Originally Posted by
Jew and Greek
In defending the teaching of dispensationalism, cessationist Charles Ryrie stated " .... the ultimate test of the truth of any doctrine is whether it is in accord with biblical revelation. The fact that the church taught something in the first century does not make it true, and, likewise, if the church did not teach something until the twentieth century, it is not necessarily false." I use that quote in reference to the Charismatic movement and Word of Faith theology. If it works for Ryrie and dispensationalism it works for us.