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Subject: The purpose of sign gifts and tongues has ceased
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The purpose of sign gifts and tongues 
has ceased.

a) Jesus' healings and other miracles 
served the purpose of validating His 
ministry as coming from God, and of 
fulfilling the Old Testament Scriptures 
that predicted the Messiah would heal 
the sick, etc. For example, Jesus used 
these miracles to bolster the faith of 
John the Baptist, by confirming that He 
was indeed the prophesied Messiah:

“And when John had heard in prison about 
the works of Christ, he sent two of his 
disciples and said to Him, “Are You the 
Coming One, or do we look for another?” 
Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and 
tell John the things which you hear and 
see: The blind see and the lame walk; 
the lepers are cleansed and the deaf 
hear; the dead are raised up and the 
poor have the gospel preached to them. 
And blessed is he who is not offended 
because of Me.”” (Matthew 11:2–6, NKJV)
This is an allusion to Isaiah 35:5:

“Then the eyes of the blind shall be 
opened, And the ears of the deaf shall 
be unstopped. Then the lame shall leap 
like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb 
sing. For waters shall burst forth in 
the wilderness, And streams in the 
desert.” (Isaiah 35:5–6, NKJV)

Thus, Jesus confirmed to John and 
everyone else that He was the prophesied 
Messiah, through signs and wonders like 
healing the sick, etc. The real healing 
Jesus offers people today, is spiritual 
healing. He raises them from the dead 
spiritually, gives them spiritual sight, 
and gives them spiritual life and 
wellness (Ephesians 2:1-2, etc.).

b) Regarding tongues, the purpose of 
tongues, as described in both the Old 
and New Testaments, was a sign directed 
primarily to the people of Israel. In 
the Old Testament, Isaiah prophesied 
that foreign languages would serve as a 
judgment upon Israel for their unbelief 
and disobedience. Isaiah writes, "By 
people of strange lips and with a 
foreign tongue the Lord will speak to 
this people, to whom he has said, 'This 
is rest; give rest to the weary; and 
this is repose'; yet they would not 
hear" (Isaiah 28:11-12, ESV). Here, God 
warns Israel that because of their 
rejection of His message, they would 
hear it through the tongues of 
foreigners, symbolizing judgment and the 
presence of unbelief.

In the New Testament, Paul reinforces 
this understanding of tongues in 1 
Corinthians 14:21-22, where he directly 
references Isaiah 28, saying, "In the 
Law it is written, 'By people of strange 
tongues and by the lips of foreigners 
will I speak to this people, and even 
then they will not listen to me, says 
the Lord.' Thus tongues are a sign not 
for believers but for unbelievers, while 
prophecy is a sign not for unbelievers 
but for believers" (1 Corinthians 
14:21-22, ESV). Paul confirms that the 
primary purpose of tongues was to be a 
sign for unbelieving Israel, showing 
that the miraculous gift was not 
primarily for the edification of the 
church but a specific testimony to 
Israel's rejection of God's message.

Despite this supernatural witness, 
Israel as a nation rejected the 
testimony of the apostles, just as the 
Scriptures foretold (Romans 10:19; 
Deuteronomy 32:21). This rejection 
marked the fulfillment of God’s 
prophetic warning and underscored the 
cessation of tongues as a sign gift, 
having served its divinely appointed 
purpose.

--
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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