<TITLE>07. Par 56-68</TITLE>L-56 And after the storm was over, they went back in their boat and started down. It was in the evening time, or the afternoon, rather, and the sun setting back over here in Tucson somewhere. It was reflecting its light in the sky, and there was a rainbow came out across the eastern horizon. And the old fisherman was paddling his boat with his oars. As, everything fresh, the rain had washed the dust off, and it's a lovely time. And only a man who is used to the oars can appreciate that rhythm of the tipping of the oars, as the boat glides its way through the water. His white beard hanging down, and he kept watching that rainbow.

L-57   And the little boy, enthused, looked around to see what the old gentleman was looking at. And he noticed the old fisherman, the crystal tears dropping off of his white beard. And the little boy, setting in the bow of the boat, become so enthused till he rushed towards the stern of the boat and said to the old fisherman, "Sir, I'm going to ask you a question that my mother, nor my Sunday school teacher, nor my pastor could--could satisfy my longing to know something."
He said, "What is it, son?"
He said, "Can anyone see God?"

L-58 And the old fisherman, so overcome by his... the little fellow's question, pulled the oars into the boat, and threw his arms around the little boy. And the tears run down his cheeks. He said, "God bless your little heart, honey. All I've seen, for the past fifty years, has been God." Yeah. See?

L-59 You can get so much God, on the inside, that you can see Him anywhere you look. See? But until that desire to see Him, you won't see Him. You can see Him in the sunset. You can hear Him in the call of the bird. You can watch Him everywhere. He's on every hand. But the old man had so much God, inside of him, he--he could see God everywhere. And I think that's kind of the way we ought to look for God, and we can see God anywhere we look.

L-60   Now, but, we're back to, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever." Now, how would--how would we know?
If I said, "The Methodist people, do you believe that?"
They would say, "Amen."
And I'd say, "Baptist, do you believe it?"
"Amen."

L-61 "Pentecostals, church of God, and so forth, do you believe it?"

L-62 "Amen. We believe it." And I'm glad you do. I believe it, too.

L-63 But, now, what if we went around the city, to find Jesus Christ, what type of a Person would we look for? Now, He promised to be with us tonight. Now, if that isn't so, then the Word isn't so.

L-64 You say, "Well, That isn't just inspired." Then, to me, the rest of It isn't inspired. I don't know which is or which isn't inspired, if It all isn't the Truth. See? I can't pick it out.

L-65 It's just all the Word of God. And now--now, He promised that He would be right here tonight, "Wherever two or three are assembled together." Do you believe that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Thank you.

L-66   Now, then, if He is, what type of a Person would we look for, if we went to look for Him? Would we--would we try to find a man that was wearing a robe and had long hair and beard? Would that, could that, be Jesus? Just anybody could wear a--a robe and have long hair and beard. Any impostor could do that. There's a many man wearing a robe tonight, knows no more about God than a Hottentot would know about an Egyptian knight. That's right. But it--it isn't that we'd look for.
We look, want some dignitary, because He wasn't.

L-67   What would we look for, for nail scars and prints of thorns? Any impersonator could dress hisself up like that. It still wouldn't be Him.

L-68 And how do we know that He had a--a robe on, and how He dressed? We only know it...


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