Funny you should quote from one of my former professors on this matter! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/giggle.gif" alt="" /> However, I think the esteemed professor has failed to grasp what Gaffin, Robertson, countless others and finally, myself find indefensible, where you quote him as saying:

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Grudem, on the other hand, needs only to clarify the status of prophecy. Prophecy, he says, is fallible but still revelatory. It still derives from God and still is important for the well-being of the Church.
The problem is, which I have myriad times mentioned and asked for a rebuttal of, which has never come forth is that what Grudem and those who hold to a similar tenuous position insist upon is that source of these "fallible gifts" is God Who speaks directly. If it is truly, "Thus saith the LORD...", then by the very nature of the communication it cannot be fallible. Grudem tries to argue that somehow this "infallible" word of communication gets corrupted when it is finally set forth by the recipient. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/nope.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/sorry.gif" alt="" />

What Gaffin holds to, as do I, and which Poythress tries to bend into an acceptable shape which both sides can appreciate, is that the revelatory gifts i.e., the direct communication of God to individuals has ceased, but the gifts of the Spirit which are appropriate for upbuilding the saints, e.g., illumination of the Scriptures continue within those who are called to serve in the official positions of the Church, e.g., Pastor, Teacher, Evangelist. Poythress' intentions may be sincere enough, at least in his own eyes, but I see no possible way to reconcile the views of Cessationism and non-Cessationism. It is not so dissimilar to those who would try and play "Borg" [Linked Image] and assimilate Calvinism and Arminianism; an impossible task since the two are antithetical.

In His grace,

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