<TITLE>24. Par 188-202</TITLE>L-188 Look, there's three classes of people there. See, there was a great expectation. They knowed that this strange man was coming up to this feast. Some of them loved Him; they believed Him. Some of them hated Him; most of them hated Him. And because one loved Him and the other hated Him, the middle man didn't know what to do. See? They didn't know. Notice, the air was full of expectations. One saying, "When He gets up there, I tell you we'll call Him... We'll give Him a Word test. We'll stand Him up there by the high priest. We'll see what His wisdom is against Caiaphas." He had already proved that. See?

L-189   "But we'll do this: We'll see... I know that some of the great leaders will take hold of Him. Boy, they'll turn that old guy inside out. They'll let Him know what He was, when they go to fooling with our priests. Boy, they know what they're doing. They're smart man. They know what they're doing."

L-190 Others said, "I wonder what they will do with that guy anyhow."

L-191 Others said, "Oh, I'm waiting for Him to come. God is with Him. He is that Word. Oh, I just--I just want to see Him." See? Oh, they were divided. Now, see, the ones that did know Him and believed Him, they would have knowed what gate to wait at. See? They knowed which a-way He was coming. There's great expectation, but you know, there wasn't too many saw Him. See, there's many didn't see Him. So is it today.

L-192   Some of them said, "He's a good man. Oh, there's nothing wrong with Him. Like Napoleon, Washington, he was a good man. But, oh, as a teacher, no, no."

L-193 Some of them said, "Oh, He's a good man. Oh, He's--He's just all mixed up, that's all. He's a good fellow. Nobody can say anything bad about Him."

L-194 Others said, "No, He--He's a devil. I can tell you that--that there mind reading stuff and all this other stuff, and that--that's false prophecy. It's contrary to our creed. Don't you believe such a thing as that."

L-195 And the other one, said, "Glory to God, It's God. I know Him. I see." And they were waiting. Now that's just the way we stand today, but the same thing: the Word anointed for this hour; the Laodicea Church Age.

L-196   Now we're going to close in saying this. (Just a moment.) Three classes waited for Him. So is it today, that's right, three. Notice, the believers were shouting. See? See? His ministry had caused Him to be loved by some, hated by others, and wondered at by another class. See? His ministry... Let me quote that again. His ministry, whatever it was... We know now, It was the Word. But His ministry had caused some people to love Him. They were predestinated to do that. See, they believed it. They saw it. There was no more... When Nathaniel came up there, and--and He said to him what he did like that, he said, "Rabbi, You're the Son of God. You're the King of Israel, no question in my mind."

L-197 Simon was standing there, said, "Oh, Andrew, I ain't going over. I've heard all that there stuff before."

L-198 "But," Andrew, "you ought to come. You ought to come, just come one time with me."

L-199 And while He was setting there, Jesus saw him coming up, you know, coming up. Said, "Your name is Simon. You're the son of Jonas." There was no question no more. See, that's all there was to it. They were there. They believed it. They seen it. They knowed that's what the Messiah was supposed to do when He come.

L-200   He had to be a Prophet, for Moses said, "He would be a Prophet." And those scrupled had been four hundred years without a prophet. It took a prophet to straighten it out, always in every age. And here He was standing there.

L-201 Wasn't no question to them. They was waiting there with palms in their hand, "He'll be along after a while." Waiting!

L-202 The whole city, tense. They said, "That's a bunch of fanatics gathered out there at the gate."


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