<TITLE>06. Par 53-64</TITLE>L-53 Elijah, being a man of God, not like Christ; Christ knew all things, 'cause He was God. Elijah was a portion of God. That was Christ in Elijah. And that was the message of the hour, for the Word of the Lord for that hour was with that prophet.

L-54 Jesus was the fulness of all those prophets, every one of them only manifested Him. That's all. All the way from Joseph, from thirty pieces of silver, everywhere, He--He portrayed Christ. So did Moses!

L-55   David, setting as a rejected king upon the hill, weeping because he was rejected. Eight hundred years after that, the Son of David set on a hill. That was the Spirit of Christ in David there. And He... My! He was both Root and Offspring of David. And so He set up on the hill, weeping, as a rejected King, "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how oft would I have hovered you, as a hen would her brood." What was it? It was Christ back there.

L-56 It was Christ crying when David wrote the hymn, "My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me. All My bones, they stare at Me. They pierced My feet and My hands. They parted My garments among them. They cast lots for My vesture." That was Christ speaking in David. That's right. He was the manifestation of the Word. Christ come to fulfill them things that had been spoken by the prophets, 'cause the Word was with the prophets.

L-57 He said that in the lesson last night, that He come to fulfill what the prophets had said about Him, 'cause they had the Word. And Elijah was God's prophet, the Word of that day.

L-58   So the Shunammite woman stayed with that prophet until he come and manifested the power of God, and laid hisself upon the baby, and the baby come to life.

L-59 Now Martha must have recognized this, although she had been busy taking care of a house, dishwashing, and so forth. But there she showed her color. She showed really what was in her. She went to get Him immediately. If God was in Elijah, God had to be in Christ, 'cause He had proved that He was that Person. Amen. I like that, that determination! She goes to Him. She had to get to Him. And she find out there, as she got to Him--to Him; now remember, knew that He had never changed, that God never changes His program. If He was in Elijah and could raise the dead, He was in Christ and could raise the dead, though He hadn't done it, 'cause it's the same God.

L-60   Neither has He changed yet! Just as much God tonight as He ever was. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He changes not.

L-61 And He knew she knew that it was in Him. Watch, just in a few minutes it proved it, when she said something to Him about her brother, and she said, "Lord, I--I believe that You are."

L-62 And He said, "I am the Resurrection and the Life. Though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. I AM." That's the I AM was in the burning bush, with Moses. "I am the Resurrection. I am the Life. I was the wall. I am still He. I am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me, shall never die." After this great assurance that she had, that He was the promised Word; when He said, being a Prophet, He could not lie; therefore He, when He said, "I am the I AM. I am He that is the Resurrection and Life."

L-63   She said, "I believe that You are the One, the Son of God that should come in the world. Although my brother is dead, laying out there in the grave, he's... his body has decaying now; but even now, whatever You say, it'll come to pass." Right!

L-64 All she wanted was to hear Him say it! Amen. Oh, Martha, where are we tonight? "Just speak the Word; my servant will live!" Just hear Him say it! They might have come told her He said it, but here He was Hisself. O God, open blinded eyes, that they might be able to see! When He, in His Presence, speaks the Word, always is manifested.


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