<TITLE>34. Par -</TITLE>L-202-330 How... If you put seed in the ground and don't cultivate it, what's going to happen to it? See? It will lay there in dry dust, and rot; it'll do no good. These gifts have been in the church all along, but just now the water's begin to fall, the Pentecostal rain, to water it and bring forth fruit. Now, use it in the right place.
Now, it says, well, I believe the next question was there, the person asked, said:
When the... when you're giving an altar call?
No, I wouldn't think then. If you noticed, and take Corinthians and read it, there's some of you here... If--if you got gifts of speaking in tongues, then you watch. In the Bible, when they had... After the service was over, and the blessing of God come down upon the congregation, then they begin to speak, then they begin to magnify God. And every time, it was a direct message to somebody. Not... You have to watch that now. See? It isn't just something in fleshly. It'll be a message to somebody, for somebody to do something, or something to edify the church. It'll be something to glorify the church.

L-202-333 And there's where the Pentecostal people has brought reproach to their name. The very name Pentecost, you can mention it and the people will just walk away and say, "Nonsense," because they seen a lot of carrying on, which the people being in sincerity but wasn't taught.
Paul said, "When I come to the Pentecostal church over there," said, "I'll set it in order." It's got to be in order; everything must be done orderly, just as the Spirit ordered. So he said, "Now, if come in, and all of you begin to speak in tongues, and the unlearned comes in, he'll say, 'Well, aren't you all mad?', walked out."
That's just what the Pentecostal church did. He said, "Now," and said, "if one of you prophesy and reveals the secrets of something, one of you be a prophet," in other words, he said, "then won't the people fall down and say God is with you?"

L-203-336 Well, how could I deny the gift of speaking in tongues when I'd have to deny the gift of prophecy; I'd have to deny these other gifts. Now, the most of the churches, the big churches, the Nazarene, Pilgrim Holiness, and so forth, they think if a man speaks in tongues he's a devil. That's blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, which there's no forgiveness. That's what the Jews done, made fun of the people with the Holy Ghost, and were condemned and lost for it. Correct. Didn't Jesus say, "If you speak one word against the Holy Ghost, it'll never be forgiven you in this world or the world to come"? So be careful. If you don't understand, set still.

L-203-337 And you people who's got the Holy Ghost and called into offices, teachers... Now, could you imagine... Here's me standing here trying to teach, and here jump a man up, side of me, and start teaching right at the same time, another man stand out here singing a jubilee song? Well, what a confusion.
Well, that's the way it is about speaking in tongues. Let it come orderly, just as the Spirit will give it, you can speak with tongues.
Now, you say, "Well, Brother Branham, I can't help it."
Oh, yes, you can. Paul said you could; he said, "If there be one of you among you, who speaks with tongues, and there be no interpreter, let him hold his peace." No matter how much It wants to speak, hold your peace. That's a gift, brother. I--I pray God will let me have another revival here some of these days where we can get into them things for you. You see? Where you can see it's a gift, and that gift wants to operate all the time. See? But you've got to have the wisdom of the Holy Spirit here to know when and how to operate that gift. And that...


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