<TITLE>08. Par 46-53</TITLE>L-46   Like a person coming up here and say, "Do you believe in Divine healing?" We preach that, we believe it, we believe in anointing, the oil.

L-47 But here's some man says he "Can't get through, what's the matter?" Then it takes God, through tongues, interpretation, through prophecy, or some way to go down in that man's life and pull out that thing that he's done, and tell him about it. That's a ministry that doesn't belong to the pastor, it belongs to these ministering gifts, but they're not to be done out there in the audience. See?

L-48   Now, Paul never one time had to tell those--tell those Ephesian church anything about that, they were in order, the Roman church, or none of those other churches; only the Corinthian church, and they never could get themself... Now, Paul believed in speaking in tongues. He had speaking in tongues in the Ephesian church, the same as he did in the Corinthian church, see, but he could speak to the Ephesians greater things than what just speaking in tongues, interpreting of tongues.

L-49 Now, then if someone writes a message that's been given in tongues or given in prophecy, and lay it up on the platform, it must be read by the pastor before the service starts, of "THUS SAITH THE LORD" from these people who spoke and interpreted. And if that comes to pass exactly the way the interpretation said, we'd raise our hands and give thanks to God for His Spirit among us. If it doesn't come to pass, then don't do it any more till that evil spirit's out of you. God don't lie, He's always truth.

L-50 Then, you see, you're old enough now to act like men, not children ("goo, goo, goo"), you got to have some meaning to something.

L-51   Let the church now, as it's coming in order, come to this order. If one prophesies... If one come among you, unlearned, and you speak in tongues, you'll be a Barbarian to him, he don't know what you're talking about. See? And really in this day where there's been so much confusion about it, it causes a stumbling block. But let one speak in tongues, and another interpret and give the message, and let it be read off right here at the platform, of what's going to take place, and then let it happen, you see what happens. Tell them that "Tomorrow at a certain time, or next week at a certain time, it's going to be a certain thing," and then let the unbeliever setting there listen to that and see it's foretold before it happens. Then they'll know what kind of spirit's among you, it'll be God's Spirit. That's what Paul said, "Then if one can prophesy and reveal the secret things, won't the whole congregation fall down, or the unbeliever, and say, 'God is in the midst of you'?" See? Because it cannot be...

L-52   But now we don't want... "When we was a child," Paul said, "I acted like a child," he told the Corinthians there, "I spoke like a child." He had a child mind. "But when I become an adult, I put childish things away."

L-53 Now, I'm telling you all, see. Now, a few years ago, you were children with these gifts, playing back and forth. But you've been to a long school now, it's time to be men, not use these just to play with. These gifts are sacred, they're of God, and you don't play with them. Let's let God use them. That's what your ministry wants to be. That's the way to put the Branham Tabernacle into service. And--and if this is questioned, anytime, let this tape stand as a witness that that's the way it's to be done in the Branham Tabernacle.


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