"If your doctrine of the Holy Spirit does not leave any room for revival, then you cannot expect this kind of thing. If you say the baptism of the Spirit was once and for all on Pentecost and all who are regenerated are just made partakers of that, then there is no room left for this objective coming, this repetition, this falling of the Holy Spirit in power and authority on a church. But thank God - there IS room left! The teaching of Scripture plus the long history of the Christian church shows this so clearly".
Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - Kingsway Books, Eastbourne (2000) - (p44o).
"I would suggest that cessationism is now on the endangered doctrines list".
C Peter Wagner - "Dominion!" - Chosen, Grand Rapids Michigan (2008) - (p99).
"The book of Acts is the lowest level and we are going to another level in these days... If you lose heart you will sell out and you will try to lower the Word of God down to the level of your experience but God wants us to trust Him to raise the level of our experience up to the promises of the Word of God.
If you sell out to the voice of reason and the voice of theology that says cessationism and that God's not moving at the same level, if you sell out to those lying spirits, you will develop theologies that rationalise and legitimise abnormal, subnormal Christianity. On the planet today the normal is rare but it's becoming more and more known on the earth."
Rob Rufus - "Pharisees and Legalists" - "Grace and Glory Conference" - Hong Kong, Wednesday 24th October 2007.
"The ultimate and full purpose of spiritual gifts thus stands revealed. They are to bring men face to face with the reality of the Invisible God. To make the Church realise that the Holy Spirit is ever present and all true ministry springs from Him who is her only source of life and power and to make the unbeliever equally concious that God cannot be forgotten and that sin dare not be trifled with".
Donald Gee - "Concerning Spiritual Gifts" - Gospel Mission (1947) - (p19).
"One word here; it is surely a serious thing to accuse God of withdrawing these gifts if the real fact is that the church lost them through lukewarmness".
Donald Gee - "Concerning Spiritual Gifts" - Gospel Mission (1947) - (p10).
"Are spiritual gifts for today? Why not? The burden of proof surely lies with those who say "No" rather than those who say "Yes". There is nothing in Scripture, reason or experience to make us believe that the gifts of the Spirit are not for today - every one of them".
Donald Gee - "Concerning Spiritual Gifts" - Gospel Mission (1947) - (p9).
"A contrary argument is frequently brought forward which sounds very scriptural and spiritual. It asks; "Where do you find any teaching of the New Testament telling us to pray for this blessing of the Holy Spirit? It is surely wrong for us to seek it". This seems to me to be not only a false argument but a most dangerous one. The same argument is brought by the same people against praying for revival, they so so they do not pray for revival.
How then do we answer such a plea? We do so by remembering that in the New Testament period all that is described for us in the pages of the NT was a time of great outpouring of the Spirit ... the Apostle takes it for granted that "having believed they were sealed with the Spirit of God".
Dr Martyn Ll0yd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 8:5-17 - The Sons of God" - Romans - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1995) - (p280).
"To refuse anything that is offered in the Word of God because you are afraid of certain possible consequences is a most grievious sin and it will undoubtedly receive the punishment it deserves. The way to face this problem is not to turn your back upon it; it is to be clear as to the difference between the true and the false. Because there is the real danger of false experiences, you must not shut out all experiences".
Dr Martyn Ll0yd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 8:5-17 - The Sons of God" - Romans - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1995) - (p280).
"Why should any be guilty of such a traversty? I have already given the explanation. It is their fear of excesses. To put it quite bluntly they are so afraid of Pentecostalism that they are driven to such exegesis and I suggest that they are thereby guilty of "quenching the Holy Spirit". Non-experimental! Look at the 2nd chapter of Acts!".
Dr Martyn Ll0yd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 8:5-17 - The Sons of God" - Romans - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (1995) - (p310).
"We are entitled therefore to argue that if some of these gifts have been in evidence throughout the history of the church and still are, then why not all of them?".
Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 12 - Christian Conduct - Romans" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p227).
"The argument therefore is that the apostles is teaching that the gifts were only temporary and that once we had the New Testament Scriptures the gifts would no longer be necessary. So there have never been any gifts since the end of the apostolic age and it is very wrong for them to seek for them at any other time and particularly not now. But as we have seen, what Paul says about tongues and prophecy he also says about knowledge! So to be consistent you have to say that since we have had the Scriptures, knowledge has passed away. The whole thing is wrong of course".
Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Exposition of Chapter 12 - Christian Conduct - Romans" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p215).
"The doctrine of cessationism originated in experience".
Jack Deere - "Surprised by the Power of the Spirit" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2006) - (p107).
"If those who insist the age of miracles has ended had lived in Jesus' day, the age of miracles might never have begun".
Rufus Moseley - "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - January 1972 - CGM Ministries Publishing, Ft Lauderdale, Florida - (p23).
"There is not one shred of biblical evidence that the gifts of the Spirit have ceased just because we now have the Bible ... this is simply a theological cop-out by those who want to explain the abscence of supernatural power in the church today".
Dr R T Kendall - "Worshipping God" - Hodders, St Ives (2004) - (p103).
