Cessationists believe that supernatural activities happened in the Bible and in the early history of the Church, but that some of the supernatural gifts of the Spirit did not occur after the death of the last apostle or after the canonization of the Bible. This belief has resulted in the needless suffering of countless millions of God’s children over the centuries.

Sadly, this thinking remains prevalent in the Church today. Some churches fully embrace this doctrine. Many others would concede that, ‘God can still do miracles through his children and sometimes, if it’s His will, He’ll do it.’ This belief, practically, is cessationism-lite. Its expectation for God’s miraculous activity through believers is very low. As such, the experience of it is rare.

My Humble Reasons for God’s Present and Continuous Supernatural Power

While the support of scripture and the testimony of earlier saints is convincing . . .

1. Jesus sends us. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you. Jn 20:21
2. Jesus commissions us. you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses - to the end of the earth. Acts 1:8
   I give you authority - over all the power of the enemy. Lk 10:19
3. Jesus empowers us. He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. Jn 20:22

. . . the most meaningful rationale, personally, for the continuation of supernatural power for believers is expressed in the following:

Once there was a King named David. While his servant Uriah was off fighting the King’s battle, David lay with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba, who became pregnant. To hide his deed, David summoned Uriah from the battlefront to coerce him to sleep with his wife. Uriah refused, not willing to dishonor his comrades in arms. So, David wrote a letter to his military commander, Joab, and actually sent it by the hand of Uriah. The message read, Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die. Joab followed orders. Then, he sent a messenger to David saying, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

This is not a perfect parallel. But it’s close. It warrants and evokes great disdain towards David for the treachery that arose in his heart. He deliberately sent his own servant into a conflict he couldn’t win. And worse - intended that he be killed. This is among the most 'not after the Lord’s heart' events ever recorded.

For men to suggest that Christ our King would deploy us into His battle to defeat
the same world,
the same flesh, and
the same devil
without the same firepower He carried . . . is to ascribe to Him the most egregious act of betrayal. The remotest whiff of such wickedness attributed to the God and Savior who bought us with His own blood impugns His honor, His glory and His Name.

Wielding the word of God void of its miraculous Holy Spirit power is like flashing a gun without bullets. It’s a bluff and a sham. Such a Gospel does not exist.