WHO IS THAT MAN?

 

Thus saith The Lord God:

 

“And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men`s bones shall be burnt upon thee.” 1 Kings 13/1-2.

 

WHO WAS THIS MAN????

 

“And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back: And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulcher of thy fathers.” 1 Kings 13/20-22.

 

WHO WAS THIS MAN????

 

“And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.” 1 Kings 20/28

 

WHO WAS THIS MAN????

 

“And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.” 1 Kings 20/35-43.

 

WHO WAS THIS MAN????

 

“So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel. For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall and him that is shut up and left in Israel: And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? Wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. 2 Kings 9/4-13.

 

WHO WAS THIS YOUNG MAN????

 

WHO WERE THESE MEN? WERE THEY NOT PROPHETS, SERVANTS OF THE LORD??

 

DID THEY NOT DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER IN HEAVEN??

 

DID THEY NOT SPEAK “THE WORD OF THE LORD??”

 

WOULDN`T YOU LIKE TO KNOW THEIR NAMES, THEIR BACKGROUND, WHO THEY WERE SUBMITTED TO, WHERE THEIR AUTHORITY TO DO SUCH THINGS CAME FROM???? SO THAT HAVING ASCERTAINED WHO THEY WERE, THEIR CREDENTIALS, THEIR REPUTATION, THEIR INTEGRITY, HAVING FOUND OUT NAMES SO THAT YOU COULD GET REFERENCES,.......................... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR RIGHT TO DO SUCH THINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVAL,............ CONFIRMATION FROM “OTHER MEN,” BECAUSE YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL THIS INFORMATION BEFORE YOU COULD BELIEVE THE ABOVE SCRIPTURES ARE OF A CERTAINITY FROM THE LORD SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR, TAKE HEED AND BELIEVE WHAT IS WRITTEN;…….OH I`M SORRY, YOU ALREADY BELIEVE THAT THE ABOVE SCRIPTURES ARE FROM THE LORD;….YOU ALREADY BELIEVE THAT THEY SPOKE “THE WORD OF THE LORD;…..TCH TCH, HOW SILLY OF ME NOT TO REALISE THAT, I THOUGHT BY ALL YOUR RESPONSES TO “HOW DARE YOU” THAT THESE FACTS HAD TO BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE YOU WOULD SET YOUR STAMP OF APPROVAL ON “HOW DARE YOU,” TAKE HEED TO THE THINGS WRITTEN THEREIN AND “HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD” AND OBEY!!!

 

YOU HAVEN`T GOT A PROBLEM BELIEVING THE “HOLY WRITINGS” WHEN YOU READ THE BOOKS OF ESTHER, KINGS, SAMUEL, RUTH, JUDGES, HEBREWS, ALL OF WHICH THE AUTHORS ARE UNKNOWN; AND THE BOOKS OF LAMENTATIONS, SONG OF SOLOMON, ECCLESIASTES, THE UNASCRIBED PSALMS, (ORPHAN PSALMS,) JOB, EZRA, CHRONICLES, SAMUEL, JOSHUA, GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY, MATHEW, ALL OF WHICH THE AUTHORS ARE ASCRIBED AS BEING UNCERTAIN, ATTRIBUTED TO, PROBABLY, MAYBE, TRADITIONALLY, OR ANONYMOUS???

 

WHY HAVE YOU GOT A PROBLEM READING AND HEARING WHAT IS SPOKEN AND WRITTEN BY THE LORD`S SERVANTS TO-DAY?????

 

IT`S NOT IMPORTANT WHO IS IT? WHAT`S HIS NAME? WHERE DOES HE COME FROM? WHAT MINISTRY IS HE UNDER? WHO IS HE SUBMITTED TO? WHO GAVE HIM THE AUTHORITY TO DO THIS? WHAT DOES HE DO?

 

THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS “THE WORD OF THE LORD:”

 

IF IT BE “THE WORD OF THE LORD,” TAKE HEED HEAR & OBEY!

IT MATTERS NOT WHO DELIVERS IT,…..IT ONLY MATTERS THAT IT IS DELIVERED, AND THAT IT IS “THE WORD OF THE LORD!!!!”

 

WHY DO YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO IS IT? ISN`T IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT IT IS “THE WORD OF THE LORD,” AND YOU ARE JUST LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO REFUSE, IGNORE, DISREGARD, DISOBEY AND JUSTIFY YOURSELVES AS BEING RIGHT AND NOT HAVE TO TAKE ANY NOTICE:

 

YOU`RE JUST LOOKING FOR A REASON TO DISREGARD, TRYING TO ABSOLVE YOURSELF FROM THE CONVICTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

 

IF THIS IS YOUR REACTION, THEN YOU`RE ALREADY IN BIG TROUBLE,

 

TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, HUMBLE YOURSELVES AND REPENT OF YOUR PRIDE:

 

YOU BELIEVE THE SCRIPTURES, BUT NOT GOD`S SERVANTS TO-DAY; “WOE UNTO YOU! FOR YE BUILD THE SEPULCHRES OF THE PROPHETS, AND YOUR FATHERS KILLED THEM. TRULY YE BEAR WITNESS THAT YE ALLOW THE DEEDS OF YOUR FATHERS: FOR THEY INDEED KILLED THEM, AND YE BUILD THEIR SEPULCHRES. (by preaching, teaching and believing the scriptures;) Luke 11/47-48, and again Math. 23/29-31.

 

“AND THIS IS THE RECORD OF JOHN, WHEN THE JEWS SENT PRIESTS AND LEVITES FROM JERUSALEM TO ASK HIM, WHO ART THOU? AND HE CONFESSED, AND DENIED NOT; BUT CONFESSED, I AM NOT THE CHRIST. AND THEY ASKED HIM, WHAT THEN? ART THOU ELIAS? AND HE SAITH, I AM NOT. ART THOU THAT PROPHET? AND HE ANSWERED, NO. THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM, WHO ART THOU? THAT WE MAY GIVE AN ANSWER TO THEM THAT SENT US. WHAT SAYEST THOU OF THYSELF?......HE SAID,….

 

I AM THE VOICE……OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD, AS SAID THE PROPHET ESAIAS. AND THEY WHICH WERE SENT WERE OF THE PHARISEES.” John 1/19-24.

 

“A PROPHET HATH NO HONOUR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY.” John 4/44

 

Even John the Baptist would not “bear witness of himself,” but only of the “will of the Father in Heaven and His Word:”

 

Why do you suppose these prophets and scribes of the scriptures, and in the scriptures felt no need for “formal introductions and credentials????

 

COULD IT BE THAT THEY TRULY KNEW IN THEIR HEART THAT BECAUSE GOD TOLD THEM TO DO THIS, HE WOULD JUSTIFY THEM, HONOUR THEM, THUS HAVING NO NEED TO POUT THEIR OWN SELF IMPORTANCE???

 

COULD IT BE THAT THEY TRULY HAD A REVELATION OF “DENYING SELF?”

 

COULD IT BE THAT THEY TRULY KNEW THAT THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMPORTANT IS…. “THE WORD OF THE LORD”….

 

COULD IT BE THAT THEY KNEW IN THEIR HEARTS AS JOHN KNEW….

 

“HE MUST INCREASE, BUT I MUST DECREASE.” John 3/30.

 

BE WARNED!!! DON`T LOOK AT THE MAN….HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD AND OBEY!

 

In every instance out of the books of kings in the above scriptures, the “hearers” believed the “Word of the Lord,” as spoken by these unknown prophets, (servants) of The Living God, they didn`t need to see their “credentials” to “hear and believe:”

 

HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD YOU TAKE HEED TO-DAY!!! IF IT BE THE “WORD OF THE LORD,”….YOU WILL KNOW BY THE CONVICTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT:

 

“see that ye refuse not Him that speaketh;”

 

Bevan Kluver,

Straight Talk Ministries,

Ph/Fax 07 55452874,

Website www.straighttalkmin.org

bevan.kluver@bigpond.com

 

“speaking the truth in love, in the spirit of meekness, earnestly contending for the faith;”

 

23rd March 2003.