Topic: Speaking in tongues

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Question for Sunday morning: (Sorry it’s this time, but…) At the instant of receiving the Holy Ghost, or the baptism of the Holy Ghost, is there a difference? Does a person speak with tongues? If not always, what manifestation is known?

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Well, could you imagine a mother giving birth to a baby and not knowing it? She’d have to be unconscious not to know it. Neither can you receive the Holy Ghost without knowing it. There’s something takes place in you. See? There’s something that changes you. Your whole system, your whole spiritual s...

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Brother Branham, can Satan use the gift of tongues or prophecy in a person who has the Holy Ghost?

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That’s a good one, isn’t it? Yes, sir! If…It must be watched very, very close. If you’ll notice in First Corinthians 14:29, you who wants to put it down…See? The—the person who wrote this never signed their name; they just said, “God bless you.” See? In First Corinthians 14:29 we find out that any g...

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Is it sufficient to say openly from the pulpit that tongues and interpretations should be done in a meeting before the service? That’s the second question on this slip of paper that I have here, which is a little card.

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Now, this would be pertaining to the pastor here, see. Because he—he, after all, over the spiritual part, he’s the head of that. Deacons are policemen in the church, to keep order and to take care of these things, and feeding the poor, and so forth. The trustees are over the finance and the building...

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Brother Branham, please explain—please make clear if women should testify or speak in tongues in the assembly.

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Well, I believe that if the woman is a—a preacher in the assembly, she isn’t supposed to be a preacher. But if she has a gift of tongues and speaks in the assembly, where there are—there are prophets and—and the gifts are gathered together, I believe she has a right to do that. Because in the Bible...

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Brother Branham, in the First Corinthians, Corinthian, chapter the 14th, verse 34th and 35th, says, “Let your women keep silent in churches for it is not permitted unto them to speak.” 35th, “For it is a shame for women to speak in church.” Now, if a woman with short hair speak—speaks in tongues in—in churches, in church, is it the Spirit of—of the Holy Ghost that speaks through her or is it a false spirit?

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Now, you are…And this is a real hard question, and I can only answer it the best that I know how, see. Now, I could not judge, because I was not sent to judge. But I think there’s so many times…I got another question down here somewhere that goes right along with that. But if a person is speaking in...

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If a person or persons speaking in unknown tongues in the same tone of voice each time, the same thing, but the interpretation is different by the interpreter each time, could that be the Holy Spirit? Now let me read that again. If a person or persons speaking in unknown tongues in the same tone of voice (in other words, just saying the same thing like certain-certain word over and over and over) each time, and the same thing each time, but the interpretation by the interpreter is different each time, could this be the Holy Ghost?

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Now, there is a stiff one, but let me shed just a little light on this if I can. And I’m sure you’ll understand that this is just Brother Branham trying to do my best, but let me just give this as my own personal experience of dealing with spiritual things. And I appreciate your confidence of asking...

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If there is—if there is already three messages gone out in unknown tongues in one meeting, then in the prayer line can there be more messages go out and still be in the spiritual order of the meeting?

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Why, certainly. That’s right. Sure. I know where you’re getting to. There’s Paul, said, “If they was…You prophesy and speak in tongues,” something like that, Paul speaking of… Little later on, when you all…Brother Neville, when you all want to now, these people that’s got these spiritual gifts…Now,...

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Do all Holy-Ghost-filled people speak with tongues sooner or later?

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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 ri...

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What is “speaking with tongues”?

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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 sl...

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In what order is tongues and prophecies to be used during the service (It is not to be used at all during the service! See?) to glorify God (Not at all!), and edify the church? I know the people say the spirit of the prophet—I know the—I—I know the…(p-…I guess that…No, I beg your pardon, it’s been “the Bible,” B-i-b-l-e. I started p-e-p-l-e or something like it. No.) the—the Bible says, “The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophet.” (Exactly.)

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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 quest...

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Are there two, are—are there two different types of Bible tongues? Is there a difference in tongues spoken in private prayer, and in the church where interpretation is required? On the Day of Pentecost the tongues were understood by man of different nations; but in First Corinthians 14:2, unknown tongues spoke unto God, not unto man. First Corinthians 13:1 indicates to such man…(C-o-r, I guess that’s Corinthians 13, what’s…)…to such man and the others of angels.

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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 ther...

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Now. Is it all right for a person to speak with tongues when praying for others about the altar [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] without interpretation? [Blank spot on tape.]

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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...

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Explain First Corinthians 14:5.

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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.]...

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In case we should have a prophecy or a message in tongues out of order, just how should we correct it?

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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 anythin...

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Is more than one permitted to speak a message in tongues without an interpretation?

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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...

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Brother Branham, would you please explain why the people in Acts 2:4 spoke in other tongues or languages, even before the multitude came together in Acts 2:6? That’s the first question. Yeah. It’s the same person, I suppose, also. Yes, it is the same person.

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Well, now, if you will notice, brother, sister, ever who it was that wrote it. It never said a word about them coming downstairs, from upstairs. And the audience was not upstairs. But when they come down into the courts where the multitude was gathered, that’s when they heard them speak in tongues....

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Would you explain how Simon knew the Holy Ghost had been given in Acts 8:18? That’s at Samaria.

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Well, there’s one thing, he didn’t know they had the Holy Ghost because of speaking in tongues, or the Bible didn’t say they did. They just seen the results. No one can receive the Holy Ghost without being something happening to them. That’s right. But it didn’t say they spoke in tongues there, so i...

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Now: Brother Branham (it’s typewritten), is it Scripture for a person to speak in tongues and to interpret his own message? If so, please explain. First Corinthians or Corinthians 14:19 and also Corinthians 14:27.

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All right, let’s go over to that Scripture and see what it says. And then we’ll see whether we keep this Scriptural. We want to always be Scriptural. And Corinthians 14. Now, the person wants to know if it’s Scriptural for a man to interpret his own message that he spoke in tongues. “If so, explain...

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Does this church teach that you have to speak in tongues to receive the Holy Ghost?

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No, sir. No, we don’t. Speaking in tongues is a gift of the Holy Ghost, see, not the Holy Ghost. It’s a gift. This Tree bears nine manners of fruit. Is that right? If you look on a apple tree, got apples, you say it’s a apple tree. Look on a tree, it’s got pears, you say it’s a pear tree. No matter...

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Does everyone who speaks in tongues have the Holy Ghost?

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I believe that everything speaks with tongues hasn’t got the Holy Ghost. But yet, I believe the Holy Ghost can speak with tongues. See? Sure. But then if there be someone speak with tongues, like a gift of speaking in tongues, would speak in tongues, then there’d be one interpret it. Well, then, tha...