<TITLE>10. Par 29-31</TITLE>L-29 That's what you Presbyterian think. That's what you Catholic think. And that's what you Pentecostals think. You Catholic think, if Christ would come to manifest Hisself in this day, he'd have to come to the pope. And some of you Presbyterians think he'd have to come to your bishop. And you Pentecostals think He'd have to come to the district presbyter. But God goes to who He wants to, and it's nobody's business about it. He just manifests Himself.
"Could anything good come out of Nazareth?" he said. "Why, you must've went to... You must have got mixed up in something. Could anything good come out of Nazareth?"
I think he give him the best answer that any man could give; he said, "Come and see." Don't stay home and criticize, because your church is not cooperating, but come and see for yourself. That's the way to find out anything. Come, find out for yourself.

L-30 On the road around... Wish we had time to lay on that for a little bit. But on the road around, as them two men walked, I can hear Nathanael say, "Now, wait a minute, Philip, what do you..."
I hear Philip say, "Say Nathanael, want to tell you something. Do you remember that time you bought them fish down there on the river, that old fellow called Simon?"
"Yes, I--I remember."
"Oh, that old fellow that couldn't sign that receipt for them."
"Yes."
"Do you know, when he came up before the Lord, Jesus told him that his name was Simon. And do you remember his father setting up there on that log that he introduced you to; his name was Jonas?"
"Yes, I remember that."
"Well, when this Simon came in the Presence of Jesus, Jesus said to him, 'You are Simon, and your father's name is Jonas.' You know, Philip--or Nathanael, it wouldn't surprise me but when you come in His Presence He wouldn't tell you your name was Nathanael too."
"Aw, now wait a minute, now Nathanael--or Philip, now don't try to get me mixed up with some of this fanaticism."
"I'm not mixing you with any fanaticism. Now, search the Scriptures and find out if that ain't the way the Messiah is to come, find out if that ain't right."

L-31 After while they drew near, and there was Jesus standing in the line, the prayer line, praying for the sick. Now, this was Jesus yesterday. Up into the audience and into the prayer line, wherever it was, he might've not have come in the prayer line; he might have been just in the audience. However, when Jesus saw him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Now remember, you said, "He knew that because the way he was dressed." Oh, no, all the easterners dressed alike. He could have been a Greek; he could a Arab; they all dressed with turbans and their long robes just alike; they were all dark complected people. But He said, "You are a Israelite, not only a Israelite, but in you is no guile."
And that astonished that Jew. Listen to that Jew; he said, "Rabbi (means 'teacher'), Rabbi, when did You ever see me? How do You know that I'm a Israelite and a honest man?"
Jesus said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes? Is that the truth?


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