<TITLE>10. Par 36-40</TITLE>L-36 And about that time Andrew must've raised up and said, "Brethren, I would like to say another thing. Do you remember the day that He said He was going down to Jericho?"
"Yes."
"And He had need go by Samaria. And we all wondered, 'Why's He going up around Samaria, instead of going down to Jericho?' But He had need to go by the Samaritans. And you know we didn't have any dealing with them at all."

L-37 "But He stopped. And we thought maybe He just wanted to show His face in Samaria. So He set at the well, and He sent us in to get some food. And when we come back, you remember what we seen? We were embarrassed. Our Lord was talking to a woman of ill fame a beautiful young woman. But she was a bad woman. She was standing out there with the marking of a bad woman, coming to the well at that time of day. And He was talking to her. Do you remember what He said?"
He said, "We hid behind the bush to listen and see what He was saying, see what our Lord would say to this ill famed woman, and said--He said, 'Woman, bring Me a drink.'"
She said, "It's not customary for You Jews to ask us Samaritans such things. We have no dealings with each other."
He said, "But if you knew who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink."
And she said, "You have nothing to draw with."
"And our Lord said, 'Go, get your husband and come here.'"
She said, "I do not have a husband."

L-38 "Do you remember, brethren, how we felt? Uh, oh. Now, He slipped up. He's made a mistake. 'I do not have a husband.' Then we heard His Words."
'Thou has said well, for you've had five husbands, and the one you live with now is not your husband.' And then do you remember that Samaritan woman, of the city of Sychar there, what she said?
'Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. Now, we Samaritans know that there is coming the anointed One, called the Christ, the Messiah. And when... We know what His sign will be. That will be His sign. He will be a Prophet. When He comes, He will show us these things. But Who art Thou? You must be one of His servants.
He said, "I'm He."

L-39 "Oh, how we seen the expression on that woman's face. When she set down her water bucket and ran into the city and begin to scream, 'Come see a Man that's told me all the things of my life.'"
Now, she... He never told her all the things. He just... She was just so happy. He just told her the one thing. But if He knowed that one things, He knowed all things. See? "Come, see a Man Who's told me the things that's in my life. Isn't this the very sign of the Messiah? And He's setting right out there on the well."
And they brought the man out. And the Bible says that the whole city believed on Jesus because that He told that woman that thing.

L-40 Must've been Matthew the scribe, taking down this testimony, so I could read it to you tonight. See? He said, "Could I speak next brethren?"
"Oh, yes, Matthew. Go ahead, speak."
"Do you remember the morning that we were going into Jericho? And Rebekah, our sister down there in Jericho, she was the wife of Zacchaeus. And he was a businessman, a tax collector in the city. And he was a rich man. And you know Rebekah believed on our Lord."
"And she had prayed, and she had prayed for her husband to become a Christian. But of course, he was one of the big payers in the church. And--and he played golf with the priests (you know, understand what I mean); he--he had his social affairs. And they all went out together and--and they had their big times together. So it was hard for him to pull away from his membership. And therefore, you know that he--anybody that follows our Lord is excommunicated from the churches right now. See? They have nothing to do with them."
"And so... And we--we was asked by our sister Rebekah to pray for Zacchaeus, her husband, that he would receive our Lord."


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