<TITLE>07. Par 18-21</TITLE>L-18 Now, and young John, as he looked down there and said, "I seen then that He did something. He did something the same way that Jehovah done it. And I heard Him say, brethren, 'That if I do not the works of My Father, than believe Me not. But if I do the works of My Father, and you cannot believe Me, then believe the works.'"
How perfect that is. How that applies to any age. As long as Jesus is alive tonight, He's just as much God tonight as He was then, just the same. See? Said, "If I do not do the works of My Father..."
Young John must've said, "I read in the Bible where Jehovah could make bread come out of the heavens, could create bread in the heavens, and send it to the earth. And, brethren, that bread had to come from heaven, because I seen Him break it off and hand it out. And I'm persuaded with all that's in my heart, that He is the Son of the living God." Yes.
How he must've said that, as the tears rolled down his young cheeks. He never forgot it. He never forgot it when he was an old man. He'd have to be packed to the platform, preach just a short sermon they said of around four hours, that he still constrained him, that love that he... All he could talk about was, "Little children, love one another," just repeat it over: "Little children, love one another, for he that loveth is of God. For God is love," that it takes real love to create.

L-19 Love... You let your wife know that you love her; she loves you. It'll... When you're young couple and you find favor with one another, it makes you join yourselves together for a lifetime journey: Love, and that's phileo love; that's human love. What will Agapao love do, when you can really get into a place that you can show God that you love Him and you got confidence in Him? How you'll join yourself to Him, not only for a life's journey, but for eternity.
How you're willing to take His Word, just at what He says, and say, "That's right, Lord. I question it not," and move right on. That's what takes real love.

L-20 And young John, as he set there with his hands resting upon the oars, perhaps then someone picked up the oars and they started again. It was getting dark now.
Then it... After young John had got his say so, it must've been the apostle, Peter, the big, brawny fishermen setting up towards the boat, at the stern where he just pushed the bow out, and jumped in the stern of it, and set down by the side of his brother Andrew. He must've stopped to have his.
You know, we just all got to have a little testimony once in a while, when we get together. I like it yet (Don't you?), a good testimony meeting.

L-21 And so, it must've been apostle Peter that could not hold himself any longer. And he said, "Well, brethren, I--I want to testify too. When Andrew here, my brother, had went up to visit This, so called Galilean Prophet, as was going around, I'd heard my priest say at the temple, there was nothing to it because God had no more prophets, and--and I'd heard all kinds of rumors of healings and so forth, but I--I couldn't believe it."
"But one day when we were washing out our nets, this Fellow came down to the--the banks to preach, and then I got me a chunk and went back up on the side of the bank and set down. But when He begin to speak, there was something about Him that was different from any priest or preacher I'd ever heard."
And, brother, when you once set still enough and listen, till you can hear that still small Voice of Christ, It's different from any message you ever heard in your life. It brings a peace; it brings a satisfaction. It does something to you that stirs your innermost being. You're never the same. Man cannot meet God and talk with God, and ever remain the same again.


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