<TITLE>17. Par 167-183</TITLE>L-167   And so Ahab calls down Jehoshaphat, and said, "Come down." He said, "Looky there what our enemy's doing. Is it right that we, the people of God, with a God-given right that we should have this land, it belongs to us, God through His prophet, Joshua, divided this land, it should be ours; it belongs to us, to our children, and here the communists has took it over, and we have... We're so hungry, and they have got our God-given rights. Don't you think that we should go up there and take our land back? If you'll join your forces: if you Methodists, and Presbyterians, and all, and Presbyterians, and Lutheran, and so forth, all take the ecumenical council here now, we'll all set together, and we'll take the thing." (I'm saying and speaking in a parable now) "We'll go get it."

L-168 "Why," he said, "certainly, we're all one." Uh-huh.

L-169 Now, the Bible said, "How can two walk together except they be agreed?" See?

L-170 There where that great man, that great Pentecostal man, Jehoshaphat, got mixed up with the wrong crowd. And that's what happened to our Pentecostals today. There's some real man in there, but they're mixed up in that denominational crowd. Get out of that thing! It's cursed of the Lord!

L-171   Notice now! There he was, and he said, "Yes, that sounds reasonable." Said, "Our church is here, is our people; after all, we're all Jews." Uh-huh. "Sure, we'll go up with you." But is just enough religion left in Jehoshaphat to say, "Don't you think we--we should consult the Lord first?" See? "I think it'd be a good idea."

L-172 Why, Ahab, "Of course." Said, "Why, oh, sure, I should have thought of that."

L-173 "Well, is there a man of God somewhere? Have you got a prophet?"

L-174 "Ah, I got four hundred of them. I got the whole council down here, the whole denomination. They're Hebrew prophets."

L-175   Now remember, the Bible said they were "prophets, Hebrew prophets," not heathen prophets, Hebrew prophets; a school of them, a theological seminary.

L-176 "Well, bring them up!"

L-177 And the kings dressed themselves and set before him to impress the prophet. And here come, I believe it was Zedekiah come up, the great chief of the district councilmen, or ever what he was, come up there among them. He made hisself two big horns, he said, "I have heard from God. THUS SAITH THE LORD, 'With these horns you'll push the Syrians plumb out of the land.'"

L-178 "O glory!" everybody thought that was wonderful, fine.

L-179   Watch how close it gets to that razor edge now, between right and wrong. And remember it'll fall on one or the other sides, till it comes down sometime like a honed razor between the difference of right and wrong. It's got to be every Word of God; not just almost every Word, but every Word! And it's got down today, not to Lutherans, not to Methodists, not to Pentecostals, but to that honed age, in this age where the antichrist anointing is so perfectly, it would deceive the very Elected, they'll fall on the wrong side if they don't watch it, like a wedge. Watch! Be careful! We're not living in a Pentecostal age now. We're passed that age, just the same as it's passed Lutheran, and passed... See?

L-180   Notice. Now the prophets all prophesied, four hundred of them, well fed, well fixed, Hebrew prophets gave them witness, one accord, "THUS SAITH THE LORD, 'Go up, the Lord is with you.'"

L-181 Jehoshaphat said, "Well, that--that sounds all right. But," said, "have you got another one?"

L-182 "Another one? We got the whole denomination here, we got the whole council gathered out here. Why do we need another one?"

L-183 He said, "Ah," said, "I thought maybe there might be another one."


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