<TITLE>10. Par 87-102</TITLE>L-87 And up come the prophets, and they all prophesied. Sure, they was exactly with the--the right idea, they thought. They said, "Certainly, that belongs to Israel. If God gave that to Israel, it belongs to Israel."

L-88 But God only gives you these things on conditions. That's what I think about the gifts of the Spirit, in the Church, today. So many says it needs to be in there. But it'll only come in there under conditions.

L-89   A noted minister said to me, not long ago, "Won't you quit picking on them women and men, about this, that, or the other?" Said, "They'd regard you as a seer, or prophet." Said, "Why don't you teach them how to receive the Holy Ghost and great gifts?"
I said, "What would they do with them?"

L-90 Said, "You, you ought to teach them better things than trying to tell them how to cut their hair and wear their clothes, and so forth like that. You shouldn't do that."

L-91 I said, "How am I going to teach them algebra when they won't even listen to their ABC's?" See? How you going to do that? They got the... God gives these gifts on conditions.

L-92   And that land belonged to Israel, on conditions that it stayed true to God. But look what a renegade they had in there for a pastor, just letting idolatry and everything else be swept in. But the prophets, thinking that that belonged to God, belonged to Israel, was a gift to Israel, they ought to possess it.
That's the same thing taking place today.

L-93 But remember when they all prophesied with one accord, and one of them, I believe, Zedekiah, made him a great big set of iron horns. He said, "You'll take these and push the Syrians plumb out of the country, with them."

L-94 And it just didn't suit this religious, good, moral man, Jehoshaphat. He said, "Well, haven't you got one more?"

L-95 "One more, when we got four hundred? Four hundred, with one accord, say, 'We'll have the Council of Churches. We'll--we'll just do it.'" See, they were all in unity. Said, "They're, every one, in agreement." Said, "Why don't you go ahead then and just go on up with me?"

L-96 He said, "Isn't there just one more that you could consult about this, that has contact with God?"

L-97 He said, "Yes, there is one more, but I sure hate him." That's it.

L-98 "Oh, let not the king say so," said Jehoshaphat. "Let--let's go consult him and--and see what it would be."

L-99 He said, "There is one, yeah, I know him, the son of Imlah," said, "Micaiah. But," said, "I hate him." Said, "He is always putting curses on me. He is always telling me I'm wrong and--and hell is waiting for me." Said, "I hate to even hear him preach. None of the rest of the ministers won't even have him in their churches." Said, "We've kicked him out, a long time ago, out of the association." Said, "I don't even know where you'd find him."
"Oh," he said, "don't let the king say so. Let's go get him."

L-100   So then one of the association went after him. He said, "Now, Micaiah, you've got a chance to get your membership card back again, if you'll say the same thing they say. See, if you just will do it, if you'll agree with us, that we all should join the council and all go in together, we'll just... you'll be one of us."

L-101 Oh, but God's always got somebody who will stand true. He said, "As the Lord God lives, I'll only say what He tells me to say." Amen.

L-102 That was the sign to Jehoshaphat. You know how the story goes. And he said, "Why, God said!" Although four hundred in a council was against him, yet he stood. And it was a sign to Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat wouldn't go out there.


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