<TITLE>09. Par 34-38</TITLE>L-34 And I'm going to make this grand old Pharisee tonight, believe that same thing when he said, "Simon, there will be all kinds of false things rise up along through the ages, you live to be an old man, I hope. But when that Messiah comes, Simon, I tell you what He will be. He will be just exactly what the Scripture says He will be."
"Now, Moses, our prophet, has said to us in our scroll on Deuteronomy, that 'The Lord your God shall raise up from among you a prophet like me.' Now, Simon, you'll know Him because He will be a prophet. And you'll be--you'll recognize Him by that, because the Scripture says He must be a prophet."

L-35 "'So you'll find lots of things going on, but this Man will be a prophet. And besides, we Jews know that the Word of God comes to the prophet.' That's exactly what the Scripture says. The Word of the Lord came to the prophet. And so the--the prophet was to come. 'Now, don't you forget that, Simon,' he told me. And almost in his dying words he told me, 'Son, don't forget. Remember, when He arrives He will be a prophet liken unto Moses, because that's exactly what it says.'"
"'And how you'll know He will be a prophet, because Moses has told us, and the Scriptures tell us, that if there be one among you who's spiritual, or a prophet, and what he says comes to pass, then hear him. But if it doesn't come to pass, then don't fear him, because the Word of the Lord is not with him, because God cannot lie. God has to be truth. And if a man tells it, and it comes to pass, then it--it wasn't the man; it was God. And so, that's the way you'll know Him.'"

L-36 "And you know, when I went down that day, I kinda doubted Andrew," and I imagine him shaking his shoulders like that. Said, "I kinda doubted my brother Andrew. I thought it was just something else. But when I walked up in the meeting that morning... Andrew had got there much earlier than I was, because I had to finish the nets--mending the net.
"And when I come into the Presence of Jesus of Nazareth, He looked right straight at me, and He said, 'Your name is Simon, and you are the Son of Jonas.' Not only did He know who I was; He knowed that godly old father of mine." He said, "That settled it for me. I knowed right then that that was Him, that was the prophet that Moses had spoke of. That convinced me that it was That."

L-37 He'd no more than got through talking, till Philip jumped up and said, "Just a minute, brethren. Oh, I just can't hold it any more." He turned around, and looked up the front of the boat, and said, "Nathanael, will you forgive me?"
"Why, sure, brother Philip. It's only a privilege to hear you testify."
"Now, Nathanael and I were boys together. We grew up; we went to the same synagogue; we set in the same pews. We--we were--we were boys together, and we both studied the Scriptures very plainly. I was standing there that day when I seen Him and heard Him tell Simon about his daddy and about him. And I was so thrilled, and we had both agreed that when the Messiah come, He had to be a Scriptural Messiah. He had to be a Scriptural Messiah. So I took off running as hard as I could."

L-38 "And--and--and Nathanael, I never forget the morning knocked on the door over there. I'd almost run day and night to get there. And I knocked on the door, and your wife said, 'He's out in his grove.'"
"And I went out there, and you were praying. And I heard you in your prayers saying, 'O God, we have waited so long. But we believe that the hour will approach that when we shall see the Deliverer. We are looking for Him at any time. And, God, I am here this morning because something strange struck me last evening. I had a dream that I saw Him. And I--I'm here this morning praying.'"


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