<TITLE>11. Par 35-37</TITLE>L-35 So away they went, the two together, just having them a time. And they went along the--the bank. And the first thing Jesus... is a little drama here, was perhaps standing, praying for the sick as they come along. And up in the crowd comes Nathanael and Philip; He'd never seen him before. Jesus feeling something moving in His heart, He looked around, and He seen Nathanael coming, and He said, "Behold." "Behold" means "to look up." See? "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
If I'd say it like you'd understand it here at home, we'd say, "There's comes a man is a Christian. That's an honest man." "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile." And I can see Nathanael saying, "Me?"
"Yes, you," said Jesus.
And he said, "Rabbi, how do You know me? Why," he said, "You don't know me. This is Your first time in this city. And I'm a stranger, and You've never seen me. So how would You know that I was a believer and had no guile? How do you know anything about me?"
Jesus turned and looked at him and said, "Before Philip called you when you were under the tree, I saw you." Oh, my. "Before Philip called you." Four or five miles around the bend... "Before you came to the meeting, I saw you under the tree, praying, when Philip come up."
Oh, my. What did he do? He fell down at His feet and said, "Rabbi (Teacher), Thou art the Son of God. Why, You're the King of Israel."

L-36 And notice. But the Pharisees of that day, the religious world, why, that was against their teaching. That was against their theology. "Why," they said, "this man is a devil. He's Beelzebub, the fortuneteller, the mental telepathy, that's who that fellow is."
Now, the religious world classed Him as a devil. But Nathanael, upon whom the miracle was performed, said, "You're the Son of God."
And the devil turned around, the minister said, "You are of the devil. You're a fortuneteller. These things are done Beelzebub." But the devil turns around and said, "You are the Son of God, the holy One of God." The devil was right in that case, knowed more about it than the minister did. He said, "Why, you're the Son of God." Do you believe that? Sure the... Sure, you believe that. If you don't, you're lost.

L-37 Notice, now. Then a little later we find Him on His road. Let's take Him here in as in, let's take the--the... I think Nicodemus well expressed it to the people. When Nicodemus said down there, when he came to Jesus by night. Lot of you criticize him because he come by night; but he got there; he arrived. The next thing, did you? So if you haven't ar--arrived yet at Jesus feet, why, don't criticize Nicodemus.
So he came by night, and he came to Jesus. And notice, a Rabbi, a teacher, coming to a Man that we have not one record He ever went to school a day in His life. And yet today we put all the emphasis upon school. He come, a man with great dignity, with all kinds of diplomas and doctor's degree, come to a man that had no diploma. Look at it. A millionaire came to a pauper, who didn't have a place to lay His head, when the foxes had dens and the birds had nests. When a multi-millionaire came by night to a pauper, when an old sage, D.L.D. Doctor, came to a young Man to learn wisdom... Amen.


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