<TITLE>17. Par 47-49</TITLE>L-47 Now here is a lady standing here before me, which is a total stranger. I never seen the woman in my life; she... I--I don't know her. And I guess she doesn't know me, 'less it just be through magazines or something. But we don't know one another. If that's right, raise up your hand. We are totally... [The Sister speaks to Brother Branham--Ed.] Pardon me? She was in my meeting, many years ago. Was that in the States or in Canada? In Canada, in Winnipeg. Well, that was about ten years ago then, eleven. Yeah. All right. You was probably very young then. So--so then I don't know the woman, never seen her.
Now, the woman may be a Christian; she may not. She may be sick; she may not. She may be up there just to deceive; she may not. I don't know. No more than He would know how Nathanael said to Philip... or, to Philip. Or, Nathanael said to Christ, rather, "When did You know me, Rabbi?"
Now, this would settle it. Now, this woman, I never saw in my life. And she saw me ten years ago, setting out at the Winnipeg meeting. If anybody was there, knowed what it was; it was packed out the doors and everywhere... With Brother Small, I believe it was, Frank Small, I believe that... Might be here tonight for all I know. The brother, I haven't seen him for years. And here is our time--first time of meeting on earth. But God knows the woman. Now, if the Lord...

L-48 Here's the perfect scene of Saint John the 4th chapter in your Bible. Read it when you get home. Jesus had need to go up to Samaria. An while He set down by the well, and sent His disciples away, a... I imagine, a beautiful woman also came out to the well. And she was a Samaritan, and she went to draw water. She started away. And Jesus told her, said, "Bring Me a drink." How many knows that? And what did He do then? He caught a conversation with her, to pack, this conversation. And He said, "Bring Me a drink."
She said, "The well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with. It's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such. We have no dealings with one another."
He said, "But if you knew Who you were speaking to, you'd ask Me for water, and I'd give you water you don't come to draw." What was He doing? He was contacting her spirit. He just seen the woman stand there, so He talked to her.
And she said, "The well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with," and on like that. Finally, they got talking about worshipping in the mountain, and one at Jerusalem.
And Jesus told her, after while, when He found where her trouble was. He said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I don't have any husband."
He said, "That's right; you got five, and the one you've got now is not your husband." How many knows that's the Scripture? Now, watch what that Samaritan said.

L-49 Now, I'm going to tie two Scriptures together now. What did Nathanael say as soon as Jesus told Nathanael where he was, and he was an honest man? What did he say? "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel." How many knows that Saint John says that in the 1st chapter? All right. That's what that Jew thought when he seen that sign done: Jesus seeing him before he come to the meeting.
And then when this Samaritan woman come to Jesus, Jesus said to her, talked to her a little bit and told her where her trouble was, and she said, "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a (what?) prophet. We know, we Samaritans, we know that when the Messiah cometh... (You believe Jesus was the Messiah?), when Messiah cometh, He will do these things. He will tell us all things." But she couldn't understand Who He was.
He said, "I'm He that speaks to you." And upon that, she left the water pot and said, "Come, see a Man that told me the things I done. Isn't this the very Messiah?"
If that was the sign of Messiah in that day, it's the sign of the Messiah today. How many would believe that? Now, here it is. Now, take all your denominational isms out now; just look at the truth in the Word, if He's raised from the dead.


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