<TITLE>13. Par 52-54</TITLE>L-52 "Uh-huh. Well, he was kind of small in statue, you know. And Rebekah's been attending the meeting, and I am a disciple of this Lord Jesus. And we're taught as Christians, His disciples, to honor and be kind and true. That's... All Christians do that, show courtesy. And that's why I want you to understand, sir. And this morning I was present, for we knew He was coming. And Rebekah had prayed so long that Zacchaeus...
"He's a good man, but he's kind of self-styled, because he leans so hard to the synagogue. And you know Rabbi Kavinski, over there. He--he just simply doesn't like Jesus of Nazareth. And they had a ministerial association here, and they met this morning and stopped Jesus from doing miracles in the city--drove Him out. So He just walked out.
"But you know, Rebekah had prayed so hard that Zacchaeus would become to believe the Lord Jesus as being God's Messiah, and she'd told all the things that Messiah done, and how that He'd be a Revealer of the secrets of the heart, and so forth. And you know what Zacchaeus done? He was kind of short in stature, so he was down at the gate pretty early where we know it was to be. And you know, when... He seen he was going to be too little to see Him. So I'm sure... Rebekah and I had made a covenant with one another. He was going to pray that if the Messiah would be... he would recognize the Messiah."

L-53 "So I watched Zacchaeus. He ran way down Hallelujah Street, until it come to Glory Road. And you know them sycamore trees that stands there... in other words, there was palms?" Said, "He climbed up in there, and he said, 'Now, I'll get me a place to set down right here on a forked limb. I'll set down, put one leg over this way, and one over this way. I'll get a look at Him when He turns the corner, 'cause He always follows Hallelujah Avenue and Glory Road. He always stays right on them. So I know I'll meet Him there.' So he sat down where two limbs met."
Now, that's where a lot of people set tonight, where your way and God's way comes together. There's got to be a decision made. You may be here tonight in that same condition.

L-54 "Well, he got to thinking up there. He told us awhile ago after what happened that did..."
"So the Ministerial Association wouldn't let Him go to the auditorium to have the meeting so... He was going to have. So Zacchaeus, he got up in the tree, and he said, 'Rebekah told me that this Man could discern the thoughts of the heart. Now, I don't believe in... Rabbi Kavinski, my pastor, told me that that thing never happened no more.'" If there is a Rabbi Kavinski here you forgive me. I'm just using this for a... See? Or I could say the state presbyter, or something like that, or district superintendent; or you know, just anything will do like that. You know what I'm getting to.
"So then, anyhow, he gets up in the tree, and he..." (or doctor, Ph. D., LL.D., or any of them, you know)
"So he gets up in the tree. He said, 'You know what? I'm going to be sure that that Guy don't know nothing about me.' So he got all the leaves and pulled them all around him. He camouflaged himself. He was a little bitty guy anyhow, setting upon this limb, you know, like this. So he left one little leaf there, that he--like a door, he could look up and see Him when He turned Hallelujah Avenue, going up Glory Road, 'cause it was right close there on the corner. And after while, while he's setting there..."
She said, "You ought to have heard him testify of it, sir."


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