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Cessationism
Date Submitted: 02/12/2003 21:56:13
Cessation of the sign gifts
Whether the sign gifts has ceased is a question that has been
debated for decades. There exists two groups; those who believed in the cessation of the sign gifts and those who believe that they are still
for today. The sign gifts consisted of prophecy, tongues and miracles.
Miracles consisted of the ability to perform special signs including physical healing through an individual. The fact that God can heal and
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is proven they need not continually prove it. The apostles and the early church demonstrated amazing
powers and the ground was laid. Prophecy, tongues and miracles were no longer needed because the apostles and the church had already been attested to the world by those gifts. It has already been confirmed that the Church is the body of Christ and that it is true, we no longer need to prove it through the sign gifts.
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