<TITLE>17. Par 216-232</TITLE>L-216 We don't know where they come from. They have no schools or backgrounds. God just raises them up, to slam that Word back. And they don't have any denominational ties to tie it, and say you have to do this, or put them out.

L-217   Look at even John the Baptist, that great noted prophet, even in the lineage of a priest, but he never went to his daddy's schools. He had to introduce the Messiah.

L-218 He couldn't. Why, each one was saying, "Now, you know Dr. Jones here. He's a fine man. You know you recognize him as Messiah." He couldn't be persuaded with a bunch of men like that.

L-219 He went into the wilderness, 'cause his--his job was important. And he stayed out there until he heard from God. And he knowed what He would be. And when he saw Him coming, he said, "There's the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world." The rest of them never seen nothing. But he saw It.

L-220   Nathanael, he was kind of surprised. But when he walked up, he told him about what he had said to Peter. Said, "Now, you know that we are students of the Scripture. We know that Messiah will be a prophet."

L-221 So, when he come on the scene, why, he walked up to Him. And He said... Walked up in the congregation. And Jesus looked upon him, said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
He said, "Rabbi, when did You know me?"

L-222 Said, "Before Philip called you. When you were under the tree, in a prayer meeting out there, I saw you." What eyes!

L-223 And right there he made an investment. What did he do? Right before his rabbi, priest, and everything, he admitted his hypocrisy. He fell on his feet... and off his feet, to his knees, and said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. You are the King of Israel."

L-224 When, many of those high-classed men stood around there, and all their forms and things, and said, "This Man is Beelzebub."

L-225 And Jesus told them, "They was blaspheming, calling the Spirit of God an evil thing. See? Certainly. Oh, my!

L-226   The little woman at the well, what about her? She certainly had an investment. When she come out there, in all of her immorals. The church had got her in such a place till she didn't know where she was, and so she just went to prostitution; but a simple, humble heart.

L-227 This may be a great word, and I want you to take it right. She was predestinated to Eternal Life. "All the Father has given Me will come." She had to come for Water, and she got It, but not from Jacob's well. See? "No man can come except the Father calls him first. And all He has give Me will come. I'll raise him up again at the last days." "Those who He foreknew, He called; those who He has called, He justified; those who He justified, He sanctified; or, already, He's glorified."

L-228   Watch. When that Word, sign, Word, Scriptural vindication fell upon those rabbis and priests, they said, "This man is the Devil."

L-229 But when it fell upon that little prostitute, what happened? Quickly it flashed to Life.

L-230 Them rabbis said, "This Man has a telepathy. This Man is a--a--a fortuneteller. That's the way He can tell those people. He's a fortuneteller."

L-231 But as soon as That struck that little prostitute, in that condition! If it could have warned that prostitute, in that condition, what ought It to do to the Pentecostal church who claims to have the Holy Ghost? See what I mean? I hope It don't go over your head. See? See? What ought It to do to us? But as soon as it flashed on men...

L-232   Soon as it flashed on the little woman, she never said, "You're a--you're Beelzebub." Look at her. She said, "Sir, I perceive You're a prophet. Now, we know. We know. We're looking for One to come. We haven't had a prophet for hundreds of years. But we know that the Messiah is going to be a Prophet. We know that He will tell us these things when He comes."
Jesus said, "I am He."


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