<TITLE>10. Par 89-97</TITLE>L-89   And remember, He forbid the disciples to preach anymore, or do anything, until they went in the power of the Spirit. See? "Wait ye in the city of Jerusalem until you're endued with power from on High." See? "You're not to go out until it's not you, but God, the people can see the reflection of Jesus Christ in you. Then the people will believe, then, because it won't be you, it'll be Him. "And all that He foreknew, He will call." They'll see it. "My sheep know My Voice." Now, we notice that, then, immediately when He entered into his ministry.
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L-90   I want you to remember one thing. There's only three races of people on the earth. Oh, we have many nationalities, but there's only three, and that's from Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people. That was Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan. We find out, when the Holy Spirit was given, Peter given the keys, he opened It to the--to the Jews at Pentecost, at Jerusalem; to the Samaritans; and also to the Gentiles at the house of Cornelius, Acts 10:49. And from then it's been in the world for all the races. And he had the keys, to open it to these races.

L-91   Now, the Gentiles were not looking for any Messiah. We were heathens, we Anglo-Saxon. We had clubs on our backs and worshipped idols. And we wasn't looking for no Messiah. But the Jews were looking for a Messiah. And the Samaritans, were looking for a Messiah, which were half Jew and Gentile.

L-92 Now, we know that He only comes and identifies Himself to those who are looking for Him. And that's the way it'll be at His second Coming. The world will know nothing about Him. He'll just come, take His Church and be gone, and those who are not looking for Him will be left behind. He's only coming to those who are looking for Him.

L-93   Now, He came to his own race, to the Jews. Now let's watch how He identified Himself. The first thing we find, was Andrew here, and Philip. And Andrew had heard of Jesus. And they went down, because they'd been disciples of John. And as they went now... And they had found His great works, and they went home with Him. Come back the next morning, fully satisfied that that was the Messiah.

L-94 Now we find out that Andrew goes and finds his brother, Simon, which was later called Peter. Now, if you'll study the history of Simon Peter, he and Andrew, they came from a very religious home, the Pharisees. Their father was a great, staunch believer. And he had told his son, "Now, sons, there will come a... We've all looked down through the age for the coming Messiah, since the very promise in the garden of Eden. But now, before He comes, there will be quite a bit of confusion, because Satan is going to throw out every counterfeit that he can, see, to block the real Thing."

L-95   He always does that. He always does that. But, remember, where you see a bogus dollar, it's got to be a real dollar somewhere that it was made off of. When you see somebody playing the part of a hypocrite, just remember, there's a genuine article somewhere, that he's impersonating.

L-96 "So, no doubt that that would happen. But," said, "now, sons, here is what you remember. We've got to believe the message of the Bible. And Moses, our servant, the servant of God who gave us our commandments and our laws, he said that the Lord our God would raise up a prophet among us, likened unto him. And now, when Messiah comes, the Bible says that He will be a prophet. And you know that we're--we're told that we receive a prophet only after he is identified by God to be a prophet."

L-97   And all you Bible readers know that the Word of the Lord came to the prophets, that only. "The Word came to the prophets only." And the only way that this man would be identified... They been four hundred years. Malachi would have been the last prophet.


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