<TITLE>03. Par 9-13</TITLE>L-9 An old minister one time, went to a church. I know this is no place to--for joking. I don't mean this in jokes. But just that I might change the way of thinking just for a moment. He went to a church, and the first night he preached was on "Repent." The second night he preached, was on "Repent." The third, fourth, fifth, sixth night, he preached on "Repent."
Well, that was all right. So the elders of the church called him out and said, "Doctor," said, "we appreciate your message on repenting, but for six nights straight, you've preached on--the same message on repentance."
He said, "Oh, well. That's all right."
Said, "You don't have another message?"
He said, "Oh, yes. But let them all repent first, then I preach on something else, You see?" So... that is it.
After they all repent, well then he will preach on something else. So that's pretty good philosophy. You see? Repent till we all get repented. That would be good. I'm sure we'd be here a long time.

L-10 Over in II Kings, the 3rd chapter. And I want to read the 15th verse.
 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
And if I would want to pull from there a text, that I might draw a context, I might take this subject here, "Getting In The Spirit."
It was quite a change that happened around in Palestine at these days. One great thing had taken place, a great notable prophet had been translated, taken up into glory. And it was a great loss to the Church, when a great man like that is taken out.

L-11 But what a consolation it should have give the nation, which was the Church then. To know that this man being sent to them to represent God, had went home without even dying, that had been raptured and taken up. A very beautiful type, Elijah was, of the--this day.
When--may be a little off the beaten line from some man who knows the Bible better than I. But I kindly believe that there will be a message in the last days, something like Elijah. And that Elijah Church like, will be--not die but be translated, taken up. Fire will take it up into glory, the Pentecostal Fire will rapture it up.

L-12 However, God always makes a--a way for His Church. When He's finished with one man, He has another one waiting. And God takes His man, but never His Spirit. He always got somebody else He can put His Spirit on.
And it's strange, but through the Bible, He never had two prophets, major prophets in operation at the same time. He always had one prophet. Then when He got through with that one, He--taken him away and put another one in his place.

L-13 That's what He had did. He'd just change messengers, but the same Spirit: Elijah and Elisha. And how I wished I had time to enter it tonight, to notice that when God had called the old tired prophet off the field... He had preached against Jezebel and her worldly crowd, and bawled out Ahabs, and leaders, and ministerial associations and everything till he was tired. And God was going to take him home. So He just brought him down to the river and...
Before He did, He wanted to anoint someone who'd take that same message. You see, that same message had to remain. So he went down and throwed his robe across Elisha. And Elisha, after he had the robe of Elijah on him, he must've took it back. He just throwed it across him, and he must have took it back again. Because it fell from his shoulders when he went up.


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