<TITLE>13. Par 45-48</TITLE>L-45 "After the death of Jesus Christ and to tramp the Blood of the Covenant, wherewith we were sanctified with, and call it an unclean thing, and do despite to the works of grace, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin." Hebrews the 6th chapter. See? So you see where we're at. We're doing despite to the very works of grace that's called us to sanctification. See? Speaking a word against it.
Now--now, what was He come to? "He came to His own." Who was His own? Hebrews, Jews. Now, there was--there was two cla... There is always three classes (Not classes, I wouldn't say it.), races of people on the earth. We all spring from the sons of Noah--Ham, Shem, and Japheth. Now, that was Jew, Gentile and Samaritan.
Now, to these ministers who are setting behind me here, and perhaps some setting in front of me. We all know that Peter was given the keys to the Kingdom, that I might straighten this out for you by the grace of God. Peter was given the keys to the Kingdom.

L-46 Now, on the day of Pentecost, he was the one who opened the Kingdom to the Jews. We admit that. And when Philip went down and preached to the Samaritans and baptized them in the Name of Jesus Christ, only the Holy Spirit had not come upon them yet. And yet Philip had the Holy Spirit. So they sent up to get Peter. And he and John came down and laid hands upon them, and they received the Holy Ghost. Is that right? All right.
Then we find out that he was on the housetop one day, having a vision. And Cornelius had had a vision, which was a Gentile. And they sent him up to Cornelius' house, and there he opened the Gospel to the Gentiles. There's your three people: Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people. No more was the apostle used, the keys to open to the Kingdom, because it was for everybody then.

L-47 Now, we notice when he came, there was... the Gentiles, we the Anglo-Saxon, were not looking for a Messiah. We were heathens, Romans and so forth, worshipping idols. But there were two classes of people, or two races, looking for Him. That was Jew and Samaritan. And a Samaritan was half Jew and Gentile.
Now, listen close now, so you will not miss it. Now, those... He only comes to those who are looking for Him. Let me repeat that. In the audience tonight, if you are here as a critic, if you are here as an unbeliever, He will never touch you, only rebuke you. But He comes to those who are looking for Him, who are believers. Nowhere in the Scriptures did He ever come any other way, but to--to believers. That's where He promised to assemble. To do His healing, He took a--a blind man away from the unbelievers, outside of the city, to heal his eyes.
He only comes to believers. So the Gentiles in that day was not looking for no Messiah. But Samaritans and Jews were. And when He came to the Jews, He displayed His sign as Messiah. And the true believers recognized it to be the Messiah. The unbeliever rejected it and was cursed by it.

L-48 Now--now, we're in... we find out then in Saint John the 4th chapter. He goes up now to the--Samaria, to a city of Sychar. And when He gets up there, He sends His disciples away to buy food. And while they are away buying food, a woman came out, a woman of ill fame. And she was--had many husbands.
And she came out to get water. And Jesus said, "Woman, bring Me a drink."
And she says, "The well is deep. And besides, we have segregation here. There's... You--you Jews shouldn't ask we Samaritans such things. It's not customary for a Jewish man to ask a Samaritan woman."
He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to (See?) you would ask Me for a drink."
The conversation, what was He doing? Catching her spirit. Finally, He found what her trouble was. And He said, "Go, get your husband and come hither."
She said, "I have no husband."
Said, "Thou has said well. For you've had five husbands, and the one that you're living with now is not your husband. And there in that you've said well."


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