<TITLE>07. Par 21-24</TITLE>L-21 And then, after the evil things that he did, and Elijah told him how the dogs would lick his blood and so forth... Now, after he died, then Jehoram, his son reigned in his place, just about as much wickedness, borderline as his father was: same nature. He never departed from the sins of the nation.
And then Moab, half-brother, as it was, over there out of Lot's children, then he rebelled. Now, he was a sheep master in the days of Ahab, and get...?... down the sheep and the wool over to him to kindy make a peace offering. Israel was pretty strong in the days of Ahab. But then, she'd weakened down through that reign of Ahab, and when Jehoram took his place, then Moab rebelled against Israel.

L-22 Now, Jehoram said, "I'll go up and see the king of Edom, see if he will go with me, and then I'll also go over and get Jehoshaphat."
Now, Jehoshaphat, there's a split in the--Israel in them days, Jews--Judah, and--and Israel. And Jehoram reigned over Israel, and Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. And Jehoshaphat was a righteous man, a good man, God fearing man. But when Jehoram came up to him, and begin to, probably, talk about him, listed his country's...?... had a dinner or two together, or whatever they done, then under that spell of showing what great things they had as a nation, he fell a victim to hooking hisself up with a unbeliever.

L-23 How true it is today, that sometimes somebody will come around, that's a little bit high up in the world, maybe with a little more education than your pastor's got, telling you the days of miracles is past, and that's just--not to believe in it and so forth, like that. You think, "Well, he's a scholar; he's got scholarships from here and there. He ought know what he's talking about." Be careful; you're on dangerous ground. That's right. When you once accept Jesus in the fullness, then you stay with Him the same way till you die. That's right. If you accept Him as your Healer, regardless of what takes place, stay with it anyhow.
Sometimes is just when the darkest time comes along in your life, God's giving you a little trial to see if you really do believe it, when He really makes the thing known to you, perfectly.

L-24 Now, when Jehoshaphat come down and made an alliance with Jehoram, that he would go to battle with him, the believer hooking up with the unbeliever, or the lukewarm, just because there's a few more of the Israelites than there was in Judah, they were a little richer people than there was up in Judah...
How the riches of this world has blinded the people's eyes. How today, that's what's the matter with our nation. Why, you take in the heathen lands, let one thing happen in a meeting of a half a million people, that happens night after night here at the platform, and every, practically every unbeliever in there will weep his way to Calvary right then. Cripples will get up; blind will receive their sight, just simple. But our nation here... Not you people, people that comes to these kind of meetings are not the haughty and the--the rich, they're usually poor common people. But that's the one the Bible said heard Him gladly.


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