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QUESTION: Does Mark 16:17-20 teach that gifts of the Holy Spirit are
meant for us today?
ANSWER: No! Note carefully in verse seventeen that the gifts of the Holy Spirit
were to be done in the name of (by the authority of) Christ. By His authority, the
gifts were to be used to confirm the word (verse twenty). Also, by His authority,
the gifts were to be done away upon confirmation of that word or “when that
which is perfect (complete/mature) is come” (I Corinthians 13:8-11). The “perfect”
refers to the complete/perfect law of liberty (James 1:25). Spiritual gifts in their
fullness, then, were authorized only during the period between the baptism of the
Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1-4 and the completion of the perfect law of liberty, i.e., the
New Testament! Since the New Testament has already been confirmed with
“signs” (once confirmed, always confirmed), it is clear that there is no reason for
“gifts” today and, further, that those who pretend to practice “gifts” today are
violating God’s Word, because they do not have the authority of Christ for their
practices!
