<TITLE>11. Par 49-53</TITLE>L-49 So this day had been set. And everything had been made ready, and all the lambs had been killed. And--and the barbecue was going on, the roasted lamb. Oh, my. The air around over the city, and down in the valley was just... The aroma had just lit up the whole place, mixed up with the wine, and the grapes, and so forth. And the--the very best of wine they used, and the best of everything, because they could afford the best.
And they had everything ready. All the flunkies was standing at place, towels on shoulders, every man at his place. Up come the carriage, and away went the flunky with him. And in he come, the feet washing, and so forth, on and on and on. What a day. Old Pharisee was having him a time.

L-50 Now, I'm going to tell you what I think he had up his sleeve. I'm going to take it from conception of what the Bible says about them fellows. They did not believe He was a prophet. They couldn't believe it. They called Him Beelzebub, a fortuneteller. And they could not think that Man could be a prophet. See, you might not have thought of these things before, but the whole Scripture's sowed full of it. See? It's just the way you're looking at it.
Notice, and they didn't believe He was a prophet. So I'd imagine old Pharisee said, "Now, I've invited Rabbi So-and-so and Rabbi So-and-so, and I've got to have some main entertainment. And I'll just get that hoaxter down here. And you know what we'll do? I'll show him up. I'll prove that he's not a prophet. Rabbi Belinsky over here, he believes that he's just a--he's a faker. He don't believe, because he's too much against our organizations." So he--he just...
"We can't believe. If he was a real prophet he'd be a Pharisee and stand for the things that we stand for."

L-51 My, that old spirit never did die. The man it was on died. But, you see, God and the devil... The devil takes his man, but his spirit remains. Right. The same spirit remains on down through the ages. And God takes His man, but never His Spirit. It comes on too.
So it's been a battle all the way through. And you've got to make your choice, so... The one disbeliever, and the believer... And the disbeliever's always some styled-up, self-styled something, you know. And--the we find out that sometimes God works in such humble ways. He just puts it over the eyes of them guys.

L-52 So then, they didn't believe He was a prophet. I can imagine old bishop Pharisee standing around, saying, "You know what? When I get him over here, I'll pull a good one on him. And I'll get him in here, and we'll prove that he's not a prophet. And, ho, ho, you know what? My... I imagine my association will make me district presbyter the next time, or something," you know, give him some great thing, 'cause he really exposed this Fellow, you know. He was really didn't believe that He was a prophet, so, he had Him down there.

L-53 So when all the association come together, and all of them, I imagine they was having a good time toasting, and drinking, and having a big time. And you could hear old Pharisee above all of them up there, you know, just carrying on. My, what a time they were having: great time.
And now, let's look around a minute. How did He get in there? How did He ever pass the gate of the flunky? There He sets over in a corner. He's right on time. He's always on time. And there He sets in the corner (I hate to say this.), setting there with dirty feet: Jesus, with dirty feet (as the Frenchman calls Him, Jsus), Jsus, with dirty feet. Nobody had washed Him. Nobody had groomed, anointed Him; and yet, He was invited. There sets Jesus with dirty feet: come to the invitation that was given Him, but nobody cared about Him. How did He ever pass that foot-wash flunky?


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