<TITLE>09. Par 38-41</TITLE>L-38 And the direct rays of the sun of Palestine, burns the flesh bad. Both men and women use it. And they put it on their face, and then they wipe it off with another clean towel. And now their feet is clean; they have on a nice clean pair of moccasins, we would call it. And their hands are clean, and their face is clean, the perspiration and smell from their face. And now they feel refreshed and ready now to enter in to meet the host.
And then they walk into the parlor. And when they walk in there, the host is standing to greet them. First, before he does anything, he reaches his right hand, and then he touches the right hand, they put their left hand on each others shoulders, and the host brings his guest to him, and kisses him on one side, and then kisses him on the other side. And then, he is a full-fledged brother. Oh, he's at home then. He is washed; he's refreshed; and now he's kissed welcome.

L-39 Now the kiss is the welcome kiss. After the--the host has kissed the guest, then the guest, he can go to the icebox or whatever he wants to. He's just at home. But until he does that, why, he isn't presentable to be kissed. He can't be kissed, because he's not presentable. He smells bad, and sticky perspiration on him. And then...
And after he's cleaned up, and refreshed so he can meet his host, then his hands are shook, and he's kissed from one side of the cheek to the other one, and then he's a real brother. He can just go around, do whatever he wishes to. And that's the way it was done.
And this rich Pharisee how he was entertaining his guests. And many had come in, and they were drinking wine, and tipping the glasses to each other. And as the--usually a party like that, joking, and jostling, and going on, jesting, rather, just as they do today, the same thing...

L-40 But I happen to look. And I hear somebody say, "Who is That setting over there?" And there set One over in the corner with His head down, His hands hanging down, His head dropped, His disciples on the outside looking at Him. And there He set, sweaty, dirty, smelly, not kissed welcome, and been invited to the--the party.
When I think of it, Jesus setting there with dirty feet, how did that flunky ever let that pass? How did he ever let Jesus get by? It must have been this.
Jesus was dressed in such a common clothes. He dressed as a peasant. He walked as a peasant. And they must have thought that He was just a peasant coming in.

L-41 And many times today people look at people by the way they're dressed and judge them the same way. Brother, let me tell you something now. Some of the truest old hearts I've ever knowed that beat was under an old blue shirt. That's right. It don't have to be a tuxedo suit with a collar turned in the back. No, sir. God can beat in an old heart under a blue shirt sometimes.
I've held a many revival and a great big old boy, hair hanging down in his eyes, didn't know his abc's, and a blue shirt on, patches on one another, reach up and get me by the hand and say, "Preacher, I mean it." Brother, you can believe that. That's right. I'd rather have him with me any time, than some slicker with a collar turned around or something walking along, his pigeon-tailed coat on, and called Doctor, Reverend, Father, or something. And you couldn't trust him as far as you could reach your hand. That's pretty rough, but that's true. They failed to recognize Him.


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