<TITLE>14. Par 145-157</TITLE>L-145 Now the Father had told Him to go up a way by Samaria, and there He was sitting there, and then this woman come out. Now He had to contact her spirit, so He had to get a conversation with her. See? And He said, after He found what her trouble was, we all know what it was, He said, "Go get your husband and come here."

L-146 And she said, "I have no husband." Oh, what a blank rebuke to Him. See? "I have..." Yet, she didn't know. He was just an ordinary man. He wasn't dressed like no priest or rabbi. He was just a man. See?
And said, "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I, I don't have any husband."

L-147 He said, "You've told the truth. For you've had five, and the one that you're now living with is not yours; in that you've told the truth."

L-148   Now I want you to notice the difference between that woman and those educated priests that called Him "Beelzebub." As soon as she seen that, she said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, we Samaritans, we know the Scriptures. We know that when the Messiah cometh, which is called 'the Christ,' He will do this. He will tell us these things. See, that's the sign of the Messiah. So You must be His prophet, because He is going to be a prophet when He comes. We haven't had one for hundreds of years. But when He comes, we know that Messiah is going to do this."
Jesus said, "I am He, that speaks with you."

L-149 If that was the sign of the Messiah yesterday, it's the sign of the Messiah today, because He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. It wasn't a sign to the theologians. It was a sign to the believers.

L-150 That woman knowed more about the Scripture than them priests did. I'll say one thing, she knowed more about Him than a lot of preachers today. That's right. Yes, sir. Yeah, she knew Him. Why? I believe that the seed of Eternal Life laid within the woman. And when that Light flashed on It, quickly she recognized It.

L-151   Now look at those priests that ought to have knowed better. They said, "This man is Beelzebub. He does this, He is..."

L-152 And Jesus told them, "To call the Spirit of God 'an unclean Spirit,' would never be forgiven." It was the Spirit of God doing that. "The works of God, 'an unclean Spirit.'" And them priests, instead of searching the Scripture! He said, "If you would have known My day."

L-153 If we would only know what day we are living in, there wouldn't be so much confusion about this Message and about the Scriptures that we're trying to bring to the people, if the people only understand that we are at the end time.

L-154 Now, but, when that Light hit that little woman, in that shape, a foul name, a--a--a woman of red-light; and if that Scripture, if that Word, that identified Word... She had read the Scripture and she knowed what the Word said. And when she seen that Word manifested, quickly she recognized It to be the Messiah.

L-155   If she could do that under them conditions, what ought we to do tonight if we would see Him do the same thing, a born-again Church filled with the Holy Ghost, looking for His Coming? It ought to empty every wheel chair through here. My, every sinner ought to fall around the altar. It proves He lives.

L-156 Notice, quickly she run into the city, and said to the man, "Come, see a Man that told me the things that I've done." Now maybe her conversation was like this, "Men and brethren, let me freely speak to you. Isn't this the very Messiah?" She said, "Come, see a Man Who has told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the Messiah?"

L-157   And Jesus came into the city. And the Bible said that the men of that city believed on Him because of the testimony of the woman. He didn't perform It one more time. He didn't say one more thing about It. That settled it. He was the vindicated Word of God. He was. He is God, the Messiah. Now, to a nation of people like that! See?


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