Make the Valley Full of Ditches

First stage: Martin Luther stage: first stage of the journey. Second stage was the school of the prophet. Elijah went up there and he said to Elisha, “Now, you stay here, I pray thee, for the Lord is calling me to Jordan. But Elisha was really a prophet. He said, “As the Lord lives and your soul never dies, I’ll not le...

God never did deal with organizations. God deals with men. The Holy Ghost never fell on organizations, it fell on men. It’s right. Notice, the first organized church was the mother church, the Catholic church. And the rest of them are offsprings from her. Now, but the word “church” means “called out, separated.” Now, n...

Looky here. The organized church was Moses, the law-giver. And the law-giver, Moses, glorified himself in the stead of God, and wasn’t permitted to take the children over Jordan. And the church today is glorifying themselves: “I belong to the Assemblies”; “I belong to the Church of God”; “I belong to this, that or the...

Across the river they went. Said, “What will you ask?” I wish we’d have time to take up before this, the—the Law of Adoption. Pentecost was borned (That’s right.) like the son. But that same son was borned in a family, had to be adopted also. That’s right. And there’s where you missed your calling, friend. When the ado...

Keep your eyes on Jesus. Watch. Jesus was a type of the church. He was standing one day and a woman run up, said, “Well, I want my son to set on one side and one on the other.” Said, “Can you drink the cup that I drink?” She said, “Yes, Lord.” Said, “Truly, you can. But can you be baptized with the baptism that I’m bap...

“Yes.” Said, “This fellow poured water on Elisha’s hands. He’s a real proph…” Yeah, he was. He’d been in good company. Said, “Go get him.” So they got on their chariot, and away they went, and stood before the prophet’s house. He come out, and he looked at them kindy angry. He looked all around; he said, “Why don’t sai...