<TITLE>14. Par 54-57</TITLE>L-54 Now, you know, Ezekiel saw it again. And he, this same prophet, he saw it as a wheel in the middle of a wheel, turning up in the air. Now, the wheel... First there's a--is a rim. The tire, then the rim, then the spokes, and then the hub.
Now, when Luther started, "the just shall live by faith," justification, he put the tire around it. Yes. All right. Wasn't much of a wheel yet. All right. Then here along come Methodists with sanctification, put the tire on it--the rim around it. And then along come Pentecost. And they taught sanctification, the Luther, or the Methodists. The Luther taught justification, which was a tire on the outside. And the rim then was the Methodists with--with sanctification. And the Pentecostals come along, and they put a spoke in it: speaking in tongues.

L-55 Well, let me tell you, brother, it don't consist just of that. That's the reason we're lumping, bumping down the road the way we are. There's not one spoke in there, but there's nine spiritual gifts in that church, not just one. Them's all right. The tire's all right; the rim's all right; the spoke's all right; but like the colored man eating the watermelon, "There's more of it." And that's what I mean today. There's more of it. There's nine spiritual spokes in this wheel. And it's turned by the wheel in the middle of the wheel, all connected with the hub. Oh, I feel religious. I sure do.
Yes, brother. The good thing, no matter what we're doing, how you're doing it, you're fighting the air, because God done said, "I will restore saith the Lord." It's got to come.
Now, the hub is where it all turns from. And the mainspring is where all the watch works from. That mainspring, it ticks it right up, keeps every blessing just exactly.

L-56 Now, these gifts... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Your gift of tongues, wonderful; justification by faith, wonderful; sanctification, fine; speaking in tongues, wonderful; interpretation, fine; messages from God, wonderful; prophecy, fine... Brother, if it hasn't got no hub in it, what's it going to amount to? Your spokes will get across one another. They'll cross up, fuss, fight, isolate, and chaw, and tear on up each another. That's what's the matter.
We need the Mainspring. What good does it do to have the little bitty springs, and the little bitty gadgets in here, and the winding springs, and the alarms, and the faces, and the big hands, and all this thing, if there isn't something in there to make it operate?

L-57 I believe the Pentecostal church has got the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I believe the rest of you do too, that claim it. I believe your speaking in tongues is right. I believe that your prophecy's right. I'd go with you on...?... being a Baptist. I believe it. Sure I do. But here's one thing, brother. It's not keeping the right kind of time. That's what I'm trying to say. So it takes the baptism of the Holy Ghost to come into that human heart there to make the thing run right.
The love of God, God is love. And unless each one of these gifts is put right in the center of love, it'll become selfish and indifferent, and pull itself off, and isolate itself, and cross over, and fuss and stew. But when it's anchored right into the middle of love, it'll fellowship everywhere. And that's right. That's exactly what we need. The church is dying for love, brother.


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