<TITLE>16. Par -</TITLE>L-620-124 Now, what did he do? He... I was speaking Afrikaans but he heard me in English. Is that right? 'Cause you know Afrikaans. Now, if you are speaking... If I'm standing here a-saying, preaching, and Brother Neville is interpreting to another language of people, he's saying in their language what he hears me say; he knows what I'm talking about, 'cause he knows my language.
And if you're speaking in an unknown tongue, and interpreting, you're hearing in the language that you were born in, because that's the only way you can interpret what they're saying; because the Holy Spirit has interpreted it to you, and you're just speaking for the Holy Spirit.

L-620-126 But then if the Spirit is present to bless this poor person, and they're standing up... Like a precious old brother, gone on, he's in glory tonight, I really believe. The dearest old soul that I know, Brother Ryan, all of us knowed him. He used to stand there on the street. (And God, forgive me, not to be sacrilegious, I know it's a--blaspheming the Holy Ghost is unpardonable.) But Brother Ryan used to say one word over and over all the time, something about "seekem and seekem and seekem," or something like that. He used to have... Why, somebody said, "Do you think that's of God?"
I said, "Certainly, it's of God. Certainly, I believe it's of God." But he was speaking in tongues, but I couldn't say what he was saying 'cause I don't know. But the Presence of the Spirit was there.
So if the Presence of the Spirit is there, and this person's just saying one word over and over and over, and this other one jumps up and tries to give an interpretation, yet he don't know what he's saying... If this man is not giving the interpretation, he's prophesying; the spirit of prophecy's upon him and he's prophesying, not giving an interpretation.

L-621-129 So therefore, dear Christian, to you who said that, "Could that be the Holy Spirit?" It could be the Holy Spirit using two offices; one blessing a soul in speaking in tongues; and another one prophesying, not have to be interpreting what he's saying. But yet he said it. The Holy Spirit come upon him in prophecy just the same time that this one's speaking in tongues, and he thought it was an interpretation, what difference does it make? It's the Spirit of God giving a message to the church. But interpretation, it's got to understand in English and repeat back exactly what the person said; that's the gift of interpretation.

L-621-Q-148 148. If there is--if there is already three messages gone out in unknown tongues in one meeting, then in the prayer line can there be more messages go out and still be in the spiritual order of the meeting?
Why, certainly. That's right. Sure. I know where you're getting to. There's Paul said, "If they... If you prophesy and speak in tongues," something like that, Paul speaking of...
Little later on, when you all... Brother Neville, when you all want to now, these people that's got these spiritual gifts... Now, if you'll trust my understanding of the Scripture, I will come down to the meeting just with you people alone who has these gifts, just with you all, so we can set together... And if you feel... And you watch, Brother Neville, and see in the church, that it is God and God a-moving among them, that's what we want, but we want to put that in order so it can go to blessing the church and doing something. Now, God ain't... I know, and know the Scriptures, what to do. And that's what we want to do.


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