<TITLE>07. Par 29-32</TITLE>L-29 You know, faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God. Faith cometh by hearing. Now, how can the outside world believe when the church is condemning one, lifting another, and throwing this one out, and putting this... How can they believe? See?
But not so then. With one accord everybody was testifying. It was a wonderful thing. And the little queen begin to hear this. Now, she was not of the tribe of Israel. She was a Gentile heathen. But faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word. And when you keep hearing such testimonies, it starts the curiosity. People begin to wonder, "Could it be so?"
That's the way, no doubt, the little queen begin to feel. And by and by as faith kept building, she said, "You know, there's only one way for me to be sure of this. And that is, I'll go and see for myself."
That's the good thing. Don't take what somebody else said; go, see for yourself. Be convinced.

L-30 And no doubt that the little woman had a lot to confront. And there was many things against her and against her going. The first thing, it was against her religion to go. Her church would not have cooperated in that campaign up there. But it didn't make any difference to her. She wanted to find out. She wanted to be sure.
So one thing was, she had a long journey, and she was just a woman. And remember, in the deserts in those days the sons of Ishmael was out there, which were robbers. And now, the little woman, as just something inside of her begin to tug that she just must go see for herself... I like that.

L-31 When Philip found Nathanael and Nathanael said, "Now, could there be any could thing come out of Nazareth?"
Philip said, "Come, see for yourself. Come, be convinced."
And the little queen thought the same thing. How much better off that queen was for her thoughts, than tens of thousands, yes, millions in Chicago tonight. Throughout the newspapers and everything, the meeting's advertised. Can you see how this nation is ripe for judgment? If God willing, if my voice gets a little better, I'm preaching on the modern sputnik in a few nights. So then I've got take something the next night, 'cause it really hangs you in the dark place.
Now, notice. But to see the people of today rejecting Christ, just because of denominations, because of they're more satisfied to watch television and things, than they are to listen to the Gospel. Their hearts are not hungry. They don't care. Now, they wouldn't come out on a night like this. Many of the rich that could drive limousines and Cadillacs out there, that read them ads and so forth, why they say, "Our pastor says it's a devil." And they believed him.
Oh, no wonder they become twofold child more of hell than they was when they began. Certainly it is true.

L-32 Now, this little queen, she said, "I'll go and I'll find out." I like that. Now, she never went to see an Angel. You know, people's got in their head to this day, that if God would do anything He'd have to do it by an Angel, send an Angel down from heaven and let him do it. God don't send Angels. Men is God's servant. God preaches the Gospel through men.
The Bible said that Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, not an Angel, a man. He was so human. And just with the ups-and-downs like you and I have, 'till it went over the head of the common people, or to the, all the people.


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