<TITLE>03. Par 11-14</TITLE>L-11 Just one more word to Him before we speak, shall we pray. Heavenly Father, now, this is Thy Word. And we're so happy tonight that--to know that we have the freedom of speech yet in this our beloved country. And, oh, how it grieves our hearts to see it just gradually, like termites under a house eating it up...
And, oh, how we love to speak of Thee, and to speak to the people of Thee, and to see them that loves You, their faces light up and tears of joy run down their cheeks, knowing this, that someday we will receive a Kingdom when Jesus comes and sets upon the throne of His father, David. And there'll be a thousand years that peace shall reign in every heart. Oh, even nature's groaning, waiting for that glorious time, that day. And we're looking for the coming of the King.
And as we're here tonight 'lectioneering for Him, O God, I pray that in some way, in Thy Own way, that You'll speak tonight to every heart, and let those hands that hung down be lifted up. And I pray that You'll bless the feeble, the ones that's sick and weary. May they be strengthened tonight, going out across this school yard with their hands up in the air after the meeting, rejoicing and singing praises to God, those in wheelchairs be walking, and shouting, and leaping, and jumping for the glory of God. Father, grant it, for we ask it in Jesus' Name and for the Gospel's sake and the fulfilling of the Word. Amen.

L-12 Our subject tonight is about an Old Testament prophet. We... How many was at the Philadelphian Church this afternoon? Let's see your hands. That's fine. And now, we were speaking on an Old Testament prophet this afternoon, Micah. And the Bible, or the Hebrew letter tells us that, Hebrews 12, that all of these things of the Old Testament were shadows and types and were signs, mileposts, that we could look at, and they're examples.
We see when men failed to serve God, what happened. We see men who stood out like real soldiers and served God; we see what happened. So we can take from there a choice. And I trust tonight, if there be any here that's out of the way, that you'll make Christ your choice tonight before the services is over.
And may God in some way give us words to say or something, that would cause your attention to be turned from the things of the world to the Lord Jesus Christ. To know Him is Life; not to know the church, or not to know the catechism isn't Life. Not to know the Bible, though as good as It is, not to know the Bible is Life. Satan knows the Bible real well. But to know Him is Life. To know Christ as personal Saviour, it's Life to everyone.

L-13 Now, the prophet we're speaking of tonight is Elisha, and he is the successor of Elijah. Elijah was a great man. He was... Spoke of him the other night here, as the judgment or the justice of God. Elijah was a great and powerful prophet.

L-14 And every evening when I'm home, after we--everything's cleaned out, I take my little girls and give them a Bible study: put them in the car (so nobody interrupts us) and ride around, wife and baby. And I give them questions like, "Who was Elijah? What was he?"
And right quick them little old six-year-old and eight-year-old girls say, "Tishbite." See, right quick.
And I'd say, "How do you know that he was a... How could you tell if you'd a meet him today, what kind of a man was he?"
"Oh, he was a hairy man and had leather around his loins." Little Rebekah and Sarah want to holler out. See?
Just keep drilling that into their minds, drilling it, constantly. That's what you do to your children, mother. Quit running around over the city and gadding about; give your children Bible lectures and things. That's--that's the thing to do.


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