<TITLE>19. Par 65-67</TITLE>L-65 What did she do? She knowed more about God than half the preachers does, and her in that condition: more than they did then, anyhow.
She said, "Sir..." She didn't call Him Beelzebub, a fortuneteller. Said, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet." Now, listen. "We know that when Messiah comes, which is called Christ, He will tell us things": sign of the Messiah. "We Samaritans know that the Messiah will do this sign. So You must be His prophet."
Jesus said, "I am He that speaks to you." Oh, my.
See, she was taught to know what the Messiah would do. Not how He would dress; but what He would do, not what kind of a teaching He'd have, but...
He said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe me." They knew He'd be a God-prophet.
She said, "You must be a prophet. Now, we know when the Messiah comes, which is called Christ, He will tell us all these things (See, that's the sign He would do.) But Who are--Who are you?
He said, "I am He."
What'd she do? She left the water pot; she ran into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" And the Bible said that the men of the city believed on Him because of the woman's testimony that He told her what her troubles was.
If that was His sign yesterday, it's His sign today.

L-66 Now, look. Hunt through the Scriptures and you'll never see one time He did that sign before a Gentile. Why? Gentiles, we Anglo-Saxons, had clubs on our backs and was cave men. We wasn't looking for no Messiah. Messiah only comes to those who are looking for Him.
Now, in closing, my last comment, I might say this. (I don't... look at that clock back there and it makes me nervous.) Notice, there's so much to be said, so much you could tie in. But now remember Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people: the Jews, the Samaritans, and the Gentiles.
Now, the Jews and Samaritans was looking for a Messiah, and He made Hisself known to them as the Messiah by being able to show them that He was the prophet that Moses spoke of that would come. All understand, say, "Amen." [Congregation says, "Amen"--Ed.] All right.
Now, the Gentiles has had two thousand years, and now the Gentiles are coming to the end. Now, what did we say this morning? If God ever makes a decision and does anything one way, He's got to do it the next time the same way, or He did it wrong the first time. You understand it now?

L-67 Now, just one more little Scripture reading. Will you forgive me for just a moment? I just got to get this here. Jesus said, in Luke 16, I believe it was, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." Did you ever read that? Now, watch what happened in Sodom. Now... (closely now--we're going to start the prayer line.).
There's always three classes of people. Abraham represented the called-out church. He was called out. He separated himself from Sodom. And then there was the Sodomites, the wicked. And there was also Lot and the--the nominal Christian down there, lukewarm believer. But he had separated himself from Abraham, because Abraham was too poor, out on the barren ground... And took the rich places. That's what the big classic churches has done today, the rich. But the true group, the called-out church... Now, remember, there's three classes. Two of them is down in Sodom, the Sodomites, and also the--the borderline believer, Lot. And then there was Abraham the called-out group.


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