<TITLE>08. Par 30-34</TITLE>L-30 Then when he went to the school of the prophets, he said, "You stay here now. The Lord has called me to Jordan."
He said, "As the Lord liveth, and your soul liveth, I'll not leave you." Now, if you will notice, after he had laid his mantel upon him, just threw it on him in the field, and said follow him, that was the blessing that Christ had give the Church, "Follow." It's got a dual parable there, that... I'll just take this side of it for the night.
But notice, them stages where he went is the stages of the journey. When the Church came from the dark age, out of the dark age, the first stage of the journey was with Luther, Gilgal. The second stage was the Methodist age. John Wesley's age, the Methodist church, the second great reformation, as it was.

L-31 Now, the third stage is coming on. But the Church still follows on, Elisha, following Elijah. And when he gets across... down to the Jordan. Jordan is a meaning of separation or--or death. You've heard many times "when I come down to the chilly Jordan." Jordan was death. The Lutheran age followed by and so did the Methodist age. But we come to another age now, the age of "dying out."
All your worldly pleasures. God has got to do something with you in order 'fore He could give you the Holy Ghost. He's got... Got to die out, get dead. You don't die out, you can't... You remember, life can only come out of death. A seed can only die. Anything else can only die. And out of death comes life. Out of the death of Christ come the resurrection of Life.
And the only way that you can tonight, become alive of faith in God, is die out to yourself and symptoms, everything around you, and become alive: Die out, die out to symptoms, die out to circumstances, die out to everything else and become alive in Christ.

L-32 Now, when they got down to the Jordan, time to cross over. He made the way. Then when he crossed over (the stage of the Holy Ghost church), said, "Now, I want to ask you something."
"So what do you want?"
He said, "That a double portion of your spirit come upon me." That's the way to ask for it. Don't be scared. Ask for the whole lot. Jesus said, "You have not because you believe--ask not. You ask not because you believe not. Ask abundantly that your joys may be full." Ask a whole lot. "God, just don't make me a little bit better; make me all the way well." Don't just let me have enough religion to make myself miserable; kill me out to sin that I can live in Christ. That's right.

L-33 Don't make me so I can step back to maybe bow my head once in a while; make me so I can shout. Make me so I can open up my mouth and sing, and scream praises to God. Give me the whole thing. Let me have the baptism. Kill me to the things of the world, where people's around me. When I go to church, let me worship You. That's right.
No matter what anybody else thinks, just kill me out. That's what we need tonight, is a Jordan experience, is that right? Many of us was like the school of prophets, stand over on the other side of the hill, looking off. Let's cross the river, tonight.
Say, "Well, Miss So-and-so got healed; she had cancer. Mr. So-and-so was in the wheelchair; he walked." What about you? Let's cross over tonight. Amen.

L-34 Notice, and when they got across, he said, "Now, you've asked a hard thing, but nevertheless, if you see me when I go, you'll have it." Could you imagine a single-eyed man? That's the trouble with the Christians tonight. They got their eye, one of them on Christ and one on the world. And that's the reason we're not getting anywhere.
I can see Elisha, watching him, every move he made. That's the only way he was ever going to get the blessing is when he watched him, kept his eye on him. Keep your eye on Christ. Don't look to how sick you are or what the doctor said. Look what Christ said. Keep your eye right there. Believe what He said. His Words are true.


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