<TITLE>05. Par 16-19</TITLE>L-16 Now, we notice when His ministry started... Now, I just want you to watch His ministry. When His ministry started, they begin to realize that there was something supernatural about the Man. The Pharisees, as Brother Baxter just got through saying, they could not figure it out. He knew the people; He knew their thoughts; He knew their hearts; He knew what was going on. And they said, "Well now, perhaps it's mental telepathy or psychology." And after while they seen the--the miracles and things that followed His ministry, psychology won't do, and mental telepathy won't produce. So then the only thing they could do, they couldn't figure it out so they branded it with their own brand, "It's the devil. He's the chief fortuneteller of the bunch; he's Beelzebub." And sent Him away.

L-17 Now, notice. Now, there was a man name of Philip, who got saved, and he went to find his friend Nathanael. And he said, "Come, see Who I've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the One that Moses spoke of." Now, watch the--closely now.
And Nathanael, a good man, he said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see."
And when he was coming, Jesus, standing in the prayer line, perhaps praying for the sick, or whatever He was doing, and when He seen Nathanael coming up, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
And it astonished the Israelite. And he said, "Whence knowest Thou me, Rabbi (Reverend, Elder, Teacher, or whatever we could call)?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Is that right?
Now, Nathanael didn't try to say, "Now, He's reading my mind. He's doing..." He said, "He's the Son of God, the King of Israel."

L-18 A woman, one time at the well... He said... He had need to go by Samaria. And when a woman, probably a prostitute... He came out to the wells about eleven o'clock when He sent the disciples away for bread. Now, watch this: He said to her, a... "Bring Me a drink," just to get a conversation.
She said, "Well, a... It's not customary for the Jews to ask Samaritans such; they have no dealings." And you know the story.
He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink and I'd give you water you didn't come here to drink."
She said, "The well is deep..." and so forth. He... What was He trying to do? He was hunting her spirit. And as soon as He got in that dimension of where her spirit was, He said, "Go get your husband," right straight to her trouble.
She said, "I have no husband."
He said, "You've said well; for you have five and the one you have now is not your husband."
She said, "Sir, I perceive that You're a prophet." She runned into the city and told the people to, "Come see a Man Who told me all the things I ever did."

L-19 Now, watch what kind of a Man we're talking about. Here He comes to the Pool of Bethesda where great multitudes... If I'm taught right, one multitude consists of over two thousand. And if there's multitudes, there's perhaps ten thousand people laying there. Now, watch it: St. John 5. Look at the condition of these people. They were lame, halt, blind, withered, twisted, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel came down into the pool at a certain season, and whosoever, stepping in first, was healed of whatsoever disease they had.
And here come Jesus now. Now watch this, the--love--lovely One... Do you believe He loved the people? You believe He was the Son of God? He was full of compassion? He loved the people with all of His heart? Sure He did. Now, here He come full of love. Suffering humanity, oh, how He loved them. Here He comes down to this pool where this great mass of people is.


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