Michael Brown tweeted this on X, while still everywhere calling himself “Dr.;” even though, Jesus warned against doing exactly that in Matthew 23:1-12:

Dr. Michael L. Brown
@DrMichaelLBrown
If the Lord does not return in our lifetimes, I believe that future generations will look back at the doctrine of cessationism with surprise and curiosity, wondering how anyone could deny that the Spirit was still speaking and healing and delivering on a regular basis.

My responses:

Jeff Fenske
@JeffFenske
My take: People are denying that miracles still exist today because hardly any charismatics actually abide in Christ, because of the false doctrines of “once saved only saved,” “only believe,” and “it’s hard to lose one’s salvation” [Michael Brown teaches the latter]. The fear of God is now only “reverence.” Sin is rampant, so it’s easy for the woke to mock “Christians” now.

I wonder how many charismatics still pray in tongues regularly. Most ‘Christian’ men seem to be too busy lusting, walking according to the flesh instead of the Spirit, disqualifying them from the Kingdom.

But few pastors and teachers will teach what Jesus and the rest of the New Testament actually says about how just willfully lusting in our minds and hearts will keep us from going to heaven, and keeps miracles from happening too.

We need to teach and then live what the Bible actually says, please.

Jeff Fenske
@JeffFenske
My take continued: I don’t know of one church in America that has “a reputation for being alive.” What should this tell us when Jesus said this about a church that did have “a reputation for being alive”: Only those who were overcomers would not be REMOVED FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE! And Sardis was actually spiritually “dead.”

What would Jesus say about our charismatic churches today, where the presence of God can’t even be felt anymore, let alone miracles actually happening, the signs Jesus said would follow them that believe?

Rev. 3:1 “And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a REPUTATION OF BEING ALIVE, BUT YOU ARE DEAD. 2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before…God. 3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you. 4 Nevertheless you have A FEW names in Sardis THAT DID NOT DEFILE their garments. They will walk with me in white, for THEY ARE WORTHY. 5 HE WHO *OVERCOMES* will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way BLOT HIS NAME OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.