There is no biblical case for Cessationism. There are only verses some point to and try to make a case from. It isn’t NEVER stated by the apostles or even hinted at.
You want me to believe Jesus planned for the gifts of the Spirit labeled in 1 Cor. 14 to stop after the apostles died, right when the Church would need them most?
No.
Cessationism is a sad Western doctrine for people who do not have the courage to walk in the gifts unless everything can be explained, measured, and controlled.
But you do not control the Holy Spirit.
Go live in a third world country for a year and see how active the gifts still are and how desperate the church needs them to function in this very hour.
Paul on the contrary encourages believers “Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
— 1 Corinthians 14:1
This is because Jesus taught Paul about the gifts. - Stephen Holmes
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