<TITLE>07. Par 86-99</TITLE>L-86 When they were having the feast of--of tabernacles, they were all rejoicing. And Jesus cried, as it was quoted a while ago, "Come unto Me." So then He begin to give His great lecture.

L-87 And the--and the Jews said to Him, "Do you mean You seen Abraham? And You're a Man not over fifty years old, say You seen Abraham? Now we know You're mad." And the word mad there means "crazy." "We know You're crazy. You got a devil."

L-88 He said, "Before Abraham was, I am." That was I AM that spoke to Moses in the burning bush.

L-89   And we notice that when He was setting... He had need go by Samaria. Because, Israel had heard the message, and He was coming now to the three races: the Jews, Gentiles, and Samaritans; Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people. And He's... The Gospel must be introduced to them. And He come to the city called Sychar, and there, setting on the well. And sent His disciples into the city, to get food.

L-90 A little woman came out. We'd call her today, well, maybe "the red light," some foul name. You know what I mean. And so she seen Jesus... I mean, she never saw Jesus setting over, just an ordinary Jewish Man setting against the wall. Of the little well, out the end of the street, of the... where the city come to get their water. This little Fellow setting there, unnoticed. She came up maybe about eleven o'clock in the day, to get the water, the family's water for the day. And she let down the bucket to get it, and, before she could windle it up, she heard Someone say, "Bring Me a drink."

L-91 She looked over and seen it was a Jew. And she might have said something like this, "Sir, it's not customary for You to say such a thing. I am a Samaritan. You're a Jew. And we have no... There's a segregation here. We don't have such dealings with each other."

L-92   And He went to speaking. The course went on, about whether she worshipped at Jerusalem. He said, "We Jews know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews." And the course went on for a while. And after while He said to her, "Go, get your husband and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."

L-93 Said, "You have said the truth, for you've had five husbands, and the one you're living with now is not your husband."

L-94 She said, "Sir, I perceive that You're a prophet." Now, see, they hadn't had a prophet for four hundred years, since Malachi. Said, "I perceive that You're a prophet. We know, when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things. That would be the sign of a prophet. When Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things."
Jesus said, "I am He, that speaks with you."

L-95 She ran into the city and said, "Come, see a Man that told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" How that Light first broke forth upon a little woman in that condition!

L-96 What a--what a rebuke it was to those priests of the temple of that day, who seen Him do that same thing, and called Him, "Beelzebub, a devil, unclean spirit doing these works"! When, the Scripture so plainly vindicating that it would be the Messiah. Now we...

L-97   Rebekah had seen all this, and she was anxious that her husband could once set where Jesus of Nazareth was. And she understood that He was to be in Jericho, her city, that day. And she got to praying for him. I hope there's many Rebekahs here tonight, that you will pray for your husband, that sometime Jesus will pass their way. And she had prayed all night, as we would make it a drama.

L-98 And you know, when someone goes to praying for you, sincerely, you--you don't get no rest. You can tell, there is something is taking place.

L-99 And then towards morning, we'd say... Zacchaeus had a habit of getting up rather late, because, perhaps we'll say, he had a restaurant, and he let the... his--his management, and so forth, take care of this business. But that morning, he got up real early, groomed himself real nice, and put on his best garments. And Rebekah, after praying through the night, and seeing he was very restless...


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