Spiritual Gifts, Miracles, Signs and Wonders

We believe the gifts of the Spirit in I Corinthians 12 are given, today, for the ministry to all parts of the body of Christ with the exception of those gifts, which are specifically called "signs". Those gifts which are signs, wonder, or miracles were given by the Spirit during the beginning of the church in the book of Acts for these purposes: (1) to identify an "apostle" (2) to get the Jews to listen to the gospel or to believe a new revelation (3) to confirm the Word of Scripture that was being spoken by the apostles, but not yet in written form as we have the Scriptures today. Since there are NO apostles present to day and that the gospel ministry is almost totally to the Gentile and we have a complete Bible, we reject "speaking in tongues," "supernatural healing" as found in the apostolic ministry (we believe God heals today in accordance with His Word and divine will through faith and confession) and any other "sign or wonder" as heresy and "lying signs and wonders" produced by Satanic power in these last days to deceive the whole world. I Corinthians 12:1-11; Mark 16:17,18; Acts 2:4,5,43; 3:7,12; 5:12; II Corinthians 12:12; I Corinthians 1:21,22; 14:21,22; Mark 16:20; Hebrews 2:3,4; James 5:14-16; I Corinthians 11:20-32; II Thessalonians 2:8,9; I Timothy 4:1,2 Matthew 24:5,11,24.