<TITLE>26. Par 211-221</TITLE>L-211 Ask the Jew now. Israel, when they pick up that Bible right there now, coming up from Iran and things, they read It. They say, "If that Jesus was the Messiah, let us see Him do the sign of the prophet; we'll believe Him." Yes, sir. They know them prophets are truthful.
So Nathanael must've said, "Oh, I believe the Messiah will be a prophet, 'cause Moses said, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet.'"
"Well, when he seen that--that Simon that you're talking about, He said, 'Your name is Simon, and you're the son of Jonas.' Not only did he know him, but he knowed that godly old Pharisee daddy of his."
"Aw, I can't believe that. You've went off on the deep end."
He said, "Oh, no, I haven't. You come, find out. Come, see. Come on." On along the road they went.

L-215 Finally he walked up into the Presence where Jesus was, maybe he was standing out in the audience somewhere. Jesus standing there, looking around, after while He looked out, and He seen Nathanael standing out there; and He said, "Behold an Israelite, in whom there's no guile." Now that took the starch out of him. That let the wind out of the sails. "Behold an Israelite, in whom there's no guile."
"That's God," he said. "Rabbi (means 'teacher'), Rabbi, when did You ever know me? I've never met You before; I'm a stranger in this congregation; I've never been here before. How would You ever know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
That was Jesus yesterday. Is that right? If He's the same, He's the same today. Let's take another nation of people. There was a nation of people...

L-219 There was only three nations of people, and that's Ham, Shem and Japheth's people. See? That's exactly. That's where the, at Pentecost, where the Gospel went to the Jews, then to the Samaritans, and then to the Gentiles. See? Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people is--is the three nations. Now, there's two nations of them looking for a Messiah; not us Gentiles, we had a club on our back; we were heathens, worshipping idols; but not--not Ham and Shem.
Now, there's another one now, the--the other nation was the Samaritans, which was half Jew and Gentile, caused by the marriage of the sin of Korah there, and they went off. And they believed in God; they was looking for a Messiah. So Jesus went, represented Himself before them. He come to the Jews, His Own, but He had need to go by Samaria. St. John 4, did you ever read it? He had need to go by Samaria. So He come to the city of Sychar, and so He just sent His disciples in to buy some vittles. And while they were gone...

L-221 If you was ever there, it's a panoramic, a well; there's a city pump like where they let the water down. You know, the women come and take the windle and let the bucket down, get the water and put it on their head. And now the ill-famed women, the bad women, they couldn't come with the good women. They had no associations together in them days. A woman was bad, she stayed in her own company. Not today; they're all together, but they just... But they... It's just like picking on the middle of an egg; you make it all red-light. See? So then they...


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