E-29 Now, Elijah, when he was all prophet... You know, prophets get angry some time, or he did. So he got all out of humor. And he... being out of humor (This may hurt just a little bit, someone, but I say it reverently now.), notice, he said, "If I didn't respect Jehoshaphat I wouldn't even look at you, but never-the-less, bring me a minstrel." That's some music.
Now, some people criticize music in the church. But if music brought the Spirit on the prophet then, it'll do the same thing today. See? Said, "Bring me a minstrel." And they went and got the minstrel, and they begin to play some real good hymn. And the prophet set in there, I imagine. And after the minstrel played a long time, and the prophet got out of his bad mood, and begin to think on God, after while, the Spirit of the Lord come on him. And when the Spirit of the Lord come on him, he begin to see visions.
E-30 And brother that's what's the matter with the church today. The reason we don't see visions, and have just a little narrow minded thought, is because we don't pray long enough or do something long enough until the Spirit of God comes into our midst.
We used to sing the old fashioned songs till tears run down their cheeks and sinners got saved even before the preacher got to the platform. But today, we have just a--the old ritual, cut and dried program. We got to go through this, and that, and the other. I'm afraid we're grieving the Spirit of God away from us, don't you think so? Certainly is...
I remember the old nights of the Methodists, or reading of it, rather. When they first come here, Asbury, and John Wesley and them, when they were called holy-rollers themselves. Now, you Methodists, in these big fine churches don't want to believe that, but they were. That's right.
E-31 And your pastor, your founder John Wesley was a great believer in Divine healing too. He even anointed his horse with oil after it broke it's leg, and got on it and rode it away. That's what he did; that's in his own notebook. I have it. Yes, sir, he was going to pray for a woman, and the horse fell and broke its leg. He couldn't get the horse up, and he seen the horses leg was broke, took the cruse from his pocket, anointed the horse in oil, jumped on his horse, and rode away. That's right.
Preach that in the Methodist church today, they throw you out your door. But that's what's got the wrong with you. You let down the bars, the sheep got out and the goats in. And that's where your church got... And all... That's exactly where we're standing today, exactly...
What we need today is not a new theology. What we need today is a good old fashion Saint Paul's revival, and the Bible Holy Ghost back in among the--all the churches, which will bring back the power of the living God to the church again. That is true. That's what the church needs today.
(Excerpts from The Message by Brother William Marrion Branham called The Prophet Elisha, delivered on Friday, 23rd July 1954 at the Lane Tech High School in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A)
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