Reddit reviews Perspectives on Pentecost

No, I don't think God works that way. I can't think of a single time when a dream was literal and without need for interpretation in the Bible. And, I would want to know why you ascribe it to God. People say, "God spoke to me" when they hear some kind of voice, but often it's hard to show or prove that it actually came from God.

I'd just want to warn against ascribing deja vu and other kinds of things to God very quickly. I think (and I don't mean this in a condemnatory way) that the proper application of not taking God's name in vain is not ascribing to Him things that He did not do. Because that which is not of God is sin, to ascribe to Him something He did not do would be to say He sinned. So I would just ask you to be very careful, but I don't think God works that way.

Also, I'm not so sure it fits a classical definition of prophecy. If I were you I'd look good and hard at what prophecy is. Several Reformed authors have done work on prophecy and I believe it is quite a bit more complicated than future prediction. In fact, a lot of it is a calling back to obedience to the Torah; the re-application of the Torah to the present time and situation. In that way, you can see how it's continued in the proclamation of the Word.

So, I'd be careful of quickly calling anything 'from God,' or quickly calling it prophecy. I don't think that fits into my model, or the Reformed model. But I also don't think you want to be anywhere but with Scripture on this, so I'd encourage you to study Scripture and let it determine what happened in your experience.

One resource on the nature of prophecy is Geerhardus Vos' Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments. Honestly, Vos is difficult. If you want a thick, tough read, get it. Honestly, it is 110% worth the struggle. He divides the history of special revelation into three sections [Moses/Prophets/Christ] and the prophetic section is really helpful.

Another resource, just to get a handle on the Bible and what it says about the Spirit and gifts and miracles is Richard Gaffin's Perspectives on Pentecost. It deals really deeply with the exegetical issues and is a major help.

I haven't seen any miraculous healing like those described in Scripture, where a servant of the Lord says a word and someone is healed. Has the power of the Holy Spirit been diluted so that we can't perform miracles like the apostles?

To call Reformed arguments for cessationism as flimsy, it shows quite an unwillingness to deal with the best and brightest on the subject. Flim-flam prophecy and hokey-healing in charismatic churches sold me part of the way, [Dick Gaffin's Perspectives on Pentecost] (http://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-Pentecost-Richard-Jr-Gaffin/dp/0875522696) did the rest of the work. I really encourage people to read it.