<TITLE>11. Par 34-36</TITLE>L-34 So they finally, perhaps the next day, arrived on the scene where Jesus was praying for the sick. And I don't know; I wasn't there. But perhaps he's come up through the audience, that where--like what you're standing, or maybe he sit down; or perhaps he got into the line. I don't know. The prayer line was probably passing by Jesus, and He was praying for them and laying hands on them. (As about eighty-six percent of His ministry, you know, was praying for the sick.)
Then when He passed by, one to the other, finally He looked up and He saw Nathanael coming. And He cried out, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile." In other words, a just man, a good man. Why, it startled him. And he didn't ask Philip to speak for him; he spoke for himself.
He said, "Sir, how do You know me? I've never met You in my life. How do you know that I'm a just man?" Not by his dress. There were Greeks, and there were Arabs, and all the Eastern people dress alike; not by his dress, or by his--either dark complected people. Not by his skin, not by his dress, but something inside of him, God that was in him.
Said, "You're... Behold an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
He said, "When did you know me, Sir?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Oh... Saw him? What eyes? Fifteen miles around the mountain. "I saw you when you were under the tree."
Nathanael was trained in the Scriptures. He ran forward, and said, "Rabbi (That means 'teacher.'), Thou art the Son of God; You are the King of Israel." Oh, there you are. What was He doing? Making Hisself known to the Jewish race. That was the sign of the Messiah.
Jesus turned and said, "Because I told you that, you believe. Then you'll see greater things than this." Because he believed it, and accepted it...

L-35 But of course, there were those who stood by who did not believe it. Many of the rabbi scholars, good men, just men, holy men, with their hands behind them, and they could not give their congregation an answer. The miracle was performed; the Scripture was fulfilled; and they couldn't answer their congregation. So they said, "He's a mind reader, a devil; we all know that that's of the devil. fortuneteller (That's a good word, fortuneteller.). He's of the devil, Beelzebub. He's the prince of all the devils."
What did Jesus say? I might say this for your good. Jesus said, "You speak that against the Son of Man, I'll forgive you. (But like this, so you'll clearly understand.) There'll come a time when the Holy Ghost will come, and will do the same thing; one word against It will never be forgiven in this world nor the world to come." Bear that in mind.

L-36 Of course, that's the way He declared Himself among His Jewish people. We could go on and on to Bethesda, and many different places where He--the things that He did, showing to the Jews that He was the Son of God.
But there was Samaritan people. Now, He had need to go by Samaria. I wonder why? Jesus had to give witness of His Messiahship. So He... No doubt the Father had told Him.
So He said in Saint John 5:19: "Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son (the man, the flesh, the baby, the boy, the man, Christ Jesus), the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing; that doeth the Son likewise." In other words, "The Father shows Me by a vision what to do, and I do just that and nothing else." See?
Now, the words of... We all know that's inspired. Now, Jesus did anything outside of that, that Scripture's wrong. "Verily, verily (that's absolutely, absolutely), I say unto thee, the Son (that's Jesus, the body, the man, the son of Mary), the Son can do nothing in Himself; but what He sees (not hears) sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise." Sign of the Messiah... "I always do that which is pleasing to the Father." See?


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