It is taught that in our current dispensation of the Church Age, we focus on the epistles where there is virtually no mention of miracles. Yes, born-again believers do not depend on experiencing miracles. Their faith is in the Lord, regardless of whether or not they see the miraculous. Cessationism teaches that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as the gift of healing, have now ceased.
1 Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
But it is entirely different in Third-World missions where we face resistance similar to that faced by the early disciples in Acts when they proclaimed the kingdom of God to the idol-worshiping gentiles who had never heard of Jesus Christ. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, animists, idol-worshipers and those who believe in witchcraft in many Third World nations today will not accept Jesus Christ in large numbers when the gospel is preached according to our traditional methods, typically involving humanitarian good works to show them the love of God.
But when they witness miraculous healing and the supernatural casting out of demons that their religion or gods have never done, their hearts are immediately open to the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The spirit of Elijah as manifest on Mt. Carmel in 1 Kings 18 is now being restored.
Luke 9:1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
The supernatural “power and authority” Jesus gave to His disciples to drive out all demons and to cure diseases in the gospels is still in operation today on the mission field. It is greatly needed for proclaiming the kingdom of God in the Third World to Unengaged and Unreached People Groups who are typically resistant to the gospel. Only when they witness consistent miraculous works which their false gods cannot perform will they turn to Jesus in numbers.
During these very Last Days, when the Great Commission needs to be fulfilled to those who never heard, Acts-like miracles are being restored on the Third World mission field for those who never heard.
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The Restoration of the Spirit of Elijah in THE CHURCH during these very Last Days