<TITLE>07. Par 22-25</TITLE>L-22 Notice, then this little prophet stood up, and he said, "I saw the spirits on both sides of God, and they were in a little discourse up there (not a discourse, they were in a little council), and they said, 'Who can we get to go down and bring Ahab up there, because the Word of God has said he must be killed and the dogs must lick his blood.'" And they said... One said this a way.
One said, "I tell what we'll do; we'll do it this a way." And the other said, "We'll do it that way."
And today, friends, God is working in heaven the same way that they worked there. And one spirit come up, which was a lying spirit, and he said, "I know how I'll do it. Let me go down, and I'll get in that seminary down there, in that school, and I'll anoint every one of those preachers, 'cause they don't know the Word anyhow. And they think as long as they got a little shiver running down their back, and can shout a little, it's all over; that's all they need. And I'll cause them to prophesy a lie, 'cause they didn't know the Word."
Brother, if there's anything that a borned again Christian ought to know, and study, is the Word of God. The trouble of it is, we try to build... Every man... Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
And listen, you old saints, shame on you, that's been saved for twenty and thirty years, and still know no more about the Word of God than to fall for some little sensation. You've been living on excitement and upon your church; "Oh we have this church; it's the biggest in the city. One of these days we'll build a bigger church than them, over there." You got your head in a television at night. You're reading old "True Story" magazines, and all kind of tommyrot like that, when you ought to have your head daily in the Word of God.

L-23 And now, to you preachers... I was talking to the laity... Now, to you preachers, if you didn't have your mind on whether you was going to be a big shot or not, whether you was going to go to the next conference, and they're going to put a feather in your hat, or your little denomination's going to do this, or that, or other... You've got your head in other things besides the Word of God. When that enemy comes to the city, you would be standing on the wall, warning the people about it. That's right.

L-24 Notice. Well, these men wasn't just overnight men. They were a selected, hand-picked group. But it was man's hands that picked them. God had picked one little old holy-roller. Notice him.
And then you know what? When that little Micaiah stood there and said, "God has sent a lying spirit among you. And every one of you too, have a blessing. And you're prophets, and you're prophesying. I don't mean to say you're not good men, but there is a lying spirit sent among you."
And if the Bible said in the last days that the two spirits would be so close together, till it would deceive the very elect, you better put your head and heart in the Bible. Keep your mind on the Bible, on Christ.

L-25 And you know, that kindly stirred up the righteous indignation of this preacher and his denomination, his little organization. And the head man, Zedekiah, walked up, and with his open hand, smacked the little preacher in the face. He said, "Which a way went the Spirit of God out of me, if you caught it?"
Said, "Just wait a little while, you'll find out." That's right.
Now, that preacher that smacked him, Zedekiah, he was deeply sincere. And he was just as sincere as Micaiah was. And I believe that--and he was a good man. I believe the rest of them was.


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