Do you realize that a—a gift of that type could send your soul to hell. How many believes Moses was a prophet? How many believes he disobeyed God? Certainly. God said, “Go down there and speak to the rock.” Don’t smite it no more; it’s already been smitten once. That was Christ. Is that right? And Moses was a prophet and had power before God. And he went right down there and done contrary what God told him not to do. He smote the rock; it didn’t bring forth its water, and he smote it again, said, “You rebels, must we fetch you water out of this rock,” and he did what was against God’s will, because God had allotted to him to be a prophet, and he had power to bring the water out of the rock whether it was God’s will or not. Is that right? He did it, didn’t he? You know it wasn’t God’s will. God told him not to, but he did it anyhow. But then, God dealt with Moses. Is that right? He wouldn’t let him go over in the promised land. How about Elijah, that young man that went bald-headed when he was a young man, and little children begin teasing him saying, “Old bald-head, old bald-head.” Why, my. But it made that prophet angry. And he turned around and put a curse on those children. And two she bears killed forty-two little innocent children. Is that right? You know that’s not the nature of the Holy Spirit, kill those poor little children, but it was an angered prophet. Be careful.

How the Angel Came to Me, 1953-11-09, Owensboro, KY, §48