<TITLE>09. Par 37-41</TITLE>L-37 Now another thing, she had all that wealth, and the children of Ishmael work on the desert, and they were robbers. What a setup. Why, they'd take that great group of fleetfooted riders, with their spears, and ride on her little caravan there, and murder them, and have all that wealth to themself. She had that to confront.
Now, you don't have that to confront to come across the street, or around the city, or from some nearby place. You don't take any three months, through a hot burning desert, setting on the back of a camel. Now, in all sincerity, I wonder tonight, how many present, would take that same journey? Think of it.
But she did it, being a pagan, and hearing that there was a living God, Who had presented a gift to the earth. She come to see the gift of God working through a man. And she took off on her journey, leaving her friends, her priest, her everything behind, because God was tugging at her heart.
No wonder Jesus said, "No man can come to Me, except My Father draws him."

L-38 All of Hartford won't be saved. There'll be millions of church members, throughout the world, will just perish with the world. Now remember, that God has elected that some are going to be saved, and there's not enough power in hell to keep them from coming to Jesus. And God will manifest Himself just the same. He's manifest Himself... The whole world has a chance, but they won't receive it. Jesus said so: "Straight is the gate that leads to life, broad is the way to destruction, and many there be go in, and few there'll be, that'll be saved. As it was in the days of Noah, and in the days of Lot, so will it be in the coming of the Son of man." There's nothing that can break that. That's said, and it's God. And His--His Word's just as Eternal as He is.

L-39 Now, here she comes, and she didn't come now, say, "I'm going over and set ten minutes, and if I don't like the way that preacher Solomon preaches, I'm going to get up and get out. If he says anything contrary to our theology, I'm going to leave; I just won't stand and listen to it. (That would be the 1958 version of it.) I'll see if he says anything contrary to our creed." She didn't say that.
"I can't go but one night, because we've got to have a card party, and we've got to set up on this night to see... What is that television, "We love Sucy," or something like that? Could you imagine hungry-hearted people staying to watch such tommyrot as that, and Arthur Godfrey, and Elvis Presley, and call themselves Christians and listen to such nonsense as that? It shows what's in your heart.
The Bible said, "If you love the world, or the things of the world, the love of God's not even in you."

L-40 No, she come not to stay just an hour, or to one night service; she made her camp, and stayed there till she was convinced. I like that. She come to stay till it was over. She just brought her maidens, and all; she just pitched camp and stayed there. I can see her out in the courts, and they said, "When's the next meeting going to be?"
"It just ended tonight, queen."
"But Solomon... Well, is he a saint?"
"No. He's just a man."
"Is he holy?"
"No, there's a holy God dealing with him."
"Well, I'd like to see who he is."
"Just go over to the meeting in the morning. You'll see him."

L-41 And I can see the little queen get herself a seat and set down, and Solomon came out. And all the people around were talking, "Oh, it's a small thing; you should see our God working through our brother." Wouldn't that be wonderful to have church like that? Wouldn't that be wonderful to have even our nation working together in harmony, and knowing our God still lives, reigns just the same as He ever was, doing the same things? The nations from everywhere would flow in here. And that's the reason we've got communism. I feel sorry for them. It's because of the weakness of the churches in Russia what made communism hatch out.


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