The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-25

Speaketh unto God and not unto Is that what they
had on the Day of Pentecost? Yes or no.
: VOICES: "No."
GENERAL OvERSEER On the Day of Pentecost they did
speak to men, didn't they? But this tongue the Church
of Corinh something that spoken to God and not
unto men.
for no man understandeth him. howbeit in the
spirit he speaketh mysteries"
THE WORD "PRoPHEsY" OFTEN MEANS TO WITNESS"
GENERAL OvERsEER The word 'prophesy' in the first
verse; simply to wtness It does not necessarily
confne itself to the idea of foreteng future event. but
it is for everybody in the Church. Witness teacher
preacher -one who witnesseth
"Bu he that prophesieth speakeh unto to edifca-
ton, and eXhortation, and comfort.
"He that speakeh in tongue edifieth himself; but he
that propheseth edifieth the church
Il would that We all spake with tongues but rather that
prophesed for greater is he that propeseth than he
that speakeh with tongues except he interpret that the
church may receive edifying.'
This speaking with tongues experience which
men and women had who filled with the Holy Spirit
who lost to the world and to their surroundings That
is true in prayer, although do not know that any Of
have learned to pray. Jesus sad when We pray,
enter into your closet"
Have you gotten to where you go into your closet
shut the world outside and look up into His face? That
prayer And you may be filled with the Holy Ghost
that you will have the Christian experience where you
utter in native language the oupourng of heart
to Cod therefore speak in the Spirit unto God That
be your experience You may speak in the language
Of an angel it may be the language of it may sim
ply be sounds.
Why, Of you people whom had to gather in here
last Lords Day afternoon will remember the little child
that through the door crying, "Where is Mamma ?
and then the next instant he Mamma down at the other
end of the You ought to have heard that child
Mum -mum-nun ma! He full of joy when
he caught sight Of the face of his Mamma that he just
bubbng and running The richest Christian exper
fences cannot be put into words That is what the speak
ing in tongues in the Church at Corinth
Some Of you haven't life enough to say Amen" praise
the Lordw "Gory to God! or Halleluah That is your
condon-your spiritual condition. We had in here
the other morning and let him pray His "hallelujahs,"
and simply the work of the flesh. Half the time
they did not fit in and not appropriate
want tell you that singing and praying, and tes
flying and calculations of JOY prompted by the Holy Spirit
constitute real Church. and without them there is not
much spiritual life there
THE REAL LIVE CHURCH WITNESSES
If you were filled with the Holy Ghost you would not
be as dead as door nail These remarks apply to the
whole Church If this the Church of the Living God it
must be live Church: and am going to have it SO.
II would that We all spake with tongues but rather that
We prophesied"
Does that look if speaking in tongues the most
important of the gifts? No; prophecy witnessing! OH
the orphans and the fallen girls and the drunk
Oh for that will give their money to put up
the budngs If only had the places to put them, we
could bring them here by the thousands from Chicago and
Milwaukee, and do something for God and humanity.
AT PENTECosT THERE WERE NO INTERPRETERS
In order for the Church to understand what this speak
ing in tongues in the Church at Corinth it had to be
interpreted Here is where interpreting in On the
Day of Pentecos there interpreters You will fnd
later Paul sad You pray that you may interpret and
if God your prayer then you to rise in the
audience Paul says that the proper is for you to
give tongues and then translate it for the
people That is real, genuine experience in the milling
of the Holy Spirit and is truly spiritual and has the
port that any doctrine has in the Word of God.
"Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
tongues what shall profit you except shall speak to
either by revelation by knowledge by propheyng
by doctrine?
And even things without life giving sound, whether
pipe or harp except they give distinction in the sounds
how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
For if the trumpet give uncertain sound who shall
prepare himself for the battle?
$50 likewise ye except We utter by the tongue words
to be understood how shall it be known what spoken
for We shall speak into the air.
There are it may be, many kinds of voices in the