Theological Zombie Tries to Turn Author of the Gospel of Luke into Zombie
What would be left of the Gospel of Luke if it had been written by a cessationist theologian?
By Julio Severo
I just saw the sermon of a famous
Presbyterian theologian who used Luke as an example that not all of Jesus’
disciples had visions, revelations, and prophecies. Not content with living
cessationism for himself, he has tried to turn Luke into a cessationist. He has
tried to recreate Luke according to his cessationist image and likeness.
Cessationism is the heresy that teaches
that the supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit ceased two thousand years ago.
There is no biblical basis for the idea
that Luke had no vision, revelation, prophecy, and supernatural experiences
with God. There is also no biblical basis for the cessationist heresy. But let’s
just assume that the Presbyterian theologian is right.
In his Gospel, Luke wrote about abundance
of Jesus’ miracles in his day without raising a single question. If the
Presbyterian theologian were in Luke’s place, would he write about such
miracles, including about a virgin girl getting pregnant by the Holy Spirit,
without raising any questions?
The Presbyterian theologian has several
books. None of these books mention abundance of miracles today. But they bring
plenty of questions and cynical attacks against those who believe that God acts
today, including by giving visions, revelations, and prophecies.
If by a fate of destiny, the Presbyterian
theologian had to write the Gospel in place of Luke, would we see abundance of
miracles without question? No. We would inevitably have a gospel full of
questions without any miracles.
In turn, if Luke were alive today in the
place of the Presbyterian theologian, he would write several books showing the
miracles God is performing today among Jesus’ followers, with visions,
revelations, and prophecies.
Were there heresies and false miracles in
Jesus’ day? There were, but Luke’s focus was true miracles. Were there false
prophecies, visions, and revelations in Jesus’ day? There were, but Luke’s
focus was true prophecies, visions, and revelations. If he were alive today, Luke’s
focus would not change. He would exalt what is true.
What would you prefer? The Gospel of Luke,
full of miracles and without any questioning of these miracles or the gospel of
the Presbyterian theologian, full of questions about miracles and no miracles?
This theologian, aware or not, is a
legitimate heir to the Pharisees, who were the greatest theologians of the
Bible in Jesus’ day. They were pompous and always ready, using theology and
distorting the Bible abundantly, to question all the miracles of Jesus and his
apostles. They were always ready to attribute to the devil the operations of
the Holy Spirit.
Modern Pharisees, equally using theology
and distorting the Bible abundantly, are always ready to question all the miracles
of Jesus through his followers today. They are always ready to attribute to the
devil the workings of the Holy Spirit.
As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes, “There is
nothing new under the sun.” There is nothing new in today’s pompous Pharisaic
theologism.
Theological zombies always seek to
transform others according to their own image and likeness of zombies. This is
why Jesus said to theologians of his day,
“How horrible it will be for you, scribes
and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You cross land and sea to recruit a single
follower, and when you do, you make that person twice as fit for hell as you
are.” (Matthew 23:15 GWV)
It’s not just witches that lead people to
hell. Theological zombies, with their questions against the Holy Spirit, can
make theology and its twisted interpretations of the Bible produce victims who
become twice as fit for hell as they are themselves.
Portuguese version of this article: Zumbi
teológico tenta transformar autor do Evangelho de Lucas em zumbi
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