<TITLE>13. Par 151-164</TITLE>L-151 Peter come up in the Presence, which was Simon then, come in the Presence of Jesus. Simon had been taught, as a child, that Messiah would be a prophet. When he walked into His Presence, and He told him, "Your name is Simon and you are the son of Jonas." He was persistent. He was ready then. Become the head of the church.

L-152   When Philip saw It, he knowed another good Bible reader that knowed the Truth. He was persistent. He went around the mountain and got him.

L-153 And when Nathanael come, a man of renown, a real Hebrew indeed, a man, staunch Hebrew, real fine man, fine integrity, he was a great man. But in the presence of his priest and the presence of every one of them, when Jesus looked upon him and said "behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile," he said, "Rabbi, how did You know me? I've never seen You before. How did You know who I was?"

L-154 He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."

L-155 He fell at His feet, and said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. Thou art the King of Israel." Why? He was persistent regardless of what anybody else thought. He had met the Thing he had read about. What he had expect to find in Jesus, he had found.

L-156   A little prostitute woman come out to the well, one day, to get water. There sit Jesus, an ordinary Man dressed in ordinary clothes, eating ordinary food, talking ordinary language, just common street language like anyone else talked. And she spoke to Him; He spoke to her. He found where her fault was, and He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."

L-157 Said, "You've said well. You've had five, and the one you're living with now is not yours." Quickly that predestinated seed in her heart struck Life!

L-158   When That struck the Pharisees, It just turned the whole thing black. They said, "This man is Beelzebub. He is a fortuneteller."

L-159 But she knew the Word was "sharper, more powerful than a two-edged sword, and a Discerner of the thoughts of the heart."

L-160 She said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a Prophet. We haven't had one for four hundred years. I perceive that You're a Prophet. But we know that when the Messiah cometh, He will tell us these things."

L-161 He said, "I am He that speaks to you." Surely the One that done the miracle would not tell a lie. He was a Prophet. She... He said, "I am that Messiah. I'm the One, that speaks to you. I'm He."

L-162 Now try to stop her? If anyone was ever in the East, you know, the man in the street would never hear a prostitute. She had no voice at all. But try to stop her, like a house on fire in a windy day, you couldn't do it. Right into the street she went, screaming, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah? There He sits out there at the well now. That's the very Messiah. We've looked for that Man to come, and there He sits. He told me these things." The Bible said that the people believed because of the woman's testimony.

L-163   In closing, I might say. I see some Spanish people sitting here, I might say this. I was in old Mexico, not long ago, at the--at the arena down there, some kind of a place. We couldn't get in the bull ring, or the big ring, but we got a place there where several thousand people had gathered. Brother Espinoza, I think an Assembly of God brother, you all know him, from California. He was my interpreter.

L-164 The night before that, there had been an old blind man come across the platform, that couldn't see at all. I looked at him. I had good shoes on, and good clothes. Poor old man, raged, trousers all tore off, his old hat sewed up with--with, looked like, binder twine. And he was blind; white beard hanging down. His old, big old feet, and maybe hadn't had shoes on, in years. Dusty all over. Totally blind. I looked at him. I thought, "My dad would be about that age, if he'd have lived."


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