<TITLE>13. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 Now, then notice. As this all taken place, the first thing you know, Jehoshaphat signed an alliance and joined himself up with that great people down there of Israel, when he was a--ought not to have done it. He was a believer. And he said, "Now..." But he was religious enough, and had enough righteousness about him, till he said, "We had better consult the Lord before we go up to Ramoth-gilead."
And he said, "Oh," Ahab said, "well, certainly. Yeah, that's right. We--we--we probably should do that." So he says, "Now, you know what? I've got a bunch of the best D.D.'s down here that you ever seen." Said, "I tell you: Our church has no nitwits in it. We are of the better class. We got the best class that there is. Why, we've got men down there who is--has D.D., Ph.D., LL.D. Why, you ought to see."
Jehoshaphat said, "Well, let's bring them up here."

L-41 So the kings got on the thrones at the gates, and four hundred prophets come up. And the one of the great big ones called Zedekiah, he comes up, you know, and he says, "Now, let me see. Let us prophesy. Yes, THUS SAITH THE LORD, go on up, the Lord's with you." See, why they were paid to. They wasn't paying no attention to the Word. They were paid well. They were fed well. They had meal tickets.
And a many good man today makes a mistake there. Brother, I'd rather lay on my stomach, drink branch water, and eat soda crackers, and stay in God's Word, and tell the truth, than to have fried chicken three times a day and live in a palace. That's right. It's the truth.

L-42 Right here in Dowagiac, not Dowagiac, but Benton Harbor, Michigan, an old man John Rhyn (not the John, you know, with the long beard, but the one from Fort Wayne) that was healed in the meetings. And they taken me over there; that rabbi... And he said, "How did that man, John, receive his sight?"
I said, "The Lord Jesus Christ gave him his sight."
And the rabbi said to me; he said, "Now, he wasn't either Jesus... Or He might've been Jesus, but He wasn't no Christ." And there we had it, right down. He said, "Oh, you Gentiles can't chop God in three pieces and give Him to us." See?
And I said, "Well, we don't chop Him in three pieces, sir."
He said, "There's one God."
I said, "That's correctly. Correctly."

L-43 And then he said... He got on talking like that. He said, si... Said, "Jesus was a thief."
And I said, "A thief?"
He said, "Yes, sir. Your Scripture, what you call the New Testament said He went through the corn fields on the sabbath day, and stole corn, and give it to His disciples, wasn't even legal." Said, "You know that." And said, "Your..." They're--they was so confused. He said, "He stole corn and give to His disciples and eat it Hisself. That makes Him a thief in my way of seeing."
I said, "Just a moment, rabbi, I'm surprised at you. Your own Levitical law said that a man can go through the field and pluck and eat what he wants to, but don't take any out in a bag." That's right. I said, "Shame on you, that don't know the Scripture no better than that." I said, "He was absolutely keeping the law." That's exactly right.


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