<TITLE>04. Par 14-18</TITLE>L-14 Thank you. God bless you. Now, let us read the Word. Now, I want to take, if it be all right, the opportunity tonight to kinda teach just a little, nothing out of the ordinary, just a little teaching. And maybe Sunday afternoon, the Lord willing, I would like to teach a little message to the church, if the Lord permits.
So nice of these brethren here that told me, "Brother Branham (It's a nice letter and all of them signed it.), we turn you into the pulpit, preach what's on your heart." Now, that's... I couldn't have no more liberty than that. And so, I--I'm very grateful for a group of men, ministers, shepherds.
And I... Mostly ministers are suspicious because they have a right to be. They are shepherds, and they want to know what their flock's a eating. That's right. They should know. And a man that's got dignity and honor wouldn't do nothing to hurt anyone or any flock. He would always try to give it some vitamins, if anything, put it into the--into the flock. So maybe the Lord will give us some vitamins on the same words that we've heard many times.

L-15 Let us turn tonight to the 2nd book of the Kings and read just a portion of the Scripture.
Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in the upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
But the Angel of the Lord said unto Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, and go meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
Now, wherefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou has gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, why are ye now turned back?
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto this, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came to meet thee, and told thee these words?
And they answered him, He was a hairy man, girded with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
Now, in Jeremiah for a text, if I should call it, in Jeremiah the 8th chapter and the 22nd verse.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
And I would like to take the subject, if it should be called such (the text, rather), as the little word of "Why?" W-h-y, why.

L-16 I hope I'm not too loud back there, if the engineer of this will kinda govern it. They got a little yoke around my neck tonight here, and so I--I hope I don't get too loud. And it's good for my rough voice.

L-17 When God makes a way of escape for the people, and the people refuse that escape, then God asks the question, "Why?" I think He has a right to. If God does all that He can for the people, and the people refuse to receive His help, then He has a right to ask why they didn't do it. I believe it'll be that way at the judgment. When God has made every preparation that could be made for the church and for the people and then they refuse it, God's going to ask us why we didn't receive it. I believe that.

L-18 Now, we find out that this Ahaziah was the son of Ahab and Jezebel. He had come out of a cursed family. And when you take a family that's raising their children in the wrong atmosphere, you can't hardly expect anything else.


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