<TITLE>16. Par -</TITLE>L-534-143 Now, I'm--I'm an old veteran to--to all of you in this Way. I've been thirty-one years in This. It was about thirty years ago I laid that stone there. I've had to face everything there was to be faced, and you better know what you're talking about too, when you come to it. You better not only know that, better be God there to back it up when you get--when you get through with it.
Now, the most successful way of--of doing this... Now, you could have a special meeting. I believe that's what they done in I Corinthians 14 there, "Something be revealed to one setting by, let the other one hold his peace then." I believe it was a special meeting for gifts, which would be all right. If they wanted to have a special meeting where all the gifted people met once a week, them with gifts, and come into the church, that'd be fine. Let them have that meeting, there's no--be no preaching, it's for the gifts of the Spirit.

L-534-145 It ain't for the outsiders and the unbelievers. They'd come in, set down, say... One raise up and go, "Aw-aw," speak in tongues; the other one say, "wha-ah." "What in the world?" They'd come in and say, "Where's the singing? Where's the rest of it?" See?
But now, these that's speaking in tongues, many of them, and interpreting, and so forth, are babes in the Gospel. See? Don't--don't offend them; let them--let them grow till that gift... Some of it, you can see how Satan tries to weave into some. 'Course, veterans, we--we--we see that. See, we can catch that, and you'll watch it.

L-535-147 Here not long ago a certain minister, sitting right here now, come to me and told me and had me at his home, a very precious brother. I don't say it 'cause he's sitting here, but you're all precious brethren. If I didn't think that, I'd tell you, "Let's you and I get this thing straightened out between us, first." See? That's right. See? I love you all, and I want to hear it in the spirit of tolerance to the Bible (You see?) to--to help. See?
This brother had me to his house to... a certain woman, and that woman was wrong. And this... I never seen the woman but I heard it on tape, her give an interpretation of tongues, and telling something. You could pick it up right then.

L-535-150 One day, to another minister, and I--or the same person, we set on a stump, squirrel hunting, and talked of it. And both the ministers, present now, knows how that turned out. See, just, you watch.
When you ministers are correcting someone about a gift, when you're correcting them, are Scripturally correcting them, and they get offended, remember, it wasn't the Spirit of God; 'cause the Spirit of God cannot be offended by His Word. He comes to His Word. See, he's always willing. A real saint of God wants to toe the mark. Yes, sir.
I want to be corrected. I want the Holy Spirit to correct me in things that I'm doing that's wrong. I don't want nothing substitutionary. I--I want the real thing or nothing, just let me alone, don't--don't let me have anything at all. See? 'Cause I'd rather do that than to bring a reproach on the Christ.

L-535-153 And I wouldn't teach anything; I wouldn't say anything 'less the Scripture...
And if some brother, some Christian brother would see me teaching something wrong, I'd appreciate it if he'd call me over to one side after the service, and say, "Brother Branham, I'd like to come to your room and talk to you; you're in error upon something." See? I'd--I'd sure appreciate that, brother, 'cause I want to be right. I want it.
Now, all of us want to be right; that's why we want to--we want to speak these things. And they got to come through the Scripture (You see?) to make the Scripture tie together.


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