Matthew 10 - takes place before the resurrection. The Holy Spirit has not been given to all believers at this time. Jesus was very clearly telling the 12 that they were to go out and perform these signs and wonders and only to the Jews, the lost sheep of Israel.
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
7 And as
you go,
[h]preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven
[i]is at hand.’
8 Heal
the sick, raise
the dead, cleanse
the lepers, cast out demons. Freely
you received, freely give.
Mark 16 -
14 Afterward
He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining
at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to all creation.
16 He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.
17 These
[d]signs will accompany
those who have believed: in My name
they will cast out demons,
they will speak with new tongues;
18they will pick up serpents, and if
they drink any deadly
poison, it will not hurt them;
they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
The account in Mark is after the resurrection. Now all believers received the Holy Spirit. Here we see Jesus again sending out the 11 now, to preach to ALL creation, salvation and baptism. And those who have believed will...they will...they will... So the you has now become the they.
I believe this scripture is also very clear in who shall now do these things as well as the disciples.
You don't like the WoF people but I see you doing much the same thing. Taking very clear scripture pulling out verses here and there to fit with what you believe. Please don't do that. There are scriptures that show that not just the disciples were called to do these things and to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Use those clear scriptures only as proof.
I believe we have this authority straight from the mouth of Jesus and don't see anywhere that it was ever suppose to stop until the perfect comes and that is Jesus. When Jesus comes back there will be no need for the gifts.
Love never fails; but if
there are gifts of [c]prophecy, they will be done away; if
there are tongues, they will cease; if
there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9part;
10 but wh
For we know in part and we prophesy in but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I
[d]became a man, I did away with childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror [e]dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the
[f]greatest of these is love.
This is the apostle Paul talking the man who probably received more revelation knowledge directly from the Lord than any man who ever lived and yet we see he says WE know in part, not you know in part.
I know many teach this perfect has come they say it is the Bible but that just ring true to me. Face to face with the Bible? Mo face to face with Jesus, either at His second coming or when we stand before Him.
Are we to say that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are childish things? But compared to then we are children now.
Are there still not unsaved Jews and Gentiles alike who are not saved that when they see these things they believe? Yes there are. Are there not still sick who need healing?
Did Jesus not care about the unsaved Jews now like He did when He sent out the 12. There are Messianic Jews right now who are operating in the gifts and with other signs and wonders around the world and Jews are still getting born again.
We see the church in Corinth. (unrulely as they were, Paul straightened them out on order) operating in the gifts. He never said, Jesus never said these gifts were for one or two generations. Or that only the apostles could lay hands on the sick, no he told the elders to in the church.
So that's all I've got right now it's 2am here. If anyone sees that I am clearly in error in my interpretation please feel free to advise me. But I'll tell you this I don't think anyone except the Holy Spirit could rip this teaching from me. When I received it I was in a Baptist Church that the gifts were gone and what was done now was from Satan. I was a baby like 2 months old had never heard of the gifts, never read the Bible about the gifts, never been in a Charismatic Church of any kind. It was just me, Bible and the Holy Spirit. But that's another story...not for here.
