<TITLE>15. Par 144-157</TITLE>L-144   Then there was a fellow standing there, by the name of Philip. So he had a fellow been studying the Bible with him, oh, for many years, and that was a fellow named Nathanael. He lived about fifteen mile, if you'll check it on the map, where he went, around the hill to find Nathanael. And when he found him... He was--he was a grove man. He raised olives, and he was out there in a grove, praying. And, course, Nathanael, after... or Philip, pardon me. Philip, after seeing Nathanael praying, he was a gentleman, he waited till he got finished praying. He, when he stood up, he said, "Say! Come, see Who we found! Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph, this is--this is the Messiah we're talking about."

L-145 "Oh!" Then listen at this fellow. Said, "Now, could there be any good thing come out of a bunch of people like that, out of them?"

L-146 And I think he gave him the best answer anybody could. Said, "Come and see."

L-147 Don't--don't stay home and criticize. Come find out for yourself. Bring your Word along with you, and let's search it and find out what it is. You know what the Word says that this Messiah is going to be. What He was yesterday, He is today. Search the Word, find out what He is. Whether He's an organization, whether He's a group of people, what is He? See?

L-148   So we find out there that they've come around the hill, and no doubt that Philip related to him what He had said. "Well, that old fisherman that didn't have enough education to sign that receipt, that's when he got that fish, He told him who he was and told him who his daddy was. Wouldn't surprise me if He don't tell who you are, when you get there."
"Oh, go on! I'll have to see it," he said.

L-149 Walked right up into His Presence, maybe like this, prayer line, wherever it was. Jesus was praying for the sick. And when Jesus looked upon him, the first time He had ever saw him, He said, "Behold an Israelite in whom there is no guile."

L-150 He said, "Rabbi," which means teacher, "when did You ever see me? This is the first time I ever saw You. When did You ever see me?"

L-151 He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you." Oh, what eye!

L-152 Watch the--watch the aftereffects. "Rabbi, You are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel." That man knowed...

L-153   Look at the difference between Him and them priests standing out there. Them priests didn't believe it, and they know it happened, so they had to give an answer to their congregation. So you know what they said? They said, "He does... He is a fortuneteller. He is Beelzebub, the devil. He is a devil."

L-154 And Jesus said, "I'll forgive you for that," the atonement wasn't yet made, "but when the Holy Ghost comes," now, "and does the same thing, one word against It will never be forgiven in this world or the world to come." So you see where it would throw us if we seen the same thing! See?

L-155   Now we go just a little bit further. We find out, then, that there is only three classes of people on earth, three races. We know that. Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people; that's the Jew, and the Samaritan, and the Gentile. Now, the Samaritan is half Jew and Gentile.

L-156 Now we know that the Jews were looking for a Messiah, so was the Samaritans. But we Gentiles were Anglo-Saxon, we--we worshiped idols, carried clubs on our backs, and was heathens. We wasn't looking for no Messiah. And no Messiah was showed to us, either, not His sign. We seen a man walking, but not a Messianic sign.

L-157 But there was Samaria. So Jesus, one time on His road down to Jericho, went around the mountain, "had need to go by Samaria," and He come to a city named Sychar. It was a long about noontime, maybe a place something on the order of this here. And He went to the well and sat down, and--and sent the disciples out to get victuals, food.


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