<TITLE>16. Par 178-193</TITLE>L-178 That done it. He said, "Rabbi, You are the son of God. You are the King of Israel." See? That man was really trained. He knowed that the Messiah that would be the--the identification, 'cause He had to be a prophet. See? Cause, He had to be the Word. And they hadn't had one in four hundred years, so here was a Man that identified Himself, exactly. That was Jesus, yesterday.

L-179 Now, we could go through many more characters, but just bypass them for the time being.

L-180   There was three classes of people on the earth, that's Noah's three sons: Ham, Shem, and Japheth; and that was Jew, Samaritan, and Gentile. Now, we Gentiles, the Anglo-Saxon, we didn't look for no Messiah. We had a club on our back, and worshipping idols, Romans, and whatmore as we was. But the Samaritans was looking for a Messiah.

L-181 And He only comes to those who are looking for Him. God always does that. He comes to His Own. Now, notice.

L-182 He was going down to Jericho, but He had reason He had to go back up around by Samaria, and He came to a city called Sychar. And while He sent the disciples away, to get food, he was sitting there. And a woman, maybe a lovely little person looked at, she came out at the well about eleven o'clock. Cause, she couldn't come in the morning with the other virgins that came, and so she came out. She was--she was a ill-fame. We know what that is. And so, she, probably her hair hanging down in her face. And she come out, to put the water jug down. It was kind of a jug-like with handles on it. Put the dwindle over it, to let it down.

L-183 She heard somebody say, "Bring Me a drink." And she looked over. She seen a middle-aged Man standing there, sitting there against the wall, a panoramic something on order of this here. And He was sitting over there against the vines. The city well still stands the same today. And said, "Bring Me a drink."

L-184   And He was a Jew. So, they had segregation there, too, so said, "It's not... We can't. Not necessary. You ain't supposed to do that. You're a--you're a... You're a Jew, and I'm a woman of Samaria. We, we don't have any dealings with one another."

L-185 He said, "But, if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink. I'd give you Water you don't come here to draw." See, what was He trying to do? Contact her spirit, now. See?

L-186 So, she said, "Why, we worship in this mountain. And you say, 'in Jerusalem.'"

L-187 And they went ahead, talked a little bit. Finally, He found where her trouble was. She had too many husbands. He said, "Go get your husband, come here."
She said, "I have no husband."

L-188 He said, "That's right. You've got five, and the one you're living with is not yours." You said...
So look at the difference between her and those priests.

L-189   When those priests seen that done, they had to answer their congregation. It had been done. See? They, they had to say something, so they said, "This Man is Beelzebub, a fortune teller, some kind of a devil." Said, "He does that through the power of Beelzebub." That's what the priests said.

L-190 What'd this little woman say? "Sir, I perceive that You are a Prophet. We know, when the Messiah cometh, that's going to be His sign. That's what He'll do. He'll be the Prophet."

L-191 Jesus said, "I'm He that speaks to you." Oh, my! That did it. See?

L-192   That was Jesus Christ yesterday. That would be Jesus Christ today, and be forever. Is that right? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] That's what He is. He's the Word made manifest, and the Word of that day comes down and identifies Itself.

L-193 And, now, He said He was going to do that again, return, the prophet. He can't go beyond His prophets, 'cause it is the Word. Now, He died for our sanctification, sent back the Holy Spirit upon us, now notice, to do the work. Now, the prophet said, "There will be a day that won't be day nor night, but in the evening time it shall be Light."


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