<TITLE>03. Par 6-8</TITLE>L-6 Now, in the... Turn in your Bibles, if you wish to read, to this very familiar Scripture found in Saint Matthew's Gospel, the--the 17th chapter of Saint Matthew. I wish to read a portion of it.
Be in prayer now. And tonight, remember, come early, get a good seat, bring all your sick and afflicted, and get the sick folks up here in the front as much as you can. And then get them in, so that many times, back over, you're crossing somebody. It's hard. And you speak like way back sometimes. 'Course it does anywhere. And then but back that way, it's crossing over, and you speak to the person. And if they don't answer, then it seems like the Light moves away from them. And then I'm... Then I--I--I don't know what happened. You see? If you'll answer quickly... As soon as it calls, why, answer. See, right quick respond to it, and then it works lots better.
Reading of the Word...
... after six days Jesus take Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And was there transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment as white as a light.
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it's good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here thee three tabernacles; one for thee,... one for Moses, and one for Elias.
But while he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
I wish to take those last three words for a text to find a little context, "Hear Ye Him."

L-7 You know, it's glorious to be alone and to watch God in nature. My first Bible was nature. If you can look around, you'll find God anywhere you look for Him.
I live on the Ohio River. Years ago I heard a little story of a little boy that lived up above us there. He--he went to church and Sunday school. And one day he wanted to know Who God was. And he said to his mommy, "Mommy, could you tell me Who God is? Can I see Him?"
And his mommy said, "Well, I'd ask my Sunday school teacher."
And so he asked his Sunday school teacher, and she said, "Well, I don't know." Said, "Ask the pastor."
And he went to the pastor, and the pastor said, "Certainly not, son. No one can see God." Said, "God is a Spirit; therefore, no one can see Him." And that didn't satisfy the curiosity of the little lad.
So he used to go up the river to the six-mile island with an old fisherman. And this old fisherman, old, and gray hair, and gray beard... One day come up a storm. And on the road back, the fisherman pulling his boat and the little boy sitting in the--the back--the stern of the boat... And as the old fisherman was pulling the boat...
Oh, how beautiful it is here in Indiana after a rain. And the leaves are all washed off and that real fresh smell. Just a little riffle on the water, enough to make your boat oars clip as you draw them... Anyone who pulls a boat, knows that rhythm of the boat.

L-8 And he kept looking over his shoulder; and as he watched, there was a rainbow that came out and circled across the whole horizon. And that old fisherman, as he watched that rainbow, he begin to weep, and the tears come down out of his eyes, over his gray beard. And this little lad, setting back in the back of the boat, kept watching him. He got so enthused, he ran up into the center of the boat, and fell down at the old fisherman's lap, and he said, "Sir, I'm going to ask you a question that my mother cannot answer, my Sunday school teacher cannot answer, neither can my pastor answer." He said, "Can a man see God?"
Why, he pulled the oars into his lap, grabbed the little fellow up in his arms, he said, "God bless your little heart." He said, "All I've seen for the past forty years has been God." If there's God in here, you'll see God out there. He will reflect Himself, no matter where it's at.


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