<TITLE>05. Par 17-20</TITLE>L-17 And oh, the marvelous things that we have seen our Lord do in those things. But it takes a consecrated life, a surrendered life, and--and so forth, and a church that's purged daily by the Blood of the Lord Jesus and them things will take place.
And there's a vast difference between a gift of prophecy and a prophet. A gift of prophecy will act on one and then another and it's to be judged. But a prophet has the Word of the Lord. And a prophet is a borned a prophet. See?
For Jesus Christ was the Son of God, He was a--He was a woman's Seed from the garden of Eden, that was promised. You believe that? Moses was borned a prophet. They recognized it when he was born, a prophet child, the emancipator of--of Israel.
And John the Baptist seven hundred and twelve years before he came to the earth, he was the voice of one crying in the wilderness through the prophet Isaiah.
Jeremiah, God told Jeremiah, "Before you was even formed in your mother's wombs or came forth, I knew you, and sanctified you, and ordained you a prophet to the nation." See? Gifts and callings are without repentance. God has. See? That's... Oh, what a wonderful... But well, that's the pastor's place to take care of that. I'm here to preach Divine healing to you. All right.

L-18 But anyhow, in the days--in the--as long as Israel walked before God, and listened to the prophets, and--and had the right thing, then God heard them and blessed them. And He will do the same thing in the church today, if the people will re--touch Him, and listen, and keep things straight, and everything's moving directly in Christ. God will do the same thing for the church.
Now, God had His man and it was Elijah, the Tishbite. And usually, God has one major in them days, a major prophet. Then sometimes He will have others, minor prophets.
In the days of Elijah, he knew that he was making ready for his translation. God was going to take him up. So he had went and called to Elisha to take his place. And he threw his robe around him and called him to the ministry under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

L-19 And now, in them days, they'd had a school, called the school of the prophets, that had a--and we'd call it today, a seminary. They'd seen the great work that God was doing through Elijah, so they thought they'd get them a school, and--and hatch them out a few, and get a few prophets across the land like Elijah.
Well, that's--that's a great thing. But it never worked successful then. Neither will it work today. That's right. It takes God does the calling. That's the only flaw there is to it. God has to do the calling. And if God don't do the calling, then it does the prophet no good to go. But if God does the calling, He will honor His Word wherever he goes. God will be with him.

L-20 Now, we find that this school of the prophets, how it turned out to be. I'd imagine every prophet there... When Elijah came up, we seen they didn't live the right kind of life, for they said, "It's too strict for around here when Elijah comes around." I imagine if--if it'd be today, they'd make them get rid of all their television programs, and all their old love story magazines, and quit their smoking and drinking, and all these things, and clean up.
If there's anything would be needed today, it would be that. That's right. Any people that stay home on a Wednesday night from a prayer meeting to see, "We love Lucy," or, "Who love Lucy," or whatever it is, that person needs an old fashion case of repentance at the altar. That's exactly right. And anyone that would be--belittle themself with such things that's come out of Hollywood, and pattern yourself with such immoral people that's married five or six times, and running around, and carrying on the way they do with their ungodly dressings, and things that they have in that place, and make that your example?
Why, you ought to look at Jesus Christ. You've vowed to those things that are alive in Christ. Make Him your Example.


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