How do Cessationists react to a world-view-challenging testimony from a fellow Christian?

**Note**: this question is scoped to *Cessationists* (see [Cessationism vs. Continuationism - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessationism_versus_continuationism)) . Suppose that a fellow Christian tells a Cessationist that God spoke to them, or that they were attacked by demons, or that they witnessed a miracle, or that they had a dream or vision from God, etc. What would the average Cessationist do? - Would they believe them? - Would they be skeptical? - Would they think they are crazy, deluded or lying? - Would they request hard scientific evidence? - Would they dismiss their testimony entirely? What if many Christians from different parts of the world are reporting similar experiences? Would they (Cessationists) think they are all deluded, deceived or lying? **In short, how do Cessationists respond when a fellow Christian shares a world-view-challenging testimony?** ___ **Appendix 1 - Books with testimonies** I'm listing several books below with lots of testimonies from fellow Christians to illustrate what I'm talking about: - Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig Keener (https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Credibility-New-Testament-Accounts/dp/0801039525) - Miracles Today: The Supernatural Work of God in the Modern World, by Craig Keener (https://www.amazon.com/Miracles-Today-Supernatural-Modern-World-ebook/dp/B08MXZVXLW) - The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural, by Lee Strobel (https://www.amazon.com/Case-Miracles-Journalist-Investigates-Supernatural/dp/0310259185) - Why I Am Still Surprised by the Power of the Spirit: Discovering How God Speaks and Heals Today, by Jack Deere (https://www.amazon.com/Why-Still-Surprised-Power-Spirit/dp/031010811X) - The Grave Robber: How Jesus Can Make Your Impossible Possible, by Mark Batterson (https://www.amazon.com/Grave-Robber-Jesus-Impossible-Possible/dp/0801015987) - Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal, by Richard Gallagher (https://www.amazon.com/Demonic-Foes-Twenty-Five-Psychiatrist-Investigating/dp/0062876481/) - They Shall Expel Demons: What You Need to Know about Demons - Your Invisible Enemies, by Derek Prince (https://www.amazon.com/They-Shall-Expel-Demons-Invisible/dp/0800792602/) **Appendix 2 - Types of Cessationism** Answers to this question would probably benefit from splitting the analysis into the four major types of Cessationism: > - **Full cessationists** believe that all miracles have ceased, along with any miraculous gifts. > - **Classical cessationists** assert that the miraculous gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in tongues ceased with the apostles. > However, they do believe that God occasionally works in supernatural > ways today. > - **Consistent cessationists** believe that not only were the miraculous gifts only for the establishment of the first-century > church, but the need for apostles and prophets also ceased. > - **Concentric cessationists** believe that the miraculous gifts have indeed ceased in the mainstream church and evangelized areas, but may > appear in unreached areas as an aid to spreading the Gospel. Daniel B. > Wallace describes himself as a concentric cessationist and describes > the other cessationist viewpoints as "linear". > > ([source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessationism_versus_continuationism#Types_of_cessationism))