Questions & Answers
Questions 76 (COD Page 368)
Now, the second question laying on top is... Brother Bill, can the Lord do effective work through me in a congregation where they do not believe in the spiritual gifts?
38 No name on it, but the person wants to know if the Lord can work with them as they are officiated in a congregation that does not believe in spiritual gifts. I doubt it very much.
39 I’m very much in doubt, dear friend, that the Lord could efficiently work through you, because you are linked up among unbelievers, and the Bible said, “Yoke yourself not up with unbelievers, but come out from among them, and be ye separated, saith the Lord, then I will receive you.” I believe if you live in a city, where there is a church that does believe in signs and spiritual gifts, and you have them things working on you, I would go to that church where they believed it.
40 And then I might say another thing, as I have-usually give-want to give a Scripture. You probably, dear friend, tried your very best to try to get these people to believe, tried to make them believe, and they simply won’t do it, perhaps. Then I’m going to give you a Scripture that I believe that the Lord Jesus would be pleased with us giving.
41 If you’ve tried, if you’ve talked to the pastor, if you’ve talked to different ones and they completely ignore it and do not believe it, here’s what Jesus said in Matthew 7:6 about such.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast... your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn... and rend you.
42 So I do not believe that I would be affiliated with a congregation who did not believe in the full Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, to believe that He was the same yesterday, today, and ever. When I sit in a congregation and see Him working and doing just as He said He would do, I believe I’d feel exactly as-justified in telling people to come out from among such and find you a-a good church who preaches all the Scriptures and believes Them.