<TITLE>07. Par 23-26</TITLE>L-23 "Then, I shall never forget, she might have said this, 'When He turned those piercing eyes against me, and He said, "Woman, go get your husband and come here."'"
"'And I said to Him, "I don't have any husband." And you men know how I have lived.'"
"'And He said, "No, you have no husband, because you've had five husbands, and the one that you're now living with is not yours."'"
"And of course, she'd say something like this, 'I was surprised. We don't have such in our churches today. And I turned quickly to look at Him. And I said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. We know the Messiah will be a prophet, for when He comes, He will tell us such things."'"
"'And this is the words that He said, "I am He that speaks to you."'"
"'Now, gentlemen of the city, you Scribes and scholars, take it upon yourself. Did not Moses say that the Lord God, in these last days, would raise up a prophet liken unto him? Isn't this He? Isn't this the sign of the very Messiah? This is Him!'"

L-24 Oh, how they must have turned loose the oars for a few moments and rejoiced, to know that had been a great day. They had fellowshipped with Him that day. Oh, it's always a great day when you fellowship with Jesus. There's always something left on your heart that you can never be the same. You'll never forget them hours of fellowship.
Must have been almost completely dark when there was a sack of money jingled at the very stern of the boat. And the ill-tempered looking fellow raised up and said, "Just a minute, gentlemen." Of course, we know who that fellow is, always somebody to break up the fellowship: Judas.
And he said, "I'm well acquainted with many fine rabbis. I know many fine priests in our land. And there's none of them, no seminary can ever point out that He ever darkened their doors. And we have no record. And you too was standing present when you heard the rabbi say that This fellow is Beelzebub. Of course, we know. We have to take His claim. He claimed that His Father was God. But there's no evidence of that, because usually, children that are born out of wed, usually have phenomenal things that happen to them. And we could be deceived, gentlemen, because This man could be a fortuneteller, or He could be some evil spirit that's doing these things. And we could be deceived."

L-25 About that time, the wind begin to blow. The waves begin to come up high on the boat. Satan's servant had the floor. And there's always trouble when he gets that floor. The waves come in angrily; harder and harder the winds blew. No doubt, Satan himself gleaming with his lizard eyes, saying, "I'll scare them stiff and then drown them. I've got them away from Him now." And the winds got so contrary until the boat was all water-logged, and half full of water, and the oars was breaking. And the great white caps, as they rose up just swept the little boat from one way to another. All hopes was gone.
And when all hopes was gone, after they was pressed from one wave to another...

L-26 And perhaps, there's people setting here tonight in that same condition. Maybe you've longed to find God, and you've been swept from one church to another, from one--from one denomination to another, taking your letter from church to church, from Methodist, to Baptist, to Presbyterian, to Lutheran, to Pentecostal, to Nazarenes. Just wave after wave...
Or maybe you have been swept from one doctor's office to the other. The angry waves of sickness has swept you to a doctor, and he'd look you over and say, "There's nothing I can do." And another wave will send you to a clinic, only to hear the physician say, "Your case is advanced. There's nothing can be done for you."


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