<TITLE>20. Par 93-96</TITLE>L-93 Here come another staunch Jew, said, "Now, wait a minute. If the Messiah would've come, He'd have come down the corridors of heaven, and come down to our great, big, fine temple we got built here somewhere, like... Other people around here believe that He will come to some temple. And He will come down here, and He will light right down on here, and the angels will be flopping their wings, and everything. They'd say 'This is Messiah, this is Messiah, this is Messiah.' That's the way it'd be."
I can hear Philip say, "Wait a minute. You're not Scriptural with that. Stay with the Word. What did Moses tell us that the Messiah would be? 'The Lord your God shall raise up a prophet.' You remember that old man that used to be over there, named Peter, Simon?"
"Yes. Oh, that old fellow didn't have any education? Yes, I remember him. Yeah. I remember him."
"You--you bought some fish from him, and he couldn't sign your receipt."
"Yeah. Well, I remember him. I remember him. Yeah."
"Why, when he walked up... You know his father?"
"Well, sure. Certainly I knew his father real well. He was a real Pharisee, yes, real scholar. Yes."
"Why, when Simon walked up before Him, He told him what his name was and what his father's name was."
"Aw. Now, I believe you've gone off the deep end. Let me go see. He will never read my mind. I'll go find out."

L-94 Walks up there, in the Presence of Jesus, and Jesus said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
He said, "Did you tell Him you was coming after me?"
"No."
He said, "Rabbi (which means 'master' or 'teacher'), when did You ever see me? I just come up in this meeting tonight. When did You ever see me?"
Said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." What eyes...
He said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."

L-95 But there stood those great big denominational brethren standing there. They said, "You know what? He does that by Beelzebub." See, they had to answer to their congregation. They had earthly credentials. He had heavenly ones (See?), 'cause Moses said, "He will be a prophet," and here He was proving He was a prophet. That's right. He was a-vindicated, His commission was a-vindicated.
So he said, "Now, I know this fellow does do that." But he had to answer their congregation. Said, "By Beelzebub he does this, he casts out devils."
Jesus turned around, perceiving their thoughts, He said, "You say that against me, the Son of man, I forgive you for it." Now, they never said it out loud. The Bible said they thought it in their hearts, and He perceived their thoughts. Keep it right. Yes, sir. Said they perceived in their hearts. See? He perceived their hearts, their thinking.
Said, "Now, if you say that against I, the Son of man, I'll forgive you. But someday (way down in the Gentile world. See?) the Holy Ghost will come after I'm gone, and He will do the same thing, and to speak one word against It will never be forgiven in this world, nor the world to come."

L-96 Before He left the earth He said this; He said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man." I want to make this remark and close. As it was in the days of Lot down there in Sodom, let's see what it was. He referred first to--to the days of Noah. He told what they were doing: eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage. But when He come to Sodom...


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