<TITLE>12. Par 43-46</TITLE>L-43 He found Nathanael under this tree. And he said, "Come, see Who I found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Well, I can imagine this great orthodox believer rising up, dusting off his Palestinian garment, the dust from it. He said, "Now, Philip, I know you to be a good, sane man. And what's this that--that you're telling me? 'Come see Jesus of Nazareth'? Could any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
Well, I think that Philip give him the best answer I ever heard in my life. He said, "Come, see."
That's the idea. Don't sit home and criticize; come, see for yourself. "Search the Scriptures; in them you think you have Eternal Life, and they are they that testify of Me," said the Lord Jesus.
Now, he said, "Come, see."

L-44 I can imagine as they go along the road on over... Well, he was willing to go. Oh, I can hear him telling about the seeing the Holy Spirit coming upon the Lord Jesus at the baptism, how He went out into the wilderness.
"Why," he said, "when It started, It was just that Pillar of Fire that was following the children of Israel as we come to this land. And then when It got closer, It looked like a dove. Then the next thing, It was in three different symbols. Then It fell into Him and a Voice spoke, saying, 'This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased.'"

L-45 Then I can hear him say, "Do you know that old fisherman that we went to buy them fish from that time, and he was so illiterate, he couldn't sign his name to a--a receipt, that you wanted a receipt?"
"Yes, I remember it."
"Well, just yesterday before I left, was... He came up before the Lord Jesus. His brother went and got him. And so he brought him up here. And when He saw Peter--or Simon--He said, 'Your name is Simon, and you're the son of Jonas.' Oh, it wouldn't surprise me, Nathanael, but when you walk up before Him, He will say, 'Your name's Nathanael.'"
"Oh, now just a minute now, Philip. You're going just a little bit too deep with that. He will never read my mind; I'm--I'm one of them strong minded men. He will--He will never read my mind. I'll never believe that."

L-46 Well, he comes on up till he gets in the Presence of the Lord Jesus. No doubt as soon as he heard Him speak, that Man spoke different from any man he had ever heard. He spoke with authority; He knowed what He was talking about. So He's setting--standing speaking, or in the prayer line, or whatever position He was in when Philip and Nathanael came up.
Jesus turned His eyes and looked out into the congregation, and into the line, wherever it was, and said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Well, some critic might say, "Sure He knowed he was an Israelite; they was in Palestine."
There were Greeks; there were Arabians. They were all... They all dressed in the eastern garment. Not the way he was dressed, not his color of brown; it would've not made any difference. But Jesus knew that he was an orthodox believer. He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."


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