<TITLE>17. Par 52-54</TITLE>L-52 Look at the resurrection of Lazarus. He walked away from the home, went away. And He... They sent for Him; He didn't go. Sent for Him again, He didn't go. After while, when He seen the appropriate days that God told Him in the vision, what would take place, He said, "My friend Lazarus sleepeth."
They said, "He's doing well."
Said, "He's dead. And for Your sake, I'm glad I wasn't there." 'Cause they would be asking me to pray for him. But said, "I go wake him." And when He got to the grave, listen to what He said. "Father, I thank Thee, Thou hearest Me always, but for these who stood by, I said it, "Lazarus, come forth." And a man being dead four days, stood on his feet, and lived again. Jesus, by a vision, saw it.

L-53 Now, when He was here on earth, let's take two classes--three classes of people: Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans. When He was preaching, praying for the sick, there was a Jew by the name of Philip got saved. And Philip went to find his friend, Nathanael, way around, several miles behind the mountain. And he found him; he was under a tree praying. He said, "Come, see Who we've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
And he raised up, the staunch Hebrew, and said, "Now, could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see." That's the best way. "Come, see, see for yourself."
So probably, Philip on the road around, said, "Now, don't criticize; just walk up and be honest and open-hearted."
So when he come to where Jesus was praying for the sick, he come up in the line where Jesus was. Jesus looked at him, and said, "Behold (look at, esteem, look up to)--behold an Israelite, in whom there is no guile."
Why, he said, "Wait a minute. Rabbi, when did You know me? You don't know whether I was a critic, unbeliever, or what. When did You know me?"
"Why," He said, "before Philip called you, when you was under the tree, I saw you." How did He see him forty miles away. Said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. You're the King of Israel." That's what the Jews said that was a sign that He was the Messiah.

L-54 Now, those great, stiff, churches, orthodox, just as holy and precise as they could be, they were standing there. What did they say about Him? They said, "He's a fortune-teller. He's Beelzebub, the chief of the devils."
What did Jesus say? He said, "Now, you can say that to me, and I'll forgive you. But when the Holy Ghost comes, the Comforter, and does the same thing in My Name, if you speak one word against that, it'll never be forgiven you in this world or the world to come." And He predicted that when the Holy Spirit come, would do the same thing that He did.


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