<TITLE>03. Par 18-27</TITLE>L-18   Now we're going to take this little formal Message, tonight, to introduce what I want you to see in the meetings. We read in, pardon me, in Saint John the 12th chapter and the 20th verse. And our--our theme, still, from the beginning, is like it is tonight, and upon all of our literature and everything, Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Now there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida... and desired him, saying, Sirs, we would see Jesus.

L-19   Now there's the question we're asking tonight. If He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and these Greeks, Gentiles, asked to see Him, and was permitted to do it by one of His servants, and if He still remains the same yesterday, today, and forever, why can't we see Him tonight? See? Sirs, We Would See Jesus.

L-20   Now I'm sure, to any believer, it would be the most thrilling thing of his heart, a confirmation of his faith, that if he could actually see and know that he was standing in the Presence of Jesus Christ. I think it would be the most astounding thing that--that any person, any believer, could think of; to know, and know positive, that he is standing right in the Presence of--of the Lord Jesus Christ, his solemn Judge, his Redeemer, and will be his Judge at the Judgment.

L-21   Now this question asked. These Greeks had come up at the worship, and they were perhaps proselytes to the Jewish religion. And they were up at the feast, so they must have been proselytes. And they had heard about Jesus. "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing of the Word of God."

L-22 Now, somewhere in the Scripture, they had no doubt heard or read of what the Messiah was to be like. So knowing if they could... This Man claiming to be Messiah, He would have to have the attributes that Messiah was to possess.

L-23   Now, there had been many, there had been many false messiahs had raised up, we know there was even one named Jesus who raised up just before the Anointed One. Messiah was the anointed, which means "the Christ," the... a--a Man anointed with the Holy Spirit, fulness of God, was Messiah, God in a Man. Man and God became one, when God came into a Man.

L-24   Now, these Greeks were very curious. They had heard some great things about this Fellow Who made these claims, and I admire them for the cause of being sincere enough to look in upon it. I think, if we would all do more of that, would look in upon what we hear about, and judge it according to the Word.

L-25 Now, God never changes His way of doing things. He always remains the same way. Now, He cannot change, because God's first decision is His; ever has to remain with that decision, when He is called on the scene, like today.

L-26   God was called on the scene when sin was first committed in the garden of Eden, and He had to make a decision how He would redeem man. And He made His decision by redeeming him by the shed Blood of an innocent One, and He has never changed it. We've tried to educate them, we've built towers and cities, and theologies and educations, and--and church denominations, and denominated them in; and it's never worked, and it never will work. God saves man by the shed Blood of the Innocent. He never changes it, no matter how better way we think. It's, that's God's decision.

L-27 And He cannot make a decision, one thing today, and another thing tomorrow. When He makes one decision, He is perfect. He never has to go back on it. When God says anything, it's Eternally right, because He is Eternal and His Words are Eternal.


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