<TITLE>08. Par -</TITLE>L-12-1 Now, we find that they were brought into His Presence. Now, these Greeks... Philip... They had consulted Philip, and Philip said, "Now, here is someone that wants to see our Lord. So it wouldn't be just right for me to have the honor to introduce these Greeks to my Lord, so I'll go get Andrew to go with me." And so they went and got Andrew, and Andrew and Philip both came and--and presented these Greeks to Jesus.
Now, here is a great thing and a text that's unusual. Just as soon as these Greeks was pointed to Jesus, Jesus did not point to Himself, or He did not make Hisself known to them; because you cannot know Jesus in that way. Jesus isn't known in that way. But as soon as... We see here in the Scripture, that when these Greeks brought--was brought up to Jesus and was in His Presence, it looks like that Jesus would've said, "Well, this is I. I am the Messiah of the Jewish race that's been predicted by the prophets by inspiration down through the centuries; and I am here now. And I am the--borned of Nazareth. I'm of a Jewish mother; My Father is God. And I'm here now to make Myself known to you Greeks."

L-12-3 Now, that would be more like the 1961 version of it. But look, as soon as they were brought in His Presence... That's the main thing: Get the people in His Presence. And as soon as in His Presence, Jesus said, "Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone." What an unusual thing. Instead of accepting their introduction, the thing He done was pointed them to a place that they could find Him. "Except a corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone.  
What did He do here? He pointed them to that great Truth, how to see Him. They could not see Him in the way of Eternal Life, just standing there the way He was; He was a man.

L-12-5 A few mornings ago I had a vision about 9 or 10 o'clock in the morning. I had been praying to the Lord, feeling a call moving me constantly for the foreign fields this year--start right away, all the world. I want to go to Norway, and I want to go to Germany, Africa, and many of the nations this year, if the Lord willing: just a call in my heart to go.
And I was praying to the Lord, and a vision came over my eyes. And I was standing, then walked like across the floor, and entered into a--a room where there was two women, especially: one was at a counter, and the other was at a counter. They were selling different things. Well, I stood for a moment and wondered what it was about. Then I seen a man came in, and he bought from the woman at this counter, a little bottle of perfume that goes to another: his wife perhaps.

L-13-1 Then I walked up, and I said, "How much is that perfume? I would like some for my wife, but I want the lilac. I like lilacs."
And he said--or the woman said, rather, "The--this small bottle that that man bought for his wife is 40 cents, but it isn't lilac. This other bottle of lilac is one dollar and ninety-eight cents."
And I said, "I will take that." And I went to my purse to get the money; I thought I gave her two one dollar bills.
Handing back, she said, "Sir, I don't know this money."
And she handed it back to me, and it was a Canadian five dollar bill. And I said, "Pardon me. I thought it was a dollar." I said then, "I am--I'm a missionary, and I--in my missions I get money from different parts of the world. And in this I have made a mistake."
So she gave me the five dollar bill back, and I gave her the American one dollar bill. And she gave me the change, and she said, "A missionary?"
And I said, "Yes, ma'am."


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