<TITLE>13. Par 46-49</TITLE>L-46 Now, if that was the sign of Messiah in that day, and He's risen from the dead, it's got to be the sign of the Messiah today. Is that clear? It's the Messianic sign today.
Now, how we could go on and on; our time is leaving swiftly. I think Peter well explained it on the day of Pentecost when he said, "Ye men of Israel, Jesus of Nazareth, a Man of approved of God among you by signs and wonders, which God did by Him as you also are witnesses..." I think that explained to the Church, don't you think so?
I think that--that when Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, listen at him. He said, "Rabbi," now he represented the orthodox church, and many the same today. "Rabbi, we (Pharisees, big church), we know that Thou art a prophet sent from God or a man sent from God (teacher, rather, I believe he used the word)... "We know that Thou art a teacher sent from God, for no man could do the things that You do, except if--if God wasn't with him." Is that right?

L-47 Now, he expressed... But why didn't they do it? Because they were so--so denominated, so stiff and starchy: Pharisees, Sadducees, Publicans, Herodians, all. They had their sects so that if the priest, the big priest had made proclamation, "If anybody believes on Him, he'd be excommunicated from the church." Isn't that the same spirit today?
And then, if that is the same spirit today, of persecuting, there's got to be the same kind of spirit for it to persecute. Just the time Jesus come on the scene, Judas come on the scene. Just the time Jesus went off the scene, Judas went off the scene. Just the time the Holy Ghost came, the antichrist spirit came. And now, the antichrist is showing hisself, and the Holy Ghost is showing Hisself, right here at the end. Do you see it? Perfectly, no room for unbelief, only lest you were just born to.

L-48 Now, listen closely. Jesus of Nazareth... Some Jews, not Jews, but there was some Greeks came too, which was scholars, and said, "Sirs, we would see Jesus." They wanted to see Him. And I believe that would be the call of every man, woman, boy, and girl's heart here tonight: you want to see Jesus.
Well then, if He is the same tonight as He was then, only the corporal body, then what type of a Person we would look for? We... Would we look for some tramp? No. Would we look for a man with real finely dressed in robes and things different from other men? No, sir. He walked so common with man, till He walked right in and out of them, and they didn't even know Who He was.
Would we look for man with soft, mellow speech, or with such a--a education till He would almost be speaking in unknown tongues to common people? The Bible said in Luke, "that the common people heard Him gladly."
Will we look for a man that was accepted up in the higher ranks? No sir. He was condemned in the higher ranks. The priests condemned Him. The religious of that day condemned Him, and finally killed Him. He was hated of those people.

L-49 Now, closely... Will we find a man going around saying, "I have power to heal." No, sir. Jesus said, "It's not Me that doeth the works." Jesus did not claim to be a Divine Healer. How many knows that? say, "Amen." [Congregation says "Amen."--Ed.] Jesus said, "It's not Me that doeth the works; it's My Father that dwelleth in Me; He doeth the work." Is that right?
Now, would we look for a man that come down along the road and just made every cripple to walk He come in contact with, make every blind person to see, and every deaf person to hear? Would He do that? No, sir, He didn't do it.


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