They are gone before his return

So again do not let anyone tell you that miracles and spiritual gifts are to last until Christ's return.But, one might object to this argument on the grounds that if this be true then it would also eliminate evangelists, pastors, and teachers. Yes, it would those miraculously qualified to do the work by being the recipient of a spiritual gift. One needs to bear in mind, however, that with the completed revelation of Christ to man one no longer needed spiritual gifts to qualify or enable him for the work. Also beware lest you be led astray thinking that since what is called Christendom today is divided that "the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God" never arrived. Yes, that has been lost today but that does not mean they never had it say back in 150 A.D. (just using that date as an example). Believe it or not there was a time when things were not like they are today. The unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God and how to obtain to mature spiritual manhood in Christ are found in the pages of the completed New Testament. Outside those pages you can know nothing of or about Christ or of the faith. If you are carried about by false doctrine you need not be. That is what you have a New Testament for so you will not be led into false doctrine and can know the truth (if you really want to know it which is where a lot of the problem lies in the will to accept it in all its teachings). Now what are the implications of miracles having ceased or put another way what are the implications if miracles have ceased? Let me say to start that the implications are so great that some religious bodies will never Rosetta Stone ever accept it as fact for the simple reason it would destroy them as a religious body. If a religious group's very existence is dependent on the continuation of miracles that is an exceedingly strong incentive to fight for them and argue for them and not accept New Testament teaching on the subject.Remember the purpose of miracles was to confirm the word. If you still want the world to believe you are a source of revealed authoritative teaching and preaching, teaching that cannot be found in the pages of the New Testament (emphasis here), received directly from God, then you must have miracles to confirm the word. You cannot have the Catholic Church without miracles can you? If they want to hand down law and claim God's authority for it then they have to have God performing miracles among them. No choice about it. The Catholic Church claims authority and teaches many doctrines that cannot be found in the pages of the New Testament (I think they will agree with me on this). Why should any man believe them? There is only one reason miracles. They must make the claim of miracles being performed among them and do their best to get people to believe they are genuine. They will never accept that miracles have ceased. If you are Catholic logic requires that you believe in modern day miracles. The miracles confirm that God is among them approving of them and of their teaching. They must have miracles to maintain their authority. They will have their miracles by hook or crook with no New Testament passages bothering them.One must remember the Catholic Church believes authority resides with them and not solely with the New Testament. They are not willing to accept the New Testament alone as the final authority in religion.Pentecostal groups have a different motivation. As far as I know they have not tried to get humanity to think that God hands down law today through them, law not found in the New Testament, but they have misunderstood the New Testament.

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