<TITLE>07. Par 64-77</TITLE>L-64   Look at Him when He was here on earth. One day He looked around, great crowds of people was with Him. Oh, when He first started out, He was real well-loved. All the churches opened their doors. "This young Rabbi, why, there's no doubt but what's a great Prophet raised up among us. He's healing our sick. Why, He comes in in these healing services. He does great things." That was fine. But one day there was too many following Him. See? That was the sign to attract the attention of the people.

L-65 Now, a Voice has to follow that sign. That was His Doctrine. Notice. But when the Voice came, oh, that was different. My! They, they crucified Him because He made Himself equal with God. When He was healing the sick, and performing the miracles, and discerning the thoughts in their heart, that was wonderful. But when He said, "I and My Father are one," oh, my, That was too much for them. They couldn't take That. See? They... That was too much.

L-66 "He makes Hisself God, so He--He tries to be equal with God."

L-67 Well, He was. He was the Son of God. And He said, "You call them, who the Word came to, your law says that, that, 'The Word came to the prophets,' and you call them 'gods.' Then, if you could call a prophet, 'god,' how can you condemn Me when I say I'm the Son of God? Search the Scriptures; They're the One who tells you what I'm supposed to do. If I don't do according to what the Word says I'm to do, then don't believe Me. But if I do the works of My Father, which is the Word, then--then believe the works that I do." Still they could not do it.

L-68   So, Jesus said, one day. Now watch. He don't explain things. He just says it. Notice. He said, "Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you have no Life in you."

L-69 Could you imagine what a fine intellectual bunch of people, a bunch of doctors standing out there, and rabbis, well-trained and highly educated people, thought, when He said that? Oh, I can imagine the doctor looked over, say, "Whew!" The--the ministers get up, say, "Huh-uh. Huh-uh. See, That, that brought it out, right there."

L-70 Now, He never explained That. He never explained It. He didn't have to. He didn't have to explain It.

L-71 "Why," they said, "well, why, He will make us... He wants us to be human vampires, drink human blood, and eat human flesh."

L-72 He never said how it would be done. He just said, "Except you do it!" See?

L-73   And then that outside crowd, thousands, said, "Huh-uh. There He is. See? Yeah. I knew it would come out, after a while." See, they were looking for it to come out, and He seen that it did come out. They were parasites, in the first place, so they walked with Him no more.

L-74 So, He turned around. He had seventy with Him. So, He said to that seventy, said, "What will you say when you see the Son of man ascending up into Heaven from whence He came?" Now, He never explained it.

L-75 They looked at one another, said, "Well, the Son of man ascending up from where He come from? Well, we know His mother. We know His brothers, His sisters. We seen the manger He was laid in when He was born. We seen the cradle He was rocked in. Why, He's come from Nazareth. Coming from up There? This is a hard Saying." And they didn't walk with Him no more. See?

L-76   Now, all the time, these disciples stood right there. They didn't know It, either, but they believed It. They couldn't explain It. He never explained It. But, see, they were ordained to Life. They couldn't explain It, but they set there. So He turned and said, "I've chose twelve of you; one is a devil." He said, "Do you want to go, also?"

L-77 And there is where Peter made those memorial words, "Lord, we are persuaded that You have the Word of Life, alone. Where would we go to?" That was it, you see. See?


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