<TITLE>10. Par 37-39</TITLE>L-37 "And--and Nathanael was on his knees praying for God to send the Deliverer, like He sent Moses. And when he got finished, I knowed that he was in that kind of a mood, looking for Him. So I said, 'Come, see Who we found. We... Your prayers has been answered. The thing you've been looking for is already here. We found it. It's glorious. You should come, see.'"
"And Nathanael said, 'What's that you're saying?'"
And he said, "We have found Him, that Moses and the law said was coming: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
"And now, Nathanael, you know, was staunch orthodox. He said, 'Now, just a minute, Philip. I know you to be a--a good scholar of the Bible. You must've went off on the deep end somewhere. Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?'"

L-38 "You know, I never wasted my words, because there's no need in arguing with anybody. So I just told him, 'Come, see.' And on the road around, he said, 'Why are you so convinced?'"
"And I--and I said to Nathanael, as I put my arm around him, 'Now, Brother Nathanael, you know how many times we've set in the boat, and we have--we have discussed the Scrolls day and night, how we've kept up late hours, and we've studied the Scriptures, (oh, that's wonderful), how we have studied the Scriptures together. And--and here's what convinced me. Do you know that...' Peter, will you forgive me if I say it?"
"Sure. Go ahead."
"You know that illiterate fisherman that was always in trouble, and he bought some fish down there?"
"Oh, yes. Jonas' son, Simon?"
"Yes, that's him. And you know, you bought some fish from him one day and wanted a receipt, and he couldn't even sign his name to it, didn't know that much."
"Yes, I remember him. Yeah. He's got a brother they call Andrew."

L-39 "Yes, that's him. Yes. Well, Andrew believed this prophet to be the Messiah, and he come, got Peter (or Simon) and brought him around to Jesus. And when Jesus looked him in the face, He said, 'Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas.' Didn't know nothing about him."
"Now, Nathanael, let me bring this to your memory. Did not the law say, 'If a prophet prophesies...'? And four hundred years since we've had a prophet, and here He is right before us. You know. Why, it wouldn't surprise me, Philip, if He didn't tell you who you were... or, Nathanael, when you got there."
"Well, I'll not go critical," said Nathanael. "I'll just go up, and listen for myself and draw my own conclusion. And if He's Scriptural, I know what the Bible says about them. And if it sounds Scriptural, why, I've got to see it done first. If I can see it done, then I'll believe it."
All right. That's pretty good. You know, they all don't live in Missouri. You've heard the old saying, "I'm from Missouri. Show me." So he said, "Come along."
"And that day when we got there, there was a prayer line. And there was people standing in the prayer line, and Jesus was praying for the sick. And when I walked up with Nathanael, we noticed a bunch of rabbis standing out there, and great renowned clergymen."


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