I am done debating this with you...UNLESS you have something new to add to the debate! We are just repeating ourselves over and over!
"My Hope is Built on Nothing Less"
by Edward Mote, 1797-1874
1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
3. His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
http://www.lutheran-hymnal.com/lyrics/tlh370.htm
My faith stands on the evidence of the atoning work of Jesus Christ.
I know what he did--his death, burial and resurrection.
It stands today as the cornerstone of all Christianity.
There is no evidence of for the continuation of the spiritual gifts. They ended at the first century. No historical evidence--past or present can be brought forward for their being in existence today.
We can only conclude therefore that they do not exist.
But Jesus lives. And because he lives, I live.