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I cannot judge your heart or experience, but I am VERY cautious of any 1 Cor 13 "failing" or "passing away" gifts.

You can and must judge to be fair. I have experienced biblical powers which are absolutely real and authentic. Herein is something to chew on: I know without the slightest doubt that I could instruct anyone willing how to "pray the father" and receive spiritual blessings from the Holy Spirit, poured out two thousand years ago. And this is my witness: If one such as I could be so blessed, almost anyone certainly can also. What I am talking about is by no means an end all, but it is a necessary foundation stone on which one must build. NATE, get this, Satan is the only one standing in anyone's way and can duplicate this gift!;)

Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

Did you read 134 and 147?
I am glad I am not the only "heretic" out there.

I asked for the gift of tongues. I did not get it. I did try to mimic it. That was what I was taught to do.
Then I read about how it was to be used. The I read that it was a gift for a "time." Not necessarily carrying into all ages.

I have not seen 1, in my 25 years around Pentacostals, proper use of the "gift."
You would honestly be the first if it is true. All others are into "name it claim it", "loud prayers with no interpretation", prophesies that lie, unanswered or staged healings, etc.

I have witnessed one healing. To the best of my knowledge, it was real. But healing is not a seasonal gift.

What biblical basis for tongues continuation do you have?