<TITLE>08. Par 35-38</TITLE>L-35 Now, we find that this courier turned his back upon the Lord Jesus. As far as--the Scriptures doesn't give that he ever asked pardoning of his sins or anything, and walked away, back down to his master the Pharisee.
Now, there--there's something wrong with the story there. It just doesn't make ends meet. There--there's something wrong. Those Pharisees had no fellowship with Jesus. They were with odds at one another. They...
Jesus had no fellowship with them. He told them, said, "You compass seas [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] make one proselyte, and then he's twofold more child of hell than he was before." He said, "You blind leaders of the blind." He said, "Well did Isaiah speak of you. You got eyes and can't see; and ears and can't hear." And how He rebuked them, and--and bawled them out, and then, one of them to invite Him to dinner? If we'd put it in a street expression, we know there's a trump up the sleeve somewhere, extra card somewhere. See, he's holding something, 'cause they had no fellowship with one another.

L-36 It's just like you take the--the old couple and the young couple. You see the young married couple go off to one side and talk. Why? They got things in common. They like to talk about things that they have in common. Watch the little children. The little boys will play marbles; the little girls will play dolls. See, it's things in common.
That's the reason we meet here the way we do, like that lovely breakfast this morning. We had everything in common: fellowship. Gamblers, bootleggers, liars, and thieves had no place in that meeting. See? For it's... Or, in here. We are... We have fellowship one with another, because we're assembled around a--a one great thing that we have achieved: that's Christ, communion with Him.
Now, when you see a little girl about six or seven years old following grandma around all the time, aha, there's something wrong. There's too much difference in their age. Now, either she's grandma's pet, or she's got a sack of candy, and the little girl's wanting it. See? There's some purpose for this little girl following grandma around, because there's too much difference in their age. See?

L-37 And when you see these Pharisees send... Oh, that arrogant, starchy, ecclesiastical system sending for Jesus, there's something wrong, something out of ordinary. There's a trick somewhere. And don't you think Jesus didn't know it. He wasn't putting nothing over on Him. No, no. See, He knew about it. But still, if He was invited, He will go anyhow. That's right.
We invite Him to our churches, send great meetings 'fore a campaign, and pray, and call in great groups of prayer groups for a great state-wide convention, revival, and pray, "Oh, Lord Jesus, come and--and honor us with Your Presence." And let somebody raise up and say, "Amen," and the ushers will lead him out the door. Let somebody worship Him a little bit, and they're a bunch of fanatics. That's right.
We invite Him, and then don't want Him when He gets there. But He will come anyhow. He comes. Oh, yes. He will be there. When He promises... You ask Him, no matter what the circumstances is, He comes when you ask Him. He's there.

L-38 Then I can see this Pharisee, how they put on this big spread. They were rich. My, they got a cut out of everything come along, and the meat offerings, and well paid, and... Oh, they were... They had it on--on the featherbed. They were... (That's an old southern expression, but it's--it's what they did.) They were rich. And--and the poor was poor. And they could put on those big spreads. Oh, my, how they could really make it attractive. And, you know, the devil likes to make sin attractive. You... he... That's what makes it so attractive.


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