<TITLE>07. Par 25-27</TITLE>L-25 Now, we find as soon as He started His ministry, there was someone came to Him by the name of Simon. And as soon as he walked up into the Presence of Jesus, Jesus told him that his name was Simon, and his father's name was Jonas. "Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas." That must've affected that man, until we find out that he became later the head of the Church at Jerusalem. "Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas."
There was one standing by by the name of--of Philip, a righteous man, a good man that became a servant of the Lord Jesus. And later, we find him about two days later making a trip around the mountain to find one of his friends. That was a--certainly a good sign that he'd really got in contact with Jesus. He went after somebody else.

L-26 The Spirit of God in a man or a woman, if they have really found this great Pearl of great price, they'll try to get somebody else to It, just as quick as they can, because It's the Spirit of God, trying to call everybody to Him. "If I be lifted up, I'll draw all men unto Me."
Now, and Philip, when he went... Let's just take a little drama so the young folks will catch it. I can see him go and knock on the door. And--and Nathanael's wife spoke to him and said, "Good morning, Philip. Looks like you kinda tired this morning."
"Yes, I've run all night." They tell me it's about fifteen miles around the mountain. And he said, "I come to find Nathanael."
She said, "Why, Philip, he just walked out to the olive orchard just a while ago. You perhaps find him out there somewhere looking over the grove." Must have been a--a farmer, but an honest and just man.
And so out went Nathanael quickly into the grove, and he find--finds Nathanael on his knees, praying. Well, as a Christian gentleman, he wouldn't interrupt him when he was praying. He just waited till he finished. And when he got up off of his knees, I can see him turn around, say, "Philip, what doest thou here?"

L-27 Now, they didn't have time to talk over a lot of things like we do. But the--the message was urgent. And if it was urgent then, how much more is it urgent now? Here he not, "How's your farm getting along," or so forth, but quickly to the point. "Come, see Who we have found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Quickly, this staunch man rode out, straightened up his robe, and said, "Now, wait just a minute, Philip. I know you to be a just man. I know that you're a good man, and it would be... It's so strange and hard for me to see that you've gone off on the deep end. Do you mean to tell me that you've fallen for some something like that? that this Jesus that you're speaking of, this Galilean prophet is the Messiah that we're looking for? Why, if the Messiah would come, the high priest would know about it. All the churches would know about it. Everybody would know."
But it... I think Philip give him the best answer that anyone could give. He said, "Come, see for yourself." That's the best way, friend. Come, take your Scriptures, take the Bible and look it over. Compare Scripture to Scripture and see if it's right.


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