<TITLE>18. Par 59-62</TITLE>L-59 Now, here He comes out. The first thing we find Him doing... There was a man named Simon, and he had a brother named Andrew. And Andrew had been attending John's meeting, and he... John said, "There's the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world." And Andrew went with Him. And he was thoroughly convinced that that was the Messiah. So he come, told his fisherman brother, Simon (that we know by the name of Peter), told him, said, "I found the Messiah. Come, see Him."
I can imagine... Let's just break in and see what Simon must've thought. He said, "Now, wait a minute here. Now, I am a Bible reader. My old daddy, before he died, he told me, 'Son, there's going to be everything before the Messiah comes, 'cause there's always a bunch of false raises up to counteract the--the right.'" (We know that, all ages) "Now, he said, 'Now, there'll be all kinds of people wanting to be Messiahs.'" (And that's Jesus, the Saviour...) "Said, 'There'll be many of them,' but said, 'don't you be deceived. Stay with the Word, for that Messiah will be that King-prophet. You'll know Him because He will do the sign of the prophet. See? For Moses... Our Scripture told us that the Messiah that was going to be raised up among us would be a prophet like him. The Word of God would be with Him. He would be manifesting the Word of God.'" Amen.

L-60 You get it? The Word of the Lord would be with Him, 'cause He'd be a prophet, and He'd be manifesting the--the Word of the Lord.
That's the reason Jesus said, "Search the Scriptures. In Them you think you got Eternal Life, and They testify of Me. And if I don't do them works, then don't believe Me. But if you can't believe Me, being a man, believe the works that I do, that you might be saved." Perfect...

L-61 Now, they were looking for this prophet to raise up. And when... 'course Andrew come running in, telling him... Oh, he might have thought, "Andrew, you've gone off on the deep end."
So one day he walked down to find Jesus at the shore. And when he walked up in the Presence of Jesus... Now, remember, Simon (his name was Simon then)... but when he walked into the Presence of Jesus for the first time (Jesus had never seen him. Now, watch Him now.), as soon as he walked into His Presence, Jesus looked around at him and said, "Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas."
Oh, my. That got him. Oh, He not only knowed who he was, but He knowed that godly old father of his. So there was a prophet. No one could deny it. There He was, doing just exactly. He knew him, and knew his daddy. He said, "Your name is Simon. You are the son of Jonas. And I'm going to call you... From henceforth, I'm going to call you Peter (which means "little stone, confession")," because Peter confessed Him.

L-62 Now, there was one standing there by the name of--of Philip, the one we just read about taking this man to Jesus. He seen that, and he thought, "Say, that seals it, because the Bible said that that Messiah would be a prophet. And here He is. We see Him."
So he had a friend that he studied the Bible with, the old scrolls, and his name was Nathanael. So from where Jesus was preaching, if you're ever there, it's fifteen miles around the mountain here to where Nathanael lived. So Philip took off and run around here that day. And the next morning he picked up Nathanael in the garden praying, and he said, "Come, see Who we found, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
Well, he... They'd studied the Scriptures together since boys, went to the same church. He said, "Now, wait a minute here. Just a minute. Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see."
"Could something like that come..."
Now, that's a good--that's a good answer to anybody. Don't stay home and criticize it. Come, find out. That goes good yet today.


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