<TITLE>03. Par 10-13</TITLE>L-10 I would like to take and read just a verse of Scriptures tonight, found in Jeremiah, the 8th chapter and the 22nd verse. You who keep down the notes and--and the Scriptures, we would give you time to turn to this Scripture. Jeremiah, the 8th chapter and the 22nd verse reads like this:
 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
This is rather an unusual Scripture. But you know, God is unusual, and He does things in an unusual way. And so, we can just expect the unusual when we're dealing with God.

L-11 The question was asked, "Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there not a physician there?" Then if there is balm in Gilead, and there is a physician, then, "Why is the health of the daughter of my people not recovered?" God was asking the question, "Why?"
Usually when God makes a provision for people or a way of an escape, and the people refuse to walk in that way, then God asks the question, "Why?" because all that He could do was provided. And the people just ignored it and walked away from it. And then He asked, "Why is it thus?" If He's done His part, then the rest is left to us.

L-12 Like a Scripture that's in my mind of Hezekiah. He was the son of Ahab, which was the foul king of Israel. And when he died after he had married a--a heathen woman for his queen, Jezebel, which had brought idolatry into Israel... Yet, Ahab was, as we would think, kind of a borderline believer. He just would believe when the trouble struck. And as soon as they were out of it, then Ahab turned again to his idolatry.
After his death, his son, Hezekiah reigned in his stead in Samaria, while Jehoshaphat was over Judah. And he did not reform any, but took the same kind of a position that his daddy and mother did before him to worship Beelzebub, the god of Ekron.
Then one day while he was walking in Samaria in his palace, he fell through the lattice and hurt himself. And he got very sick. And he was so sick, I suppose, until the doctors could do no more for him. So he sent two of his choice servants over to inquire at another place where the god Beelzebub, to ask Beelzebub if he was going to get well or not.
Now, remember, he was a Israelite. But he had gone away from the promises of God. And when a--a supposed-to-be Christian, or should-be Christian takes the attitudes that he took, we cannot expect nothing but trouble.

L-13 So while they were on their way over, the Angel of the Lord came unto one who was living for God, Elijah the Tishbite, the prophet. Down in the wilderness somewhere, in his little adobe house, the Angel of the Lord came into the room, and said, "Go up there and stand in the way." You know, you just can't hide your sins from God. He knows all about you. Said, "Go stand in the way."
And Elijah came up and stood, waiting for them to come by. And when they come, he said, "Go tell the king that sent you, THUS SAITH THE LORD, he's not coming down off of that bed. And ask him, why did he send to Beelzebub to consult these things. Is it because there isn't a God in Israel? Is it because that He doesn't have a prophet? Is that the reason that we--that you do that, send to Beelzebub?"


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