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Matthew2414 said:
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CovenantInBlood said:

Except that in your illustration there is neither exegetical nor historcial substance to the argument.

Amen! That is the point. [Please hear the words that follow as a mild rebuke in love.] The same is true of the cessationist position. Not only does the Bible not teach the cessationist position, it is not historically verified either.

Wrong on both counts. But I'll direct you here for more information: The Charismatic Movement. Also to this piece for a relatively concise refutation of noncessationism, especially with regards to the gift of tongues: "Speaking in 'Tongues': Is It a Gift for Today?"

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Yes, there will be false prophets, but there will also be false teachers. Should we throw out the office of the teacher becasue there may arise false teachers?

I don't argue that the office of prophet has ceased because there will be false prophets. It has ceased because revelation has ceased, and because the miraculous gifts are no longer necessary to establish the validity of the apostles and their ministry. Similarly the office of apostle has ceased. There aren't any more apostles.

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Don't you get the feeling that the Holy Spirit invested a lot of space in the Bible for these gifts?

He invested a lot of space also to the ceremonial law.

Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.