<TITLE>11. Par 46-49</TITLE>L-46 Now. Prophets of the Lord gave signs and wonders to every generation. Prophets, true prophets with the true Word gave true Scriptural signs. Now, remember... Now, we want to differentiate here between the right and the wrong, because remember, in--the Bible said in Matthew 24 that the two spirits in this day, that we're coming to in a few moments, would be so close it would deceive the very elected if it was possible. I'm glad it said, "if it was possible." The elected... But those who were elected was foreknown by God. "Those who He foreknew, He called: those who He called, He justified: those who He has justified, He hath already glorified." That's a settled fact. Yes, sir. So then (You see?), it would deceive the very elected if it would be possible, and it certainly looked like the right thing. All right.
Now. But the true prophets gave true signs of the true Word (Is that right?) true Word. Let me call just a few up--just one of them right here, just before we go any farther. How close the lie can seem like the truth. (Am I blasting too much to you? Is that--that too loud? Look, can you hear me back in the back? Oh fine.) Now, how true--close the truth and a lie is alike. The thing that Satan told Eve was almost perfectly the truth.

L-47 Look. When in the times of Jehoshaphat and Ahab... Ahab had preserved to himself four hundred Israelite prophets. Now, they were prophets, Israelite prophets, Jewish, in the line of the truth: prophets. He had four hundred of them that he'd schooled and taken care of.
And so Jehoshaphat came down to make an alliance with Abra--with Ahab. And when he did, he said, "Shall we go up to Ramoth-gilead and take that land?" Well, they spoken to the prophets. Remember, look how truth it looked.
Them prophets said, "Go up. The Lord's with you." Why? Where was they basing it? They were basing upon the fact that the land did belong to them. That's right. When Joshua divided the land, God gave Ramoth-gilead to Israel. And the enemy had pushed them back off the land, and was occupying the land themselves.
Now, watch, my Pentecostal brethren. See? That's right. The land belongs, but it can be taken by the enemy and held until things are made right. Come back to the Word. See? No matter what we claim, we got to get back, and come in line with the Word, for that's the--that's the--the way God's made it. We got to come back to the--line up with the Word. Line up with God and His Word, then it's got to work.

L-48 But these prophets said, "You go on up there. The Lord's with you." And why, one of them (Zedekiah there, I believe) had made him two horns. And he said, "You're going to take these horns and--and push the enemy plumb out of the land."
But you know, a real spiritual man... (I hope the whole house is setting full of them tonight. See?) That didn't sound right to Jehoshaphat, 'cause he was a good man.
Four hundred, probably twice what we got setting here tonight, all prophesying in one accord. He said, "Now, there they are, there they are." Said, "That's our sign."
And this prophet said, "I'll make you a sign." Got two horns, and said, "Take these, and you'll push them plumb out. That's 'THUS SAITH THE LORD.'"

L-49 But Jehoshaphat said, "There's just something wrong there. I can't put my finger on it, but there's something wrong." Said, "Haven't you got another one?" He said, "Oh, yes. We might call another one. He's a holy-roller down here, a little fellow called Micaiah. But I hate him. Why," he said, "he--he--he's continually prophesying evil against me."
"Oh," he said, "don't let the king say so. But let's hear him."
So they sent the trustees over, the deacon board, and said, "Now, look. You know, you might be made state presbyter or something, if you'll just line in with them now. You say the same thing they do."
And, oh, could you imagine talking to a man of God like that? Micaiah said, "As the Lord God lives, I'll just say what He tells me to say."


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