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1 | The gift of Tongues | 1 Corinthians | Grace and Truth | 48999 | ||
* The means for the reception of spiritual gifts in the Christian age are not operative today. Gifts, in the first century, were bestowed by means of Holy Spirit baptism (Acts 2; 10), and through the laying on of the apostles1 hands (Acts 8:17, 18; 19:6; ” Tim. 1:6). Since there is no Holy Spirit baptism today (Eph. 4:5; Mt. 28:19, 20), and as there are no living apostles, it is obvious that, so far as biblical evidence is concerned, no spiritual gifts are being given to believers today. |
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2 | The gift of Tongues | 1 Corinthians | stjones | 49431 | ||
Hi, GandT; I guess I'll pile on here. I've heard this idea (no more gifts) before but have never understood where it came from. The passages you cite aren't much help. Spiritual gifts are not mentioned in Acts; the passage from Ephesians is about Christian unity; the passage in Matthew is the Great Commission. Taken in context, none of them speaks to the bestowing of gifts. Does the Bible say that God has stopped bestowing spiritual gifts? Is there a biblical reason to disregard 1 Corinthians 12 and Romans 12? These passages make it pretty clear that spiritual gifts are distributed by God as he chooses for building up the body of Christ - which continues today. Peace and grace, Steve aka Indiana Jones |
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