<TITLE>04. Par -</TITLE>L-5-2 In the reading of the Word tonight in the Book of II Kings, I wish to read in the 2nd chapter for just a little text to find a context, God willing.
And it came to pass, that when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry ye here, I pray thee, for the LORD has sent me to Beth-el, And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as Thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
And the sons of the prophets... were there at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away Thy master from Thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.
And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as Thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went to Jericho.
And the sons of the prophets... were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away Thy master from Thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold... your peace,
And Elijah said unto them, Tarry, here I pray thee; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as Thy soul liveth, I'll not leave thee. And they two went on.

L-6-1 May the Lord add His blessings to His Word. My subject for tonight is: "God-Called Man," and I will try to be just as briefly as I can, because we've got a great prayer line coming up just in a few minutes, but just to give you a little look at the times that we're living...

L-6-2 We hear this cry on the radio and in different places and coming from sincere hearts: "Lord, give us revival in our time." And from letters from Christians around the world, we hear that cry, and it does something to your heart. It's inspiring; it's uplifting; it's quickening to the soul to hear the people of the Lord call for a revival.

L-6-3 And God has made a promise: "If the people that are called by My Name shall assemble themselves together and pray, then I'll hear from heaven."
And so, we tonight, want to think on that, and remember that in the midst of all this cry, God cannot send a revival until He's got man in shape to take it. We cannot have a revival until we get men--God-called men, God-trained men, that's not trained up in the schools of theology and of education, but rugged men of faith that God has brought up in the school of His rugged training, men who are not afraid to face the fire, men who has come in the Presence of God and knows His power, and knows His omnipotence, and knows His healing power, some men that's trained to know the living God. It's all right to train them by the Word, but the letter killeth; the Spirit giveth Life.

L-6-5 And before we can have this revival, God has to call out and train men (God-trained men) to carry this Message. And they don't care what the opposition is. They are willing to go to the fiery furnace in defeat, or to the lion's den, or wherever it may be; they're ready to go, because they've been in the Presence of God and know that He is. Whether it's to victory or defeat, they still stand the same.
That's the kind of training God does to man. And it's very strange to think that God would do that--that God trains His men like that, but He does.

L-7-2 You know, we have an old song we sing. "Some through the waters, some through the floods, some through deep trials, but all through the blood." God leads His people through great trials to purge them, and sometime it takes years to do it. And as for myself tonight, I believe that right now God is training such men to meet the front line, men who are going through and times shook from their feet. Sometimes look like the whole thing's falling, but yet in the midst of it all, they know that living God and keep their face forward, keep moving on.


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