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Again, I want to remind you that even though

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we have been discussing the nine gifts of the

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Spirit, do not limit the Holy Spirit to just

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nine. There are members of the body of Christ,

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members of His church, who have been given gifts

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that are not numbered among these nine. I believe

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that the gifts of the Spirit... are in operation

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today. I do not believe that the giving of the

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gifts by the Holy Spirit was limited just to

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the early church. He will continue to give gifts

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to members of the body of Christ until that day

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when the church will be taken out of the world

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at the time of the rapture. when the Holy Spirit

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himself believes. There is no scripture whatsoever

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to substantiate the fact that we are no longer

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to expect the giving of gifts to individuals

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by the Holy Spirit. I believe with every atom

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of my being that we have in operation today the

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gift of the Word of Wisdom. the gift of the word

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of knowledge, the gift of faith, the gifts of

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healing, the working of miracles, the discerning

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of spirits, the speaking in tongues, the interpretation

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of tongues, and on and on. We have every right,

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every scriptural right, to expect to covet these

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gifts today. in the body of Christ? Well, sir,

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now let's consider the gift of tongues. And I'm

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going to try to speak as simply as possible because

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this is something that has been grossly misunderstood

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and misinterpreted. And yet it's so simple that

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even a child can understand. In exactly the same

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way, Jesus left no doubt whatsoever in those

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last words that he spoke before he went back

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to heaven. When he said, ye shall receive power.

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After that, the Holy Ghost is come upon you.

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Now, everyone knows what power is. And when you

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have spiritual power, that... is something. And

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those who have received the Holy Spirit, those

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who have been filled with the Holy Ghost, those

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who have experienced the baptism of the Holy

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Spirit should have power, the power of God, the

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power of the Holy Spirit in their life. Jesus

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said you would have. Jesus said we would have

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power. In our lives, after that wonderful experience

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of being filled with the Holy Spirit, power for

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what? Power to be witnesses. The only Christ

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that the unsaved man sees today in the world

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is the Christian. The only living Christ. that

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many women where you work sees today is you.

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If you are a Christian, you represent Christ

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where you work. The only Bible that the unsaved

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man, the unsaved woman reads today is the life

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of the person who professes to be born again.

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That's what the scripture means. For me to live,

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for me to be living, for me to be alive today

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is Christ. I represent him. And he is love. And

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I must manifest his love through my life. And

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it's the Holy Spirit who gives me that power

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that enables me to be a witness, to represent

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Him, to manifest His love. That's what it means

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to really be filled with the Spirit. We need

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to get back to the Bible again. We need to realize

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what it actually means to be a Christian. It's

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something more than just escaping hell. You know,

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a lot of folk, oh, they're so glad they're born

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again because they're not going to hell. There's

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a whole lot more involved in being a Christian

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than to just escape hell. Yes, ma 'am, there's

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a lot of living that needs to be done right here

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on earth. Great is our responsibility. Now, I

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want you to see something. difference in being

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filled with the Spirit. And in that experience

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that they had in the upper room, the experience

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of the 120 they had in the upper room. Oh, that

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was glorious. When the day of Pentecost was fully

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come, they were all with one accord in one place.

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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as

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a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the

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house where they were sitting. And there appeared

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unto them cloven tongues like as a fire, and

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it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled

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with the Holy Ghost and began to speak with other

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tongues. Now remember, this was not the gift

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of tongues. It is one thing to speak in an unknown

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tongue. It is another thing to have the gift

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of tongues. First of all, we're going to talk

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about this experience that they received in the

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upper room. They were all filled with the Holy

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Ghost. Jesus said they would be. He told them

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to tarry. He told them to wait until the Holy

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Spirit came. And it was even as Jesus said it

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was. They waited. They knew he'd keep his word.

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The Holy Spirit came. And they began to speak

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with other tongues. As the Spirit gave them utterance.

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Now I'll tell you something. I'm giving you the

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word. You can't just take a penknife out and

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rip out. certain chapters of the Bible and accept

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only what you want to accept, you have to accept

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that all are none. It has to be that way. You

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know, we're living in a peculiar time where men

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and women only believe what they want to believe.

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The thing that pleases them most. And if they

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don't want... to do something, they're not going

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to do it. You know, that's the way I feel about

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people when they come and ask me advice. They

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might just as well not ask me because I know

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good and well that no matter what I say, whatever

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advice I give them, they're going to do what

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they want to do anyway. So they might just as

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well save their time and my time too. And it's

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exactly the same when it comes to our belief.

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Men and women believe what they want to believe.

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But when you come to the Word of God, you had

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better believe what God's Word says. You can't

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just pick out a couple of chapters that you like.

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The 23rd Psalm, or the Gospels, and just leave

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the rest and forget all about the rest of the

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Bible. It's all there. Either all or nothing

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at all. Because it is all God's Word. Now, what

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I'm talking to you about now is not the gift

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of tongues. I'm just reading this wonderful experience

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that they had in the upper room. They were all

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filled with the Holy Ghost and began to speak

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with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

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The Holy Spirit did it. I'm all for it when the

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Holy Spirit does it. When he does it. Anything

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that he does, I can say amen to, and I'll accept

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it. Mm -hmm. But I'm going to be dead sure that

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he's the one who's doing it. I'm not going to

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just accept anything and everything that comes

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down the pike. I'm going to be dead sure it's

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the Holy Spirit. And this was the Spirit. They

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began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit

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gave them utterance. And there were dwelling

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at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation

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under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad,

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the multitude came together, were confounded,

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because that every man heard them speak in his

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own language. It wasn't just spiritual communication.

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It was literally that they were communicating

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every man in his own language. And they were

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all amazed and marveled, saying one to another,

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Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans?

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And how hear we every man in our own tongue?

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wherein we were born. That's it. The power of

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utterance in languages unknown to the speaker,

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given to men and women by the Spirit of God.

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That's it. When you talk about speaking in an

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unknown tongue, it's exactly what it says that

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it is. Every man heard one speak in his own language.

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Tongues is the ability to preach the gospel in

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languages that people had never learned. The

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preacher, the child of God, the saint of God,

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in the power of the Spirit, able to stand up,

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witness, teach, preach, talk in the language

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without even having had a course of schooling

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to learn the language. That's what it actually

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means to speak in an unknown tongue. It's still

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one of these things that's beyond our comprehension.

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But when the Holy Spirit does it, we don't ask

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to understand. How? I can't tell you how, but

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I know He does. does it, and I know it is scriptural.

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Now, we come to the gift of tongues, and I want

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you to understand something. One might have the

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most marked gift of God, but that does not mean

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that he is at liberty to use it wherever he will.

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The spirits of the prophets are subject to the

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prophets. That's the 14th chapter of 1 Corinthians,

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the 32nd verse. And if any are gifted of God,

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they are to hold that gift in subjection to the

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Lord Jesus Christ and not make spiritual nuisances

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out of themselves. Our blessed Lord's authority

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must be recognized in the use of... all gifts,

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including the gift of tongues. Yes, ma 'am. If,

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for instance, God has given you, God has given

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me some particular gift, I am not to use that

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gift just whenever I see fit, but only in subjection

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to the Lord Jesus Christ. All gifts must be used

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in subjection to. the Lord himself. The Bible

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teaches that. Now the gift of tongues is the

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power of utterance in languages unknown to the

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speaker, given to certain individuals in the

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church by the Spirit of God, and capable of interpretation

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by means of an equally supernatural gift in order

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that these utterances may thereby become intelligible

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to the assembly. They are given for the edification

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of the church, for the glory of God. And when

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the gift of interpretation is in operation together

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with tongues, the two are equivalent to prophecy.

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The gift of interpretation of tongues is like

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the interpretation of a foreign... tongue to

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us in English by one who knows both languages.

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It is a supernatural endowment of the Holy Spirit.

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It implies no natural knowledge by the interpreter

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of the language spoken in tongues, and thus the

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interpretation is received not by close attention

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to the words of the one speaking in tongues,

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as by close concentration in Spirit upon the

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Lord, who alone gives the interpretation. The

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words are given by revelation. And if it is the

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Spirit who is doing the speaking and the Spirit

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who is doing the interpretation, no message will

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ever be contrary to the Word of God. The Holy

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Spirit will never give to an individual In the

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gift of tongues or in the interpretation of tongues,

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anything that is contrary to the Word of God,

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neither will he add to the Word or take from

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the Word. It will all be in perfect harmony with

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God's Word. And the one who has been given the

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gift, either of tongues or the interpretation,

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will never use that gift to draw the public to

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himself or draw attention to himself. Never.

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I repeat, if you have the gift of tongues or

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the gift of the interpretation of tongues, you

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will never, never use that gift to draw attention

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to yourself. It must be used for the glory of

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God.