<TITLE>11. Par 44-48</TITLE>L-44 Oh, can't you see the attitude of the world hasn't changed? The one who desired a murderer in the stead of Jesus, in their hearts they're the same tonight. The world said what it was. It expressed itself when they accepted a murderer in the stead of the lovely Lord just because of religious traditions.
And when this man who had held the custom of the elders very dear, he said, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"...
I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could. He said, "Come and see." Don't stay home and criticize. Come, find out for yourself. And on the road around, no doubt but what he instructed him. Why, he said, "I seen... You remember the old fisherman on the river, the old fellow Simon?"
"Yes, I remember him."
"Why, when he come up in the Presence of this Messiah, He told him who he was and who his daddy was. Oh, I can say that... or feel that a...

L-45 Nathanael said, "Now, just a moment. Now, Philip, no doubt but you've gone off on the deep end. You--you just... You're getting all mixed up."
Well, I can hear him say, "Don't you know the Scriptures has declared that the Messiah is none other but Jehovah?" And Jehovah knows the heart.
And as soon as he got into the Presence of this Man... Now, Jesus was just an ordinary man. And when he got into the Presence of Him, Jesus turned, the first time He'd ever seen him, and said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom is no guile."
It astonished that man so much until he said, "Rabbi, when did You know me?" All man dressed alike. He might've been a Greek. He could've been an Arab. He said, "When did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."

L-46 How many knows that's the Scripture, raise your hands. Look at the Bible readers. "I saw you." How could He see him thirty miles around the mountain? "I saw you."
Remember, Nathanael when he answered, he answered for every believing Jew there was. What did Nathanael say? He said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."
If that was Jesus yesterday, He's got to be the same today to remain the same. And He said, "Because I told you this, you believe." He said, "You'll see greater things than this."
Now, what did the great starchy orthodox Jew believe when he seen it done? He said, "This man is possessed with the devil. He is Beelzebub." How many knows that to be the truth? "He's Beelzebub, a fortuneteller." And anyone knows that fortunetelling's of the devil. "He's reading their minds."

L-47 And what did Jesus say in return? "You say that against Me, the Son of man, I'll forgive you. But when the Holy Ghost is come, and perform the same thing, one word against It will never be forgiven in this world, nor the world to come." How many knows that's true? Same chapter. Never be forgiven you, one word against It. What kind of a day do we live in then?
We haven't time to go to all the characters that I was going to mention. But one more, and that was there's... We know there is only three races of people. That's Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people: Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan. How many knows that to be true? Watch Peter with the keys to the Jews, Pentecost, to the Samaritans down in Samaria. Peter at Cornelius' house, the Gentiles, Acts 10:49. From then it was over the world.

L-48 The three races of people... Now, watch. To the Jew He made Hisself known that way, by telling him where he was, what he had done, what their name was. And He manifested Himself, and they believed Him to be the Messiah.
When He went up to Samaria, the woman come out and set down on the well for water, and she seen this young Jew, looked to be about fifty, the Bible said, when He was thirty, setting over against the little panoramic of the well. And notice the conversation. He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
She said, "The well's deep. You have nothing to draw with. And besides, it's not customary for You Jews to speak to Samaritans. We have a law of segregation."


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