<TITLE>14. Par 49-51</TITLE>L-49 Now, I was preaching here not long ago in a Baptist church, and I said... Nobody said, "Amen," nothing. Why, brother, I've seen them old mammies take them old string bonnets, and walk up and down the floor screaming, and shouting, and walk the benches, and everything else. Sure. Listen, I said, "Is this a Baptist church?"
He, the pastor politely bowed, "Yes, sir." Like a...
I said, "It sure don't seem like it." I cut loose again as hard as I could. Nobody said, "Amen," set as stiffly, and starchy as they could be. I said, "Listen, you're not Baptist. You're just church joiners. Down to where I come from, when you was a Baptist, we'd get out at the altar and beat one another in the back till we come through."
I tell you brother, what we need today is some more of that old fashion, back beating at the altar, until we come through. (Hallelujah.), until you die out to self and sin, and are born of the Holy Spirit.
Lose your pocketbook, He will bring it back to you. You get in trouble, He won't turn you down. He will be a brother, and put His arm around you, help pick you up again, pray for you. Amen.  [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]

L-50 Notice, when the child was born, he was a son; but his conduct had to do with his inheritance. Now, I want you to be real honest now. Don't you think that we've tried to push the inheritance just a little bit farther than God--our conduct went?
That's what's the matter today. We should be way on up the road yonder. But we're way back down here. Why? It's been our conduct; we have no respect.
Even I've stood in meetings and watched, and when, if I understand the Bible right... I may get some real good hot letters after this, but I guess it'll be all right. I'll just keep praying anyhow. But I've noticed people who had the gift of speaking in tongues, speak out of order. When the preacher was preaching, somebody would stand up and speak in tongues. That's out of order. Spirits of prophet is subject to the prophets. The Word of God is first, never secondarily. God... This is God's Word.

L-51 And I've seen people raise up and speak with tongues, and everybody go on, carry on, pay no attention to it. That's out of order. You should be reverent. If it's a real Spirit of God, then let it say something. Whatever God's a saying, then listen to it; put it down.
Now, God won't just mince Words, repeat over something else, He don't... He told us not to use vain repetitions. He won't say, quote Scripture; He will give you some, definitely something, telling you something's going to happen, just at a time for a certain thing. then follow that out. And if it isn't so, then that person ought to go to the altar and get right with God. They got a evil spirit on them. Then you'll clean up some of this nonsense. That's right.
We should come into church with a heart full of reverence, not a... Church is not a social gathering, of some sort of arena, or somewhere to talk about what you done through the day. It's a place of worship. And we've made it a house of havoc. Whew. That'll almost give colic, but it'll do you good. All right. God's got a remedy for that colic. Did you know that?


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