<TITLE>04. Par 28-36</TITLE>L-28   Many people kind of take Scriptures that the evangelist would--would read from. And I wish, tonight, just to take a few verses of Scripture and try to explain them, in my humble way, that you might see Jesus Christ. I want you to turn with me now to the book of Saint John, the 12th chapter and the 20th verse, if you'd like to follow me as we read. Saint John 20 or... Saint John 12:20 and 21.
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sirs, we would see Jesus.

L-29 And then in the book of Hebrews, the 13th chapter and the 8th verse.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday,... to day, and for ever.

L-30 I wish to make this as a text: Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever.

L-31   I was attending a church Sunday night, here in the city, one of your fine churches. And here I've tried to visit as many as I could, since we've been in the city, and found great fellowship and welcome with the Assemblies of God, the Baptists, and the Anderson Church of God, and many more that I visit. And on this church, at the back of the--of the pulpit, had the Scripture, like a Bible, written, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." That's kind of been a theme with me in the campaigns, that I would use that, because I believe the entire Book is the revelation of Jesus Christ, and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And then for...

L-32   Like to build for my context, "Sirs, we would see Jesus." And I--I believe, tonight, that every man and woman in here would freely feel that these Greeks expressed the feelings of us all. For, they had heard about Jesus, and now they wanted to see Him. I--I believe that--that there's no man that can hear the wonderful story of Jesus Christ but what he longs in his heart to get to see Him. That's the--the... That's the--the believer's desire, is to see Him. And I don't care whether He's short, tall, or what He is. I love Him. I want to see Him. And the One Who saved me and has done for me what He's done, I--I long to see Him.

L-33   Now, there's no doubt that these Greeks were proselytes to the Jewish religion, because we see it was the feast of the Passover, where the paschal lamb was killed, and these Greeks being in among them. Now, the Greeks were of a very high-talented people. They were leading the world in art. And they're highly educated in science. And they were great people. And they were scholars; they read many books. And--and something, they must have got a hold of--of something; that in the human heart, longing to find something that quenches that great thirst that comes in a human heart.

L-34   Did you ever think why a man would do wrong? It's because he's trying to satisfy a thirst that God put in his heart, to thirst after Him. And then he tries to satisfy it with the things of the world. It'll never be satisfied until it's quenched by God Himself, till He can come in and satisfy that great longing and thirst in the human heart. There's just so much of a man that won't fill up. Nothing else can take its place until God takes His right position in the human heart.

L-35   And these Greeks had heard, and no doubt had been reading the Old Testament, and they had heard about the coming Messiah and what He should be when He arrived. And they had longed to see what God would be when He would be manifested in the flesh, what a Man would look like that would be filled to the capacity until the fullness of the Godhead would be in Him. "What would He be?" And they'd heard about Jesus, that claimed to be this Person, the Messiah.

L-36   That, the Jews for thousands of years had looked for this coming One, where God Himself would be made human in the form of His Son, in order to bleed and die. For there was no man could die for the other, because we were all guilty, together. One man could not save the other.


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