<TITLE>12. Par 46-49</TITLE>L-46 I can see Elisha as he goes up the hill, and Elijah in front of him. They're going on, he's keeping his eye on him. Somebody will holler to one side, some of the school of the prophets will holler across the Jordan. He just kept his eye right on him, going right on.
Some of them say, "Wait a minute; wait a minute here. You know, I'm Professor so and so..."
"I don't care who you are; I got the promise. I'm going right on."
Say, "You know what, the pastor..."
"I don't care who you are. I got my eye on the promise." That's the way to get it. Keep your eye on the promise. That's it. Stay with it; hold onto it. That's right. Don't be jellyfish, wishy-washy, in-and-out, up-and-down, like a worm in a lemon. But stay with your eye on the promise. God said so; that settles it. God said so; that takes care of it as far as I'm concerned. God said so; He has to stay with His Word, and His Word's eternal as God is. So he--he kept his eye on him.

L-47 After while, there came a sound from heaven like it did on the day of Pentecost. And fire came like it did on the day of Pentecost, and it separated them. And as it did, Christ from the disciples at Pentecost.
But Elijah stepped on this chariot of fire, pulled by horses of fire, and went away. And while the young prophet was standing there, standing there looking up and hollering, "My Father, my Father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof," all of a sudden something dropped on him, fit him just exactly: the robe of Elijah.
That's the way it is today, brother, any man that looks up and says, "Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, You gave a promise." Be sincere in it and watch slips around you. It fit him exactly. What did he do? Took off his own garment and tore it to pieces. Television programs and all the nonsense is finished there. All the worldly things, the picture shows, the drinking, and the smoking, the gambling, the lying, the dirty jokes, everything is finished there. Tore his own robe to pieces and throwed it down, said, "I'm entering the ministry." Amen.

L-48 That's what we need today. He turned around, looked back then to the prophets. Amen. That's what's first. Get it on you, get the promise; get it down in your heart. Then he turned and looked towards... Although he was wearing a secondhanded robe, brother. But he was on his march of a conqueror...?... behind him...?... As he marched down towards the Jordan... God be merciful, brother.
We're going towards Jordan tonight, too. We got to stand there at the Jordan. I'm glad to be wearing a secondhanded robe, too, not the robe of my own righteousness, 'cause it wouldn't do any good, but the robe of His righteousness. I'm trusting in Him. He wore it, sent it back to me. I'm happy to have it.

L-49 I want to wrap myself in His righteousness. I know there's a great shadow setting before us. Every one of us is coming that way tonight, friends. Every time your heart beats, you're one step closer to that big door called death. One day you're going to make the last beat, and you're going in.
I realize as your evangelist and servant, I too, have to go to that. I've got to come down, no matter how much I've preached about it. I've got to come down to it, but what I do, I don't want to come in my own...?... self righteous rags. When I see that my last beat's coming up, and I'm entering that door, I want to wrap myself in the robe of His righteousness, knowing this, that I knowed Him in the power of His resurrection, and when He calls from among the dead my name will be called. That's the main thing in my life tonight, is to know that I know Him in the power of His resurrection, that He lives and reigns. And I know Him by the forgiveness of sins, by His Spirit dealing, by Him moving and acting. I know that it's Him.


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