<TITLE>12. Par 37-40</TITLE>L-37 But they was all in one accord then, and they'd go up before Solomon, and they watched that great gift--how they spoke of it, everywhere. And the news, finally, went to the utmost parts of the known world, way down in Sheba. And there was a little queen down there; she was a heathen to begin with, but you know, God's no respect of person, He saves anybody that wants to be saved.
Now, watch. When they went down there, the people would come by, every traveler that would pass through Palestine, everyone would come by, would say to somebody, say to the little queen, "Say, I just passed through Palestine; you never seen such in your life. Their God is a great God. He's not a dead God; He's a living God. And He's give a man by the name of Solomon. Well, they ever made him their king, and he's got a great power of discernment, that could only come from God."
Well, you know, faith cometh by hearing; hearing of the Word of God. So that created a hunger in the little queen's heart. And everyone was talking about it, so she decided she'd go see for herself. That's a good idea. That's a whole lot better than just setting at home and criticizing. That's a whole lot better than saying, "My denomination is not cooperating with this revival."--a lot better. So she said, "I'll go see for myself."

L-38 Now, she had a lot to confront, a lot more than you would have. First thing, she was a woman. The next thing, she was a pagan. Now, in order to go, she'd have to get permission from her--from her pagan priest. So she goes over to the archbishop of her church, and she said, "Bishop, I have heard... I brought my pastor along, he don't agree with me, but I hear that up in Palestine, that they got a God that give them a great gift, and His great presence, working through a man, is manifesting the presence of a living God."
Now, the bishop said, "Uhm, uhm, now, queen, do you know you're a charter member of this congregation? And now, we will not tolerate any such nonsense as that. Now, you know there's no such stuff as that. If there was anything in the sign of the supernatural or something, our god Dagon, and all the rest of them, would have it here. See? So there's nothing to it; it's a bunch of nonsense; it's make up."
She said, "But you know, I would like to go see for myself." That's a good idea. Go find out.

L-39 Why, I can hear the bishop, and the archbishop, and all of them get together, say, "Now looky here, you may be queen, but remember, if you go to some kind of fanaticism like that, we'll excommunicate you from the church, and you won't get the last rites when you die, and you won't be able to be buried in our cemetery out here (Sure.), where you mother was buried, and your papa was buried, all that."
She said, "But look, bishop, there's something in my heart, that makes me want to go find out." Blessed are they that do hunger, and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. There's nothing going to stop them. "Oh, she says, now wait a minute, I'll go."
And he said, "Now look, if there's any curiosity you have, why don't you go get your prayer book, and come on over to the church, and we'll talk it all over."

L-40 I can hear her say, "Wait, a minute. My mother come up through this church, my father come up, my brothers and sisters come up, and I've come up for forty years in this church, and all I've heard is a big bunch of creeds, no life at all. If there is such a thing, as the living God, Who can produce a living gift, I want to find it." Oh, my, we need some more queens like that. "All I've knowed is a bunch of prayers, and a song book, and so forth, and you talking about some great god, but where is he? Is he a living? I've never seen a move; mama never seen a move; and grandma never seen a move out of him. So where's he at?"
That's what I say today, if Jesus Christ isn't the same yesterday, today, and forever, where is that God that was once great?


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