<TITLE>04. Par 19-24</TITLE>L-19 When God sent this great marvelous gift, all Israel flourished. And they become the mighty nation of the earth, because they recognized the gift of God that was in Solomon.
Every one with one heart and one accord was testifying of this great gift, not of the great Solomon, the great gift in Solomon.
It's not the holy people, it's the Holy Spirit in the holy... in the people, not the holy church, but the Holy God of the church.
As Peter referred, the holy mountain, it was not the holy mount, it was the holy God that was on the mountain.

L-20 And Solomon was just a man that God had foreknew and had give him a great wonderful gift. And when Israel saw that It truly was the gift of God, every one of them rallied to him. That's what made the revival.
And the news got scattered out all over the world. People coming by would say, "Oh, you should see what the great God Jehovah has done to His people. Why, they've raised up a gift up there. God has sent a man named Solomon. And, oh, all the nation believes in him. And his gift works wonders."
And it caused all the nations to begin to listen. "Faith cometh by hearing." And all rallied around this great gift.

L-21 And finally, way down in the farthest part of the known world, a place called Sheba, there was a little queen down there. She was a pagan, a heathen. But as men passed by, telling her, "You should see what's going on up in Israel. They have a gift from God up there. And, oh, that gift is wonderful. You should see it in operation."
She begin to wonder. The next one come by. "Oh, we stopped in on our journey somewhere else, queen, but we have just come through Israel. You should see that wonderful gift."
Well, it begin to dawn upon her heart. "For faith cometh by hearing." And when she heard of this great gift, something begin to create in her heart that she wanted to see if it was the truth or not. She wanted to find out for herself.
She wasn't satisfied to set at home and be satisfied around her own idols. She wanted to go, see for herself.

L-22 And she made up her mind that she would not go critically. Many people going to see a gift of God operate, they make up their mind before they get there, that they're not going to have anything to do with it. One night settles it. That's the reason they get nowhere. That's what they did about the Lord Jesus.
But this little queen made up her mind that she was going to see it through. And she made preparation to go see this great gift, to see if it was the truth or not. And if it was the truth, she would stand by it; if it wasn't the truth, have nothing to do with it. That's a good way to think about it. That's the right approach. Come, find out.

L-23 Man can make claims of anything. But it's a different story when God testifies that that's the truth.
And then, of course she had critics. The people would say to here, no doubt, "Do you mean that you're going up there to some fanatic, emotional, mental work-up like that?"
But something in her heart begin to tug at her that she must go and see for herself.

L-24 Now, coming to God is not a easy thing, as you would think it would be. As people try to make it to you. "Aw, well, go on just any way, join the church." That's a story of the devil.
It's a great price to pay. Salvation's free; that's right, but you've got a lot to get rid of first.
Now, she had difficult in the way. The first was with her people. They would criticize her, and would probably excommunicate her from their fellowship. But when God is moving in the heart of an individual, there's nothing in the world that can keep them away from Him. God moves in mysterious ways. Something had struck that little woman's heart.


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