I don’t know a cessationist who believes God cannot heal. We believe the gift of healing, possessed by an individual, has ceased. God can and does heal.
If a man has the gift of healing, he should PROVE it at a children’s hospital, not PRETEND it at a tent crusade.
Mike Stone on Xx.comI don’t know a cessationist who believes God cannot heal. We believe the gift of healing, possessed by an individual, has ceased. God can and does heal. If a man has the gift of healing, he should PROVE it at a children’s hospital, not PRETEND it at a tent crusade.
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people in this last group — who reject the gospel in favor of moralism — look as if they are trying to do God’s will.