<TITLE>08. Par 25-27</TITLE>L-25 "And he set down, and he said, 'I remembered that my wife told me about this here Galilean being a prophet. Now if He is a Prophet, I'm going to believe Him, because I know that our Bible said, 'If there be one among you who are--who's a prophet, and I the Lord will make Myself known to him; and what he says comes to pass then hear him; I'm with him. But if it doesn't then don't hear him.'"
"So I--I know and do not believe, as my Rabbi's told me, that a Man that was born as poor as He was, and with a name like He's got, and was not raised up to be a Rabbi... And all this here supernatural stuff He talks about, I--I don't believe it. So I--I'm going to wait, and when I see Him, I'm going to give Him a piece of my mind. So as he got to thinking about what Rebekah told him, well, maybe He is a Prophet; but if He is, I'll just get my opinion, and then I'll go back and tell Rebekah; 'cause there's too many."
So he got up on the limbs and pulled all the leaves around him, covered himself up so he couldn't be seen, camouflaged himself. After while they heard a noise coming around the bend.
There's something strange. Where Jesus is, there's usually a noise of some sort. I don't know why, but it's always. Just like Aaron going in with the pomegranate and the bell. If you don't make a lot of noise, why, they didn't know he was living, and I think that's what's the matter with the church today. It's got so dead we don't hear nothing no more. So where there's life, there's noise.

L-26 Now, and we find out that he said then when Jesus came around the corner, and he got to look at Him. He had fixed hisself a little camouflage, so Jesus couldn't see him. So he had a leaf. He just pulled this leaf down and look out, 'cause he didn't want to see him, a businessman of the city, setting up in a tree. That would be kindly embarrassing you know, and this holy-roller coming in anyhow you know, with the name that He had. That would hurt his business if a--if a--they seen him associating himself with a Fellow like that.
And so--but he wanted to find out what Rebekah had been talking about. So he set up there; he kept his leaf up and said, "I hear a noise so maybe after while He will come along." He heard the noise and he looked around the corner.
There come the great big burly fishermen, saying, "Folks, I'm sorry. Our--our Brother is very tired. He--He's a--He's on His road out now. He's got to go to Jerusalem, He said. Would you all just stand aside and give Him room to get out," very--with a lot of diplomacy and kindness.
Other disciples following along, saying, 'Folks, I wish we had time but we just haven't.'"

L-27 And after while when He turned the corner, then Zacchaeus turned down his leaf and begin to look, seeing Him coming along like that. And you know, I don't believe that any man could look right at Christ and ever feel the same again. I--I don't believe he could.
Something begin to touch him and saying, "You know what, I--I just... Maybe Rebekah was right, but I'll get a good look at Him, and then I'll hear Him sometime, because He doesn't know me. I'm a businessman here and He just entered the city, so He doesn't know me. Doesn't know nothing about me, and He doesn't know my condition, so I'll just set up here in the tree."
And He come along, and when He crossed over the sidewalk, come down, got right under the tree, He stood and looked up, Said, "Zacchaeus, come down. I'm going home with you today for dinner."
"Oh, you remember," said James, "that settled it with me. I knew that He was that Prophet that Moses spoke of, 'cause we had just entered the city. How did He know he was up the tree, and how did He know his name was Zacchaeus and all about him? That settled it to me, because the Bible said that He would be a Prophet."


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