<TITLE>15. Par 63-67</TITLE>L-63 They run back as hard as they could. Not to argue their religion now. The Bible said their eyes were opened. They didn't run back to holler about how well they knowed their religion. They only had their eyes opened. That's all. They knew Him.
God wants your eyes of understanding open. He's raised from the dead. If He's raised from the dead, then He's got to be the same Lord Jesus. The Scripture declares Him so. What was He when He was here on earth? Did He claim to be a healer? Did He go around at some of the peoples of the day, patting themselves on the chest, "I'm a Divine healer."? Not our Lord. You couldn't believe Him doing that, very much contrary. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works: it's My Father that dwelleth in me; He doeth the works."

L-64 What kind of works did He do? Let's go to Saint John the 1st chapter, just for a moment. Peter had come to Him. And the strange thing, He knew Peter's name. And He knew who his father was, Jonas. Said, "Simon, the son of Jonas. I'm going to call you Peter, 'little stone,' from now on."
And Nathanael got converted, or Philip rather, and he, right away, it showed he was converted, he went to find his buddy. And his buddy belonged to the big high church. Jesus was an outcast, considered (as we'd call it today, if you'll excuse the expression,) holy-roller, devil possessed, not educated. His disciples were ignorant and unlearned said the Bible, Acts 4. And Jesus was an outcast to the society of the religious world. But it didn't matter to those who was converted. They believed Him to be the Messiah. And away they went.

L-65 Went Philip over and found Nathanael, and he was under a tree praying. He said, "Come, see Who we've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
And then this great fine man, he was in a denominational, Pharisee, or Sadducee, or Herodian, or whatever he was, he brushed his clothes off; perhaps, he said, "Now, just a minute. Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
And I think Philip give him the best answer I ever heard, said, "Come, see." It's the best way. "Come, see." And when he come up to where Jesus was standing, perhaps, maybe when He was praying in the prayer line, or whatever He was doing, maybe standing out in the audience... But when Jesus laid eyes upon this man, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom that there is no guile."

L-66 He could've been a Greek. He could've been an infidel. He could've been something else. But Jesus said he was an Israelite in whom was no guile. That astonished this Jew. And he said, "Rabbi (which means 'teacher'), whence knowest thou me? I never seen you in my life (in other words), and You never seen me. How did you know I was thus?"
Well, Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree." Thirty miles around the mountain. When... "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes.
You know what that staunch, religious, gun barrel straight in it, do you know what he said, that Jew? He expressed the expression of every true believer. "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God."
And He said, "Because I told you this, thou has believed Me? You'll see greater things than this."

L-67 And about that time, the Jews were standing by when Jesus performed these things. And they said, "This man is Beelzebub." Beelzebub was the chief of the devils, in another words, "He's a fortuneteller. And by his mental telepathy, or his fortune-telling spirit, he has power to do these things, and to cast out the devils."
And Jesus said, "You say that against me, the Son of man, I'll forgive you. But when the Holy Ghost is come (in other wise) to do the same thing, one word against that will never be forgiven in this world or the world to come." So be careful. See? He promised the Holy Spirit would do it.


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