<TITLE>06. Par 23-26</TITLE>L-23 Now, to save time, you mark it in your Bible, Saint John the 1st chapter. Let's just go to it now. Just... I'll take a few instance mentally. You, of course... Each one of the writers wrote the same thing. And maybe if they never wrote it... They had wrote the same instant, but maybe if you stood here and seen something, and someone stood over here, it might be just a little different, but it is the same instance.
Now, in Saint John 1, when Jesus was born, and then... We know the story. And when He ended His ministry, after His temptation, immediately when He entered His ministry, He entered it preaching the Gospel to the poor, 'cause the rich had refused Him.

L-24 And another thing, He begin healing the sick. Did you notice that? Well then, if God's program (as some people put it) God wants man to suffer for His glory, then Jesus come down to do the will of the Father. He said He did. Did He? And why did He heal those sick and afflicted then? If He come to do the will of God, Who makes them sick... "The will of God, says man today, that God makes people sick so that He can show His--His glory in their patience," and then Jesus comes down and takes all that sickness off of them. Then He defeated the purpose that the Father sent Him for. He ought to come down and made everybody sick. See? That would've been the purpose of the Father then. But you see how different men make it from what God has it. Huh? Now, does that sound reasonable? Is that Bible?

L-25 Now, this is a small group tonight. We're talking heart to heart. When Jesus met... His disciples all begin to follow Him. And we find there was a man by the name of Peter got saved. And the strange thing when he came to Jesus, Jesus knew who that man was. Now, that was a strange thing, wasn't it?
When He come, He said, "Why, you're Simon, the son of Bar-jona," said, "but from hereafter, you'll be called Peter. You are Simon. Your father was Jonas. So I'm going to call you Peter." Which "Peter" means "little stone." And said, "I'm going to call you 'little stone' from this on." That was a strange thing for a Man Who had never seen him, yet knowed his name, and knowed who his daddy was, and all about him. That was kind of a str... But that was Jesus yesterday. If that's Jesus yesterday, that's got to be Jesus today if He's the same. Is that right?
Then we find out that they... Another fellow got converted by the name of Philip. And he had a good friend out of the orthodox church. So he went around a mountain, a few miles, and found his friend under a tree, praying. So he said, "Come, see Who we found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."

L-26 And this fellow, very staunch, and had been taught in the orthodox Jewish religion, he raised up and said, "Now, looky here, Philip, could there be any good thing come out of a city like Nazareth?"
And I think Philip give him the best answer that anybody can: "Come and see."
You hear people criticize this and criticize that. Go find out for yourself. That's the way. I'm going to speak on that in a few moments.
"Come find out for yourself."
So he said, "All right. I'll go with you."
And around the hill they come, and they walked up, Jesus praying for the sick. And the Jews all standing there condemning Him, finding fault with Him and... You know if you go to a meeting to find fault with it, the devil will sure anoint you. You can sure find fault. If you go to get the good out of it, God will anoint you. You'll get the good out of it.


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