<TITLE>07. Par 25-28</TITLE>L-25 And we got too many school of prophets letting those things get by. That's the truth. And I want you to notice these fellows. When they were up there, why Elijah went up to see them one day. And one fellow went out to get some--pick some peas. And he picked a lap full of gourds and he cooked them up.
Now, a guy that don't know any difference between wild gourds and beans ain't very much prophet, don't look like. But he threw them into the pot and begin to cook them. They were cooking up something all right. And when they begin to eat, one of them recognized he was getting sick, and he said, "There's death in the pot."
Now, what did Elijah do? They went to him, the one with the double portion. So they went to him and wanted to know what to do. And he never said, "Get rid of all of it now." He said, "Don't do that." But he went and got a handful of meal, and threw into the same pot, and said, "Now, eat all you want to. There's life in it."

L-26 Now, what made the difference was the meal. And the meal at the school was the--the meal offering that was offered to the Lord which was grounded of certain burr. And every grain of meal had to be ground the same. And that meal represented Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. And when He's throwed into death, it always brings forth life.
What we need is Christ in the pot where we got the poison cooking. That's right, all the... We don't need to get rid of the Methodists, Baptists, and Pentecostals; we just need a handful, a heart full of Christ in among them, and all this other old programs and things will clear up. And from death will turn to life when Christ is put in.

L-27 The seminaries, the schools, the denominations, they're all right; but they need Christ in them. The members are fine people; they're human beings like you and I are, that love to eat and lovely families and love like that. But what they need is Christ in their life. They don't need a yard stick to measure by. Christ comes in; He takes the place of that yard stick.
I'm raised in a country where we got a lot of hardwood. And in the wintertime, the little old scrub oak always holds its leaf all winter, the oak tree does. Now, when springtime comes, you don't have to go out and pick up all--pick all the oak leaves off the old ones so the new one can come on. The only thing you have to do is just wait and let the new life come up; the old leaf drops off. That's all we need, is Christ the new life, and all the things in the world become dead to you. Just need Christ in the church. That's what we need today: more of the risen Lord Jesus.

L-28 Now, notice, now this school, I can imagine each one of them up there, they each one pack their Bibles just about like Elijah done. You know. And each one used his voice just the way Elijah does. It's a great day again of impersonation. Don't you believe that?
Billy Graham was just in Louisville, and I'm telling you, every program comes on, everybody say, "The Lord bless you real good." I don't... That's just being human, I guess. And try to speak like Billy Graham, pack their Bible like Billy Graham, or some evangelist come to town. That's the way that it... It's impersonation, carnal impersonation.


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