<TITLE>07. Par 19-22</TITLE>L-19 And I said, "I just wonder, brother, why that when you was given this question..." I said, "You were speaking of Acts 2 and 4, and then you went to Acts 10:49..." I said, "How did you leave out Acts 8, when the Samaritans received the Holy Ghost? There's not a Scripture saying that they spoke in tongues." See? Well, I said--I said, "If you notice at Jerusalem, there were gathered... I'm taking your side of it now. See?" And I said, "There were gathered men from all nations. Goes ahead and tell, Medes and Persians, and--and proselytes, and strangers, and Macedonians. Oh, you know, and all like that where they were." I said, "Now, they were all... They were all there, and they heard them, every man in his own language.
And I said, "Now, and at the house of Cornelius..." Now, I said, "When they spoke in tongues there, they heard in their own language the same thing they did back here," I said, "because that Peter said, 'Can we refuse water, seeing these receive the Holy Ghost like we did at the beginning.'" I said, "God will never change His program. If--if you'll stand right here on Acts 2, right here where the Holy Ghost first fell, it'll--it'll cooperate with the rest of it."

L-20 I said, "Now, if it's so essential, why didn't the Samaritans speak with tongues when they received the Holy Ghost?" I said, "Because they all spoke Jewish. See? See, they all spoke Jewish. There's no need for them to have another tongue, because they're just testifying the Holy Ghost had come. They was all speaking in their language and--and everyone..." And--and I said, "And there was no reason for it." I said, "There is the three tribes (See?), the Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles." And I said, "Now, the Gentiles, if you remember, Cornelius was a Centurion over a hundred men, a band of Italian. And there was the circumcision and Romans and Italians and--and all--all together there, and however it was, he was speaking, because just like it did at the beginning, now... 'Can we forbid water seeing these has received the Holy Ghost like we did at the beginning?' So you see, it had to be the same way it was at the beginning, and every man had to hear in his own tongue."

L-21 I said, "I'll admit that there was one time that in the Bible, that everyone spoke in tongues." But he was very upset, you know. And he said, "Hallelujah. Now, you're on the road." I said, "Yes, sir, that was at Babel. No one understood what the other one said." I said--I said--I said, "On Pentecost they all understood what every man said." I said, "It was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. You see?" I said, "At Babel, they all spoke in unknown tongues like Pentecost does now. No one know what the other one's saying, one jabbering this, one jabbering that, and didn't know nothing, but that was Babel." See? But I said, "At Pentecost every man heard in his own language, wherein he was born."
And he said, "Well, I--I... You're... I still believe." Said, "Glory to God, I received it. Hallelujah. It makes the Church stronger." And I said, "Now, wait, we're not talking about that. We're talking about Bible doctrine. See? We stay with the Scripture here. See?"

L-22 And--and so then as we went on, he said, "Well," he said, "Oh, I believe they all was under inspiration, speaking in tongues." He said, "I don't believe they heard them from interpretation. I believe they were inspired, speaking in tongues."
I said, "I'll agree with you, and we'll finish our debate upon that (See?), that they were all inspired, speaking in tongues." And I said, "Now, see, it's just like," I said, "we're all gathered here in Jeffersonville." We're all gathered here in Yakima. "The feast of Pentecost is on." And I said, "Now, we're going to say that you're Swiss, you're German, and you're French. See? And we're all in here, and each one of you is a group of people."


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