MARK 16:16-18, C. H. Cayce “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that beiieveth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” This language follows the command of the Saviour to the eleven to “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”
Then those who believe your preaching and obey the same (“He that believeth and is baptized”) shall be saved. They will be saved from false teaching, from false practice, and from false ways. They shall be saved from an untoward generation into the church of Christ.” And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils,” etc. These things shall be signs that I have sent these men as apostles; these things shall be signs that I have sent these men under this command to “go into all the world,” etc. Mark 16:2 says,”And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.”
The apostles did all the things enumerated as the signs which should follow. No other persons have ever been able to do those things. No other persons, therefore, were ever under that command. He spoke directly to the eleven, and said unto them— the eleven— “Go YE.” It was a part of the office work of Christ to send His apostles out, and He sent them; and they performed the miracles enumerated as signs that He did send them. Since that day it has been the office work of the Holy Spirit to call and send out ministers of the New Testament. The Holy Ghost makes them overseers of the flock; and they are not to preach for filthy lucre. A man who will not preach without the salary gives little evidence that he is called by the Holy Spirit. The Primitive Baptist, June 15, 1915.