<TITLE>15. Par 51-53</TITLE>L-51 Finally they arrived... Maybe he walked into the prayer line where Jesus was praying for the sick. Maybe he set out in the audience. I do not know. But however, when Jesus fastened his eyes on him, He said, "Behold, an Israelite, in whom there's no guile."
How did He know him? "Oh," you say, "the way he dressed." Oh, no. All of them dressed the same, the easterners: wore turbans. He could have been a Greek; He could have been Arabian. They wore turbans and loose-hanging garments. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
It astonished him so till he stopped and said, "Rabbi (Rabbi means "teacher"), Rabbi, when did You ever know me? Why, You never seen me in your life. How do You know that I'm a--was an Israelite and an honest and just man?"
I can see those eyes look back at him again, and say, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Day before, and fifteen miles around the mountains, what eyes.
What did this fellow say? He said, "Rabbi, thou art the Son of God. You're the King of Israel." Sure, he was taught. He knowed what to believe. He knowed that was the prophet that Moses spoke of. "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the king of Israel."
And Jesus said, "Because I've told you this, you believe now?"
He said, "Yea."
He said, "Then you'll see greater than this, for you'll see Angels descending and ascending."

L-52 But there was some standing there who didn't believe that--the great scholars of the day. They had to answer their congregation, because the congregation's going to ask them the question. So you know what they said? They couldn't figure it out how He knew those things: perceive their thoughts, so forth, and was a prophet who could tell them what was, and what was coming, see it so perfect; 'cause the Scripture said that would be the Messiah.
And if that was the sign of Messiah yesterday, the same sign is the sign of Messiah today. Not because some man walked down the street with scars in his hand, blood and oil pouring from him (or whatever it might be), with a robe on. That could be a hypocrite. But brother, the life inside the vine tells what it is.
Jesus said, "I'm the Vine; you're the branches." If the first branch come out of that Vine produced a Pentecostal church, and they wrote a Book of Acts behind it, if that same Vine produces another branch, they'll do the same thing behind it. A grape vine puts forth grapes.

L-53 But you know, as--as western people here, I seen a citrus tree here in Arizona, I believe had about eight or nine different kinds of citrus fruit on it, but it's grafted. And today we got too much grafted into the church. They... It can't bear the fruit. You put a orange tree and put a lemon branch in it, it'll bear lemons. It lives off the life of the tree, but it bears its own fruit: lemon.
And so is it today. We got churches that call themselves Christian churches, but they bear the marks of theology and of organization. But if that Pentecostal vine that made a Pentecostal church ever puts forth another Pentecostal branch, it'll be like it was at the beginning. That's exactly right. If Jesus Christ appears in the church, He will be the same as He was back there. It won't bear lemons or grapefruits; it'll bear oranges if it's an orange tree and it puts forth its branch. It'll not be organizations; it'll not be denominations; it'll be Christ. Correctly.


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