<TITLE>18. Par 90-95</TITLE>L-90 And when He was here on earth, when He first started His ministry (this is for the newcomer), a man got converted by the name of Philip. And he goes around behind the mountain and found Nathanael under a tree praying. He brought him back to the meeting.
And he was standing in the audience or on, over in a prayer line, or wherever it was. And Jesus looked at him for the first time in life, physically like that, and said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there's no guile."
He looked at Him. He said, "How did You know who I was, Rabbi? How'd You know I was an honest man?" He could've been a crook. He could've an unbeliever. He could've been a Greek. They all looked alike about, them long beards and dressed alike. "How did You know me that I was honest and straight and so forth?"
He said, "Why, before Philip called you (thirty miles around the mountain), when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes, see through the mountain, thirty miles away, and see him under the tree when Philip come up.
He said, "Rabbi, You're the Son of God. You're the King of Israel."

L-91 That was the ministry of Jesus Christ yesterday. If He's the same today, it's His ministry today. Is that right?
What did the Jews say, the--the believers, now was supposed to be believers, the great ethics, teachers of that day, the great priests, and high priests, and scholars, and seminary students that knowed the Bible from A to Z? What did they say it was? They said, "It's the devil. It's Beelzebub."
And Jesus said, "You speak that against Me, the Son of man, I'll forgive you. But when the Holy Ghost is come and does the same thing, if you speak a word against That, it'll never be forgiven you in this world or the world to come."

L-92 And we're living in the Holy Ghost dispensation where Christ has been glorified and the Holy Spirit's here. That's what He said. So be careful now. Don't judge. I'd just say nothing and walk away if you didn't believe. Might be... You can't believe if you're not a believer.
Fellow said not long ago, "I don't care what happens; I don't believe it."
I said, "It's not for unbelievers, it's for believers." That's all. It's not for unbelievers. It wasn't intended for them.

L-93 Now. He found a woman at the well, and she was a Samaritan. And He sent His disciples away. And the woman come out to get some water. He said, "Bring Me a drink." There was a law of segregation then, like colored and white today. He said, "Bring Me a drink."
She said, "It's not customary for you Jews to ask Samaritans such. We have no dealings with each other."
He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd give you water you don't come to draw."

L-94 And on went the conversation, contacting her spirit. Now, He was on His road to Jericho but He had to go through Samaria. You see, the Father had sent Him to Samaria. And the woman come out; He didn't know what to say. So He found where her trouble was. Anybody know what her trouble was? Sure. She was a bad woman. She had a bunch of husbands. She'd been married and divorced, and married and divorced, and so forth.
He said, "You... Go, get your husband."
She said, "I don't have any."
He said, "That's right, you got five."

L-95 Now, what did that woman say? Did she say, "You're Beelzebub?" No. That poor penitent sinner, she said, "Sir (Listen!), I perceive that You're a prophet." She said, "Now, we know, we Samaritans know..." Of course she'd just said that--that Jacob was her father, and so forth, that dug the well. You Bible students can surely follow me in it. Said that, "We know that when the Messiah cometh..." You believe Jesus was the Messiah? She said, "We know that when the Messiah cometh, He will do these things. He will tell us these things. But Who are You?"
He said, "I'm He."
And she run into the city and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me what I done. Isn't this the very Messiah?"


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