Heresy Hunters vs the Holy Spirit

HERESY HUNTERS vs THE HOLY SPIRIT     (# 31)

Josh, a cessationist: “The God-told-me language should cease.” Adversely, I have learned to do nothing (of serious consequence) except what Jesus, through His Holy Spirit, directs me to do. If the Holy Spirit spoke to others, why wouldn’t He speak to me (and you)? He spoke to David. (“The Holy Spirit spoke…. by the mouth of David”), Isaiah (“The Holy Spirit spoke…. through Isaiah”), Phillip (“The Spirit said to Phillip….”), Peter (“The Spirit said to him”), Paul (“Thus says the Holy Spirit….”) and others.

Cessationists speak much of the sufficiency of Scripture. Their reasoning: “We don’t need to be directed personally by the Holy Spirit because we now have the full Bible, Old Testament and New.” In reality, it is impossible for a cessationist to believe in (trust, rely on) the Bible. Let’s consider Josh….

1) Josh claims to believe in the sufficiency of Scripture…. 2) Scripture tells Josh the Holy Spirit speaks to individuals….. 3) yet Josh concludes the Holy Spirit no longer speaks to individuals. Isn’t that weird? How can he defend his confidence in the sufficiency of Scripture? He uses this same twisted reasoning to dismiss healing, prophecy, “signs and wonders”, tongues, etcetera. Cessationists obey the Bible by disobeying the Bible!

My first God-told-me assignment was three words (not audible yet unmistakable), “Write a book”. So…. I wrote a book, “A Catholic No More”. And then what did I do? Nothing. I was like the private on standby, waiting on his superior, available and prepared to respond to any order. Until my “Commander-in-Chief” (the Lord Jesus) gave me another assignment I did nothing. I was on standby. That’s how we are to live out our christianity, being on standby, alert and available. (Jesus: “Abide in Me.”) 

Josh (and his many etceteras) know no such life. Instead of leaning on “the Spirit of truth” they rely on god-reason and god-intellect. Rationalism, not Jesus and the Holy Spirit, reigns supreme. Question to my FB friends: Who or what reigns supreme in your christianity? Not sure? Ask Jesus.