Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin and live unto righteousness

Election is God’s decree whereby of His own free will, he hath ordained certain men to salvation, to the praise of the glory of His grace.

A summary of the points A) The Power to Work Miracles was cake for special occasions and purposes, not bread for everyday consumption. To maintain a Continuationist position, you will have to show from scripture that the Power to Work Miracles in Bible times, were not only for special purposes and missions, but were commonplace and for general, everyday use and benefit. B) I asserted that Christ...

The recorded history of the Church has something to tell us about the sign gifts…Let’s consider this along with every other thing we know. Admittedly, appealing to Church History or the majority view in church history, while useful in this debate, is essentially an appeal to experience and uninspired testimony (compared to the Apostles & Prophets) rather than to scripture alone...

Therefore all that is left for us believers is to place our faith in it – bank our very lives on it - obey it, live by it and guard it from distortion, addition, or subtraction, including updates of any kind.

Missing this -that miracles in the Bible were done by Apostles- will mean completely misunderstanding the purpose of the book of Acts

The purpose was so that whoever reads will BELIEVE the message of the Gospel introduced by Christ and his appointed representatives.

Just as the Gospel/Christian Faith was delivered ONCE for all time (Jude 1:3), so there will never be another set of people like Christ and his Apostles and Prophets.

Knowing there are uncertainties ahead of us and aware of the truth that we can do nothing without God’s help, let us draw near to God, echoing the prayers of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Fasting is defined as the wilful refrainment from eating and or drinking for a specific period of time for a spiritual purpose.