Extraordinary Providence
Cessation Question
Providence · 5 verses
The foundational sign gifts, including apostolic miracles, served to authenticate revelation and the apostolic office, ceasing with the completion of the biblical canon. While God remains sovereign to work miracles, the normative pattern of His present operation is through ordinary providence and the Word.
Scripture References
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”
“And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.”
“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?”
“Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:”