<TITLE>13. Par 42-46</TITLE>L-42 Now, we'll take some of His actions. Immediately after He started preaching there was Andrew, you know, and them that started to follow Him: asked Him where He lived after he seen Him on the Jordan that day, was baptized of John. And then Andrew went and found his brother Simon, and brought Simon to Him. "Come see now. We found the Messiah."
Simon was a fisherman. And when he come up into the Presence of the Lord Jesus, standing there, what was the first thing Jesus did? No doubt looked him straight in the face, and said, "Your name is Simon. You are the son of Jonas."
Peter had been taught, Simon, rather... He was called Cephas after that, which is interpretation, "a stone." What was he? He believed that, because he had a father that had taught him, that when the Messiah come... The real true Jew believed that when the Messiah come, He would be a prophet.

L-43 The Jew always believed in their prophets. We know that, because Moses said, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me." He was the God-prophet, the Master prophet, the God of the prophets. But His sign was to be a prophet, and they were watching for that prophet. Don't you remember, he said, "Art thou that prophet? Art thou that prophet?" They asked John, "Are you that prophet that was to come?"
He said, "Who does men say I am?"
"Some say You're Elias, or Moses, and some that prophet that was to come."
They knowed that He was to be a prophet. And when Simon, Peter... When He told him, "Your name is Simon, and your father's name is Jonas," he knew right quick that was the prophet that had been prophesied of coming. That was a sign of Messiah to him, although he didn't have enough education to sign his own name. But he fell at the feet of Jesus, and was give the keys to the Kingdom later, because he received God. He knowed what was to follow Him. He knowed that that was God: sign of a prophet.

L-44 Then there was one standing by, by the name of Philip (coming right down the 1st chapter of Saint John), and Philip thought this was wonderful. And when he seen this, he was satisfied that that was the prophet that was spoke of, the Messiah. So if that was Messiah yesterday, and the sign of Messiah yesterday, it'll be sign of Messiah today if He's the same Messiah. Right. He'd be the same thing. That's how He declared to them that He was Messiah.
Now, Philip had a good friend by the name of Nathanael. Was you ever in Palestine to see where the places was? About fifteen miles around the mountain. He run over there. And this friend's name was Nathanael. So when he goes over to find Nathanael to tell him this good news...

L-45 There's something about it... If you're ever convinced that Jesus is the Christ, you can't keep it to yourself. You've just got to tell everybody about it. That's right. I just can't see how people can find this wonderful love of God, and hold still with it. Oh, my. I asked somebody not long ago (said they'd been a Christian for so many years); I said, "Does your neighbors know it?"
Said, "No, we kind of keep it to ourselves."
Oh, my. You can't do that. Oh. A sister in our church used to sing--sing a song, "I'm running, running, running. I want to tell it." Well, that's about right. You just got to tell somebody. You can't stand still. Something has happened and you know it's happened.

L-46 So he was convinced that that was the Messiah. Let's take a little drama for a moment. I can see Nathanael take out around (about a day's journey), around the mountains, over the cobblestones, and finally come to the house where Nathanael lived. He knocked at the door. And so, Mrs. Nathanael come to the door. She said, "Why, Philip. Well, I'm glad to see you."
Said, "Where's Nathanael?"
"Well, Philip, he's just took a walk out in his--his orchard out there. He--he's back there somewhere. You'll find him. He's looking over his--his olive grove back there, or fig trees, and so forth. He's back there in the grove somewhere. You'll find him."


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