Subject: Who decided that the extraordinary gifts |
Bible Note: I’ve been contemplating rather I should put in my 2 cents on this topic or not. I’ve read the responses and they all appear civil, so I thought I would go ahead and toss in my thoughts/feelings. I feel that the Holy Spirit is still very active today and that the gifts of Spirit are still moving. Do they move the same in every church or person? No. Some churches are more in tuned to the Spirit than others, just like some Christians are more in tune to the Holy Spirit’s moving than other individuals. The statement was made that the Holy Spirit no longer raises people from the dead or heals them. I would disagree. We have prayed for individuals in our church for healings and have had them healed. We have also prayed for people and didn’t see earthly healing we had hoped for, but as it was pointed out, the ultimate healing of joining Christ in heaven occurred. I’ve worked as a paramedic for 16 years. I’ve seen people survive accidents that through all the evidence should have killed them. I’ve seen Christ’s protecting hand in my daughter’s life when her platelet count dropped down to 5,000. I’ve seen the Lord’s blessings poured out not only on my own family’s life, but in my friends and relatives. I watched in their hour of need how the Lord has provided. As a paramedic I have worked on dead people and they have been brought back to life. You may credit this to modern medicine, but I have different thought on this. The Lord is the one who gave us the knowledge to be able to discover, make, and use the modern medicine. I’ve seen people brought back that should have remained dead and those that died, that according to the text book should have lived. I feel that at times in our modern society that we don’t give God the credit He deserves. I feel and see that Holy Spirit is very active in my life and my family’s life. In my quite time of reflection I think how the Holy Spirit has guided, comforted, and protected my family and I know that the Holy Spirit is alive and moving today! |