<TITLE>09. Par 35-39</TITLE>L-35 Keep your eye there. He said, "Now, if you see me when I go," My, he just kept walking, watching him. Watching him. Then when, the first thing you know, down from the heaven come a chariot, horses of fire, and picked Elijah up. And as he went up, he took off this robe that he had opened the sea with, or opened the river, took that robe off, dropped it back down, and Elisha picked it up.
A beautiful type of the Church. When Jesus was here on earth. He done great works and great wonders. Elijah when he was here, he did great works. But Elisha had a double portion of his spirit. Elijah done eight miracles, and Elisha done sixteen miracles, a double portion, perfect of the Church.

L-36 One time, Jesus was asked, "Let my sons set on your right and left hand in the Kingdom."
He said, "Can you drink the cup that I drink?"
She said, "Yes."
Said, "Can you be baptized with the baptism that I'm baptized with?"
Said, "Yes."
Said, "You can. But the right and left hand is not Mine."
So the baptism of the Holy Spirit was upon Christ. When He was taken up on the day of Pentecost, one hundred and twenty people went in the upper room, up there with their eyes straight towards heaven, watching. And when He threw that robe of the Holy Ghost back down there, She picked up a double portion out of the Spirit of God.

L-37 "The things that I do shall you also, and greater than this, for I go unto My Father." And a Church of the living God, that claims to be baptized with the Holy Ghost, the same Spirit was upon Jesus Christ, has claimed to kiss the blessings off the rim of the cup of His sanctification, I wonder how that we can set still in the time that His power is a moving like that. Oh, my. I wonder if we can't pick up the robe and say, "Where is the God that led Jesus Christ from victory unto victory." Amen. Yes, sir. Here was a man that had a double portion. Said, "Let's go down and see him."
That's what's the matter with the world today. They're leper-stricken and everything else. They got to come somewhere and God wants His Church that's got the double portion to shine out. They'll try to put bushel baskets over it, but shove them off and shine again. That's right. Stand toe to toe with him. You got God on your side, so who can be against you?

L-38 Said, "Let's go down and see this man Elisha." So they went down there and... He seen Jehoram come up, the son of Ahab. He kinda got all peeved up. That's got to be hard on you Arminian people but I tell you, even that prophet got a little stewed up, don't you think so? He got his kindly dandruff up. He had his righteous indignation, does that sound better to you? Something got tore up anyhow.
He walked out there and said, "If it wasn't for the presence of Jehoshaphat," He said, first to Jehoram, "Why don't you go to your mother's god? Go to your mother's prophet, Baalim, your father's prophets and so forth. Why did you come to me? Go on back down."
He said, "Nay, God's brought us kings out here to kill us."
He said, "If it wasn't that I respected the presence of Jehoshaphat, I wouldn't even look at you."

L-39 My, there he was. I'd like to say something right here but I better hold it. All right. "If it wasn't that I respected Jehoshaphat," he said, "I wouldn't even look at you." Now, he got all stewed up, you know. Got his temper all up. He said, "Now then... But bring me a minstrel."
I was talking to a man not long ago that didn't believe in music in the church. He was holding a fuss with me about it. He said, "Oh, the music belongs to the world."
I said, "The Spirit of God didn't come on that stewed up prophet until he got the minstrel out and begin to play a good old fashioned Holy Ghost song. And the Spirit of God come down on the prophet." That's right. God doesn't change. And if God liked music in that day, God likes music today. Yes, sir.


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