<TITLE>06. Par 48-62</TITLE>L-48 Was it steadfast when Moses spoke? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] It sure was.
How about Elijah, setting up on top of the mountain? The Lord told him, "Get up there, Elijah. I'll stay there with you; want some fellowship." God likes to fellowship with His people. But we won't stand still long enough for Him to fellowship with us. We're so busy skipping about, from place to place, and so much. "Set still, Elijah." He wanted three years and six months of fellowship. We can't give Him three minutes, hardly. Three years and six months of constant fellowship. Oh, I love that! Said, "Don't worry about the cooking; we'll have that already fixed up. The crows is going to feed you. And everything is going to be all right. I just want some fellowship." This old prophet, Elijah, setting up there on top the mountain.
While he was fellowshipping with God, why, the captain said, "I believe I'll go up and get him." Now, don't you never try to break that fellowship.

L-49   So, the captain come up, with his great army of men, of fifty. And he said, "I--I--I come to take you, Elijah."

L-50 And Elijah stood up. Watch out, here's the prophet of the Lord! He said, "If I be a servant of the Lord, let fire come from heaven and devour you." And down come the fire. The captain said...

L-51 "Oh, you know what?" The king, rather, said, "That was probably a--a thunderbolt, just some lightning just passing over, and it struck them. I'll send another fifty."

L-52 Elijah stood up, one of the angels. His word is steadfast. He had to be a just recompense for everything that was done wrong. He said, "If I be a servant of the Lord, let fire come." And the second fifty burned. All right. Every recompense!
For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedient received a just recompense...

L-53   Now, here is the great thing, the next verse.
How shall we escape,...

L-54 "How shall we escape?" If Elijah's voice brought destruction, because he was an angel of the Lord, how will we escape when the Voice of Christ speaking through? Or, how can we fail when you're prayed for, if It's the Voice of Christ? If Christ ordained His Church to pray for the sick, and the Church does what He says He... for them to do, then how can It ever fail? It can't. You can fail, but It can't fail. And as long as you keep It, It'll take you through.

L-55   If you fail, you failed by yourself. You just get away from the Word. But as long as you stay with the Word, It can't fail. For the word of the prophets did so-and-so, how much more will the Word of Christ be?
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which is at the first begin to be spoken unto us by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

L-56 Think of It, spoken by the Lord. How many times could we go back? Where could we stop, right here for an hour? When Jesus came, He's the same yesterday, today, and forever.

L-57 Now, remember, first begin to be spoken by Jesus, Himself, and then was confirmed by the ones that heard Him. Now listen at Him.

L-58   When He came to the earth, He didn't claim to be a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; It's My Father that dwelleth in Me. He doeth the works. The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing," Saint John 5:19.

L-59 Watch when Philip came to Him. Nathaniel... After Philip's conversion, he went over and got Nathaniel. Said, "Come, see Who we found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."

L-60 And he said, "Could there be any good thing come from Nazareth?"

L-61 Said, "Come, see." That's the way to be convinced: prove It. Come and see. Oh, that's the best I ever heard. Come and find out for yourself. Don't stand out and criticize on the side line, But, "Prove all things, and hold fast to that what's good. Come and see.

L-62 Along the road they went, talking. When he walked up in the presence of the Lord Jesus, He said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there's no guile."


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