<TITLE>08. Par 29-32</TITLE>L-29 What is it? These message at... This thing has never happened since Jesus was on earth. And here it is at the end of the Gentile age. Let's look at it just a moment and think hard.
When Jesus was here on earth, He did not claim to be a healer. He said, "It's not Me that doeth the works, it's My Father. But I only do what the Father shows Me to do." Saint John 5:19, He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing".
If you notice Philip, when he first got converted, the way He first started his ministry, the Lord Jesus, what happened? Let's see how the Son of Man's going to reveal Himself. If He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He will have to reveal Himself like He did yesterday. If He reveals the same, He'd have to reveal the same message. Quietly and watch...

L-30 When Peter come to Him after His ministry (Saint John 1), Peter walked up to Him. He wasn't called Peter then. He was called another name. And when He walked up to Him, He said, "Thou art Simon and your father is Jonas."
That old fisherman thought, "How did He know me?" And then Philip, from Bethesda also... He goes over around the mountain and he finds a friend, Nathanael, under a tree, praying. He said, "Come, see Who we found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph." Watch a how He revealed Himself.
And he said, "Now, could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come and see." That's the best answer any man can give another one. Don't criticize it; come find out for yourself. Oh, if we could only be that sincere today.
And on his road around, he begin to instruct him. Why, he said, "Peter, yesterday a man, Cephas, you know the old fisherman?"
"Yes."
"He walked up before this Man, and He told him who he was and who his daddy was."
"Aw," said Nathanael, "I don't know about that."

L-31 And when he walked up to where Jesus was, into the line where He was praying for the sick, Jesus pierced those eyes at him, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there is no guile." How did He know he was an Israelite? The Greeks and all dressed alike and looked alike. How did He know he was an Israelite? He was God manifested in flesh. What did He do? He looked and He seen.
He said, "When did You know me, Rabbi?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
He said, "That settles it. You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."
Jesus said, "Because I told you this, do you believe?" Said, "Then you can see greater things than this."
But the unbelieving church member stood by. Oh, just as reverent and staunch as they could be, certainly. They were standing there with great educations, great theological seminary experiences. They said, "This man is a fortune-teller. He's Beelzebub."
Jesus said, "You say that to Me, I'll forgive you, but when the Holy Ghost is come and does the same thing, one word against It will never be forgiven in this world and neither in the world to come."

L-32 There was a little woman who had an issue of blood. And she come through the crowd, and she touched His garment, for she said within herself, "If I can touch the Man, I'll be made well." She touched Him. She run off in the crowd and set down or whatever she did, and Jesus turned about and said, "Who touched Me?"
Peter rebuked Him. He said, "Look, the whole crowd's a touching You. Why do You say, 'Who touched Me?'"
He said, "But I got weak." Virtue or strength went from Him. And He looked around with those eyes until He found her. How did He do it? That we don't know, but He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He revealed Himself to the Jewish nation in that manner.


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