<TITLE>11. Par 40-42</TITLE>L-40 We find out a few days after that, there was a fellow named Philip. And he was so enthused; he really got in contact with Christ. And I believe beyond any shadow of doubt, that when a man comes in contact with Christ once, he can never be the same no more as long as he ever lives. There's something about Him that's different from any other man or any other person. Once meet Him, and you'll know you've never met anyone like that before. No wonder they set back and said, "Why, never a man spake like this Man." You once here Him speak, that still small Voice in--in your heart, that attracted the prophet, not even the fire and thunder and everything else didn't attract him, but that still small Voice. He veiled his face and come to the end of the cave. It's that meeting Christ once...
Then we find... Notice, when Philip had got in contact with the Lord Jesus, he was concerned about all of his friends. There's something about Him, that whenever you get in contact with Him, He changes you so much till you want everybody else to have that wonderful fellowship. There's something about it. Oh, it attracts and makes your heart yearn. It'll drive you to the frozen regions of the north, and to the tropical jungles in the south, in the midst of all kinds of devil worship and everything else, to snatch a soul from the hands of the enemy, whenever you have once found that precious Jewel, the Lord Jesus Christ.

L-41 Quickly, he knowed he had a friend that was--belonged to the orthodox church, and he took out to find him. Now, if you'll go to Palestine, you'll find out it takes a good day--about fifteen miles to walk around the mountains and so forth--to get to where Philip went over to find Nathanael. And I can imagine...
Let's take a little journey and listen at him a minute. I can see him going up to Nathanael's door and knocking at the door, and--and his wife come to the door.
He says, "Well, how do you do?" Said, "Where is Brother Nathanael?"
"Well, Brother Philip, we're so glad to see you. Believe he's out in the orchard; he was out looking his olive grove over."
Out through the orchard he went, and he found under that fig tree back there, a man knelt down praying. Of course, him being a Christian gentleman, he stood still until he got through praying. I want you to notice, he never jumped up and shook his hand, and asked about how everything was going on. When a man meets Jesus, his heart's on fire; he's got no time for nothing else but Jesus. That's it. He's just got to tell somebody about it.

L-42 Watch quickly. He said, "Come, see Who we have found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Not "How do you do?" or "How's everything getting along? Is the... Is the fig trees bearing good this year?"
Not--no, sir. The message was urgent. And if it was urgent then, what about now? If it was urgent then when we had two thousand years yet for the Gospel to be preached, and this is the end time. How much more is it urgent today? Too many social affairs, too many parties, too many other things besides the real Message of the Lord Jesus straight to the core, "Come, see what I found. Come, get this experience of the precious Holy Spirit that's come into my life, that's changed me, that converted me from what I was to what I am now." Oh, how thankful we are for this.


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