<TITLE>09. Par 91-97</TITLE>L-91 {538-2} Christ, look how they hated Him. But He come exactly the way the Word said He would come. But being that He was a prophet, they blasphemed themselves away from the Kingdom of God by calling the Spirit of God, which was discerning and so forth, an unclean spirit. Said He was a--He was a fortuneteller or a devil... That is a... Fortuneteller is a devil (See?), devil spirit. Certainly. Did you know that? Absolutely. Fortunetelling is an impersonation of a prophet, which is absolutely blasphemy before God.

L-93 {538-3} Now, notice, called in perfect harmony with the Scriptures of Daniel's last three and a half years. Notice, Israel's believer--believers only are told in the Old Testament to believe their prophets after the prophet has been vindicated. "If there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord my--thy God, will make Myself known unto him and speak to him in visions, through dreams": interpret dreams.
Somebody have a dream, the prophet will be able to interpret it. And if--if he has a vision, he speaks it, "I'll make Myself known to him through visions and dreams--make Myself known. And if what he says comes to pass, then hear that prophet, 'cause I'm with him. If it doesn't, then don't fear him at all." That's right. "Get away; just let him alone." See?

L-95 {538-5} Now, that... Now, Israel always is going to believe that. And don't you see, because why? Now, I want you to catch this lesson good tonight now. Why? Because that's an order from God to them. I don't care how many tracts that the Gentiles get over there and spread out. I don't care how much you go through Israel with a Bible under your arm proving this, that, or the other; they'll never receive nothing but a prophet. That's exactly right. For a prophet is the only one who could take the Divine Word and put It in Its place and be a vindicated prophet; they'll believe it. That's right.

L-97 {539-1} As I was talking to a Jew up here at Benton Harbor, when that John Rhyn, being blind all of his life nearly, received his sight. They taken me over there to that House of David, and this rabbi come out with his long beard; he said, "By what authority did you give John Rhyn his sight?"
I said, "In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
He said, "Far be it from God having a son." And he said, "You people can't cut God in three pieces and give Him to a Jew, make three gods out of Him. You are a bunch of heathens."
I said, "I don't cut Him in three pieces." I said, "Rabbi, would it be a strange thing for you to believe one of your prophets told something wrong?"
He said, "Our prophets don't tell nothing wrong."
I said, "Who was Isaiah 9:6 speaking of?"
He said, "The Messiah."
I said, "Then Messiah will be a man-prophet. Is that right?"
He said, "Yes, sir, that's right."
I said, "Show me where Jesus missed it." He said... I said, "What relation will Messiah-prophet be to God?"
He said, "He will be God."
I said, "That's right. Now, you got it on the head." So help me, that Jew standing there and the tears rolling off his cheeks, said, "I'll hear you sometime later."
I said, "Rabbi, you believe that?"
And he said, "Look," he said, "God is able of these stones to rise children unto Abraham." (I knowed he was in the New Testament.)
I said, "Right, Rabbi. Now, what about it?"
He said, "If I preached that, I'd be down there," (you know where their place sets on the hill there) "down there in the street begging my bread."
I said, "I would rather be down there begging my bread..." (The Jew's still got his hands on money, you know. See, see?) "I'd rather..." (and his name in gold on the...) I said, "I'd rather be down there eating salty crackers and drinking branch water, and know that I was in the harmony with God and true than I would be here with my name on that building in gold letters like that, and knowing I was away from God to know that." He wouldn't listen to me no more. So he went in.


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