<TITLE>15. Par 65-69</TITLE>L-65 How about up there when Je... When Paul and Silas was doing the works of God, and that little fortuneteller run out and said... Why, the preachers all said, "These men are awful men; they turn the world upside down." That was the religious men.
But this little old fortuneteller said, "They're a men of God, who tell us the way of Life." Who was right, the preachers or the devil? That's pretty flat, but that's the truth. Who was right when they hollered, "Away with such a man, away with such a man. He's nothing but a Beelzebub?"
And the devil said, "We know Who You are, the Holy One of God, why do You come to torment us before our time comes?"
Who knowed the most, Caiaphas or the Satan? Satan. See, they just get so Word bound, so church bound, till they can't accept the spiritual part of it. It goes over their head.

L-66 Look, when Philip went and found Nathanael and brought him--found him under a tree; he come to Jesus, and Jesus was going to manifest Himself before the Jewish race, and He said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there's no guile."
He said, "Rabbi, when did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
What did he say? "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel."
He said, "Because I told you that, you believe Me?"
What did the woman say? "This Man told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" That was the sign of the Messiah.

L-67 Peter come, didn't know right or left hand hardly, couldn't write his name, a ignorant and unlearned man. He came up before the Lord Jesus, and Jesus looked at him, said, "Your name is Simon, and from henceforth you shall be called Peter, and your father's name's Jonas."
What do you think he thought? Certainly. That's Jesus yesterday. He manifested Himself, and declared Himself before the Jews and the Samaritans. There's only three races, Jews, Gentiles, and the Samaritans. The Samaritan's half Jew and Gentile. That's all. Ham, Shem, and Ja--Japheth's people. Now, He said, "Don't you go to the Gentiles," and neither did He go. But He waited for this age, and this is the end; the Gentile has been heathen. Now, we come through all this church age a reasoning the Bible, having schools, and theologians and so forth, and all.

L-68 Now it's come down to the end; they ought to realize it. Now, He's promised He would do it again. If He declared Himself and made Himself Christ to them people, and don't do the same at the end of the Gentile age, then He isn't the same yesterday, today, and forever. That's true.
Now, if it comes to healing, I could come, and line you people up here as you come by, and lay hands on every one of you. That might be all right. I have nothing against that. My dear brother, Oral Roberts, and many other ministers do that. Your pastor anoints with oil; that's exactly Scripture. That's their gift from God. This is another. But if you knew that the One Who wrote this Bible was standing present in the church, working in the church...

L-69 Now, remember, He said, "A little while and the world will see Me no more." Is that what He said? What is the world? The world order; "They will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me." That's the elected, the church. "For I (personal pronoun), I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world." Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. "The works that I do, shall you do also." Do you believe that? "The works, the things that I do, so will you do also. I am the Vine; ye are the branches." The vine cannot bear fruit; it's only got the life to give to the branch, and the branch bears fruit. The Church of Christ is the--is the branch. Now, if you go to the branch and don't find the fruit of the Vine, then there's something wrong. It isn't in the Branch, Christ Jesus. But if it is in the Branch, Christ Jesus, it'll bear the fruits of Christ.


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