<TITLE>14. Par 53-56</TITLE>L-53 Now, one time there was a king, his name was Ahaziah. He was the son of Jezebel and--and Ahab. And he took his father's place in Samaria when Ahab was killed according to the prophets, and the dogs licked his blood, just exactly what the prophet had said would take place. And Ahaziah took his place. And he was a renegade just like his father and his mother.
And one day he was walking through the lattice of his house, perhaps, the same lattice that the--that the queen of Sheba or some of the... in her days that they... when they built the temple of Solomon. And he--he fell through that lattice, and hurt hisself, and got sick. And he sent up to Ekron to Beelzebub, a devil, sent two men up there or group of men, said, "Go up and consult and ask Beelzebub, the god of--of Ekron if I am going to get well, yes, or no."

L-54 And God sent a Angel down to the old Elijah setting down there in a little cave door. He said, "Go up and meet them." God knows when to send and when not to. Said, "Go up and meet them and tell them THUS SAITH THE LORD." And old Elijah walked sternly up there and stood in the road. When he seen them come up, he said, "You're on your road over to the--to--to Ekron over there to meet the--to meet Beelzebub, to meet their prophets, to consult whether Ahaziah is going to get well or not." Said, "Go back and tell him, 'Why did you do that? Is it because there's no God in Israel? Is it because there's no prophet there? Why would you go to a thing like that then?' Go tell him THUS SAITH THE LORD, he's not coming off that bed." Oh, my. That's God.

L-55 What's the matter that we change our papers from Methodist, to Baptist, to Presbyterian, and all the different denominations and things running around? Why do we do these things? Why do we go... Why do we stay home on Wednesday night and watch "We Love Susie," or some of them plays and television programs and things like that? Is it because there is no God in Pentecost? Is it because there's no joy in the house of the Lord? Is it because there's no prophet there? Is it because these things are not so?
"Is there is no physician there, is there no balm in Gilead?" Balm is healing. "Then why is the daughter of My people still sick?" Asks why. Why do we do these things? Why do we act like the world? Why does our women still dress like the world? Why do our pastors let deacons come in with two or three different wives and serve on the deacon boards? Why do we have it, go just like the world, and begin to act like the world, and talk like the world, and--and... Why are we doing it? Is it because...

L-56 Why do we have to great build shrines that's worth millions and millions of dollars, and preaching Jesus is coming the next few days? Missionaries on the field with no shoes on their feet, living on one meal a day, why would we throw money away for stuff like that, and missionaries that I know of have to put shoes on their feet? Men of God will answer for it someday. God going to say, "Why?" That's right. Mother, trying to hand you a little baby, and his little belly swelled that big, dying with hunger. We try and want to keep up with the Joneses. God's going to ask us, "Why?"
Now, out great organization's building tens of millions of dollars worth of buildings and things like that and preaching Jesus is coming soon. Our own testimony beats us in the face by the Word, know we don't believe what we are talking about. Just become a routine, around, and around, and around. "The Father said so; we say it too." If you really believe it, act like it.


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