<TITLE>14. Par 146-159</TITLE>L-146 And as soon as he walked up into the audience; not a critic. Now I hope that's the same way you come, this morning; not a critic, just come to see if it's right, or not. Walked into the audience, just stood there. And as soon as he did, watch this Source of Eternal Life, and the only Source; He turned and looked upon him, and He said, "Behold, there is an Israelite in whom there is no guile."

L-147 He said, "Rabbi," so many words of this, "when did You ever know me? I never seen You, and You've never seen me. How do You know anything about me?"

L-148 "Why," He said, "before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." The day before, and fifteen miles around the mountains.

L-149 What? He invested in a policy right away. He fell at His feet; this staunch man, a member of the church. What a difference between that and the rich young businessman! "Rabbi, You are the Son of God! You're the King of Israel!" Quickly he took out a policy.

L-150   How about the little woman at the well? Them were Jews; let's go to the Samaritans.

L-151 And now we're at the Gentiles. The Jews and Samaritans was looking for a Messiah; not the Gentiles. We worshiped idols. Romans and Greeks, and whatever we are, we worshiped idols. But the Jews were looking for a Messiah, and so were the--the Samaritans, and we find out that the Messiah only reveals Hisself to those who are looking for Him. If you're here this morning, looking for Him, He will reveal Hisself. If you don't, He won't. "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever."

L-152 So the Samaritans was looking. And He was going to Jericho, but He had need to go by Samaria. And while sitting at gate of a city, Sychar, we find out that His disciples went in to buy victuals. And He was left alone.

L-153   And a--a little lady, a little woman, and a woman of ill fame, she didn't have any money. She wasn't like the rich young ruler. So she come, only one thing that we know that she had, she had an old waterpot, and she set it down and was fixing to let the windle down into the well, to get the water.

L-154 And she looked over to her side, in a little panoramic, and there sat a Man, a Jew, looked to be, I guess... The Bible said, "You're not a Man over fifty." I suppose He looked fifty, but He was only thirty-something. And it wasn't customary for Jews and Samaritans to have any fellowship, because there was a segregation.
So He said, "Bring Me a drink," contacting her spirit.

L-155 She said, "Well, it's not customary for you Jews to ask a woman of Samaria such."

L-156 "But," said, "if you knew Who you were talking to!" And then He caught her spirit, and He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I have none."

L-157 He said, "You've said well, for you've had five, and the one you're living with now is not your husband."
That stopped her. What was it? She said, "Sir!"

L-158   Remember the Pharisees, a few days before that? Seeing Jesus show that Messiahic sign, that He was the Prophet that was supposed to come, and they said, "He is a spiritualist. He is Beelzebub, the prince of the devils, some kind of a fortuneteller." They had to answer to their congregation, the works had been done. They had to hold their own face before the congregation. The works had been done, they couldn't deny it. They said, "It's an evil spirit."

L-159 Jesus said, "I forgive you," the Lamb had not been slain. "But when the Holy Ghost is come to do the same thing, a word against It will never be forgiven," see, see, so here we find them in this condition.


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