<TITLE>17. Par 56-58</TITLE>L-56 So Elijah started, or, the boy started off with the stick. But you know, the woman's faith, she didn't know about God being in that stick. But she knowed God was in that prophet. And she said, "As the Lord your God lives, you holy man of God, I'm not going to leave you. I'm going to stay right with you and see what you're going to do." Oh, I like that.
Stay with your point. Don't give back. Stay with it. She had a--a revelation. She had a vision, as it was, or a revelation, that something... Elijah had something for her. She's going to stay till she seen it through, and said, "As the Lord God lives, I'll not leave you."
Elijah said, "Well, I guess if I can't get rid of you no other way, I'll just put on my shoes and take off." So he slips on his sandals, and here come him and the woman.

L-57 Look at this sight. Here's a little dark boy running along with a stick in his hand. Everybody saying, "Hello, Gehazi. How's Elijah this morning?" [Brother Branham makes a running sound--Ed.] On the work of the Lord. Amen.
Some of them said, "Hey, what you got that stick in your hand for?"
I can just hear him say in his heart, "I ain't going to tell you, you unbeliever anyhow." So just keep on going. "I got a errand to do." Just keep on.
Well, so, oh, look coming across the hill, here come this woman holding to Elijah, and here they come across the hill. I can see the father standing out there and saying, "Oh, here she comes. Here she comes."
And the young fellow could outrun them both. So he went in and laid the stick on the child and said, "Here, we'll see if it works. No, no, I don't--I don't believe it's going to work. Now, let's see. Now, let me, just a minute--just a minute. Now, is he going to... Oh, there comes Elijah anyhow. Now, just a minute. I don't think it's going to work." That's why. We don't--we don't let it lay there long enough. See?
So he grabbed up the stick again and run to meet him. He said, "It don't work." That's what's the matter with the church today. That's the reason it don't work. Here come Elijah.

L-58 Now, look what a scene. Here Elijah walks in, the neighbor's all screaming and crying. Here was a defeated servant saying to him, "Well, my master told me to do this, but his word sure failed. That goes to show he's a man. That's all there is to it." And here come Elijah up, no vision or nothing else to work on. Here was a woman with faith in her heart. And I can see Elijah look over and say, "Well, if I haven't got much, I can work with yours, so...?..." That's the way. "I'll go up on your revelation."
He walks up to the house. The father run and said, "Oh, holy man of God. Oh, my poor little boy has been dead now for several hours. Oh, holy man of God..."
I can hear him say, "Shhh. Stand still." Tell her, said, "Now, just stay right out here now and be in prayer." Walks up to the door, like he had before, opened up the door and looked down and seen that welcome mat. Opened up the door and looked, and there it was; there's another bunch of honeysuckle setting there.
Look, laying on the bed there's a little form laying under a sheet. I can see him pull that back and look, and say, "Well, that poor little fellow." His eyes are set, his mouth's open. He's stiff. He's cold. Elijah said, "Lord, I don't know what to do." Goes over and kneels down and said, "Now, Father, what can I do?" Child's...?... Not a thing. Then he gets up, and he walks back and forth. And he goes over, and all at once he happened to think of something. Now, God lives in man. Do you believe it? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.]


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