<TITLE>21. Par 263-274</TITLE>L-263   Now, we find out that this woman, when she saw this mysterious sign, that He could tell her what she had done that was wrong, or what was on her heart, she knew right then that was the Messiah. So, when she looked at Jesus, she saw the Messiah.

L-264 The Messiah, what was the works of the Messiah? Would know the secret of the heart. Did that catch you right? I wonder if you'll understand. If you'd look for Him, tonight, what would you look for? He would be the same. The Messiah is the Word, the Word! And the Bible said, in Hebrew the 4th chapter, that, "The Word of God is quicker, more powerful than a two-edged sword, cutting even to asunder of bone, and a discerner of the thoughts that's in the heart."

L-265 And when she knowed that Messiah was to be that Word made manifest, and could tell her what was wrong with her, she knowed that was Messiah. Not how He's dressed, not how much education He had; but, by the sign that He showed her, He was Messiah. When she saw Jesus, she saw the Messiah; God in a Man, as promised for that anointed age.

L-266   But you know what? Many, of them same ages that I have spoken of, never seen that thing. Many of them didn't see it. Same today. Many didn't recognize Moses. Many didn't recognize Elijah. Many didn't rec-... They never recognize them till they're gone, then they recognize it.

L-267 The unbeliever seen, in the days of Noah, only what did the unbelief look at? I've told you what the believer saw, now let's see what the unbelievers saw. In the days of Noah, what did the unbelievers saw--see back there when they looked? They saw "a fanatic, blundering around on a so-called boat." That's all they saw. "Some crazy old man with long white whiskers, that had lost his mind, and, against scientific research and proof, said, 'There's water up there.' Why, the poor old fellow!" They felt sorry for him. "Pass him by; he, he'll be declared insane soon. He's lost his mind."

L-268   But he had the Word of the Lord. He was building away, on it, and God was showing evidence that the flood was coming. It was a sign to them. Them who did not believe Noah's story wandered on into darkness, and ended up in death, in the water, and a grave of hell.

L-269 Pharaoh, he looked one time. What did he saw, what saw Pharaoh? He seen "a fanatic, so-called prophet, with many so-called claims of deliverance." That's all he saw; a mud-dauber, a slave standing up amongst the people, and saying himself was sent of God to perform miracles. Why, they thought the fellow had lost... Said, "Go, let him rave on. He'll... They'll declare him 'insane,' after a while."

L-270 But he had THUS SAITH THE LORD. The believers, Aaron, Joshua, and many of them, seen God in Moses. And the works of God, Moses done, that's the reason they knowed God was in him. They looked and saw God in Moses.

L-271   The rich man looked and seen exactly Who He was. See? But he refused to follow Him, because he loved the things of the world, too much, to follow Jesus.

L-272 How many a rich man will listen at this tape, of that type! Don't have to be always rich in money; no, you can be rich in lust, rich in pleasures of this life. How many man, how many young girls, and how many young boys, will not sell out their popularity of some sex queen, or some Ricky with a banjo or a guitar, going out and entertaining some rock-and-roll, or some dance that he is able to do! How many of them will claim their riches of popularity, and refuse, when they sit right in the meetings and watch the Hand of God move and declare His Word! How many will do it!

L-273   He chose his denomination. He could live by it. "Jesus was a fanatic," to his denomination. So he had to either take what Jesus said, or either he had to take...

L-274 Why didn't he go to his priest, and say, "What can I do to have Eternal Life?" He knowed the priest knowed nothing about It.
So he come to Jesus, and said, "What can I do?"


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