So, your arguments against the continuation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit can be summarized as follows: (1) We don't see great miracles today. (2) The gifts were intended for the benefit of unbelievers and not for the benefit of believers. The apostles did not benefit from miraculous healing. (3) The miraculous gifts were intended to help the development of the early Christian church, which was childish and undeveloped as compared to our present church. Let's examine these points one by one. Point (1) is irrelevant because we are not meant to be guided by personal experience, but by the word of God: "and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 3:15) and "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path" (Psalm 119:105). Point (2) is based on a wrong premise. All of the gifts are intended for the edification of individual Christians and of the Christian church. Unbelievers also benefit from the gifts of the Holy Spirit, but they are certainly not the only beneficiaries. For instance, "Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up. Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching? If even lifeless instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone know what is played? And if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for battle? So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church."(1 Corinthians 14:1-12). That the gifts of healing were also for the personal benefit of the apostles is clear from the fact that Paul asked God for personal healing in three different opportunities (2 Corinthians 12:7-8). Did not Paul know that the apostles were not meant to benefit from the gift of healing? Point (3) is based on an extreme overrating of the present church and an extreme underrating of the early church. Did we come up with the Christian doctrine ourselves or did we receive it from the early church? We certainly received it from the early church. How can we then say that we are less childish than the very people from whom we received all that we know about God? I wish there were people like Paul, Apollos, Timothy, Peter, or John today. None of our great teachers and theologians can be favourably compared to any of the apostles and ministers of the early church, who were people that personally knew Jesus, heard his sermons and witnessed his miracles. They certainly knew more about Jesus than what we can grasp from reading the Bible, and those to whom they preached the gospel certainly received more knowledge than the one we can receive by reading the Bible. Furthermore, I believe that the present church is evidently full of heresies, as it is evident from the deep and significant theological chasms between Catholics, Protestants, Arminians, Calvinists, Continuationists, Cessationists, etc. Hence, it is ludicrous to assert that the early church was childish and that we are mature and perfect. Take another look at 1 Corinthians chapter 13: “Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” (1 Corinthians 13:8-12). Do you really believe that “the perfect” has already come? Do you really believe that now we see God “face to face” and “know fully”?. The truth is that Cessationism is one of the falsest doctrines in the history of the church and nullifies God's direct commandments: “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” (1 Corinthians 14:1). “So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy and do not forbid speaking in tongues.” (1 Corinthians 14:39).