<TITLE>05. Par 15-19</TITLE>L-15 One time there was a king, and his name was Ahaziah. He was the son of Ahab and Jezebel. He was a king in Israel. And he fell through the lattice of his house and hurt himself, got very sick; taken his bed, to die. And instead of going out and seeking God, he sent some of his soldiers over to Ekron to require--inquire, rather, of... by Beelzebub, who... whether he would get well or not; or Balaam, I believe it was, the god of Ekron. He wanted to know whether he'd get well or not.
Now Elijah, down... the Tishbite, was down in one of his little places where he was, perhaps, praying; and God revealed it to him that this king had done this evil. You know, God has a way of knowing the secret spots. He's got a way of reveling the secrets of the hearts of men. When He was here on earth, He could discern the very thoughts that was in the people's minds, because He was God's Word.

L-16 Hebrews, the 4th chapter, said that, "God's Word is sharper, more powerful than a two-edged sword, cutting to the asunder... and even a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." The Word of God can discern the thoughts of the heart, and He was the Word. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God... and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us." So Him, being the Word, could discern the thoughts and secrets of the hearts.
How far people can get away from that sometimes. When they see it in action, they want to class it something else. But it's the Word of God living in the person, discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart. Sometimes our associations cause us to make those mistakes.

L-17 This same Scripture that I was speaking of... There was Jehoshaphat, a great man, a believer; and there was Ahab, a lukewarm believer. And Ahab had a ax to grind, so he sent up and got Jehoshaphat, father of this king, to come down and sit with him, and have some fellowship.
There's just one thing you cannot mix: That's you cannot mix oil and water together. Neither can you mix sin and righteousness together. You never seen a black-white bird, or a drunk-sober man. You never seen a sinner-saint. You're on one side or the other. That's what's the matter with the churches today. We're compromising too much with the world; our Pentecostal groups compromising, getting back.

L-18 I looked at those little women up here tonight. I want to thank the Lord--see those women with washed faces, not all that there makeup all over their face. I tell you, a little Acts 2 and 4 kind of washes you up, makes... It--it puts some cosmetics on you that Max Factor knows nothing about. See their faces all lit up with the glory of God? That's what I like to see in them, myself.
And I believe today that our churches has... letting down, and trying to compromise, or--or act too much like the world. I was speaking Sunday afternoon down at the Businessmen's meeting on that.
Seeing... going back and reading the books... I'm just young in Pentecost, but seeing what they were, and hearing the testimonies then, there's something went wrong somewhere. Somewhere something went wrong.

L-19 Now, we see that the world has invited you, and you come to their banquet, just like Jehoshaphat did to Ahab. And we find out, while they were in this conference that Ahab finally showed himself, what he wanted with the king of... to come down, and he wanted to go up and take a piece of land. He wasn't able to do it himself, and he had to have the king's help.
But you know, when a man gets out of the will of God, or a church gets out of the will of God, or a nation gets out of the will of God, or an individual gets out of the will of God, God's got somebody that's going to tell you about it, somewhere. If your pastor won't, in the pulpit, there's a Businessmen's meeting, or a choir singing, or some way God's going to have of telling you the Truth, and get you straightened out. That's... He always has.


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