<TITLE>14. Par 41-44</TITLE>L-41 Heavenly Father, as we're on our Jordan march this morning as conquerors, and someday we got to present something to the Jordan; that's to death. And, oh, what a horrible thing it'll be, a separation from God. We can't cross over. No. But Elijah when he got there, he had on Elisha's robe--Elijah's robe. And when he took off the robe, the... Elijah, the man who had been well pleasing in Your sight, and You had accepted him and brought him up into heaven with You. And Elisha was wearing his robe, so he presented to the Jordan, death, the robe of Elijah. And it was accepted, and the Jordan opened, and he walked across.
Dear God, someday we got to come down. We can't present our good works; we have none. We can't present anything in the world. I don't even desire anything to try to present, but I trust wholly in the merits of Jesus. You accepted Him and raised Him from the dead. And He was brought into the Presence of God and there it will abide forever. And, God, I want to present that to You, that I believe on Him. And I love Him. And by grace He has clothed us with His robe.
And I pray, Father, that You'll help us now in the days of battle. And where the man of God must do the works of God, I pray that You'll let us take the robe of Christ, the power of the Holy Spirit, and call for the God Who lived in Him. Grant it. In Christ's Name we ask it.

L-42 And while we have our heads bowed, I just wondering here this morning if there's a person who's trying to walk down to Jordan without this robe on. If there's a person who has not the robe of Jesus Christ on you, and though it was wore one time by the Son of God, I wonder if you don't have that on this morning, if you'd raise your hands to God and say, "Dear God, this hour I now want to accept it." God bless you, lady. Would someone else would raise your... God bless you, son. Someone else will just raise up your hand? God bless you, little boy. God bless you, young man. Someone else to raise your hand? God bless you back there, sir.

L-43 Just say it, "By God's help this morning, I want to forsake my self-righteousness, my own ideas, and my thoughts of pleasures and big time and sin that I've lived in. And I want Christ to put His robe on me this morning, that I'll use His robe. I know it's a perfect one." God bless you, son. Someone else, saying, "I'll just raise..." You raise your hand, say, "I now want to accept the Holy Spirit in my life. I want to be robed in His righteousness. When I get there that day, I won't present myself and say, 'Well now, you know, I bought somebody some coal. I did this.'" That's nice, that's very nice. For that, something had to die for you to live. And only through the act of that can you be saved. Will you raise your hand, say, "Christ, I now forsake my own ways; I accept Your ways. I want You had mercy on me when I come to the end of the road"? God bless you, lady. God bless you. All right. Now, we're going to have prayer.

L-44 Now, righteous heavenly Father, some seven, eight, ten hands has went up. I do not know their status. Thou knowest all about them. I do not know. But they're in need today, and they realize that they're in need, and they're willing to come and accept help in a time of trouble, to see the--the great hour that's at hand now, the atomic bombs, the great things that's waiting for us.
And I pray, Heavenly Father, that You will bless these people, and today lay Your hand upon them and take away all their iniquity and doubt. And may they throw away their old moth-eaten robe of self-righteousness where the cankerworms, and the crickets, and the moths of superstitions and churchanity has eat holes through it and they... It won't hold any longer. May they just throw it away and reach over and get the robe of the Lord Jesus, say, "I trust in Him. I wrap myself, not in my righteousness or on my own thoughts, but from this hour on I'm trusting You." Grant that they'll receive it, Father. For we ask it Christ's Name. Amen.

