That is my take on it. We are fools if we think tongues have ceased. We are discerning if we know biblical tongues have ceased.
Why don't witches throw down their amulets and turn to Christ?
Because the feeling of power they receive is addictive.
They refuse to reason with truth to go cold turkey.
The invisible power that runs through them is an invisible drug...
It's also why many who get sucked into false teachings concerning the gifts refuse to repent.
They are addicted.....
Without it, their lives are emptiness which they refuse to fill with sound doctrine, which they find to be painful.
For sound doctrine demands that you face yourself... as you are.
For the time will come when people will not put up with/endure/tolerate sound doctrine.
Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers
to say what their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3
Jesus must expose their hearts now. For it would spell disaster in the Resurrection if he promoted such souls
to positions of authority over others.
Glory and power he will grant to those who are now faithful to His plan for their lives.
The power to do genuine good, and the glory of seeing the joy and happiness it will produce
in the lives of those under your guardianship before God.
grace and peace ...........