<TITLE>21. Par 72-73</TITLE>L-72 Then this follower of Jesus said, "Why, sir, don't you understand the prophets?"
"Well," he said, "I was just setting here kindy dreaming of what the prophets used to--what my mother used to tell me about the prophets."
"Well then," she said, "you must understand that there is to be a Messiah come."
"Oh, yes, yes. We know that there'll be a Messiah come, because Moses said the Lord, our God, will raise up a prophet liken unto him. And everyone that doesn't hear this prophet will be cut off from the people. He will be a great prophet when He comes."
"Well," she said, "sir, this Man is that prophet. Why, He looks down upon the people; He discerns their thoughts; He tells them the very thing that's in their heart. He tells them things that they have done, things that will be. And every time, it's perfect."
"Oh, do you mean that that Man has arrived?"
"That's Him going by."
"But why is the people hollering like that, and carrying on, and making fun of Him?"
"Because they know Him not. But we know Him, because we are believers. We know Him; we follow Him daily. We watch and see the miracles that He does, and we are persuaded that this is--this is the Messiah. Why, I saw Him (here sometime ago) when He was talking to a woman at the well."
"He said, 'Go get your husband.' And she said, 'I have no husband.' He said, 'You've said well. You've had five, and the one you're living with now is not your husband.'"
"Why, she said to Him, 'Sir, I perceive that You're a prophet.' Why, He... she said, 'I... We know (we Samaritans) know when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things.'"
"And this Man said, 'I am He that speaks to you.' And she run into the city, saying, 'Come, see a Man that's told me what I've done. Isn't this the Messiah?' And the whole city of Samaria was converted."
"You don't mean... Well, if He's the Messiah, that's the Son of David."
"Yes, that's right. That's the Son of David!"
And he screamed out, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

L-73 His dream could come to pass now. Maybe yours could, sister on the cot. Your dream of health again could come to pass. Yours in the wheelchair, yours eat up with cancer, your dream of going back to church and renewing your vows with God, maybe your dream is just about ready to come to pass. Maybe that Captain of the Host of the Lord is coming by after while; I trust that He is.
"Thou Son of David, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!" Oh, He couldn't hear him literally. He was out on the road, and hundreds of people swarming around, one screaming one thing and one another. And he throwed his old ragged coat back and hollered, "Oh, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me!"
Let's just take a little thing that I believe he did; I don't know that he did. I can imagine he said in his heart, "If that is the Son of David, then I can stand right here and ask Jehovah. Jehovah will speak to Him. That's right. Jehovah can stop Him, 'cause He knows my condition. And I've been setting here longing to see Him."


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