<TITLE>13. Par 44-47</TITLE>L-44 Now, the Catholic says that He built His church upon Peter. If He did, he backslid right away. Then, if... The Protestants said He built it upon Hisself. I differ from that. It wasn't upon Himself, neither upon Peter, but upon the revelation. "I say unto thee, thou art Simon... thou art Peter. Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father which is in heaven has revealed it. And upon this rock I'll build My church, and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it." See, it's--it's the revelation of Christ. If He can reveal Himself tonight to you that He's present, then you are in that church by the revelation.

L-45 Notice, we take His early ministry. The first one we want to start off with here was Andrew, a fisherman. He'd found him, and perhaps he went back and told his brother Simon, "Come see Who we found. We've found the Messiah."
Now, they were looking for a Messiah. They thought John was the Messiah. Many people believed he was. But notice now, we're going to find out what He was.
And when... I can imagine Peter saying, "Now, just a minute." ('Course, his name was Simon then.) He said, "Now, Andrew, you've probably gone off on a deep end somewhere on some kind of a tantrum. I know when the Messiah comes... My old father told me; He said, 'Son (one day when we were setting down by the lake after fishing; I can see his gray hair),' and he said, 'Simon, my boy, your dad has always longed to see the day when the Messiah would arise. But I'm getting old now, and I perhaps won't see it.
But Simon, don't you forget this, that when He comes, there'll be many things taking place. You must remember, Simon, you be Scriptural. The Bible says, our readings tell us, Moses the prophet said, when the Messiah comes He will be a prophet; for it is written in the book of the law, "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me."'" Is that Scripture.
"'And remember, He will not be a--just a fancy person; but He will be a plain man, a prophet, a great prophet, a God-prophet, when He comes. And you've been well instructed in that.'"

L-46 So when Andrew come and told him, "Come, see Jesus of Nazareth. He is that prophet," I can imagine Simon saying, "Now, just a minute. I don't know what's happened to you, but surely you haven't forgot the teaching of the Scripture. But just for old times' sake I'll go with you."
When he walked up into the Presence of the Lord Jesus, Jesus looked him in the face and said, "Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas."
Peter recognized it right quick that that must be Him. Not only did He know who he was, but He knowed who his father was.
There was one standing there by the name of Philip, the one we read about tonight. It thrilled his heart in such a way he had to go tell his friend about it. There's something about knowing Jesus Christ. When you ever really find the real Christ, you can't set still. You've got to tell it somewhere.

L-47 So we see Philip taking off around the hill. If you was ever in Palestine, see where Jesus was preaching, around to where his friend Nathanael lived, it's about fifteen miles. No doubt he ran around that mountain. Let's just dramatize it for a moment. I can see him knock at the door. (There's little sick children here. I want them to get it, their simple little faith.) Knocked at the door, and perhaps Mrs. Nathanael came to the door. He said... Didn't have time to have much kind of a greeting. He said, "Where's Nathanael?"
Said, "Oh, he's back into the orchard back there, a praying, back in the orchard."
And back to the orchard he went. And you know where he found him? Under a tree, praying.
I believe, Philip being a Christian man, he didn't interrupt him when he was praying. After he got through his prayer and said, "Amen," got up and dusted off his clothes, and just then he looked around and seen his friend Philip. He said, "Philip, I'm glad to meet you again. Have you come to visit me, my brother?"


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