<TITLE>17. Par 62-64</TITLE>L-62 Like Micaiah was down there before Ahab and Jehoshaphat. There was fifty--or no, four hundred, I guess, fine cultured men come out, well fed, dressed: Ahab's prophets. They come out there prophesying. Jehoshaphat, being a righteous man, there was something didn't hit just right. See, he didn't have no faith.
All them fellows standing there, the whole seminary was out. Said, "Looky here. Go up, Ahab," because they was judging, "The land belongs to you, Ramoth-gilead. It's yours, so it belongs to you. Go up and take it. The Lord's with you." A guy had a great big set of horns, like this. He said, "By this you're going to push them all the way out of the land."
Jehoshaphat looked around and seen there was no faith. "No matter," he said. "Here," he said, "have--haven't you got another one?"
He said, "Another one? There's four hundred of the best. They're educated; they're trained. They're men of God."

L-63 But you see, there was no faith there. He said, "Surely you ought to have another one somewhere."
He said, "I got one, but I hate him." He said, "He's always bawling me out."
"Oh," he said, "let not the king say so. Go get him."
Says, "That's Micaiah, the son of Imlah."
So you know what? The deacon board went over and met him, said, "Now, looky here, Micaiah. If you want to come back into the organization again, all you said against them, it'll be forgiven you--if you'll just say the same thing they say. You say the same thing."
Micaiah, I like that man of God. He said, "I'll say only what God puts in my mouth." So he got over before him, and he said, "Give me tonight." And he must've prayed all night. Along about daylight he saw his vision. When he saw the vision, he compared it with the Word.
That's the way to check whether your vision's right or not. Not all kinds of visions is right. But if it's contrary to the Word, you leave that vision alone. But if it's with the Word, stay with it.

L-64 So Micaiah gave his prophecy, that he saw Israel scattered like sheep. Now, four hundred ministers standing there, all of them well, all them prophets, great men, ecclesiastical force. But Micaiah was persistent. He had checked his vision with the Word. He knowed it was right. He knowed what that real prophet... Elijah had prophesied evil against Ahab, and how could he say good when the Word said evil?
How can you bless what God has cursed, or how can you curse what God has blessed? It must be with the Word. Sometimes you have to stand alone, but stand there. That's right. Be persistent. Stay right with it. No matter what anybody else says, stay with it. Micaiah stayed right with it. And of course, we find out that it proved out that he was right.
Faith never denies the truth of the Word, but holds to it no matter how ridiculous it might seem. Faith holds right on to the truth of the Word.
Peter (in closing)... Oh, my. Why didn't somebody pull me? I didn't know it was getting that late. Excuse me, friends. I'd better stop right here then. I'll say just a couple of more little comments here (See?), and then go. Let's change it just a minute. All right. Notice. (Thank you.)


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