<TITLE>13. Par 107-120</TITLE>L-107 And now, I can imagine Philip--or Nathanael saying, "Now, Philip, could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come and see."
Now, that's a good statement for anybody. Don't stay home and criticize. Don't get up and walk out. Stay and wait, and find out whether it's the Truth or not. See? "Come, see for yourself."
Well, went around the bend; let's think of their conversation. I can hear Philip say to--to Nathanael, "Nathanael, what does the Scripture say Messiah will be?"
"Oh, He'll be a--He'll be a Prophet like unto Moses."
"Surely. That's right. Well, this Jesus of Nazareth that I'm telling you about, you remember that old fisherman that you bought the fish from, and he couldn't sign his name?"
"Yes. Oh, sure, the son of Jonas. I know him well. His name is Simon."
"As soon as he walked into the Presence of this Man, He told him who he was, and about his father. It wouldn't surprise me that He wouldn't tell you who you were," he says.
"Well," he said, "now, just a moment. I'll have to see that."

L-113 Well, finally they arrived at the meeting. As soon as he got in the Presence of Jesus, Jesus said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
Now, you might've said, "Well, sure, He knows he's an Israelite, the way he was dressed." All the easterners dress the same, all of them are dark complected, and they wore a beard, and turban, and--and cloaks, and so forth, just the same. And how would He knowed he was an honest and just man, with no guile?
He said--He said to him, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there's no guile."
And it astonished that Scriptural man. He said, "Rabbi (which means teacher), when did You ever know me? This is our first time meeting. When did You ever know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." There you are. That's it. "I saw you," fifteen miles around the mountain, day before. "I saw you when you were under the tree." Now, you know what he did? He ran up to Him; he said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel." That's you are. Why? He's Scriptural, that One that the prophet said would come. "Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel." Don't make any difference what the rest of them said.

L-118 Now, there was those standing there, oh, Pharisees and Sadducees, and bishops, and whatevermore, head men, great ecclesiastical leaders, high priests, and priests, and whatmore, standing around there, and they looked at That. They knowed they had to answer to their congregation. They had to give them a ques... had to answer their question. So you know what they said? They said, "This man is Beelzebub." See? In other words, "He's a fortuneteller, a devil."
And Jesus turned to them, and said, "I'll forgive you." See, they called the Spirit of God that was doing that an unclean spirit. Said, "I'll forgive you for doing that. But someday the Holy Ghost will come to do the same thing, and one word against It will never be forgiven in this world, neither in the world that is to come.": one word against It. Now, that was for another age. Look at them.

L-120 Now, the Bible said that the Word of God (Hebrews 4) is sharper than a two-edged sword. The Word, which was Christ, sharper than a two-edged sword, cutting to the marrow of the bone, and a Discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. The Word... When the Word Itself goes forward, that's what It is. That's the declaration; that's the a-vindication of the Word. And there was the Word standing there, made flesh among them, doing exactly what It said It would do, and they didn't perceive It.


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