<TITLE>07. Par 74-83</TITLE>L-74 And He came, the most humblest birth that could ever be born, of a peasant mother, not even a place to lay down to--to give birth to this baby. And His swaddling cloth, we're told, was off of the yoke of an ox, that they wrapped Him in, in the manger, in a stinking stable, over the wastage in the stable. And the stable is not even a correct stable; little cave in the side of the hill.

L-75   And He dealt with the lowest, most poorest of people. And He was rejected by the highest of societies. He was rejected by His Own, the church that ought to have known Him, but they didn't. They wasn't trained in the Word, to know Him.

L-76 And we find again that He went to the lowest city that was in Palestine, Jericho. I forget how many feet below sea level it is, way low. He stooped Himself so low until the smallest man of the city had to climb up in a tree to look down on Him.

L-77 But that's what the world thought of Him. They give Him the most crucial, hardest death that any man could die; He died as a malefactor. The most disgraceful that He could die, stripped His clothes off of Him; and, 'course, you see on the statues, and so forth, they got a cloth around Him. "But He despised the shame." They stripped His clothes completely from Him, nailed Him to a cross, in shame. The lowest, hardest death that could be given, they give it to Him. And that's what the world thought of Him.

L-78   But God thought of Him till He give Him a Name above every name that's named in Heavens or in earth. Exalted Him so high till, His throne so high, He has to look down to see Heaven. That's what God thought of Him. I'm sure that's our thoughts this morning, too. It's above every name, above every name that could be named. Even the whole family in Heaven and earth is named "Jesus." And by this Name, every--every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to It.

L-79   Zacchaeus was just a--a businessman in the city of Jericho. And he was no doubt a--a fine man in his way. He--he was, let's say, I believe, being a fine man as he was, he must have belonged to some church, one of the denominations of that day. Let's say he was a Pharisee.

L-80 And he, really, he didn't go with the views of his wife. Let's say his wife's name was Rebekah. And he didn't go with her views, because she had believed on Jesus. She believed Him to be just what He was, the Messiah, because she had seen Him do the sign of the Messiah. Her, being a Hebrew; Hebrews watch after signs and prophets, because that was to be their messenger. That's the reason that they should have never failed to have knowed Him, because He was coming, "the Son of man."

L-81   Read the rest of this dealings here with Zacchaeus. "For the Son of man come to seek and save that which was lost." He is the Son of Abraham.

L-82 When, they accused Him of going with sinners. So we see they should have understood that, but they didn't. They had their theology of--of living good and being fine people, and so forth, but they didn't understand what really their Messiah was to be.

L-83 Do you know that could be again? That could so easily happen, that we would misunderstand it in some way. Now there is only one way to be sure, that's, find out what He was. Then, the Scripture says, "He is the same." Find out how He will manifest Himself at the end time. It's written. See, He never does anything unless He reveals it first. He said so in the Scripture, "He does nothing, except He reveals to His servants the prophets." And He has revealed It. And This is His prophet, This is a Book of prophecy, It's the complete revelation of Jesus Christ, all the way through. Nothing to be added to, or taken from It. And we ought to search It and see what day we're living in, 'cause we might be caught in the same trap.


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