<TITLE>12. Par 41-44</TITLE>L-41 I can imagine, as they started along the way back, to get over the next day. It's fifteen miles. Probably taken them two day's journey coming back. I can imagine along the road... Let's break in on their conversation. We'll not be unscriptural now. So then, along their conversation... I can hear Philip say then, "Nathanael, you could not believe that. Sir, my brother, you are a theologian. You are a man of authority in the Scripture. What readest thou of Messiah? What will Messiah be when He comes? What type of Man shall we look for?"
"Oh," said Nathanael, "He will be a prophet, because the Bible said He will be a prophet. Our sacred Scriptures says He will be a prophet."

L-42 "Well, do you remember that old fisherman that you bought the fish from that day, named Simon, and he did not have enough education to sign his own name?"
"Yes, I remember that well."
"He came up before this Jesus of Nazareth, and Jesus of Nazareth told him who he was. And not only that, but told him who that godly old father of his was. And it wouldn't surprise me but if He didn't tell you who you are."
Well, I can imagine Nathanael saying, "If that be so... I don't know; I've never been there. But if that be so, that will be Messiah, because that's what He's supposed to do--He's a prophet. And we haven't had a prophet," he says, "for four hundred years, since we had a prophet. And we've been looking for this Messiah, which is next in line." (We haven't had one for two thousand years.) "Now..." But we're looking for one. "Now," he said, "this Messiah, if He be the Messiah, then I'll see Him do the sign."

L-43 Then we walked up into the congregation, I suppose, and maybe he was in the prayer line, or maybe he was standing out in the audience. I do not know. But however, as soon as Jesus turned and caught his eyes, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Now, for a instance of critic might be present, they'd say, "Well, sure, he was dressed like it." Oh, no. The easterners all dress alike. They have a long robe and underneath garment, and a turban, and wear beards. So He was--he couldn't have told him... He could've been a Greek or anything else.
He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
I can imagine the starch going out of him right quick. And he said, "Rabbi (which means teacher), when did You ever know me? This is the first time that we've ever met. And how did You know that I was an Israelite, a man with no guile?"
Listen! He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes!
What did this staunch believer, who knowed the Scriptures, say? "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. You're the King of Israel."
Jesus said, "Because I told you that, you believe? You shall see greater things now."

L-44 Now, that was Jesus yesterday: how He made Hisself known to the people as Messiah. If Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, that's the way He would be today, if He is the same. Is that true? Have to be. Now, there's many other quotations we could make, but the--I know we don't have but about forty-five more minutes. And I'll catch it on through the Scripture.
But I'd like to go to about... Let's say this. There is three races of people on earth. I know you say, "I'm this, that, or the other." But there's only three races; we all sprang from the sons of Noah (Scripture's right.): Ham, Shem, and Japheth. Now, that turned out to be in His day, Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan.
Now, we find out that there was a race of people called the Samaritan, which is half Jew and Gentile. And they were looking for a Messiah. They wanted to see Messiah.


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