<TITLE>05. Par 15-17</TITLE>L-15 Well, the courier, to do this, he took out across the country, and we find him here looking. And his heart must have just been satisfied when he said, "That must be the man." I don't believe anybody could ever see Jesus and ever fail to know who He was. He's different from all other men.
And as the courier, as he notices everybody swarming around Jesus, as they swarm around Him, and it's just setting of the sun, he elbows his way through the crowd, and he bumps into a line that's around the Lord Jesus. He stumbles up against somebody and starts to break through the line.
There's a gentleman lays his hands on him, said, "Sir, you cannot go inside the line. Our Master has just got through speaking. Oh, He's so tired. I'm sorry, but we just can't let you go in." Who was this fellow? It could've been Philip.
And then he said, "But, kind sir, I have an important message for Him. I just must see Him, for I have a message from my master, that I've been for several days chasing Him around through Galilee. And now I have found where He's at, and I must do it, sir. I'm tired and I'm weary, but I--I must just say one word. Will you be so kind as to help me to get to Him?"

L-16 I can hear Philip say, "Certainly. I'll see that you get to say this word." I can see Philip take him by the hand, walk up, and say, "Master, this young man says he has a message for You from his master. Would you have a moment's time to say a word to him?"
I can see Jesus bow his head, "Yes." There's nobody ever asked Jesus anything but what got an answer. He's always willing to answer.
And the courier, as he looked at Jesus, knowing he was standing in the presence of Him, he gave Him the invitation and told Him that his Pharisee master wished to see Him.
Oh, I can see a great big fellow rush up by the name of Peter. "No, Lord, certainly not, you can't have nothing to do with them people. There's a rabbit in the woodpile somewhere. They've got something up their sleeve. You're too busy. Your schedule calls for this and this, and thus and thus. You just can't go down to see that Pharisee. After all, they haven't got no use for You. You see how they treat You. You can't go to such a person as that."

L-17 But, you know, He was the Word of God. "Ask and you shall receive," regardless of who you are or what your state is. I can see Jesus politely say to the young man, "Go, tell your master I'll be there on such-and-such a date. I'll be there."
"Seek and ye shall find. Knock, it'll be opened. Ask, you shall receive, for everyone that asks, receives. Everyone that knocks it's opened to him. Everyone that seeks, finds." Oh, if we could seek for Him and knock at His door with that kind of a faith that believing that He would hear and answer...
But then the courier, as soon as he had got his word from--that Jesus would be there, oh, he was so excited he turns around and rushes away. How could he do it? How could he do it? Think Who he's standing before. Oh, I wish I could take his place. He was so carried away with the duties of his master, he failed to recognize that he was in the Presence of God.


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