<TITLE>16. Par 189-209</TITLE>L-189   So when he walked up, and maybe he was in the prayer line, where Jesus was. I don't know. He had walked up in Jesus' Presence. Jesus looked at him, and said, "Behold an Israelite, in whom there is no guile!"

L-190 Now, the first place, you say, "How did He know he was an Israelite? Well, because he was dressed?" No, no.

L-191 All Easterners wear those turbans. They dress alike. And said, "An Israelite."

L-192 And He said, "There is no guile!"He could have been a crook or anything, then he would have been exposed. He said, "In which there is no guile!"

L-193 And so that kind of took the starch out of Nathanael, so he said, "Rabbi, when did you ever know me? Why, I--I--I don't get this. When did You ever know me? I never met You. I just was brought up here by Philip. When did You ever know it?"

L-194 He said, "Before you were under the fig tree, while you were there praying, I saw you." Yeah. See?

L-195 He said, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel."

L-196 Jesus said, "Because I told you this, you believed? Then you'll see greater than this."

L-197   Now, there was those standing there. Now let me give you a little warning. There was those standing there, rabbis and priests, and they said, "This Man does this by Beelzebub."

L-198 And Jesus turned and said, "I'll forgive you for that," for the atonement wasn't yet made, "but someday the Holy Ghost will come and do the same thing," He said, "and to speak one word against That, it'll never be forgiven you in this world nor the world to come."
On to the woman at the well, the Samaritans.

L-199   Now, there was three races of people on earth. We might be black, brown, yellow, whatever we are, but we come from one blood. And there is three races, which come from Ham, Shem, and Japheth's people; and that's Jew, Gentile, and Samaritan, half Jew and Gentile.

L-200 Now, we Gentiles, Anglo-Saxon, we were heathen, worshiping idols. We wasn't looking for no Messiah.

L-201 So when Jesus manifested Himself as Son of man... Now listen close, and I'll close. When Jesus came, He was duty bound to represent what the prophet said He would be, so there before Israel He represented Himself, before Peter and Nathanael and those there, as Son of man.

L-202   Now He has need go by Samaria. And He goes up to Samaria, and there He found a woman sitting at the well. We know the story, and as she, they talked together. She come to get water. He said, "Bring Me a drink."

L-203 And she said, "Now, there is segregation here, we can't have this. And I'm a woman of Samaria, and You're a Jew. We don't have..."

L-204 He said, "But if you knew Who you were talking to, you'd ask Me for a drink."

L-205 She said, "Well, the well is deep, what You going to draw with?"

L-206 And the conversation went on till He contacted her spirit. And when He contacted her spirit, He found what her trouble was. How many knows that? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] Now how many of you newcomers knows that the truth? ["Amen."] That's right, that was true.
And what did He say? "Go get your husband and come here."
She said, "I have no husband."

L-207 And He said, "Thou hast said well. For you've had five husbands, and the one you're living with now is not your husband." She turned.

L-208   Now, she wasn't like them priests, said, "He's got a devil. He's a fortuneteller or something."

L-209 She turned, and she said, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, we haven't had one for four hundred years. The church hasn't been used to such as this. But we perceive, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now, I know that we're looking for the Messiah. And when the Messiah comes, that's the thing that He'll do."


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