<TITLE>13. Par 42-45</TITLE>L-42 And Elisha got his righteous indignation all stirred up. Oh, he could boil over once in a while. He looked at old Jehoram standing there. He said, "Why don't you get to the prophet of your daddy and your mother. Why'd you come to me?" Whew, my, wasn't very peaceful, was he? "Why don't you go back to your pagan gods. Why'd you come down to me?" A prophet, a servant of the Lord, a mighty man, double portion of the Spirit on him, "Why don't you go to your mother's god and your father's god?"
And listen to what he said, "If it wasn't that I respected the presence of Jehoshaphat, I wouldn't even look at you." Whew, you talk about being stirred up?
And I believe that's the same thing tonight. I believe this America will be blowed to pieces. I believe the thing has done been sunk and gone, if God didn't respect the real genuine Christians in America that's praying to hold it together (Amen.), I believe it'd been gone long ago. I believe the Japs would have took it, or some other nation, if God hadn't a respected the honest, sincere prayer of born again children of God. That's right.
Said, "If I didn't respect the presence of that righteous man, I wouldn't even look at you."
So he got himself all stirred up. So you know, when you get all stirred up, and riled up like that, it's not a good time to do any service for the Lord.

L-43 So you know what he said? Said, "Nevertheless, go get me a minstrel, start, praying--playing." Now, you people that don't believe in music in the church, what about that? Yeah. Said, "Go get me a minstrel. I'm all riled up today. My righteous indignation's boiled over. That guy come up here, that borderline preacher, stand out there and beating them children, wrong, down there, and doing that. Oh, how I could take a hold of him. Said, "I got to see a vision now, so bring me a minstrel."

L-44 And they went and they got all the music. And they got to playing the music, some real good hymn. And the first thing you know, when they songs returned to Zion, when the music and the children begin to sing from their heart, something takes place. The Spirit of the Lord come on the prophet.
And if a real, old fashion, godly singing, and repenting would bring the Spirit of God on the prophet then, it'll do the same thing today. And notice, he wanted to see the way out. And the only way out they could do, would be to have a revival.
So he had some repented sinners that come in, and the music played, and the prophet saw a vision.

L-45 And the only way you're ever going to see your way out, is an old fashion, spiritual revival, where the hallelujahs of God is ringing from the bottom of your heart, and an old fashion, Holy Ghost sent revival hits the place. Then you begin to see things. Then God will begin to reveal things. Then you'll wonder why these real Christians are hanging on, why they're praying for you.
What a revival. And he got in the Spirit.
Now, the reason that these people have dances, if they didn't have a dance so they could get in the spirit of dancing. You can't have a ball game unless you get in the spirit of the ball game. You've got to get in the spirit of it.
And we can never have a revival in Shreveport, or anywhere else, until the church gets in the spirit of revival. God can come and perform miracles; He can show wonders; He can stretch forth His hand to heal the sick and the afflicted. The preacher can preach the Gospel as hard as he can, but there'll never be a revival until the church gets in the spirit of revival.


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