<TITLE>22. Par -</TITLE>L-139-173 I don't know. This might be my bosom friend setting here for all I know; for God Who is in heaven knows I don't even know the handwriting. I couldn't tell you. But I want you to listen this. "My God is a God of love--my God is love and wouldn't do this. Wars are of Satan." I'll agree with you that wars is of Satan. That's exactly. He's a prince of this world. Every kingdom and every nation in this world belongs to Satan. God said they did in His Word. Satan said, "They're mine." Jesus admitted that they were his. But He's going to fall heir to all of them after while, Jesus will. We'll have no more wars then. But God permits Satan to do this for correction and for judgment.
Now, I want to ask you something just before we start. I want you to answer me this and find out. If you don't believe that God is a... You said... that wouldn't do these things. Just to start it right from the beginning... Now, give me your undivided attention if you can. Listen. Why did God Himself chastise His own Son and murder Him on the cross? God killed His own Son at the cross. "Yet it pleased God," said the Scripture, "to smite Him, and to bruise Him, and to wound Him." God did His own Son that way to save you.

L-139-175 I want to ask about Saul, the great king of Israel. God told him to go down and to take King Og and everything he had and utterly destroy everything down there, men, women, children, and everything... And Saul... Even the cattle to kill it, not to let nothing live... And Saul went down there and spared some of the cattle. And God took the Spirit off of him and separated him from Him; he become God's enemy.
Why did Elijah stand there when God give the old King Og into a--Ahab's hands? And he told Ahab to kill that king. And Ahab refused to do it. And Elijah the prophet had a sentry to--said, "Smite me with your sword." You read about... He was a prophet.
He said, "I won't." And he lost his life. Then he told another one, said, "Smite me." And the man hit him with the sword and cut him. And he wrapped himself up in disguise and he stood there. And here come Ahab riding in on his chariot.
He said, "What--what you standing here about?"
He said, "Well, I was a sentry; I was given a care over a man. And he smote me and run away," He said, "and I let him go. And they told me if I did, I have to pay with my own life."
He said, "Well, you'll have to pay with your own life."
He unwrapped himself and said, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, because you didn't murder that king down there, you'll pay for it with your ownself." That right? That's exactly right.

L-140-177 Let me read you something here. How about Babylon, when Joshua, when God sent Joshua over across there, and he utterly destroyed little babies, children, and everything else. And if he let one thing live... He wiped everything out. Little Philistine babies, he just destroyed them. God commanded him. And if he didn't do it, it was his own life.
I'm going to fix it up in a few minutes. God is love, perfect love; but you don't know what love is. That's why today people don't know what faith is. God is love. He has to be in love; He's sovereign to His Word. And He has to keep His Word. He has to love you. And if He loves you, He's got to protect you.


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