<TITLE>10. Par 36-40</TITLE>L-36 Now, we find out He's having a meeting. There was a man by the name of Peter come to Him. Jesus had never seen him. And He said, "Your name is--is Cephas--Simon, the son of a bar Jona--son of Jonas (rather). Your name is Simon, the son of Jonas. But hereafter thou shall be called Peter." What a strange thing that was. Your...
"You mean to tell me, You knowed that my name was Simon, and my father's name was Jonas? And then You're going to nickname me now, and call me another name, 'little stone'?" It kinda startled him. But it was the truth. That was Jesus yesterday. If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He has to do the same today in order to be Jesus. That was a fisherman of Galilee.

L-37 We see then in Saint John, I believe, the 1st chapter, we find out that there was a man by the name of Philip who got saved, give his heart to Him, become His servant and follower. And the first thing you know, he goes and finds another man who was a friend of his, a very good church member. And he lived around the mountain several miles. So... His name was Nathanael. So Philip goes over, and he finds Nathanael, and said, "Come, see Who we've found."
Now, watch. Now, Nathanael represents the entire Jewish nation, believers. So he finds Nathanael, and he said, "Come, see Who we've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." And he said...
This Israelite was down under the tree a praying. And when he got up, he said, "Now, wait a minute, Philip. Could there be any good thing come from Nazareth?"

L-38 And I think Philip give him the best answer that anyone could. He said, "Come and see. Be satisfied by yourself." I imagine along the road as they talked, he said, "Now, Nathanael, when you go, you know what the Messiah's going to be. The Messiah is going to be Jehovah veiled in flesh, shrouded by a body. He's going to be borned of a virgin, says the prophets. And He's going to be a man, but He's going to be the God Man. And God knows all things. So this Messiah is going to be a wonderful Man. And we know that this Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah."
I can hear Nathanael say, "Now, you wait till I go. I'm going to--I'm going to find out just for myself. And then I'll give you my opinion after I get to talk to Him awhile."

L-39 Well, Jesus was having a group of people being prayed for, we'll say. And the next day here comes Nathanael up with Philip. And they stop out into the audience somewhere, or maybe they got in the prayer line to come up so he could meet Jesus. I don't know how it was.
But however, when he got in the Presence of Jesus, Jesus looked over at him, just a common Jewish man. And He looked over at him, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there is no guile."
Well, it so astonished him. I guess he wondered, "Who told You that? How did You know me? Have You, or somebody been talking to You about me?" That's the way God is. He knows you. He knows what you are. He knows what you're made out of. He understands you.

L-40 He said, "How did You know me, Rabbi? How did You know me?"
And Jesus said, "Before Philip called you yesterday, or whenever it was, when you were under the tree, praying, as it was, I saw you." What eyes, through a mountain thirty miles away, looked through a mountain and saw him on his knees praying. It proved what He was.
Then that so astonished this Jewish orthodox believer, until he said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." What was he? The chosen, the selected, the foreordained, the predestinated of God. By the foreknowledge, God before the foundation of the world knew he'd be there. God's infinite.


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