<TITLE>05. Par 18-21</TITLE>L-18 Notice then, when their supply was cut off, they begin to find out if there wasn't something could be done, 'cause Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there a prophet of the Lord? Surely all this bunch of church people around here, there should be a prophet somewhere that we could find out what the will of the Lord is concerning this thing." Now, they knew the law; they knew the commandments. They'd had all the written Word, but they had to have something for this specific case. I hope you're getting this: something now for this case.
That's the way in the meetings sometimes, say, "Well, why don't you just pray for the people?" Sometimes you noticed it in the meetings; it has to be something... The whole picture is Divine healing, salvation, but sometimes there's something in a fellow's way that keeps him from getting healed. You hear it right here on the platform: something they done somewhere else and something they've got to make right. They have to do that before the blessing of God can come on them. Certainly not. You can't do that. You'll never...

L-19 You could take a person; I've seen it many times, going to a healing service, and anoint them with oil, and pray over them; and people scream and stomp and holler at the devil. The devil don't care how much you holler; he's not deaf. He don't care how much you scream; that doesn't mean a thing to him. He'll never recognize that, but he will recognize faith. He's got to. Yes, sir.
But if that person has sinned and something in their life that they should not have done or should've done, you could pour oil on them day and night, and it'll never do them any good. You could pray, scream, cry, cast out demons, as much as you want to; it'll never leave the person until they make that thing right. That's right. You've got to go get right with God first.

L-20 Now, that's the reason on the platform, watch how close and careful we watch it, to be sure before you pray or try to cast away an evil spirit, that that thing, person's life isn't clean and clear. If it's just something you're not sure of, I pass it by, because what... Did you know, through a Divine gift that you could mar your soul?
Do you know Moses was a prophet of God, that God told him to go out and speak to the rock, and instead of speaking to the Rock, Moses went out, contrary to God's will, contrary to God's Word, and done exactly what God told him not to do; but was successful anyhow. He smote the Rock the second time. Is that right? He was a prophet. He had power to do what he wanted to do. As long as... And he smote the Rock, and the Rock brought forth the waters.

L-21 Elisha, that young prophet, the one we're speaking of now, on his road down, some little children run after him. He went bald headed when he was a little young fellow. And they begin to tease him about being bald headed, and that prophet turned around in his anger and put a curse those children. And before they got back home, two she bears killed forty-two little children. That ain't the Holy Spirit, but it was an angered prophet. You have to be careful.
God dealt with Moses. He deals with the people. So if God has put something on a person, or let Satan put it on them for a purpose, to bring the person to Him or to do something, and you come take that off without this person repenting for it, see what kind of a trouble you got yourself in? You have to be careful.


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