<TITLE>12. Par 108-121</TITLE>L-108   And as soon as he said, "Amen," and got up, then stood Nathanael. Now, notice, not a whole lot of carrying on. He had a--he had a commission.

L-109 The thing of it is, today, we got too much bypassing and doing other things. And let's get to the mark. Is He God or isn't He God? Is He the same yesterday, today, and forever, or isn't He the same? Is He--is He still Jesus? Is He raised from the dead? Has He raised? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] If He hasn't, then forget it. If He has, let's get our enthusiasm started. Let's get filled with His Spirit, get to praying and start a meeting. Do something.

L-110 Notice, he went straight to the point, "Come, see Who we have found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."

L-111   Now, I'd imagine this very orthodox man brushed off his--his clothing, from being kneeling in the dust. Said, "Wait a minute here, Philip. I've knowed you to be a sensible man, but you've perhaps went off on the deep end, you know. Now, here, we study the Scripture together. And we know that... What'd you say, 'Jesus of Nazareth'? Now, do you mean to tell me that Almighty God would go to such a lowdown bunch as that down there at Nazareth," way worse than Tucson, "and go down there, and," or Jeffersonville, where I come from, "way down there to that mean city, and pick up something down there? Why, you know the high priest believes that He will let the corridors down out of Heaven, walk right down in the yard, you know. And we've been taught that."

L-112   But, you know, He don't always come the way we think He comes. See? He comes so humble. The people has got it all fixed up the way they want Him to come. And we--we walk over humility, and there is where you find God. Scientists today can send a man into space, in an orbit, and walk over a blade of grass that he knows nothing about. Oh, you got to humble yourself, to know God. You've got to get rid of your own ideas, and just open up your heart and life to Him, then He will make Hisself known.

L-113   Well, I can hear him say, "Could there be any good thing come out of Nazareth?"

L-114 "Could there be anything out of that holy-rollers, or whatever you want to call it? If anything is going to be done, it would be done in my denomination, in mine. See? That's where it would come. See? Could there be anything good come from such a bunch as that?"

L-115 Now, I think Philip give him the best answer that any man could. He said, "Come, see."

L-116 Don't stay home and criticize it. Come find out for yourself. See? See? Come and see. Bring your Bible along and check it, see if it's right. That's what everybody ought to do. See? "Come, see."

L-117   Let's break in on their conversation as they went along the shores of the Galilee, coming around. I can imagine, hear him say this, "Do you remember that old... You know, we've--we've talked the Bible together. We've set together in heavenly places, as we looked upon the Bible and know that, someday. Now, Nathanael, want to ask you something. What will Messiah be when He comes? How will we know He is Messiah?"

L-118 Why, Nathanael, being a good Bible student, said, "Why, He will be a prophet. Sure, the Bible said He'd be a prophet. All right, then we'll know Him."

L-119 "Do you know that old ignorant fisherman down there, that you bought that fish from that day, and he didn't have enough education to sign the receipt?"
"Yeah, I remember him. Simon, yeah, son of Jonas."

L-120 "When his brother went and got him and brought him up to where He was, He stood and looked him right in the face and said, 'Your name is Simon, and you're the son of Jona.' You know, it wouldn't surprise me, Nathanael, but what He would say, 'Your name is Nathanael,' when you get there. See?"

L-121   "Ah, I have to see. You know, seeing is believing," even out of Missouri. So we come to find out, that there they went on the road.


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