Cessationism is not the belief that all of the spiritual gifts have ceased, only that the apostolic gifts have ceased…tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy in the sense of foretelling the future, and healing. Those gifts are no longer in operation. The gifts of mercy, the gifts of teaching, the gifts of exhortation, administration, all of those gifts very much still in effect. But we have a few here…I have a few items here dealing with the gift of tongues. Just kind of in a general nature, we’re going to blow through these real quickly. But just some parameters for this gift.
Number one, as we’ve already looked, tongues are not unique to Christianity. They’re not unique to Christianity. So the fact that pagans can speak in tongues and do it just as convincingly as any professing Charismatic Christian is proof positive that just because someone is speaking in tongues, it’s not necessarily an indication that that person is getting that ability from God. Pagans do it too. So not at all an indication of God’s hand on that person.
Justin Peters
Spiritual Shipwreck of the Word-Faith Movement
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