<TITLE>06. Par 20-22</TITLE>L-20 Now, there's a great statement: Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever. Now, these Greeks were just as hungry as anyone. Their desire, they had heard of Jesus and they wanted to see Jesus. And I don't believe that anyone can ever hear about Jesus but what longs to see Him. Is that right? Now, if I say something, you say, "Amen," that won't scare me a bit. It'll encourage me. Now, how many here would love to see Jesus? Let's see your hand. We would love to see Him.
Now, as I have just made my statements, I believe the Word to be the Truth. Now, these Greeks came desiring to see Jesus, and got to do it by one of His servants. Well now, if He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and we desire to see Him, what about it? See? There it puts God's Word to a showdown. See?
If we desire to see Him, and He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, and one of God's servants brought these Greeks in the Presence of Jesus, then we should have the same thing today if He is the same. Now, we believe it, that He is the same as He was then.

L-21 Now, how would we know Him if we saw Him? Now, if we were going to say, "Well now, how would He part His hair? Did He have long curls down to His shoulders? Did He have red hair? Was it blond? Did He have hair at all? Was--was He bald-headed? Was He--was He a blue-eyed, brown-eyed? Was He a large man, small man?" Why, we'd just discuss that all hours, and each one have a different opinion. So we couldn't meet on them basis.
Well then, what if I'd say we go out here in the city tonight, and we'd find a man that we could actually find nail scars in his hands, both hands, and thorn prints around here, and a scar in his side just under his heart, and he would be wearing a robe, and--and meet our specifications, still that could be that...
Really, if we picked that such a person, it wouldn't be Jesus. At His second coming, every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess. And when He--His corporal body returns to the earth, It'll be like the sun shining from the east to the west. You believe that? Sure. It wouldn't be.

L-22 How would we know Jesus then? The way I think that we would know Him would be by His nature, what He was. Now, if I go to asking, "Does the Baptist believe it's their church? Presbyterian?"
"Yes."
Catholic? Yes. Protestant, so... Jewish? Yeah Or what... Not Jewish, 'cause they don't believe in the Lord Jesus being the Son of God. But our different Pentecostal brethren, the different organizations of them, they'd say, "Yes, it's in ours; It's in ours," and so forth. But now, let's just say that's good; that's in all of them. Let's just believe it.
But now, surely, there's so much difference that there ought to be some way to declare positive what He is (See?), for the Bible said He is the same.


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