<TITLE>15. Par 68-73</TITLE>L-68 On Mount Carmel, when he had the showdown between the false gods and the true God, he laid the sacrifice out, walked out there, and said, "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You're God in Israel, and I am Your servant, and I've done all of this at Your command (preach the Word at Your command, Lord, to all the world, to every creature; these signs shall follow them that believe...)--at Your command. Now, Lord, let it be known that You told me to do this, You commissioned me to do this; now confirm it, Lord." And about that time fire fell from heaven. It was a confirmation of it. He was with the Word. See?
God always confirms His Word. He--He gives confirmation of His Word. Now, we know that that is true. Oh, how many times that... We got different characters here that could go right on down. But to save time.

L-69 Jesus, when He come on earth, and they said, "Him, being a man, makes hisself God? Oh, my. Well, we know who he was. He was born illegitimate. Why, he's only... We know His mother, Mary, and Joseph? They had that child be..."
Jesus said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe Me. If you don't believe I'm the Messiah, the works that I do confirm what I claim. (Amen.) If I do not the works of My Father, then don't believe it; but if I do the works of My Father then you believe the works, even if you can't believe Me." That was a confirmation. How did that fit them? Sure. Said... God... Who God sends, God protects. God confirms the Word. If God sent an ambassador somewhere to do something, He's got to stand behind that commission. That's exactly right.

L-70 He said, "If I do not the works of My Father, then you don't--you don't believe Me; but," said, "the very works that I do confirms My commission." Amen. That sure hit them smack, didn't it? "The works that I do..." Yes, sir. "If you don't... if you can't believe that I was sent of God, then the thing for you to do is believe that the works that I do... Or let me see you do the same works." There you are. "If you don't believe Me..." Oh, my.

L-71 There's some of them believed Him. When the woman at the well saw His Messiahic sign, she said, "We know Messiah does that." And went and told the people, said, "Come, see Who I have found, a Man that told me the very secrets of my heart. Isn't that the Messiah?"
Old Nathanael, when he come back with Philip, and Jesus... Walked up in the Presence of Jesus, and Jesus said, "Behold an Israelite in who there's no guile." Now, he was a trained man, 'cause he knowed the Word. He knowed the Messiah would be a God-prophet.
So they knowed that Moses had said that "The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet." They knowed also that God said, "If there be one among you who's spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord, will confirm him. I'll... What he says comes to pass, then believe it." See, they wanted to find out whether He was... They knowed there was supposed to be a prophet rise about that time, and they wanted to know Who He was.

L-72 So he walked up in the presence of Philip, and Philip told him what to do... or, Philip taken him over in the Presence of Jesus, rather. And when he walked up in front of Jesus, Jesus said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
"How did You know me, Rabbi?"
Said, "Before Philip called you, when you was under the tree, I saw you."
He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God." There was His credentials.

L-73 A woman at the well, when He found her standing there at the well, He said, "Bring Me a drink."
She said, "It's not customary. You're getting all out of our--our--our tradition here. We have segregation. We Jews and Samaritans have no fellowship with one another. And You being a man, a Jew, and me a Samaritan woman, how come that You'd ask me to give You a favor, bring You a drink?"
He said, "Woman, if you knew Who you were talking to you'd ask Me for a drink."
And she said, "Why, the well's deep, and You have nothing to draw with."


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