<TITLE>12. Par 41-44</TITLE>L-41 "Well, I remember, Simon, my father said to me one day as he stroked my hair back, and I put my hands upon his gray hairs... And he said, 'Simon, my son, I've always wanted to live to see the day when our Deliverer, Messiah, would come. But I'm getting old now, so I suppose I won't be able to see Him, Simon. But you're a young lad. No doubt you'll see Him in your day.
Now, there's going to be a lot of confusion. Always is, Simon. Just before the supernatural takes place, there'll be a lot of false things take place. But I want you to remember this, Simon, that when Messiah comes, the Messiah will have the sign of the Messiah. And you'll know Him by the sign.
Moses said so, for Moses said in (over in the chapter of--of Deuteronomy we find this) that... He said that the Lord (Deuteronomy 18:15, if you want to put it down to read it. Read the rest of the chapter down.), that the Lord your God shall raise up a prophet liken unto me. It will come to pass that who will not ever hear this prophet will be cut off from amongst the people,'" See?

L-42 "Now, he said, 'Now, remember, Simon, there may be great forceful speakers raise up. There may be great men will raise up. But remember, as Jews, we know that God is sending to us a prophet, a Messiah-prophet. And the reason... Now, we've had four hundred years now. Since Malachi we haven't had any prophets. But when the Messiah comes, He will be a God prophet. We'll know Him by that. Now, don't forget that, Simon.'"
Now, he says, "Andrew, you might say this is a great man. He can hold the people spellbound. But to me, He has to be a prophet because the Messiah... And I heard you talk about that man in the wilderness and so forth, John. He, perhaps, is a prophet too. I don't know. But this Messiah will be a God prophet. He will be a prophet--plus. He will be more than a prophet. He will be a prophet--plus. I'll go with you someday."

L-43 I can imagine seeing Andrew, then, go on to the service to hear Jesus of Nazareth, and he come home and told him some things that happened. So the next day maybe Simon decided he would go.
And you remember, he was given the keys--Simon was, later on. He was an ignorant man. He didn't come out of any of the seminaries, any of their Bible schools. He couldn't even sign his own name, Simon Peter. The Bible said he was both ignorant and unlearned, but they taken notice that he'd been with Jesus. Now, that's the main thing. That's true Pentecost. See?

L-44 Now, we find out that he went down and perhaps walked up with Andrew, and a great crowd of people around. And as soon as he got into the sight of the Lord Jesus, wondering if He was the Messiah. Now, we're going to find out what Messiah was.
And as soon as he got into the Presence of the Messiah, He looked at him, and He said, "Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas." Oh, my. That was enough for him. Not only did He know who he was, He knowed that godly old father that had told him what He would be. That settled it forever. That was the Messiah. Yes, sir.
If that was Messiah yesterday making Hisself known to His own, that's Messiah today making Hisself known to His own. Remember: to His own. We're going to get to that in a minute.


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