<TITLE>23. Par 182-188</TITLE>L-182 I believe awhile ago I got a call, and said people were rambling over seats and things down here. We'll talk about that later on in some church service. I told Billy then, if they was going to pray for the sick, if there was that many down there, to give them out prayer cards. He said he would. I suppose he did.

L-183 For the last two or three months since a certain occasion of something happened, the ministry got in such a place till it got a little out of my hands. They'd see that discernment and so forth, how it would speak and tell the people, just exactly like our Lord did when He was here on earth. All of you seen it, I suppose. How many here never did see it or never did see it work? Let's see your hands, never did see it. Oh. Never did see it work? Well, there's a group in here that's never seen it, I guess strangers. We don't know where the people come from.
This is an interdenominational tabernacle. We are not against denominations, but we're--we're not for them either. We just let them go their way. We believe in taking the people... If they want to go back to denomination, all right, as long as they live a Christian life. We just--just a soul-saving station here. That's what my ministries is to them.

L-185 Now, but I believe that the Bible teaches in Hebrews 13:8, that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen"--Ed.] Well, if He is the same... Now, while you all setting real quiet just for a minute, I want to talk to you just right out of my heart now, and then we'll have the healing service.
I want to ask you something. If He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then how did He... The only way we could tell then, if He's a Spirit, He'd act the same way that He did yesterday. Is that right? He'd act the same way He did yesterday.

L-186 How did He act yesterday? Was He different from any other man? He's just a man, looked like a man. He was a man. He was born; He was a man. He had flesh and Blood. He suffered; He groaned; He went through temptations. He was a man. That's right, isn't it?
But what made Him God? Is because the Spirit of God was on Him. He was the anointed Messiah. And how'd they know He was? Moses said, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet likened unto me. And it shall come to pass that who won't hear this Prophet will be cut off from amongst the people." Now, He was a prophet. Then was Israel looking for a prophet? They had to, if they was looking for a Messiah. And the Messiah would be a prophet.

L-188 Now, let's just go through it just a second, for just a few seconds, and listen close. Now, keep your mind on God, 'cause we don't know what God could do, don't know what He'll tell me to do.
I know that we have a gift of prophecy in the church. Our Brother Neville, he prophesies over the people, which is grand. We appreciate that. We been referring to that all along. We got some here that speak with tongues. We do not believe people have to speak with tongues to have the Holy Ghost. There's no such Scripture for a thing like that. But we believe there is a gift of the Holy Ghost that speaks in tongues; we have it in our church. But we make them... We don't go along carrying-on. We believe It's the Voice of God. We speak when the Holy Ghost speaks, and we only let that come three times. And it has to--can't be while I'm preaching or in order, 'cause the spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet. See? It has to be carried on Bible right. No one can say that there isn't such a thing as the gift of the Holy Ghost to speak with tongues. We know that. The Bible teaches it, and we believe in that. And thank God we got it in our church here. We got gifts of prophecy; them first must be tested and see if they're right or not, and then the gift of prophecy.


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