<TITLE>04. Par 18-26</TITLE>L-18   Now, Paul never one time had to speak to the Ephesian church or to the Roman church, or any of those other churches, about their spiritual gifts, about how to put them in order. But he did have to speak to the Corinthians continually about it, because they made it an issue all the time. And Paul said, when he come among them, if they found out if one had a tongue and one had a psalm, and he thanked the Lord for all their fine gifts and things like that. And if you'll notice in the first chapter or two of Corinthians, Paul was telling them, positionally, what they were in Christ, how he... they were positionally in Christ.

L-19 Then after he told them, then like a father he begin to let the whip down on them, and say, "I hear there's contentions among you, and I hear that you get drunk at the Lord's table." He didn't unchristianize them; and don't you brethren do that, unchristianize them, but it's the way they're behaving themselves in the house of God. That's where it's at.

L-20   Now, I would say this, that as Paul of old said, that, "When you come together, if one speaks, let another one interpret. If there be no interpreter, then hold your peace. But if there be an interpreter..."

L-21 Now, I've watched the church here, and I've seen you grow up, and I've seen many spiritual gifts operating among you. Frankly, one I had to come to Brother Neville about with a Word from the Lord, to correct him on something that he was doing.

L-22 And if I... if the Lord has... The Holy Ghost has made me an overseer of the Flock, then it's my duty to tell you the Truth. And I'm very grateful to Brother Neville, he heeded to the Truth. I can only say It as He tells me.

L-23   Now, on this, as I have noticed your church growing, and noticed it. And in the church, here's the way we had it first, and this is the way we--we want it again.

L-24 Now, if you don't watch, when babies... The first thing a baby does is try to talk when he can't talk. See? He makes a lot of bubble, and noise, and--and so forth, but he thinks he's just... he can out-talk the preacher at that time. Well, we find that not only in the natural life, but we find that in the spiritual life also. It's a little one. And if you try to correct that baby and spank him a little bit because he's "gooing" and trying to talk, you'll ruin the child. See, and you'll hurt him. And it's best to let that baby grow a little while until he actually can speak his words right, and then tell him when. "Not when papa's talking or when mama's talking." But when it's appropriate time, let him have his say. Do you understand me? Now, let him talk when his time comes to talk.

L-25   Now, if I've ever had anything that's been a thorn in my flesh, out in the meeting, it's someone to rise up when I'm speaking and then give a message in tongues and break the Spirit. I just come out of a meeting in New York and different places to where ministers let that go on, time after time, and it's nothing but--but a confusion. See, when God is dealing in one line of thought, He... it would be--it would... He would be defeating His Own purpose, if He's trying to get a line of thought to you, to the congregation, to make an altar call and something butt in.

L-26 For instance, like this. We're setting at the table, talking, and we're talking about the Lord. And junior runs in to the table, real quick, takes all the attention away from what we're doing, and he hollers, scream out, "Dad! Mom! My! My! I just hit a home run down at the team! And we done all this, that, and the other!" And when we were right on a real right-down sacred subject. Now, him hitting a home run, that's all right at the baseball game, that's all right. But he's out of order when he breaks in on the message that we're talking about. Let him wait till his time comes and then tell us what he did at the baseball game.


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