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This is what you've been waiting for. Some more

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of that old -fashioned Missouri cornbread. Oh,

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and it was good for us when we were a kid. Mmm.

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Especially when Mama put some good old -fashioned

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molasses on it. That was good eating, I'll tell

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you. And so... Maybe we'll put a little molasses

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on the old -fashioned cornbread today. We are

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having another one of those good heart -to -heart

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talks regarding the gifts of the Spirit. And

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I do pray that as I am bringing this series of

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messages that you're sitting there with open

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hearts and open minds, open to the Spirit. And

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remember again, if anything that I say is contrary,

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to the Word of God. I want you to be sure and

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tell me. I put out that challenge to you. You

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may be a minister of the gospel, a student of

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theology. If you had been taught one thing and

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the Bible says another, the Bible is right. If

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you're a professor in the seminary where you

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attended, taught you one thing, and the Bible

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says another, the Bible is right. I shall never

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forget Dr. Jarman when he went to the University

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of Chicago and within six months had lost his

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simple faith in the things of God, in the Word

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of God, because of a professor. who taught him

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that the Bible did not mean what it said. And

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for 52 years, Dr. Jarman was so influenced that

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he stood behind the pulpit, never having been

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born again, never having preached the gospel

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of salvation. Who was wrong? The one who taught.

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haught this young man. For through the ages,

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it has been the word of God that ye must be born

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again. And one of these days, you and I are going

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to be judged not from what we have been taught,

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not from what some seminary has taught. but from

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the holy word of God. And I'm a stickler for

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the Bible. I stay with the Bible. And that which

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I'm bringing you, I am bringing from God's holy

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word. So I ask you again, regardless of what

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your preconceived ideas have been, what you've

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been taught, what you have believed up until

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now, will you please just sit there with open

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hearts and open minds and let the Holy Spirit

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be your teacher. He'll never teach you falsely.

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He'll never be in error in his teaching. Know

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that. Well, all right, now regarding the gifts

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of the Spirit. And as I told you before, that

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the gifts of the Spirit... are given for a very

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definite purpose. Please know that. Never forget

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it. There's some things that are vitally important.

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And had men and women had questions, learned

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this years ago, much reproach would not have

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been brought on this wonderful gift that God

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has for his children. Much of this reproach that

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has been brought upon the Holy Spirit would not

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have been had we had good, sound teaching and

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had Christians realized that the gifts of the

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Spirit are given for a very definite purpose.

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And that purpose is the edification of the church

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and for the proclamation of the... That definitely

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is the purpose of the gifts of the Spirit. And

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if you can show me from the Word of God that

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the Spirit has added anything to this His purpose

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in the giving of the gift, please tell me. I

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can find nothing further than the Word of God.

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always it's made very clear that the gift of

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the Spirit is given for the proclamation of the

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gospel. There's nothing more important to God

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than the salvation of lost souls. There's nothing

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more important to the Lord Jesus Christ, so important

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that he gave his own life for it. Nothing is

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more important to the Holy Spirit. then the salvation

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of souls, the proclamation of the gospel, and

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then the edification of the saints, the edification

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of the church. Also remember, it is by the Holy

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Spirit that we recognize the Lordship. of Jesus

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Christ. We are always, under all circumstances,

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called upon to recognize His absolute Lordship,

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absolute authority over our lives, our actions,

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our thoughts. Never forget, in all things, even

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in the gifts of the Spirit, After the Holy Spirit

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has given a child of the king a gift, a precious

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gift, always remember his lordship, his absolute

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authority in the use of that gift. We are his

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servants. He is our Lord. I pray the Holy Spirit

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will indelibly write what I had just said on

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your hearts and minds that you will never forget

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it. Never. Then you'll remember that I brought

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to your attention the fact that the entire Trinity

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is in connection with the giving and the using

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of the gifts. I think I left you in one of our

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heart -to -heart talks, giving you the verses

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as they are given in the 12th chapter of 1 Corinthians.

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In verse 4, we have the Holy Spirit. In verse

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5, we have the Lord Jesus Christ. And in verse

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6, God the Father. We read in verse 4, Now there

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are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

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That's the Holy Spirit. The one Holy Spirit manifests

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himself through the Church of God in different

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ways. We try to set a pattern. We try to say

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it's thus and so, and we try to control things,

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set a format. You can't do it. You cannot do

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it. No, ma 'am. The Holy Spirit manifests himself

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in different ways in the church. We do not all

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have the same gift. We're not all constituted

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alike, even from the human intellectual standpoint.

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And when it comes to spiritual things, we do

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not all have the same ministry committed to us.

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I know I'd like to be like somebody else. But

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you know, if I tried, To be like somebody else,

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I'd fall flat. I couldn't do it. Oh, my goodness

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on life. It wouldn't be me, you know? And it

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wouldn't be long before I'd find myself being

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a hypocrite because I'm trying to be like somebody

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else. And whatever you do, don't try to be like

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Kathryn Kuhlman. If you do, you'll fall flat

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because I'm me. He made me like I am. Oh, there's

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a lot of things about myself that I can hardly

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stand. If I was making myself, I would have changed

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so many things. I wouldn't be so loud. Oh, there

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are a lot of things about myself I would change.

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Oh, but he made me like that. I have such trouble

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with my long legs. I can't sit gracefully, and

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I don't know what to do with them. I like to

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put them under me, but he made them wrong like

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that. I can't help it, and if I wore a robe,

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it wouldn't be me. So you see, I've got my problems

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too, but don't try to be like me. We just must

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be ourselves. And when he gives gifts, he knows

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exactly what he's doing. He gives us the gift

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that's most suited. When he calls us, he puts

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us in the place that is best suited for us and

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where he can use us. Now, I don't think I'd be

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a very good missionary. I just don't think I

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would. And yet, I have seen Gene Martin... Out

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on the mission fields, and I have stood amazed

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as God has used that man in such a marvelous

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way. I don't fit in Gene Martin's shoes, and

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he can't fit into mine, and yet we both have

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a definite call from God. We both love God with

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all of our hearts. God is using both lives. It's

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like that. Now, there are diversities of gifts,

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the Word of God says, but it's the same Spirit,

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the same Holy Spirit. There are diversities of

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administrations, but it's the same Lord. The

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gift of the manifestation are all of the Spirit

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of God within the believer. And when it comes

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to using those gifts, all must be in subjection

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to the lordship of Christ. If, for instance,

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God has given me some particular gift, I'm not

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to use that gift whenever I think I see fit.

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Now, I'm going to say something in the next...

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few minutes, that is vitally important. And please,

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whether you are among those who still covet a

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gift, or whether you are among those who have

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received a gift or gifts of the Spirit, please

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sit there and let the Holy Spirit be your teacher.

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Maybe you have been misappropriating. Maybe you

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have been misusing that which is so precious

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and that which has been given to you. God has

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given you a particular gift. You are not to use

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that gift just any old time you want. If God

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has given me a particular gift, I'm not to use

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that gift whenever and as I think fit, but only

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in subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ himself.

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It is to be controlled by the Spirit and under

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the subjection of the Lord Jesus Christ because

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He is still Lord of Lords. I must recognize His

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Lordship in exercising that gift which He has

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given unto me. I'll just pause just a minute

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while you take a deep breath. You see, that is

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one thing that has brought on so much fanaticism.

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There are those who have honestly made a nuisance

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of themselves. They have been so unwise. You

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see, now, Miss Cooman, you're on dangerous ground.

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I am never on dangerous ground when my ground

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is the word of God. You might have the most marked

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gift of God. You may have the greatest gift that

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God has given to an individual. But that does

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not mean that you are at liberty to use it. whenever

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you will. All right, I'll give you the scripture.

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Paul understood it. Paul was very careful. He

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understood it perfectly. He knew what he was

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talking about. Read it, it's there, 1 Corinthians,

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the 14th chapter, the 32nd verse. The spirits

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of the... prophets are subject to the prophets.

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And if any are gifted by God, they're to hold

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that gift in subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ

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and not make spiritual nuisance of themselves.

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Our blessed Lord's authority must be recognized.

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in the use of gifts. I've seen people, and I

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would not say, oh, God forbid that I should ever

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rebuke them or say to them, that is not a gift

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of the Spirit. You do not have the gift of the

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Spirit. Who am I to judge? It's just as bad to

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sit on a little judgment seat and be little judges.

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Who am I to say whether or not that which you

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have is a gift of the Spirit? Who am I to say

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whether or not you've been filled with the Spirit?

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Who am I to judge? God forbid! But I will say

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that if you have been given a particular gift

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of the Spirit, you have been very unwise in the

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use of that precious gift. Along with that gift,

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there must be divine wisdom, Holy Ghost wisdom

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in the exercising of that gift. I don't care

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what it is. I don't care whether it's the gift

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of the word of knowledge. I don't care whether

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it's the gift of the word of wisdom. I don't

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care whether it's the gift of prophecy, the gift

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of miracles, the gift of faith, the gift of healing,

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the gift of tongues, the interpretation of tongues.

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I don't care what gift God has given you. You

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must use... divine wisdom in the use of that

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gift. The spirits of the prophets are subject

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to the prophets and all gifts are given that

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Christ may be exalted and in that way others

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are blessed. If God has given you a gift, be

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sure that it's used under the lordship and the

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guidance and wisdom of the Lord himself. God

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bless you.