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   Signs and wonders have already confirmed Jesus is the Son of God (John   
   20:31) and the truth of the gospel message (Hebrews 2:3-4). We are now   
   expected to believe on the basis of what the Bible says about Jesus, not   
   on the basis of signs and wonders. Jesus emphasized this:   
      
   “But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a   
   sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet   
   Jonah.” (Matthew 12:39, ESV)   
      
   “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be   
   given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.”   
   (Matthew 16:4, ESV)   
      
   “When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is   
   an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it   
   except the sign of Jonah.” (Luke 11:29, ESV)   
      
   “how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? That salvation,   
   first spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard, God   
   also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various   
   miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.”   
   (Hebrews 2:3–4, LSB)   
      
   Cessation of the sign gifts is real. However, this is not due to   
   unbelief. Righteous faith can only come by hearing what the Bible   
   teaches (Romans 10:17), not by putting faith in what it does not teach.   
   The Bible clearly said sign gifts like tongues would "cease" of themselves:   
      
         “Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for   
          tongues, THEY WILL CEASE; as for knowledge, it will pass away.   
          For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the   
          perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I   
          spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a   
          child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we   
          see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in   
          part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.”   
          (1 Corinthians 13:8–12, ESV, emphasis added)   
      
         • The phrase "will cease" is in the middle voice. The middle   
           voice shows that the subject is acting on itself. This means   
           tongues are not made to cease by the coming of "the perfect".   
           They have a built-in cessation.   
      
         • By contrast, it says prophecy and knowledge will "pass away".   
           This is in the passive voice. It means prophecy and knowledge   
           will be made to cease by the coming of "the perfect".   
      
         • If you understand "the perfect" to mean the coming of Christ,   
           then the only Spiritual gifts which the Bible indicates will be   
           made to cease by the arrival of Christ, are prophecy and   
           knowledge.   
      
   Conclusion: There is not a shred of evidence in the Bible which   
   necessitates that any of the sign gifts must continue until the arrival   
   of Christ. Tongues are specifically said to cease of themselves and not   
   to be made to cease by the arrival of that which is perfect.   
      
      
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   Have you heard the good news Christ died for our sins (†), and God   
   raised Him from the dead?   
      
   That Christ died for our sins shows we're sinners who deserve the death   
   penalty. That God raised Him from the dead shows Christ's death   
   satisfied God's righteous demands against our sin (Romans 3:25; 1 John   
   2:1-2). This means God can now remain just, while forgiving you of your   
   sins, and saving you from eternal damnation.   
      
   On the basis of Christ's death and resurrection for our sins, call on   
   the name of the Lord to save you: "For 'everyone who calls on the name   
   of the Lord will be saved'" (Romans 10:13, ESV).   
      
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