Questions and Answers

Well, now, brother, I’d…I got wrote down here my answer to it. God calling this brother, a call in life, now, there’s one great thing we could just take that as a text and preach all night on it, see, that one thing, “a calling.” “Make your calling and election sure,” see. We don’t want to be just wondering if we’re ca...

No, brother, I wouldn’t think it was necessary for you to go back into the same community. And I believe, brother dear, when the Lord calls you He may never let you go as you once was in a community, and you perhaps taught things or had things that wasn’t…that actually you see different on now, see, that you might see...

That’s a good one, very good, “How does…” That’d be the kind of question amongst many of us here tonight, “How do you rightfully know?” Now, I’m presuming that this brother wants to know “What position, what in Christ, what part of Christ do I play?” Now, for instance, I’d say like this, brother, to give you the best...

That’s the first question, “Do all Holy Ghost…” Then, it’s all in one question, I got it lotted here for number four question. But I’ll—I’ll say this first, you see: Do all Holy Ghost people speak with tongues sooner or later? I find where Paul said he “spoke with more tongues than them all.” All right, question number...

Speaking with tongues is nothing but a baptism of the Holy Ghost that justified you and sanctified you. It’s so filled! Now, I’ve wanted…I wanted this question. God knows I never knew the man was going to ask, answer…or ask it. Now, is it too…if it gets too hot in here, open that door if you get sleepy or something. I...

Spiritual speaking in tongues and prophesying is to edify the church, but it has its service of its own. See? It isn’t to bother as long as the prophet of the church is…the meeting’s in order. See? It’s never to interrupt the meeting. Now, see, “the spirits of the prophets.” We—we got another question now, let’s let t...

Yes, sir. Yes, sir, the Holy Spirit controls. Yes, sir. It has control of you and you have control of It, and It’ll never make you do anything contrary to the Scripture. It’ll make…“The Spirit does not misbehave Itself unseemingly.” That’s right. Okay. “From one who loves you…” Yeah, that’s—that’s in this place. All r...

Oh, yes. See? Well, it…Now, brother, ever who you are, you—you’ve answered yourself here. See? See: Are there two different tongues? (There’s many different tongues. See?) Are there two different tongues in the Bible, two different tongues? On the Day of Pentecost every nation under Heaven was there with tongues. See?...

Let me see what I put down on that, I have to look. If there is no interpreter, let them hold their peace. In First Corinthians, the 1st chapter…the 14th chapter and the 28th verse. Who’s got a Bible? [A brother reads First Corinthians 14:28—Ed.] […if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church;…] All...

Who has got it right quick? One of you got it? [Blank spot on tape. A brother reads First Corinthians 14:5—Ed.] […all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.] All right. “I would...

Now, that’s a good case of emergency, see. See? Now, bless you, deacon who mentioned this, ’cause this is a good thing. You want to handle it with rubber gloves. Now, if you give a…If someone comes in in our congregation here and gives a message or a prophecy out of order, there isn’t hardly anything that you can do ab...

No. They should come one by one. See? One give…One speak, and then give the interpretation. See? And then if another speaks, the interpretation; ’cause if you don’t, the interpreter won’t know what he’s doing because there’s two or three messages here banging on him at once, you see, and that would be confusing to him....

Well, I know, brethren, that is true. See, but let’s wait, I got something wrote down on that here, just for a minute. See, many times it’s misunderstood. See? But, now, in the person sometime…And I want some of you to turn with me to Luke, the 3rd chapter and the 15th verse. While you’re doing that, I might be saying...

Yeah. Right. Charity begins at home, you see. We—we—we take care of our own needs here, ’cause we’d have…this is the church of God, or ever, your little church, the church of God. Now, if you can’t even pay your pastor, you can’t even get song books and things, you shouldn’t be sending it somewhere else. See? But then...

Love, First Corinthians 13, see. “Covet…” Get First…Now get First Corinthians 13 there, brother. First Corinthians, 13th chapter, and now just read the last three or four verses of it. First Corinthians 13, last…about the last three verses of the chapter—of the chap-…[A brother reads First Corinthians 13:11-13—Ed.] [Wh...

For instance, if he wanted to—to be a deacon. See? And he’s not asked to do so, yet he wants to be a deacon anyhow, see. Well, if a person’s like that, you know there’s a little something, you know, weak somewhere, anyhow, and so I’d just kind of deal with him in love. And, course, you never want to—to do a thing like...

I sent the associate, you see, Brother Neville. I remember the night when it taken place. I’m supposed to stay with that communion table, see, even when…Look here. Now, I ain’t got time to go into this. Somebody sitting here that asked, of course. Here’s what it is, brother. When—when you got the communion, that is a r...

All right. Just keep quoting the Word to him, is the best thing to do. The Word has the Light. Just say, “Brother, Jesus promised It. Remember, it is His promise.” Don’t shake him, push him, or move him around, or something. Just don’t try to—to…no, don’t you try to give It to him, ’cause you can’t do it. See? See? Yo...

Now, let’s see. I imagine the “…doing…” See if you read that the same as I do. Read it. [A brother reads the question, “Is a preacher or any Christian doing all right who doesn’t believe in Eternal security?”—Ed.] Thought I might have that right. Now, well, I… Is a preacher doing all right who doesn’t believe in Eterna...