"A Chink in the Armor"

by James Jacob Prasch

Why paying attention to our affiliations matters when it comes to our personal and public witness of Christ.

  1. Introduction
  2. The Danger of Neoptism
  3. Jehoshaphat & Ahab
  4. When Good Leaders Become Involved with Bad Ones
  5. The Enemy Within
  6. The One True Prophet
  7. God First Stops Correcting
  8. Next God Removes Leadership
  9. Finally God Sends Deception
  10. The Working of God's Judgment
  11. Riding in Ahab's Chariot
  12. The Chink in the Armor
  13. The Danger of Not Listening
  14. The Overall Working of Judgment
  15. Conclusion
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The Overall Working of Judgment

Nepotism, family loyalty, friendship – "I've known him 20 years. My brother's married to his sister" – all this predisposes you to it. Then they give you the line, "We have to be united. We have to stand together. We have a common enemy. There's a common threat. We're all brothers. We're all born again, one Faith one Baptism. Let's stand together. We can't be negative, we can't be critical, and we have to accept each other." Why do you love those who hate the Lord? God warned Jehoshaphat. See, he knew those 400 false prophets were false. All these guys – the Kansas City Prophets and all these hype-artists – Rick Joyner, one after another – are proven false prophets by biblical definition. They are proven false prophets. They're as false as the false prophets of any other cult. Jehoshaphat knew it. They give a big banquet, a big show, a big celebration praise, a big Pensacola Pepsi Cola Seven-Up, whatever it is this week. One after another, prophesying victory, but there is no victory. Now God's judgment comes. He stops correcting, He removes real leadership, and He gives them over to it.

And they get angry with Micaiah they smack him. They say, "You're the false prophet." Bang. "Lock him up till I get back." And Micaiah says, "No you're not coming back, otherwise I'm a false prophet."

Notice only a true prophet will prophesy something in the name of the Lord and say "hold me to it." A Rick Joyner or a Gerald Coates will never do that. A Kim Clement will never do that. They hate the true prophet even though he's right.

Then Jehoshaphat goes right out and steps into Ahab's chariot. He becomes confused with Ahab and they begin shooting him. God is merciful, but then God rebukes. God corrects but he still doesn't listen, he does it again. Then his ships are broken up and he never makes it to Tarshish.

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