Are continuationists heretics?

Where did these gifts go for 1800 years ???

there’s a common smugness that seems to accompany the Calvinist and Cessationist. Ie “if you don’t arrive at the same historically debated and diversely concluded doctrinal position as me, then you just haven’t matured in the Lord as much as we have yet”

Cessationist saying that we value dreams, prophecy, visions over the written word of God is the equivalent of us saying that cessationist don’t believe the Holy Spirit moves at all anymore… So maybe go to the word of God instead of speculating… 1 Corinthians 14:1 [1] Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

There is not a single scriptural argument for the cessasionist position which is why cessasionists resort to ad hominiem attacks rather than biblical arguments

The difference between Eastern and Western thinking. Many many Muslims are coming to Christ and they report He came to them in dreams. Both Jesus and Paul said believers will do miracles. Ergo our Commander in Chief is a continuationist.

I am cessationist not until I read the Bible

I’m a continuationist. Wasn’t until I read the Bible. I simply believe we should pursue prophecy and not disregard it. We should desire healing and tongues, and not forbid them. I am quite convinced it is biblical. I am insulted and grieved that this is even a question. My life belongs to Christ. He is Lord. God raised Him from the dead. He justified me by faith alone, and he is coming again. I affirm the full sufficiency and inspiration of Scripture, that same Scripture that tells me that believers may do many signs and wonders and that they should seek the gifts of the Spirit. I encourage my cessationist brothers and sisters to judge the hearts of continuationists and stop inflating theological disagreement. Grace and peace!

I think , I think, I think, both gentleman can say all scripture has ceased, they lead each other into doctrine which Christ never written.

Im a continuationist, but why in american Christianity, do continuationalists always allow women preachers?

Cessationist MUST go outside the scripture to get to the position that the gifts have ceased today. They cannot provide a chapter and verse which says ANY gifts ceased before Christ’s second coming.

I believe in sola scriptura that the bible is complete, and that it is our main authority, I do not consider dreams or visions to be scripture, but they can, and should be backed by scripture before it can be considered a true vision

I wonder what the 3rd man on the cross thought? Have the gifts finished? Or do they continue? I’m sure he didn’t have a clue but he still got into heaven. Grow up all of you and stop arguing!

Why are there 108k views on the most debated topic in American Christianity and only like 6 comments? LOL

No, Continuationists do not believe that anything God, the Holy Spirit, communicates is an extra biblical authority... You dont understand/know the Holy Spirit. Both of you, "Leaders" remember, you will be held accountable for every word. Go ack and read 1 Cor 13.8-13. Read, and be quiet, and learn to listen to the Holy Spirit. John 14.26. He is your teacher. Then go back and read John chapter 14 through 16 and you will be getting to understand a little bit about the holy spirit's role in the life of the believer.

I'm so tired of Calvinists and cessationists accusing everyone else of not being true Christians, at worst, and "immature Christians" at best. 1 Cor. 14:1 "Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy." Did Paul retract that statement later on? I must have missed that verse.

What is greater, God or scripture? If you say 'God', then why confine Him to a book? Of course scripture is true, but has God decided to conceal some things from man in time, yes or no?

The vast majority of continuationists believe the Canon of Scripture is closed. They make a distinction between the original 12 plus Paul and Matthias who closed out the Canon of Scripture - and the 70 plus the other 11 named such as Apollos. The Greek word Apostle means " sent ones" We still have them today. We call them "missionaries" and "church planters"

Scripture (Bible = OT + NT) has authority, but GOD has reserved sufficiency for the work of Christ on the cross and His resurrection. If you look to Scripture to save you, you will find yourself gravely disappointed, for Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura) is INSUFFICIENT to save us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Only Christ Jesus alone, our final sacrifice and High Priest can (and has) accomplish(ed) this for us.

That doesn't make any sense what so ever. Any argument you make about prophecy today would need to apply back when it still happened. So would you take the word over a prophet over the Bible back in the OT? IF they concredict? NO. The Bible is the superme authority it is cannon. It is the standard by which all other teachings are Judged against. It doesn't mean God doesn't speak only in the Bible, it s the highest authority on what God has said. So if a Creed says Jesus is God, it doesn't mean that God is speaking through that creed. The Creed all reflects what the Bible says, A creed however isn't inflabable we need someone way to discern if its from God or not and thats what the Bible is, the way ti Judge what is truth and what isn't

The gifts have not ceased, however a divine revelation in the modern sense must line up with scripture, there may be a different way that God may show that person a vision but when one has a vision, it must be prayed over and one must look to the bible to see if their vision lines up with the character of God, if this is so, then yes God can give revelations, but they must be consistent with the rest of scripture.