<TITLE>07. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 And then there was the man that we are speaking of tonight by the name of Philip, and he got saved by believing on the Lord Jesus, and he was so anxious to tell everybody about it. He had a good friend, by the name of Nathanael. And so he goes around the mountain from where Jesus was preaching here at Galilee, and finds Nathanael under a tree, praying. Perhaps, I think they claim about thirty miles around the mountain, the journey would've been.
And so the next day, while Jesus was continuing in His prayer line, now let us watch and see what He was yesterday. If we can find what He was yesterday, He's got to be the same today if He is the same. Now, just don't let that pass over you; let it settle. Just lay aside our differences now. If He is the same today that He was yesterday, then He has to do the same that He did yesterday.

L-25 And after Philip's conversion, and he found Nathanael under a tree praying, he said, "Come, see Who we have found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
And you know this Nathanael was a orthodox believer. I can just see him raise up, and brush off his robe, and said, "Now, could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?" See, he belonged to the high church. And he wanted to know if any good thing can come from Nazareth.
And I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could give him, said, "Come and see." Don't set off and criticize, come, see for yourself.
And on the road around as they talked, and they came up to where Jesus was the next day, and when those lovely eyes seen Philip coming up with Nathanael, Jesus turned, and looked to Nathanael, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom is no guile."
And it astonished the little orthodox, and he said, "Rabbi, when did You know me? Why, this is the first time we've ever met. I have never seen You in my life, neither have You seen me. And how would You know that I was a just and honest man, a believer?"

L-26 Now, all men dressed just alike in them days, wore beards and garments just alike. He could've been a Greek or something else, but He said he's an Israelite in whom is no guile. It astonished him, that miracle. And he said, "How did You know me?"
Oh, don't let this pass you. Jesus said, "Yesterday, while you were under the tree, I saw you." Thirty miles around the mountain, but "I saw you when you were under the tree."
That little Jew raised up, and he said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of the Israel."
Jesus said, "Because I told you this you believe? You'll see greater things than this."

L-27 Now, that was the Jewish expression, I mean the believing Jew. Philip expressed the thoughts of the real true believing Jew. But what did the church group do? They said, "This man is Beelzebub, mental telepathy, fortuneteller."
Watch what Jesus said to them, He said, "You call Me Beelzebub; I'll forgive you; but when the Holy Ghost is come to do the same thing, one word against It will be never forgiven in this world or the world to come."
Bear that in mind. Jesus said, "When the Holy Ghost came and done the same thing that He did, there would never be forgiveness of speaking against It." That's His Word. Who would dispute It? Because they called the Spirit of God in Him, working those miracles, an unclean spirit, like a fortuneteller, or some medium or something, Beelzebub.


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