<TITLE>16. Par 126-131</TITLE>L-126 One day I was telling a story of Peter and Andrew, his brother. They were fishermen, and their father Jonas was a great old believer. One day they said he set down on the side of the boat. He said, "Sons, you know how we've prayed when we needed fish." They was commercial fishermen. He said, "We've trusted God, Jehovah, for our living. And I'm getting old now; I can't stay with you boys much longer. And I've always, as all true believers, have looked for the time when that Messiah will come. We've had all kinds of false ones, but there is coming a real One, someday." And he said, "When this Messiah comes, I don't want you boys to be deceived. This Messiah will not be just a theologian. He will be a Prophet, for our prophet Moses, of who we follow, he said."
Now, any Jew will believe his prophet. He is taught to know that. And if the prophet says anything that's so, then that's truth. But God said, "If there be one among you, spiritual, or a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known to him. And what he says comes to pass, then hear him and fear him; but if it don't, then don't fear him at all." See? So that was the--the vindication of the prophet.

L-127   "So Moses was truly a vindicated prophet, and he said, 'The Lord your God shall raise up, among you, out of your brethren, a Prophet like unto me. And all that won't hear him will be cut off from the people.'" He said, "Now, children, remember, that, as Hebrews, we believe God's vindicated prophets."
Now listen close. Don't miss it. And he said, "When the Messiah comes, you will know Him, for He will be a Prophet-Messiah. Now, they said it's been four hundred years. We haven't had a prophet since Malachi, but he'll be!"

L-128 One day, after his death, few years, his son Andrew was strolling along down the bank. And he heard a wild man out of the wilderness, saying, "That Messiah is standing among you now!" That big eagle that raised up over in the wilderness and flew over there, said, "The Messiah is among you right now. We don't know Him yet, but He is standing among you. I'll know Him, because I'll see a sign coming from Heaven."
One day he said, "There, behold, is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!"
Away went the... went this man, to find his brother. He said, "Simon, I want you come over here; we've done found the Messiah."
"Oh, go on, Andrew! You know better than that!"
"Oh, I know. But, that, this Man is different."
"Where is He? Where'd He come from?"
"Jesus of Nazareth."
"That little, wicked city? Why, He couldn't come from a wicked, dirty place like that."
"You just come and see."

L-129 Finally persuaded him to come down one day. So when he come in the front of this Messiah, Jesus standing there, speaking to the people. When he walked up in front of Him, He said, "Your name is Simon, and you are the son of Jonas." That did it. He got the keys to the Kingdom. Why? He knowed that that Man did not know him. And how did He know him, and that godly old father who had taught him how to believe the Messiah?

L-130   There was a man standing there, by the name of Philip. Oh, he got real excited! He knowed another man, had been studying the Bible with. Away he went, around the hill, and he found him out there in his olive grove. He was kneeling down, praying. They had had lots of Bible lessons together, so he come out there. And he said, after he had got through praying, he said, "Come, see Who we found; Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. He's the Messiah we're looking for."
Now I can hear Nathanael say, "Now, Philip, you ain't went off on the deep end, are you?"

L-131 "Oh, no. Nope. Now let me tell you. You know, we been studying the Bible together, and what did the prophet say the Messiah would be?"
"He would be a Prophet."
"You remember that old fisherman you bought the fish from, that didn't have enough education to sign his name, called Simon?"
"Yeah. Uh-huh."


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