<TITLE>15. Par 194-207</TITLE>L-194   You can never get a true look at Jesus Christ and ever remain the same. There is something about Him that's different from all other men. When you ever hear Him speak, you'll be like the Roman soldiers, "Never a man spoke like this."

L-195 The priests spoke of something. Man is still got the same nature. We have it today. Man is always praising God for what He did do, and looking forward for what He will do, and ignoring what He is doing. That's just the nature of man. It's always been that nature.

L-196 But a man once look, Jesus Christ, he'll never be the same, can see Him manifested.

L-197 That's the reason, when you're sealed with the Holy Ghost, the seal is on both sides of the paper, both coming and going. They can see the walk, the talk, the Life of Christ reflecting in that, in His people. That was His purpose of death, that the Church might continue His work. But we've conglomerated up in a bunch of everything.

L-198   Now we notice, as He started going on, walking down the street. Zacchaeus raises his leaf a little higher, wants to get a real good look at Him as He passes. Now he's all covered over, camouflaged real good. And after while, he has to raise like, this to look. Jesus was coming right beneath him.

L-199 Just as He passed by, Jesus stopped, looked up, said, "Zacchaeus, make haste. Come down out of the tree. I'm going home with you for dinner today." What a difference! He knew that was a Prophet that the Lord God had raised up. Not only knowed he was in the tree, but knowed what his name was.

L-200 The Bible said, "The Word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword, piercing even to the sunder, the marrow of the bone, and a Discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among them. And we beheld Him, the only Begotten of the Father."

L-201 There He was, the Word of God, manifested to this Zacchaeus. Down out of the tree he come, quickly, to repent.

L-202   Zacchaeus, businessman here tonight, remember, you cannot hide under fig leaves. He knows just exactly where you're setting. He knows you. He knows who you are. He knows your name. He knows why you're here. He knows all about it. That's right.

L-203 And we who have met Him, and know Him, and become His disciples, we know what He is and what He does for the people. We know that He remains the same.

L-204 Zacchaeus come down, in a penitent attitude. He said, "If... Lord, if I have cheated any man, I'll pay it back. I'll take my money; I'll give to the poor." See, he had already found that Pearl of great price. He had found something that was more than his business. He had found something, that Something.

L-205 And all men tries to achieve something. But if you lose Eternal Life, what all your achievement done for you? The greatest treasure that a man can find is to find release.

L-206   As I said, in the Old Testament, when the blood cell was broke from the lamb, it could not come back upon the worshipper, therefore he went out with the same desire to sin. But in this case, when, by faith we lay our hands upon the Blood cell that was broke at Calvary; not Jewish, neither was it the blood cell of a Gentile. It was the Blood of God, and when that Life that come out of there brings back the Life of God to us, which is Eternal Life. The Greek word there is used, Zoe, which means, "God's Own Life," and the very Life that was in Christ, which was God.

L-207 The body was a Man, of course. But God, the Creator, Who made the first man! Where did he come from if He didn't make him? God, the Creator, without the help of anything, created Adam. God, the Creator, made the Man, Christ Jesus, His Son, in the womb of Mary. And He was Emmanuel. And when sin...


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