<TITLE>09. Par 35-37</TITLE>L-35 So we see, that's the way God manifested Himself through Jesus, making Him the Messiah. Now, for just a--a one more quotation, perhaps.
The orthodox Jews said, "This man is of the devil. He has Beelzebub's spirit on Him." Beelzebub was a devil, and they through that he was telling their fortune or mind reading.
And now, here's one thing I want to press it to you people. Jesus turned, and perceiving their thoughts, not what they spoke, what they thought. So look at that, perceiving their thoughts. And He said, "You speak that word against the Son of man, it'll be forgiven you. But whosoever shall speak a word against the Holy Ghost, shall never be forgiven.
What was He prophesying? That there'd come a day after His glorification, and the Holy Spirit come into the Church, these days, that the Holy Spirit would be here and do the same thing. Then a word against It will never be forgiven. That's the unpardonable sin.
My old southern mammy used to tell me; it was a woman taking abortion case to a child, you know. And a--a about a child. And then, I've had others to say it was a man committing suicide. It's not. It's not so. Because the Bible said, "They called the Spirit of God an unclean thing." Called that Spirit of God, that was up on the Messiah, that they ought to have knowed that He was a God-prophet that was promised, and they said He's a devil: The unpardonable sin.

L-36 There was one more class of people that He had to manifest this thing to. You can go on through the Scriptures, and find it all along.
But one more thought I want to call your attention to. Saint John 4. "Jesus had need to go by Samaria." I wonder why? It wasn't exactly in His line of road; He was on His road to Jericho. He had to go up around Samaria. So He had need to go there. Why? The Scriptures say's so, the Father was leading Him.
Look at the re--resurrection of Lazarus, when Lazarus... They called... prayed for... had sent for Jesus to come pray for Lazarus. And He kept on going.
Then after so many days, where the Father had showed Him, He said, "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth."
He said, "He doeth well."
Then He told them in their language. "He's dead. And for your sake, I'm glad I wasn't there." Because they'd been persuading Him to pray or heal Lazarus. But the Father had told Him what to do. He couldn't break the Words of God; it had to be that way. Said, "But I will go wake him."
Look at that grave. "Father, I think Thee Thou has already heard Me. But I say it for these who stand around." God had showed Him a vision to leave this city, showed Him of Lazarus' death. "For," He said, "I do nothing until the Father shows Me." Then here He come back, and He knew the resurrection was going to be sure, because God had showed Him. And He spoke to him, and the dead man lived.

L-37 Now, these people of Samaria, which was half Jew and Gentile. They had enough Jewish blood about them and enough religion, till they were looking for the Messiah.
And then as they... One day Jesus come and set on the... just something like this little panoramic here of the little well, and--and all the disciples went in to get food. While they were in, a lovely young woman come out to the well to get some water. And she had not noticed Him, perhaps.
And He said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
And she looked over and seen a middle aged man. He was only thirty, but He was judged to be fifty. Said, "You say that You're not a man over fifty years old, and You seen Abraham? Now we know You got a devil."
Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I AM."
But she said, "It's not customary for you Jew's to ask a woman of Samaria such. We have no dealings; there's segregation." Said, "We have no dealings with one another."
But He said, "If you knew Who you were talking to." Watch, He's contacting the woman's spirit. "If you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink."


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