<TITLE>11. Par 37-39</TITLE>L-37 Notice, how did that Jew recognize that to be the Son of God? If Jesus manifested Himself before the Jewish race of people, and that is the way He did it, to manifest Himself to the Jew at the closing of their age, if that was Jesus yesterday to the Jew, it's Jesus today to the Gentile. Remember, He never did anything like that before a Gentile. And He told His disciples, "Don't you go to the Gentiles, for they had their time now." But He's the same; He's got to do the same.
Now, we know there's three races of people; that's Ham, Shem, and Japheth, Japheth's people, which turn to be Jew, Gentile and Samaritan.

L-38 Now, in the 4th chapter of Saint John, we find Him going... First He was on His road down to Jericho, and He went up around to another city called Samaria. He sent His disciples away, and there set a Samaritan woman on the well--or by the well. And when Jesus came up and the disciples went away... or she came up later rather, Jesus said to her, "Woman bring Me a drink."
And she begin to talk to Him and said, "There's a law of segregation here. We Samaritans and you Jews have no--no fellowship with each other; we don't agree. And why would You ask me to bring a drink to You?"
He said, "But if you knew Who you were speaking to, you would ask Me for a drink. And I'd bring you water that you'd--give you water you don't come here to draw." And the conversation went on about the well, how deep it was, and Jacob the father dug it and so forth. What was Jesus doing? Contacting her spirit. And then when He found what her trouble was, He said, "Woman, go get your husband and come here."
And she said, "I do not have any husband."
He said, "You said, right; you've got five husbands, and the one that you're now living with, is not your husband. Wherefore thou saidst right."
What did she say? Now, this is a Samaritan. Closely, don't miss this. She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. We know (we Samaritans), we know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us all things. He will do these things that You're doing." But she couldn't understand Who He was. She knew that would be the sign of the Messiah.
And He said, "I'm He that speaks to you."
And she ran into the city and said, "Come, see a Man that told me the things that I done. Isn't this the Messiah?" If that was Jesus yesterday, it's Jesus today, the same yesterday, today.

L-39 Now, we find one time that He was going through a crowd of people, and a little woman touched His garment. For she said within herself... She believed that. He was just considered, just about like any person that tries to live right with God, "some crank." And she said, "If I could just touch His garment, I'll be made well." And she touched Him.
Jesus stopped; He said, "Who touched Me?"
And Peter rebuked Him, said, "The whole crowd's a touching You, Master."
And He said, "But I perceive that I've got weak. Virtue's gone from me, strength." And He looked around till He found the woman, and He revealed to her and said, "Thy faith has saved thee." That was Jesus yesterday. If He is the same today, he will do the same, he will display himself the same, he will manifest Himself the same--same yesterday, today, and forever.
You say, "Brother Branham, is that Scriptural?" Yes, sir. The Bible said, New Testament, Hebrews, that He is now a High Priest, setting at the right hand of God, a High Priest that can be touched by the feeling of our infirmities. Right now. Well, the way He acted when He was touched then by infirmities, He will have to act the same now, if He is the same. "Sirs, we desire to see Jesus."


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