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The 'Foundational Gifts' of Ephesians 2.20

The 'Foundational Gifts' of Ephesians 2.20 THE ’FOUNDATIONAL GIFTS’ OF EPHESIANS 2.20 Jon Ruthven* Regent University School of Divinity, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, USA ruthven@regent.edu * Jon Ruthven is Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, VA. @ The Continuum Publishing Group Ltd 2002, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE 1 7NX and 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA. ABSTRACT Cessationists support their view that the gift of prophecy is presently inoperative by their increasing appeal to an argument-by-analogy from Eph. 2.20, namely, that since apostles and prophets appear as the ’foundation’ of the temple/church, and since the foundation can only represent one gene- ration of time, then these foundation gifts necessarily passed away before the second generation of Christianity. Non-cessationist evangelicals so far have either failed to address this argument or have assumed the main premise of the cessationists. This cessationist argument-by-analogy fails because: (1) ’foundation’ indicates a ’pattern’ to be replicated, not a ’generation’ frozen in time; (2) the ’foundation’ of Eph. 2.20 represents both Christ himself and the recurring apostolic and prophetically inspired ’foundational confession’, as Peter’s ’great confession’ (Mt. 16.16-18), revealed to all Christians in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Pentecostal Theology Brill

The 'Foundational Gifts' of Ephesians 2.20

Journal of Pentecostal Theology , Volume 10 (2): 28 – Jan 1, 2002

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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0966-7369
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1745-5251
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10.1177/096673690201000204
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THE ’FOUNDATIONAL GIFTS’ OF EPHESIANS 2.20 Jon Ruthven* Regent University School of Divinity, 1000 Regent University Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23464, USA ruthven@regent.edu * Jon Ruthven is Professor of Systematic and Practical Theology at Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, VA. @ The Continuum Publishing Group Ltd 2002, The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE 1 7NX and 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA. ABSTRACT Cessationists support their view that the gift of prophecy is presently inoperative by their increasing appeal to an argument-by-analogy from Eph. 2.20, namely, that since apostles and prophets appear as the ’foundation’ of the temple/church, and since the foundation can only represent one gene- ration of time, then these foundation gifts necessarily passed away before the second generation of Christianity. Non-cessationist evangelicals so far have either failed to address this argument or have assumed the main premise of the cessationists. This cessationist argument-by-analogy fails because: (1) ’foundation’ indicates a ’pattern’ to be replicated, not a ’generation’ frozen in time; (2) the ’foundation’ of Eph. 2.20 represents both Christ himself and the recurring apostolic and prophetically inspired ’foundational confession’, as Peter’s ’great confession’ (Mt. 16.16-18), revealed to all Christians in

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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