How do Cessationists explain Spirit-inspired prophecies whose contents were not recorded in the final canon of scripture?

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Speaking as one who might be, myself, described as a 'Cessationist' I would say the question is attempting to deal with two very different things.

A prophecy such as the Apocalypse, which definitively (and apostolically) describes end-times and the coming of Christ (and which is part of the canon of scripture) is one thing.

A prophet (who is a member of a particular assembly) who speaks to the state of that particular church and who exhorts that congregation accordingly (as at Corinth) is another.

These are two very different things.

I would say that the first has ceased.

I would say that the second has not.

Nigel J 22700

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