<TITLE>11. Par 70-85</TITLE>L-70   Many of them say, "There is that old crank again. God has cursed us because of him," remember, Elijah. Said, "You're the one that's troubling Israel."

L-71 He said, "You're the one that's troubled Israel." See who God... Who's Word He was vindicating? His Own Word.

L-72 Now the Bible says they was raised up for this purpose, but when... the--the unbeliever. But now when the true believer can see the Word of that age made flesh, God speaking through human lips and then doing exactly what He said He would do, that settles it!

L-73   Now watch the rest of it. Don't watch signs. If you watch signs, you'll be fooled as sure as the world. False prophets will rise and show signs and wonders that'll deceive the elected if it was possible. Watch the Word. Look at these priests, these prophets, Hebrew prophet standing there. Zedekiah with two great big horns, and saying, "I am a ordained-of-God prophet." It's true. "I have three hundred and ninety-nine right here with me, and the Holy Spirit upon us, confirming and saying that land belongs to us. Let's go up and take it. And by these horns, Ahab, you'll push the enemy off of our ground, for God gave us the ground."

L-74   Watch that religious man, good man, Jehoshaphat, said, "Haven't you got one more?"

L-75 "One more? There's four hundred in agreement!" He said, "Yes, there is one more around here, but I hate him." Said, "He's always bawling all of us out and telling us what great sinners we are, and everything." Say, "I hate him! He, he is Micaiah, the son of Imlah."

L-76 He said, "Oh, don't let the king say so. Go get him and let's hear what he said."

L-77 So they brought him down there. He said, "Give me tonight and I'll see what the Lord says about it."

L-78 Ahab said, "I adjure you, don't you tell me nothing but the truth."

L-79 And the man come, said, "Now, if you want to get back in good fellowship, say just like the rest of them."
Micaiah said, "I'll say just what God says." See?

L-80 The next morning, they come out. The kings put their robes on, set in the gate, all of the celebrity. The prophet standing there. Said, "Now, fanatic, what you say about it?"

L-81 Said, "Go on up." Said, "But I seen Israel scattered like sheep having no shepherd."

L-82   He sma-... took his hand and smacked him in the mouth. The prophet smacked the prophet in the mouth. Now, both those anointed prophets standing there, prophesied, four hundred against one, that looked pretty strong. Now, in the multitude of counsel it's not always safety. Depends on where they're... what they're counseling about, what their counsel is. There wasn't safety there for the king, and he took that multitude for their counseling to be right. But if he had just stopped and turned back the scroll and look what Elijah had just said.

L-83   Then, Micaiah couldn't say anything, he didn't know, when maybe God forgave him for it. But first, being a prophet, he went to God to find out what God said. And he found out what God said. He said, "I saw God sitting upon a throne, and He said... had all of His counselors of Heaven gathered around Him, said, 'Who can We get to go down and cause Ahab to come out here, so We can otherwise fulfill the prophecy that's made about him?'"

L-84 See, prophecy, Elijah had already said, "The dogs will lick your blood."

L-85 And so he said he "seen a lying spirit go up from beneath, come up, come up before Him, said, 'I'll go down and get in his prophets, Ahab's prophets, and cause them to prophesy a lie.'"


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