<TITLE>14. Par 53-55</TITLE>L-53 Then, it must have been Matthew, said, "Let me testify. Do you remember that day we were going down into Jericho, and we were going down there to visit some friends? And you remember our friend down there, Rebekah? And she is--was the--the wife of Zacchaeus. And she'd told us her husband was a businessman, and how that he had--was a doubter, because he was a member of the synagogue, and the synagogue said that anybody that believed this man to be a prophet was excommunicated from the church. And he belonged to all the societies of the--of the day, and so they... He--he knowed if he ever confessed it, he'd be put out."
"But Rebekah, his wife, the disciple of our Lord, she was a believer. And she used to tell him all the time, 'Zacchaeus, this man, according to the Scripture...'"
"'Oh, you have no right to interpret the Scriptures. The Rabbi is the one who tells it.'" But the Rabbi was wrong. "The Rabbi's the one who's to tell it."
Notice. "But Rebekah said, 'I stood, and I saw Him work, and I know that He is that Messiah. He's a prophet.'"

L-54 So the morning that He was to appear, Rebekah must've prayed all night for her husband. She wanted him to be saved. (That's the way you've got to pray for people. Prayer changes things.) So she must've prayed all night. Along about daylight, little old Zacchaeus got up and put on his best clothes that he had, you know, and stepped out, and told Rebekah he was going to get a fresh breath of air.
But that night maybe the Lord had been dealing with him, according to Rebekah's thoughts and prayer.
Now, if you want God to save your husband or your wife, just keep praying for them, just keep praying. That's all you have to do. Just keep praying and believing. If there's any spark of life there at all, God will put something across the path that they'll see it. Then if they reject it, then that's up to them. But notice.

L-55 Then that morning, she'd prayed hard that something would happen that would convince Zacchaeus that this was that Prophet that they were looking for. (The Jews always believe their prophets, and the Messiah was to be a prophet, 'cause God had told them to believe nothing but a prophet. So then He had to be the prophet.) [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] So then, that morning Zacchaeus went out.
And I imagine Rebekah just laughed up her sleeve and said, "Praise God, he's going down there sure as I'm laying here in this bed."
Zacchaeus went--goes down there. And he gets to the front gate where he knowed Jesus of Nazareth was coming. But there was so many there he couldn't even get close to Him. He was small in statue. So he went up Glory Avenue to Hallelujah Lane. That's usually where He crosses. And he climbed up in a sycamore tree and set down. (You want to find Jesus, you'll find Him on Glory Avenue or Hallelujah Lane, or something like that.) So he knowed He'd cross there, so he climbed up and set down in this tree.
Said, "I'll watch Him. And when He turns the corner, I'll pass my opinion about Him. I don't believe He's any prophet. I don't believe it. And so, I'll just get up in this tree, and I'll get my own conception of Him when He passes by." (Remember, he'd never saw Him.) So he thought, "You know what? He might see me up here."


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