<TITLE>34. Par -</TITLE>L-563-Q-118  118. Now, in I Corinthians 14, "Follow--follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy." Webster, saying, "prophesy": "to foretell future events, especially by divine inspiration." Can a message... Now, they... That--that's what Webster said and what the--the brother asked. Can a message be called prophesy that does not foretell future events?
No, sir. "Prophesy" is "to foretell." See? All right.

L-563-Q-119  119. Now, I Corinthians 14:27, I believe that all messages should be interpreted and that not more than three messages in tongues should be given in any one service.
That's the Scripture. I've got it wrote down here. 'Course, we're not... We're familiar with that and know that. You see? That's... Yes, sir, it's--it should only be by the courses of three. That's in I Corinthians 14 too. You see? That's right, "courses of three." Now, you watch that in your meetings, brethren. Now, you'll--you'll find that come up now; you'll find out that a lot of people gets enthused. And don't say they haven't got the Holy Ghost now. But, you see, Paul went down to set Corinthian church in order. We all know that, don't we? He had to put it in order. And he said, "All things be done decently and in order."

L-564-339 Now, if you noticed, Paul, in going down, he always had trouble with the Corinthian church. He never found him that way in... He never said nothing about it to the Ephesian church; he could teach them eternal security. There's nothing about eternal security in--in the--the Corinthian church. They were always babies, trying, "One's got a tongue; one's got a psalm." Isn't that right? See? And if you let your congregation get started on that...
Like Martin Luther, he got so filled with the Spirit till he spoke in tongues. He said in his diary, he said, "I spoke with tongues," he said, "but if I teach my people that," said, "they'll seek the gift instead of the Giver." That was right. See? They'll be seeking the gift instead of the Giver.
And that's what people get, and then they get all flusterated and puffed up when they let them speak with tongues or something like that. And if--if it ain't of God, then it won't--it'll be of naught. But we...
Now, the modern churches turn the whole thing out, but we don't. We believe that it's God's gift and can be put in there by the Spirit of God. How about that, Brother Roy? That's right. Yes, sir. Put in the church. It belongs in the church. The gift of speaking in tongues belongs there (See?) in the church of God.

L-564-343 Now, let's see now exactly what his question was here. Said, that:
 I believe that all messages... (That's right.)... should be interpreted, and that by the courses of three.
That's right. See? Because if you let the... Now, let's say, for instance, like you were having a meeting and we're setting in here and--and... Now, what good would it do to let him speak in tongues, him speak in tongues, him speak in tongues, him? Why, we'd be all so confused we wouldn't even know what we was doing. See? By the courses of three, let... like, Hollin, he's speaking in tongues, if he speaks in tongues...
And there must be also an interpreter. Now, there can be one interpreter unless you interpret your own tongue. Now, you... "Let him that speaketh in unknown tongues also pray that he may interpret." He can interpret his own tongues which is just as--just as lawful as it is for some interpreter. But there must be one interpreter before tongues can be... If you got a bunch of people speaking in tongues and there be no interpreter, then pray yourself that you may interpret what you're--what you're saying.


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