Are The Gifts of The Holy Spirit for The Body of Christ today?

Let’s look at two Greek words used to describe the gifts of the Spirit: Pneumatika refers to their source, the Holy Spirit (pneuma) of God; and Charismata refers to the fact that they are granted as an act of God’s grace (charis). 

Dr. Andy Woods: The miraculous sign gifts, including the gift of tongues, (always the ability to speak in a previously unlearned, known language) along with the gift of healings were temporal gifts, given by the Holy Spirit solely to authenticate both the apostles and their message before the close of the canon of Scripture (1 Cor. 13:8-10). It’s clearly believed that these are not active as gifts today. However, it’s affirmed that God is sovereign and may heal today.

Majority of “miraculous” (contemporary charismatic movement ) and “so called prophets, apostles and SPECIAL men of God” today, is some thing dangerous and not from God. There is nothing like ‘Heavenly Tongues’ or ‘Heavenly Languages’ either. That’s completely False Doctrine.

There are various Gifts of The Holy Spirit found in: 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4, and 1 Peter 4. Cessationism is the view that the “miracle gifts” of tongues and healing have ceased—that the end of the apostolic age brought about a cessation of the miracles associated with that age. Most Cessationists believe that, while God can and still does perform miracles today, the Holy Spirit no longer uses individuals to perform miraculous signs.

We divide those gifts into categories. There are the Foundational Gifts. These are the gifts that God used to lay the foundation of the Church. Church like Apostles and Prophets. Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 3:5, Then, there are what are called the Confirmatory Gifts. These are gifts that are used to confirm a change of plans as God is inaugurating a new Move, a new Dispensation, transitioning us for example from the Age of Law into the Age of The Church. Tongues is one of those gifts we believe, because 1 Corinthians 14:22 tells us that tongues is a sign or the unbeliever rather than the believer. Then there are what we call the Revelatory Gifts like the Gift of Knowledge, the Gift of Tongue with an Interpretation, the Gift of Prophecy, where God is giving new revelation to people on par with scripture itself, and then there are what are called The Edificatory Gifts. These are gifts that are always needed to edify or build up the church. The gift of Pastor Teacher for example. Ephesians 4: 11-16 would be example of an Edificatory gift. 

So with all of that being said, we believe that the Foundational gifts have ceased like Apostle and Prophet, because you only lay the foundation of a building once. The Confirmatory Gifts have ceased because there's no need for God to confirm a new age or Dispensation today since we've been in the Church Age for 2,000 years and are still in the Church Age.  The Revelatory Gifts have ceased because the cannon of scripture is closed. Jude 3 tells us that the faith has been once and for all given to the Saints.

All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17). So 2 Timothy 3:17, tells us that we now have a completed Canon of Scripture which is capable of equipping us for every good work. The Canon of Scripture is sufficient for all matters of faith and practice.

In the very end of the book of Revelation chapter 22: 18-19, offers a very severe warning against those that would subtract or add to that finite body of truth that we call the Old Testament and the New Testament Canon. I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book. (Revelation 22:18-19).

The scripture, Scriptural Canon is shut so therefore, there's no need for fresh Revelation from God on par with scripture, so no Foundational Gifts, no Confirmatory Gifts, no Revelatory Gifts exists today. However the Edificatory Gifts continue on because the Church will always have a need for edification. Gifts like Wisdom, Teaching, Administration, Leadership, Mercy, Faith, Discernment, Knowledge, etc, those gifts continue on today.