Now, remember, Divine gifts can easily get a person into trouble. That God, if He finds someone that He figures that He can entrust a Divine gift with, we should reverence with all of our hearts… Now, you remember, how many believes Moses was a Divine gifted prophet of God? He was. Everyone believes that. But Moses, with that same Divine gift, got himself in trouble. Did he? God told him, said, “You go speak to the Rock.” He’d already smitten the Rock once. Said, “Go speak to the Rock.” And that Rock was Christ, is that right? And Christ wasn’t smitten the second time; we just speak to Him now. He was smitten once, and He brought forth the waters of Life. And we just speak to the Rock now, and It brings forth the waters. Like God so loved the world. The Rock in the wilderness was a perfect of John 3:16, “God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, and whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have Everlasting Life.” Those Israelites were perishing, and the Rock was smitten and brought forth life—water. “And God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son. Whosoever believeth on Him should not perish (A perishing generation of people)—should not perish, but have Everlasting Life,” by speaking to the Rock. See?

The Angel and the Commission, 1950-08-21, Cleveland, OH, §9