<TITLE>19. Par 68-69</TITLE>L-68 Little old Philip, when he heard this story he didn't have to see it. He believed it, for he was looking for a Messiah. He was so persistent till he went around the hillside, about fifteen miles, and he found a guy named Nathanael. He didn't have to go back and say, "Now, wait. Let's set down and calculate this." He said, "Come, see Who we have found, the One that Moses spoke of." Amen. I can hear him tell the story about Simon.
Oh, Philip... or, Nathanael might've said, "Now, wait a minute, Philip. You've gone off on the deep end."
"Just come, see. See if I'm on the deep end."
So when he walked up in the prayer line, or in the audience, wherever it was, I can see Nathanael begin to look around, say, "Kind of a good feeling here tonight somehow. Looks pretty good."
And Jesus caught his eye and He said, "Behold, there is a Israelite indeed in whom is no guile." That took him off the rocker.
He said, "Rabbi, when did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you. When you were under the tree I saw you."
And he looked around; he saw all of his pastors, and the deacons, and the presbyters, and the bishops, and all of them standing around. But brother, he got very persistent right then. He said, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God." Hallelujah.
There you are. He was persistent. Why? He saw something. He heard something. He realized that it was Scriptural, so he could stand persistently, regardless of what the rest of them thought. He seen something. He had a hold of something. He held on to it.

L-69 The little woman at the well, ill-famed. She'd seen so much bogus amongst the people professing... One day she... It must've been about eleven o'clock. They went into Sychar to get some food, the disciples, and Jesus left alone. The Father had sent Him up there because He had need go by. He was going to Jericho, but He went up around the mountain 'cause He had need: one soul, and her a prostitute. Oh, amazing grace. One soul out of the whole thing, and her an ill-fame, calling off of His regular journey plumb up here.
She might've been... About eleven o'clock she come out to get some water. She might've started to let the bucket down, and her curls dropped down over her--her face. And she started to let the bucket down. She heard somebody say, "Bring Me a drink." She looked over quickly, and there set a Jew.
She said, "It's not customary for such a thing, a Jew to ask a Samaritan anything."
He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink." What was He doing? Contacting her spirit. Father had sent him up there. Now, the subject is there. Hallelujah. I saw something then. O God. Father sent Him up there, and now here's the subject before Him. He don't know what to say, but He carries a conversation. He said--talked about worship at Jerusalem, and the Jews and so forth, and the well they talked about. After while He found where her trouble was.
Said, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I--I--I have no husband."
Said, "That's right. You've had five, and the one you've got now is not your husband."
She said, "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a prophet. We know that the Messiah is called the Christ; He's coming, the Anointed One. And when He comes, He will be a prophet. He will tell us those things."
He said, "I'm He that speaks to you." Talk about persistence.


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