<TITLE>09. Par 33-36</TITLE>L-33 "So one day, he set down after we had caught a great bunch of fish, and we could pay off our bills then. And that morning, how we had prayed, and asked God to help us, 'cause we needed those fish so bad. And we got the fish. And dad come in and set down; he said, 'Come here, Simon, my son.'"
"He put his arms around me, said, 'Simon, I'm getting old. And I've thought all my days that I would live to see the Messiah. But I'm getting old, and perhaps I won't be able to see Him. But He may come in your time, Simon.'"
"'And I know that before His coming there'll be all kinds of things taking place. There'll be false prophets; there'll be everything going on, all kinds of isms--because it'll be Satan trying to upset and perhaps deceive Israel.'"
"But, son, there is only one way we can be sure, and that is stay with God's Word. That's the only way to be sure."
That would be a good testimony anywhere. That's right. Stay with the Word.

L-34 "Then he said--he said, 'Son, over in the Scroll in Deuteronomy, Moses, the one that give us the law, he said, "There will come the Messiah, one in the last days... or God will raise up among you (to make the Scripture right) of--of our brethren, and He will be a prophet. Lord, your God, shall raise up a prophet." Now, you know, we are commanded by God to obey the prophets, because the Word of God comes to the prophets. They're the one who has the Word and the interpretation of the Word.'"
"'Therefore, now our Lord told us if there was one among us that was spiritual, or a prophet, and if he prophesied, and what he said did not come to pass, then don't listen to him. But if it did come to pass, then listen. Now. And the Messiah is going to be a prophet.'"
"And, as you brethren know, that my dad has been gone for a long time. But when He looked out there, and told me who I was, and not only that but He knowed that godly old daddy of mine, I knew that was Him."

L-35 A very good, striking, testimony... And before Simon could get through with his testimony, Philip had his hands laying on his shoulder, trying to stop him a little. You know everybody just tries to get in, and get a little ahead of the other, you know. You're just so full of it, you just want to say something. When you hear somebody else talk, you just want to put in something there. That's just the nature among us. And so, you know, Philip, it come his time to testify. And he said, "Oh, how I remember that. I was standing there. And you know, it thrilled me so much, till... Nathanael, you don't mind if I tell it?"
"No. That's all right."

L-36 "You know, I knowed Nathanael was a real orthodox believer. He kept all the laws, and he was a good man. He'd served his time as an elder, and he'd done all different things, and he was a good man. He studied in the Scriptures day and night. I know he was well taught, and he was a good friend of mine."
"So I took around the hill just as hard as I could to find Nathanael. Well, you know, brethren, it takes me about a day from where He was preaching there, around the hill, and I--and I found... First I knocked on the door, and Brother Nathanael... The wife come to the door and said, 'He just went out through his grove.' And I went out there, and I heard somebody praying."


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