One cessationist preacher said, “If you want to hear the audible voice of God, just read the Bible out loud!”

OK, I think I will!

IN THE LAST DAYS, GOD SAYS, I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT ON ALL PEOPLE. YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS WILL PROPHESY, YOUR YOUNG MEN WILL SEE VISIONS, YOUR OLD MEN WILL DREAM DREAMS. (Acts 2:17)

FOLLOW THE WAY OF LOVE AND EAGERLY DESIRE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, ESPECIALLY THE GIFT OF PROPHECY. (1 Corinthians 14:1)

WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER, EVERYONE HAS A HYMN, OR A WORD OF INSTRUCTION, A REVELATION, A TONGUE OR AN INTERPRETATION. (1 Corinthians 14:26)

AND THE PRAYER OFFERED IN FAITH WILL MAKE THE SICK PERSON WELL; THE LORD WILL RAISE HIM UP. (James 5:15)

God should not have to shout very long for us to get the point. He speaks in an “audible voice” and tells us to expect – to even eagerly seek – prophecies, visions and dreams, revelations, tongues and interpretation, signs and wonders, healing miracles, and all kinds of spiritual gifts. Will the cessationist obey the “audible voice” of God? Or does he think the Bible is just thunder (John 12:29)?

This preacher pretended to honor the Bible, but the book was just noise to him. This piece of human garbage did not believe God’s voice, but he wanted to sound clever when he put down those who have faith in what God promises about prophecies and miracles. He wanted to mock them to excuse his unbelief and to advance his own theological bias, but he ended up mocking God.

Is this the kind of trash that you want as your pastor? Should you pay him a salary to tell you things like this? If you invest in unbelief, you will reap unbelief. Someone like this should not be in the ministry. He has no authority to handle God’s word or to teach God’s people. Next time a preacher says something like this, feel free to stand up and heckle him with the “audible voice” of God. Even better, have friends join you from different parts of the building and hit that loser with God’s voice in surround sound.