Friday, December 18, 2015

Cessation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

I am saddened by a brother in Christ who is a follower of the Primitive Baptist. A group who deny the gifts of the Holy Spirit. When confronted with this information he degraded, condemned with hateful speech on Facebook where most of the correspondence occurs. This bothers me because of his and their position that only the 'elect' will be saved. Although this is correct scripturally, there is no sense of empathy for the lost.
With my concern I questioned him to provide scripture where the cessation of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit have or would halt. No answer from him at this time. Personally I can't remember reading the gifts would cease, and with his continual denigration of those who do believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit as listed in 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 
12: 1  Brothers and sisters, I want you to know about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. You know that at one time you were unbelievers. You were somehow drawn away to worship statues of gods that couldn’t even speak. So I want you to know that no one who is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”
There are different kinds of gifts. But they are all given to believers by the same Spirit. There are different ways to serve. But they all come from the same Lord. There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.
The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all. To some people the Spirit gives a message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge. To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. 10 To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages. 11 All the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives gifts to each person, just as he decides.
Along with the scripture as shown here: http://www.bible-knowledge.com/gifts-of-the-holy-spirit/
My brother calls speaking in tongues and gibberish, to me this is cause to warn my brother of possible blaspheming the Holy Spirit an of quenching the Holy Spirit. Warned about in 1 Thessalonians 5: 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt. My concern is valid and as I continue to converse with him I pray also God would remove the scales from his eyes and that he would yield to the Holy Spirit and repent of these views.
One view I would like him to consider is: http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/41809-r-t-kendall-to-john-macarthur-i-fear-you-may-offend-the-holy-spirit

I wonder if Primitive Baptist are a cult, listing only certain scriptures to build their view.

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