<TITLE>08. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 What would that take place tonight? What would the world consider it to be? Just draw an opinion. What would the world think tonight if something like that took place? Just the same as they did then: a telepathy or something.
Then there was one by the name of Philip, the next few lines down. He got converted, so he goes over, and he was from the same city that the other, that Peter and his brother Andrew was from, and he goes around the mountain and finds a good friend by the name of--of Philip, or Nathanael. He found Nathanael.
And Nathanael, he found him under a tree, perhaps praying, when he came up. And notice, when he got up off of his knees, I can hear Nathanael say to him, or Philip rather, to Nathanael, "Come, see Who we have found."
There's just something about it. If a true conversion has found something real and has been converted to it, he can't keep it to himself. He's got to tell somebody else about it.

L-27 And he knew this man was very orthodox in his belief, but he yet, he knew he was an honest man; and he wanted to get the message to him. He said, "Come, see Who we've found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." In other words, the one the prophets spoke of. "We've found Him."
Now, could you imagine the shock to this orthodox believer. I can see him as he raises up and brushes the dust from his knees, and said, "Now, can there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
As they would say today, "Could there be any good thing amongst them holy-rollers? Could there be any good thing come out of such a group as that?"
And I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could give. He said, "Come and see." That's the most convincing thing. "Come and see."

L-28 And on the road around I can hear them as they would be talking. And I can hear him say, "You know what? When Peter came up to Him and was talking to Him, He told him who he was, told him what his father's name was. Now, don't be surprised, because He might do the same thing to you."
I could imagine Nathanael saying, "Now, wait a minute. What kind of a deep end have you gone off on? What's happened to you? Do you expect me to believe such a thing as that?"
"And Nathanael, come on, just come, see for yourself."
So when our Lord was standing in the line, perhaps praying for the sick, and here comes Philip up with Nathanael. And as soon as the eyes of our Lord fell upon him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."

L-29 Now, that was strange, because the Greeks and the Jews, they all dressed alike with robes and beard and sandals. How did He know he was a--a Jew? How did He know he was honest? And it astonished him. And his attitude represented the whole Jewish nation that ever believed.
He said, "Rabbi, when did You know me? This is our first time ever meeting. Why You never saw me. You know nothing about me. And how could You know that I was an honest and just man?"
Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
How many knows that's Scriptural? Certainly it is. That was Jesus yesterday. If He's the same today, He's got to do the same.
And, of course there was unbelievers standing at the time. And we have the record of Mark. And those unbelieving Jews... Now, what did Philip say, or Nathanael, rather? He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God." They must've been looking for something like that. "Thou art the King of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I told you that, you believe? Then you can see greater things than this."


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