How many knows that you can—you could send your soul to hell with a Divine gift? Sure, you can. You have to watch what you’re doing. How many believe Moses was God’s prophet? Say, “Amen.” He was God’s prophet, but do you know what he done? God told him to go down there and speak to the rock. The rock was already smitten. Is that right? Instead of Moses doing what God told him to do, he went down and smote the rock again. Is that right? Well, that absolutely broke the entire Scripture right in two, right there. Christ wasn’t smitten twice. He was smitten once. We just speak to Him from now on. Is that right? But when Moses smote the rock, that broke God’s complete program and it was—he had done exactly what God told him not to do. See? But he could do it anyhow, whether it was God’s will or not. That seems strange, doesn’t it? But it wasn’t God’s will, but he was a prophet. He could do whatever he wished and what his power would permit him to do. But what did God do then? He dealt with Moses and kept him from going over in the promised land. Is that right? Took him upon a hill and said, “Here it is.” Let him look at the promised land, passed him out, let the Angels come take him away and bury him.

Has the Lord Spoken Only to Moses?, 1953-11-30, West Palm Beach, FL, §55