fit to use. The outbreak of COVID-19 seems to discredit just about all those who claim to have these such gifts. We will look at two predominate gifts, The Gift of Prophesy and the Gift of Healing, in the season of COVID-19.
COVID-19 and Closing Churches
With the spread of the flu-like Covid-19 virus, government orders to close, and the community in fear of getting sick; at what point should a church close its doors and temporarily end meeting? To get clear guidance, we must seek God's Word, and not our feelings or thoughts from our fragile emotional state. What did Jesus and The Apostles do? What did the early church do? What does Holy Scripture say?
ROMANS 1:1-3
Our exhaustive study of The Book of Romans. We conduct scripture cross-references so that Scripture interprets Scripture, word searches to correctly understand each word meaning, historical and cultural contextual understandings, and commentaries from J. VernonMcGee, Charles Hodge, John MacArthur, Charles R. Swindoll, Martin Luther, Charles Spurgeon, Matthew Henry, and David Guzik. We will use the ESV, NASB, and or HCSB translation due to their reliance on the most reliable biblical manuscripts.
The God of Life, Adopts
Why would God need to adopt us? Are we not God's Child already? Is there something that separates us from God? Why doesn't God just snap his fingers and make everything right? Is everyone going to be adopted by God? All these questions hit to the heart of how God is the God of Life and does what even most people are unwilling to do; adopt rebellious orphaned children. This article addresses all these questions with what God himself reveals.
Female Elders and Overseers
Female pastors and elders has become a hot button issue in more recent generations. If God has no issue with female pastors, neither should we BUT if God makes it clear about his ordained unique roles in His church, we ought to obey. To know the TRUTH on this matter is extremely important. It is the difference between standing on truth and obedience or denying God's truth and being disobedient. That's huge. To properly understand this, we must ALWAYS go to God's Word first. We will pick apart 1 Timothy 2:11-14, 3:1-7, 8-13, Titus 1:5-9, and then address common arguments.
Spark Spiritual Conversations
There is something that transcends this physical material world. Every human knows it, feels it. All humanity, atheists, humanists, agnostics, and all other religions all willingly or unwillingly, knowingly or unknowingly admit that there are two elements of the human existence; purpose/meaning and belonging. These are the essential elements of human existence that will ALWAYS spark spiritual thought and lead to a gospel presentation.
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