<TITLE>16. Par 158-171</TITLE>L-158   And while they were there, a woman, a young lady of the city, kind of a bad reputation, she's had too many husbands. She came out to the well. Cause, she couldn't come with the rest of the women, 'cause, that's still a custom, they can't mix together. So she come out to get water. And when she started to let down the--the water pot, by the windle, to get the water, she heard a Man's voice say, "Woman, bring Me a drink." And she looked around, and there was a Jew. And she...

L-159 Must have looked a little old for His age. He might have looked a little older than what He was. You know, they said in Saint John 6 there, that, "You're a Man not over fifty years old, and said You've seen Abraham? We know now You've got a devil." He said, "Before Abraham was, I am." So, but, He, His--His work must have made Him look a little maybe grayed a little, or something. He was only about thirty-three, but He looked a little older.

L-160 Said, "You say, You being a Jew, and ask me a woman of Samaria? We have segregation. There is nothing You... We just can't do that. You can't, supposed to do that."

L-161 He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you would ask Me for a drink."

L-162   What was He doing? Carrying a conversation. The Father had sent Him up there, but He had... Here was the woman; that must be the time. So He said, He talked to her till He caught her spirit, seen. See, the Word discerns the thought that's in the heart, and He was the Word. How many believes He was the Word? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Sure. See? And the Word discerns the thoughts in the heart. See?

L-163 He said, found out what her trouble was. We all know what that was; too many husbands. He said, "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I don't have any husband."

L-164 Said, "You've told the truth. You've had five, and the one you're living with now is not yours."

L-165   Look at that little woman. See, she had fallen from God's thoughts. She could be redeemed. She was a subject. She had representation is Heaven. She turned around.

L-166 Look at the difference between her and them preachers, her priests. Them preachers, when they saw it, they said, "Well, this man is a fortuneteller." They didn't know the Word.

L-167 Look what she said. "We know. Sir, You must be a prophet. We haven't had one for hundreds of years. And we know, when the Messiah cometh, that's what He is going to do." Oh, my!

L-168 She could--she could teach Birmingham something. She could teach the rest of the world something. Yes, sir. She could teach these theological seminaries something. See? "Same yesterday, today, and forever." Look, we...

L-169 "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet." See, He read the thoughts that was in her heart. She said, "You must be a prophet. We know, we Samaritans. We're looking for it. There will come a Messiah. We haven't had a prophet for four hundred years. Malachi was our last prophet, and he said there would be a forerunner. We have heard of him, a man down on the--on the Jordan there, 'I'll send My messenger before My face, to prepare the way.' I've heard of it. And we're looking for a Messiah to come, right away."
Said, "I am He that speaks to you."

L-170 That settled it. Into the city she went, said, "Come, see a Man Who told me the things that I've done. Isn't that the very Messiah?"

L-171   My friends, we haven't got time to go further. But if that was Messiah yesterday, it's Messiah today, for He is the same yesterday, today. He died in order to make an atonement, to make these things come to pass, to give you the privileges of drawing from what He done for you. Now, remember, if you're a sinner, you were actually saved when Jesus died at the Cross, but you have to believe it and accept it as your own, your own personal salvation. And if you are sick, you were healed when Jesus was wounded for our transgressions. With His stripes you were healed.


<A HREF="P17">Next Page</A>