<TITLE>15. Par 52-56</TITLE>L-52 On the road around I can hear their conversation. I can hear Philip say here to--to Nathanael, say, "Nathanael, do you remember that time you bought the fish down there on the river from that old fisherman by the name of Simon, that couldn't sign that receipt for you?"
"Yes, I remember him. All right. Now, oh, I knowed his daddy. I bought fish from Jonas, his daddy. He's got a son named Andrew."
"Yes, they're both believers. And as soon as Simon came up into the Presence of this Messiah, He looked him in the face, and called him Simon, and told him his daddy's name.
"Now, we know the Scripture says that the Lord's going to raise up a prophet. And we're Jews, and we're knowed to believe our prophets. And our Bible tells us over here also that if there be one that's spiritual or a prophet among you, I, the Lord, will speak to this prophet. And what he says comes to pass, then hear him. And if it doesn't come to pass, then don't hear him. And here's a Man that what He says is right there on the dot to prove that it is. It wouldn't surprise me if He didn't call you, when you got before him."

L-53 All right. When they come up in His Presence Jesus was maybe running a prayer line, or whatever it was. He might've been standing out in the audience. But wherever it was, when Jesus caught his eyes, He said, "Behold, an Israelite in whom there's no guile." That deflated him.
He said, "Rabbi, how did You know me?" Now, all of them dressed just alike. They wore beards, turbans, robes. "Rabbi, when did You know me?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree I saw you." Oh, what eyes. "I saw you under the fig tree."

L-54 You know what... That taught men of the Scripture, that predestinated seed to Eternal Life, when that Light flashed across him, he said, "Rabbi, You're the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." Not His dress did it, not His size did it, the style of His hair, the way He parted His beard, but the Spirit that was in Him showed that it was God, the Word made flesh, because It could discern the thoughts that's in the heart.
That was Jesus yesterday. And if He's the same yesterday, today, and forever, He will be the same. That's the way He would be today. Is that right? If that was Jesus, it would be the same Christ.

L-55 See, as I said a couple nights ago, if you could take all the life out of a peach tree, and transfer the life of a pear tree into the peach tree, it would bear peaches. Sure. The kind of life that's in it, that's what it bears. "By their fruit you know them." Jesus said in Saint John 14:12, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"... Son of man, Angels ascending and descending, so forth."
You're--you're in position. You've put yourself into position, by recognizing Him, that... You're--you're a subject now to see greater things. Oh, if we could only get ourselves in that position to recognize Him, then we'll see healing take place in our body, then we'll see joy come in, and--and we'll see great things happen.

L-56 Now, perhaps maybe his priest was standing over there. Oh, there were those standing there who didn't believe it, the teachers of those days, standing there with their hands behind him. They knowed they had to answer their congregation. It was already done. You know what they said? They said, "This fellow is Beelzebub," the devil, fortuneteller.
And Jesus said, "I forgive you for calling Me that. But someday the Holy Ghost is coming to do the same thing, and to speak one word against It will never be forgiven in this world, neither in the world that is to come." That's how sin-sick, how it is in this last day. We've had two thousand years of teaching. There He was. How we could continue on with these characters, but 'cause of time... Maybe we'll pick it up tomorrow night again.


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