<TITLE>06. Par 23-27</TITLE>L-23 Hebrews 13:8 said that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Watch His ministry, just as a little preview for a few moments, maybe if you're strangers. Let's see what kind of a ministry He had.
Now, He didn't go around saying, "All right, you crippled, you get up. You blind, I'll raise this dead man." He raised three dead people according to the Scriptures in His earthly ministry here while He was on earth, just three as a confirmation. "In the mouth of two or three witnesses, let every word be established."
Many people died during His ministry. But He only raised three, as the Bible records. But what kind of a ministry did He have then? Watch Him in the beginning of His ministry, which we'll base on this text in a few moments.

L-24 When He was first begin His ministry, become popular, why, a man by the name of--of Philip got saved, and he went and found his friend Nathanael and brought Nathanael to Him. And when Jesus, standing, preaching, and praying for the sick, or wherever it was... Nathanael may have been in a prayer line. He might've been standing in the audience, wherever it was. When Jesus looked at him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
And he said, "Whence knowest Thou me, Rabbi?"
Or other words, if I would say the same thing to you, I'd say, "There's a Christian, a believer, an honest truthful person."
Well, he said, "How did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Is that true? That's the Bible.

L-25 And now what would you think would happen in amongst many people who are shallow borderline believers tonight, if something like that taken place here in New York tonight? The first impression they had, either the man... You'd say Jesus was a mind reader, or it was mental telepathy, or something like that.
And that's the reason God can't move. The people never welcome Him. They--they called Him a devil then. They said He was the chief of all the fortunetellers. Did you know that? "He's Beelzebub, the chief of the devils." Is that what the clergy called Him? Beelzebub, the chief of all the devils... See?

L-26 They didn't stop to read the Scriptures to see that that was the sign of the Messiah. But they--they just said, "Well, I know He knows what's wrong with them. And we can't understand why they get well, but He's a devil." See? But what did Philip--Nathanael say? He said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." That's the way to accept it.
He said, "Blessed art thou. If you have believed these things, because I told you that I knew where you was before you come to the church (in other wise), well, you'll see greater than this."
One day in His ministry He passed by a--a woman. Or went by... Up to Samaria it was, and set on a--a bench or a wall, sent His disciples into the city to get something to eat.
And as we as the American people, which is the eastern slant is altogether different from this... But we as American people, we believe that the woman was an ill-famed woman, prostitute, perhaps.

L-27 She had come out to get the water. Jesus said to her, "Bring Me a drink."
She said, "It's not customary for you Jews, to ask Samaritans such. We have no dealings." See? He was, to my opinion, He was trying to contact her spirit. The Father had told Him to go up there. But perhaps, He'd take place after He got there. So He set there at... She said, "Why, it's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such."


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