Question:
Didn’t tongues stop after the apostles?

Answer:
We only read of tongues in the Acts, Mark 16:17, 1 Corinthians 12, and 1 Corinthians 14 (where the apostle instructs against the misuse of tongues in the assembly).

The gift of tongues today would eliminate the need for the labors of the Wycliffe Bible translators, who live with people to learn their language, and then translate the Bible into their language.
What a boost tongues would be today in spreading the gospel to people who have never heard, and God did use it for that purpose in the days of the apostles, and could give someone this ability today, if He would so desire.
But tongues were a “sign” to unbelievers that God is working in a new way (1 Corinthians 14:22; Mark 1:27). God has not given man anything new since the apostles “preached the gospel of Christ” (Romans 15:19).

 

The truth regarding the church “which is given [Paul] . . . to complete the Word of God” (Colossians 1:25). Soon the last soul will be saved, the church will be complete and the Lord will take His people home to heaven. Then the clock of prophecy will start ticking again and Daniel’s last week of years will be started (Daniel 9:27).