Thursday, October 24, 2013

Short-sighted objections


From an avid MacArthurite:

Continuationists would easily smash the cessationist position if any one of the thousands of people who claim to have the spiritual gift of healing would simply clean out a cancer ward on camera with verification by medical staff (and Jesus did this repeatedly – Matthew 4:24, 8:16; Luke 4:40), but the fact that nobody ever tries to attempt this is suggestive. 
http://mennoknight.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/cessationism-and-continuationism-and-strange-fire-oh-my-part-1/

i) I didn't realize that Jesus repeatedly cleaned out cancer wards on camera with verification by medical staff. 

ii) As a rule, Jesus didn't seek out sick people to heal. Rather, they sought him out. Is that suggestive? 

iii) Jesus only healed a tiny fraction of all the sick people alive during his earthly ministry. Is the fact that he never tried to heal everyone suggestive? Is the fact that that he never attempts to heal everyone today suggestive? 

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