<TITLE>07. Par 22-25</TITLE>L-22 Now, Elijah was that type of man. And when Elisha knew that he was to take his place, Elijah give him a trial. He said, "You stay here, because I'm going to another city." And Elisha knew that he had to watch him.
He was inspired. He said, "As the Lord liveth, and your soul never dies, I'll not depart from you."
On and on they went until finally the last trial. And they crossed Jordan. He said, "Now, what can I do for you?"
He said, "That a double portion of your spirit would come upon me." Now, that seems strange, the spirit of a man coming upon another. "I want a double portion of your spirit."
Said, "You've asked a hard thing. But nevertheless, if you see me when I go, you'll have it."
So they walked on. And after awhile, the chariots of fire, and horses of fire came down, and Elijah stepped on, and pulled off his robe, and threw it back to Elisha. And he put it on and walked down to the river with a double portion of the Spirit of Elijah, a beautiful type of the Church.
Jesus said, "These things that I do, shall you also. And more than this shall you do. Can you be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? Can you drink from the cup that I drink?" Said, "Yes, you will." And a double portion (you see it?) of the Holy Spirit was to come upon the Church. And a double of what Jesus did was to be done by the Church.
Oh, where is the faith of the Church tonight? That's afraid, crawled back in the shell like a turtle, hiding. Now, listen. The only thing that you need to do is to come out.

L-23 Notice, then when he walked down, he begin to perform miracles. And one done eight, Elijah. And Elisha with sixteen, a double portion of the Spirit was upon him.
During that time, old king Ahab had died, because the prophet told him how his end was going to be. And the little painted-faced wife, she died too; and the dogs eat her just according to the Word of the Lord.
She hated that preacher worse than anything, because he was always telling her how about her sins. How could he be honest and sincere with God and keep from doing it? God had told him that He was going to feed her to the dogs. And she didn't become nothing but dog meat.

L-24 And so no matter how much of those pretty, painted-up, rose-bud lips was, when she stood...?... up. Old Jehu said, "Throw her out the window." She wasn't vamping him with her Bambi eyes. He was a man of God. Said, "Throw her out the window." And the dogs eat her up on the street. That's right.

L-25 And then when they went to select them another, they got Jehoram his son and her son. Now, you couldn't expect very much to come out of a marriage like that. So then we find out that when Jehoram had ascended to the throne, he was a borderline believer, just a halfway, lukewarm believer. So many of them in the world tonight. Jehoram would just set his sail; any way the wind was blowing, that's the way Jehoram would go.
That's what's the matter with the church tonight. They set their sail to every form of doctrine, tossed about from pillar to post, not knowing where to stand, or what to do. When the little trials come up, the little afflictions, away they go this way. They're Methodist today, a Baptist tomorrow, a Pentecostal next day, a Lutheran the next day, Seventh-day Adventist, Jehovah Witness. They don't know where to stand, tossed about: borderline. Packing your church letter from one place to another, what good does it do you anyhow? Better put it in heaven; that's where it'll be recognized.


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