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It's nice to feel held in respect.

I find it easier to converse with folks who treat Scripture with humility and respect--deeply--vs merely apparently.

And, as I've indicated, I have decreasing tolerance for the demonic doctrine from hell of cessationism.

I see no way to white-wash or excuse it.

It is horrific, damnable and consigns individuals to an unnecessary, destructive and costly degree of attachment from God that is a stench in His nostrils as well.

There are coming dreadful times of great urgency when folks will DESPERATELY NEED to hear from God's voice IMMEDIATELY IN THE SITUATION. The whole idea that it is UNBIBLICAL to do what GOD SAYS HIS SHEEP DO will be very costly to such individuals. And their blood will be laid at the feet of their teachers and disciplers who taught them such a damnable heresy.

BTW, I read much of your linked document about 'that which is perfect has come.'

It was interesting to a point but mostly thoroughly tedious, boring, prissy and inconsequential.

IT also did not touch the issue of CHRIST'S PERFECT KINGDOM being an option.

And, it did not deal with the Aramaic.

More importantly, it doesn't match up with the rest of Scripture on cessationism and the VERY BIBLICAL OPERATION OF HOLY SPIRIT'S GIFTS IN THE ENTIRE CHURCH ERA.

There's not a shred of Biblical support for Holy Spirit taking a vacation after John ran out of ink at the end of Revelation.

There's not a shred of Biblical support for some angelic host or messenger coming down out of Heaven and declaring in 70 AD on June 4th at 13:00

"TWEEEEET! EVERYBODY OUTTA DA POOL. STOP ALL THIS SUPER NATURAL GOD-STUFF. Holy Spirit is now on sabbatical. Y'all have to wrestle with Truth and demons on your own--Christ didn't really mean what He said about The Comforter. Tough tacos. No more swimming in this Church Era Dispensation. Plod along in the flesh in your Christian walk as best you can. Holy Spirit has done all the COMFORTING and leading into All Truth He was scheduled to do. Fooled you! Bye."

What grandiose ignorance gone to seed parading and prancing about as great erudition and scholarly wisdom.

No thanks.

Calm down.

The main thrust of cessationism is not to deny God the Holy Spirit, nor to grieve nor quench the Holy Spirit.

Rather it recognizes God the Holy Spirit is very, very active in every believer in their walk with God in the study of His Word.

There is fairly strong theological evidence that the Canon of Scripture has been sealed. This means the present Canon expresses His Word and it is adequate and sufficient for us to perform every good work which God has planned for us to do from eternity past.

It isn’t denied that different believers have different spiritual gifts.

It also is recognized that while we might have the mystery of God and the Father, and the Son, and the Gospel to be revealed to us spiritually, there also are mysteries of lawlessness and iniquity which also exist in the spiritual domain which we do not need for our faith.

Spiritual deception also arises with the appearance of light and a counterfeit gospel. What better way to counterfeit the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, than for demon possession to manifest itself in tongue-like behavior, spiritual communication, and enthralling experience. Such is the New Age way of life, but that is hardly the Christian way of life.

I do not judge all those who claim to have a spiritual gift of tongues, bu I also recognize that there are many spiritual influences which may have demonic roots in an attempt to deceive believers and those who seek God.

I would encourage instead to study Bible doctrine through faith in Christ, so that when exposed to such spiritual persons, they might be tested to discern deception from the Truth.

My suggestion is that if you want to "hear" the voice of The Comforter, you take down your Bible and get under a qualified discipler who has "been there before," and start learning more about the Man whose Kingdom is not of this world. He will testify of The Lord Jesus Christ, (quietly) bringing your entire attention upon The Christ, His Person, and His Work. There is no shortcut to being discipled to learn His Will and His Way. "But whoso looketh into the Perfect Law of Liberty and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed." (Jas 1:25)

Are you following another gospel of a different kind than that proclaimed by Paul?