<TITLE>05. Par 14-17</TITLE>L-14 This Jehoshaphat said, "Now just a moment. Haven't you got just one more?"
"One more?
Four hundred preachers... I wonder how they got their credentials? Four hundred preachers with one accord said, "Go up. The Lord is with you."
But Jehoshaphat said, "You know, that just don't sound right." Brother, the Bible said, "My sheep know My voice. A stranger they'll not follow."
Jehoshaphat said, "Haven't you just got one more?"
One more? "Here's four hundred of the best prophesiers there is in the land." There just wasn't enough truth for that man of God. He knowed God's voice didn't sound like that. So he said, "Oh yes, I've got one more, but he don't belong to our denomination. He just don't hook up with us, somehow."
You know, there was enough of God about Jehoshaphat to say, "I'd just like to hear him."
Ahab said, "Oh, we might ask him, but I'm telling you, I hate that little holy-roller." Sure. He said, "He never did say any good thing about me or my denomination." Said, "His name's Micaiah; he's the son of Imlah." God give us some more Micaiahs. Said, "I hate that little fellow." Said, "He's always kicking against me and my big school." They didn't have the Word, that was the reason. He said, "You know, I don't want to even see that guy."
But Jehoshaphat said, "Don't let the king say so. Let's hear him anyhow."
"All right. But I'm warning you; he's going to condemn every preacher standing here." He knowed better hisself, didn't he? "He's going to rip this thing wide open. And all of our great hopes is going to be shattered. We'd better not let that little holy-roller come. He won't have any cooperation from these men.

L-15 Jehoshaphat said, "I'd just like to hear him anyhow. I'd like to see his side of it." That's a good sensible thought.
Said, "All right. Now, we'll go over here and have a great spiritual meeting. And they put their robes on and went out into a little place, not in the palace, but they had them a big meeting out there. And they sent a servant, or a soldier, to get Micaiah. And while they were gone after Micaiah, the prophet, all these prophets really had them a time. They got the victory. I imagine they had some carrying on down there. And the first thing you know, they got some signs appearing.
One man went by the name of Zedekiah, the head of them all. He made him a pair of horns for a sign--iron horns. And he was running around butting everybody, saying, "THUS SAITH THE LORD. We got the sign. Now, we can't be wrong. But we got the sign now, and we're going to push this thing to the finish." Oh, what a meeting they had.
I see Ahab saying, "You see, look how they do it. You know, Brother, that's the victory." And the thing of it was, these men were sincere and anointed.

L-16 Now watch. So the soldier that went to get little Micaiah, probably found him out in the woods somewhere, praying or reading the Bible. The soldier come up, and he said, "Micaiah, the son of Imlah, you know, the king wants you to come down and prophesy before him."
"Oh, he does, does he? Now, what's happened?"
"Oh, they're having a meeting; you ought to see it. Them preachers are just having a wonderful time down there. And they're having a jubilee. They've got the blessing. The anointing is upon them. Why, when I left, the chief speaker had a pair of horns, and he was running all around, and had, "THUS SAITH THE LORD."

L-17 You know, Micaiah thought that don't sound right. "Well, I'll go on down and preach a sermon for them then." Now, on the road down he said, "Now, Micaiah, I've been sent by the chief of the organization. If you want to have fellowship amongst that bunch of preachers, you say the same thing they do. Yeah. Don't you say nothing contrary to their doctrine. If you do, you'll be more than excommunicated. They'll never invite you again."
But he happened to be speaking to the wrong man. God has got some people's got a backbone.


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