"Healing ended because we have the complete Bible now—we don't need signs."
How it sounds in your head: I've been taught that miracles and signs were temporary, given until the Bible was finished. Now that we have the full written Word, we don't need supernatural confirmation anymore—Scripture is enough. Expecting healing feels like ignoring the sufficiency of God's Word.
"For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom."
-- 1 Corinthians 1:22Source: Religion—cessationist theology that elevates the written Word above the LIVING Word and makes God's power historical instead of present.
Your church emphasizes Bible study and doctrine but never prays for healing, as if the completed canon replaced the need for God's power. Miracles feel like training wheels that were removed once the 'real' foundation—Scripture—was laid.
Philip preached Christ in Samaria AFTER the gospels were written and being circulated—the Word was already spreading. Yet multitudes saw MIRACLES—unclean spirits cast out, paralytics and lame healed—and 'there was GREAT JOY in that city.' Signs didn't stop when Scripture was written; they CONFIRMED it.
I REFUSE the lie that healing ended when the Bible was completed, as if Scripture replaced God's power instead of revealing it. IT IS WRITTEN that Jews requested signs and Jesus GAVE them—miracles reveal God's nature and confirm His Word. The Bible doesn't make God's power obsolete; it DECLARES His power and invites me to experience it. IT IS WRITTEN that these signs follow those who believe, and that promise has no expiration date. I am Abraham's seed under the BARAK blessing, redeemed from the curse. I honor Scripture AND expect the God of Scripture to move in power TODAY, because He is UNCHANGING.
Your Father didn't close the book on His power when the canon closed—He gave you Scripture to KNOW Him and His power to EXPERIENCE Him. He's running toward you with both the written Word and the demonstrated Word, because He's not just a God of information—He's a God of TRANSFORMATION and MANIFESTATION.