<TITLE>04. Par 15-17</TITLE>L-15 And we notice Him, when He was here on earth, when His ministry begin to bloom into it's very beginning, there was a man by the name of Philip got converted. He went and found his friend, Nathanael, and he said, "Come." He found Nathanael under a tree and he said, "Come, see a... Who we have found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Well, this man, being a just man, and kinda shocked him a little bit when he first thought of a change in the ministry, and he said, "Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see."
And when Philip was in the audience, somewhere around where Jesus was speaking, Jesus turned to him or maybe he come into the prayer line, some way... Jesus said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there is no guile."
Now, if I'd say the same thing: "A Christian, a just person, truthful..."
And it astonished him: "How'd He know I was believer?" He said, "Whence knowest Thou me, Rabbi?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
Now, what would be the analysis or the--or the remarks of the modern theologians today when a remark like that would be made? They'd say, "That guy's a fortuneteller." Well, the theologians of that day said the same thing: "He's Beelzebub, the chief of the fortunetellers."
But Nathanael had a different idea. He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God," and a--or "the King of Israel," rather, "Thou art Christ, the--the King of Israel."
And He said, "Because I told you that I saw you under the tree, do you believe? You'll see greater things than this."

L-16 And one day there was a man came up to Him; He knew his name. He said, "Your name is Simon, but you will be called Peter from hence forth.
A woman one time, pressing through the crowd, touched His garment, went her way back out into the crowd, but Jesus had a way of knowing. He looked around, and He saw the woman that had the blood issue. He said, "Thy faith has saved thee." That's what He did.
We find out that the Father revealed to Him what He wanted Him to do. He submitted Hisself to the Father, listened not to the world, but He done only as the Father showed Him. These things Jesus did then as Jesus of A.D. '33.
The Jesus of 1954 does the same thing, for He is the resurrected One. You believe He raised from the dead? He lives tonight. He isn't dead; He's a living right here among us, tonight. Well then, if He is the same, yesterday, today, and forever, He has the hands of the church for His, the eyes of the church for His, and He operates through the church to prove His resurrection.

L-17 Now, one little thing: There was some disciples one day, who were marveling; they loved Him. Perhaps many of the same kind here tonight, but after they had knowed He was dead, they were sad as they went on the road to Emmaus. And a Man come out and walked along, a Man dressed like other men, no different. He just looked like other men. And He walked with them for awhile. He begin to speak to them. And they noticed that His speech was, kinda made people listen to Him. And as He walked along... and when He got them inside, the world closed out, He done something a little different than what ordinary men does, and by this, they recognized that it was the Lord Jesus. He is... Their eyes were opened, knowing that He alone could do it this way. And they rushed back to the city from where they come, and they said, "Did not our hearts burn within us as we walked along the road."


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