<TITLE>10. Par 35-38</TITLE>L-35 And everybody come by. The strangers passing through Israel, going up to Jerusalem, they'd hear about the great gift of God being in operation. So they'd come and look. And there's nobody can ever see God's gifts operate but what it thrills them, if they've got anything about God at all in them.
So these people had scattered worldwide. Everybody begin to hear across the world about God's operating with His people, a great gift He had sent.
Now, it'd be the same thing today if we just all rally around Him. But what we do, we pull a little bunch off here and say, "I'm Presbyterian."
"I'm Methodist."
"I'm Pentecostal."
"I'm Nazarene."
Oh, my... You're trying to rally... Now, the denominations are fine. Every one them's good. But the thing that it is; you're trying to make your denomination. Make Christ your center. You're denomination's fine, but make Christ your center. When you do that, all men is your brethren that's of like precious faith that believe in God. You got room for God. Don't never end your doctrine with a--with a period. End it with a comma. "We believe this plus as much as the Lord will show us." See? Just keep on going.

L-36 Now, that's all right then. But when you say, "This is the only thing. It's got to be just the way. We believe it," then--then you're wrong. See? God comes in, and just upsets the little apple cart, and shows that you're not the only pebble on the beach. So, then, that--God does it. He does it always. That's what He did to the Pharisees, taking a Baby borned in a manger, raised up with a bad name behind Him as the illegitimate Child, and poured His Fullness into Him. He done signs and wonders, that believers was watching for and they knowed He was the Messiah.
Now, watch just a minute. Finally the word got all to the utmost parts of the earth to the queen down in Sheba, is where it really was. And you know, everybody would come by this queen. They didn't have television, and radio, and the press then, so it would be from lip to ear. So finally, the word got down to the queen that--that she was--that up in Israel there was a great gift of God. And it was in operation. God had showed a great sign to that generation.

L-37 Faith cometh by hearing. That's how you know. It's when you hear. And everybody talking about it, it made a hunger come in the little queen's heart.
Everybody would come by and say, "Oh, you should stand up there in the courts while Solomon, the servant of the Lord God of Israel, stands up there. And you've never seen such discernment. It's beyond anything." You know if they've got any inkling of God in you, well, that begins to give you a hunger. And finally she made up her mind that she'd come, see for herself. She just wouldn't take everybody's word; she'd come, see for herself. That's a good thing to do. Come, see.

L-38 So I'd imagine, she'd bought up all the Hebrew Bibles that she could find, and she read in them what Jehovah God was like, because she was a pagan.
Now, in order to go to visit and see whether this sign of God was right, she had to get permission from her church. So I can imagine her going over to the church and she said to her pagan priest, "Father, I've heard that there is a God in Israel that's alive, and He's took one of His servants that's manifesting Himself through that church."
Oh, I can hear the pagan priest say, "Now, wait a minute, daughter. If there was anything supernatural to be done, it would come through our church (See?). It would be through us. Don't believe those kind of things."
But you know, when you start to meet God, the devil's going to throw everything in your way that he can throw in your way. That's his duty to do it. And he's going to hinder you in every way. But if you are determined, God will make a way. Let's break in on their conversation, her and the priest.


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