[quote:2fffde9ff6][i:2fffde9ff6]Originally posted by a mere housewife[/i:2fffde9ff6]
I would agree that revelation has ceased & that the church has been established. But the apostles were not the only ones to speak in tongues, or to make predictions: none of the apostles were even present at Corinth when the whole disorderly tongues thing was going on. Yes, it was the apostles' gospel that was being authenticated-- but it still is, isn't it?
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No, it's not. The message was confirmed by the eye-witnesses of Christ. The message they recieved is the message we preach. And as Daveb rightly pointed out, the foolishness of preaching this message is the ordained means of spreading the gospel, not tongues or prophecy. The apostolic office was unique and foundational which required these confirming signs and wonders. Now, the testimony or authentication of the power of this message is the changed lives of those who respond in faith and are set free from the power of sin to proclaim and live to the glory of God.

(And as an aside note, there was an apostle present at Corinth, Paul. Paul was just across the sea in Ephesus. Some scholars even argue that he visited Corinth to address the issues in 1 Cor.)

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