<TITLE>17. Par 133-139</TITLE>L-133   There's always all kinds of prophets. And always with Israel and along with the group, there was always prophets; them: soft soap soaping, peddle pushing prophets... that walked along and want the king's good word, and a hand out, and... All right, like Ahab had four hundred of them, all dressed up in their ecclesiastical style. And he told you... he told the--the--the great king up there, the Jehoshaphat, said, "Why, sure, I got four hundred, all well trained, Hebrew prophets."

L-134 And they all come and prophesied. But that man had enough of God in him to know that that was wrong, 'cause he knowed Elijah had cursed that thing. And how could God bless what he had cursed? He couldn't do it. He said, "Have you got one more that we might inquire?"

L-135 He said, "Yes, you got one out here; Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But," said, "I hate him." Said, "He's on us all the time condemning me and telling me everything evil." How could... The Lion had roared. God had spoke. Who couldn't speak the Truth? When it was contrary to the Word of God, he had to curse the thing. Always they've had this, the false prophet. But they've had a true one always, too. Remember, there wasn't a whole school of them. There was one of them. And that's the way it is in any day. That's the way it is, today.

L-136   The Prophet of the day is this Word. That's right. The Prophet, today, is not all these here different... There's a Methodist prophet, a Baptist prophet, a Pentecostal prophet, all kinds of prophets around, across the country. But still remains: there's One True Prophet, the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's right. Jesus Christ! And He is the Word. That's right. He is the Word: the Anointed Word of the hour.

L-137   Notice Him now, as we travel on. We find out that Joshua and Caleb... And then here comes Balaam in the hireling prophet. What did he do? He walked right over every Word of God, after God showed it to him. He represents the denomination, today. We'll show that just in a few minutes; Dathan, what he was, and what the rest of them was. Now Balaam represented the denomination. A person who ought not... ought to know better. He knowed that was wrong. But what did he do after that? God gave him a warning, and still he walked right across that warning. He was so crazy about money and popularity that he could belong to them. And so is the churches doing today, walking right into that World Council of Churches. And every warning is blasting across the country, and signs and wonders in this last days. They walk right into it anyhow, because they love the praise of man more than they love the Word of God.

L-138   I've got a good friend out there, that's preaching that message; a Pentecostal, out telling people, trying to unite the church together. Saying that "we must come into this, this ecumenical move." Why, some in them... the church of Christ. Many of these denominations that don't even believe in the virgin birth, and all these different things, and they all belong to that. How can two walk together unless they be agreed? Then, you said "Amen" to that, I wonder about this now: Then how can a man say that he's a Christian and filled with the Holy Ghost, and deny that that Word is the same yesterday, today, and forever? The Holy Ghost in you will punctuate that Word, every Word, "Amen. Amen. Amen." When the Word says anything, you say, "That's Truth." Amen! The... 'cause you're agreed with the Word. You're agreed with God. You and God are one. God is in you. You're His son or His daughter, makes you a messiah for Him, the anointed Word living out in you.

L-139   Notice, Balaam walked right across these things. He was a perfect denomination and a perfect answer to their taste. That's what Dathan wanted. That's what Korah wanted. They wanted to make an organization out of it. Said, "We got holy men all out through here."


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