<TITLE>07. Par 26-29</TITLE>L-26 But, in the days of Solomon, how different. They all rallied around. Oh, that was just wonderful. And when they all rallied around this gift, what happened? His fame, and the fame of God begin to spread out through all different nations.
Now, them days they didn't have televisions, and--and telegrams, and--and telephones, and so forth. The only way they sent message was from lip to ear. And everybody passing through... All Israel... Could you just imagine, Israel's heart burning. When some stranger would pass through, "Oh, you should go up to the temple. The Lord our God has sent a gift. It's abiding upon our brother Solomon. God has made him a king before us, and that gift is upon him. You should come and see the wisdom of discernment that that man has."
Why the people would pass by, their hearts would be happy. They'd go tell somebody else. And the fame of Israel spread worldwide until it come to the utmost parts of the earth, way down in Sheba. Now, that, at that time, I suppose, was the far ends of the earth, of the civilized known world at that time.

L-27 There was a little queen down there. And let's think that she was a pagan. And every time a camel caravan would come through, somebody'd--coming from up around in Palestine (That's all the way across the Sahara desert now.), would come down in there and say, "Say, you know what? You should go up into Palestine. Those people up there has got a God. They call Him Jehovah. And He's not a dead God; He's a living God. He isn't an idol. Why, He's living right in a man called Solomon. Why, you never seen such in your life. Why, his power of discernment is far beyond anything a human could think of. They got something that you can lay a hold of and say that their God lives."
You know, "Faith cometh by hearing." So many people testifying, it come to a place that the little queen's heart begin to come alarmed. Well, after while she, hearing so many testimonies (and faith cometh by hearing), no discord about it at all: "You should go see. One hundred percent right, every person comes up. You should look at it. It's a wonderful gift from God. And they got a great God."

L-28 Well, this little queen (Let's just think it this way.), one day she set down and she read her pagan scriptures. Well, it's promising about a great god that lived in this idol or something another. And grandmother had knowed it, and grandfather had thought of it and so forth. But after while she come to hear these testimonies, that wasn't some written theology; it was a living reality. And I'll tell you, if... There's not a person in the world that ever come from behind the curtain into this Light that we live in, called Life, but what wonders where he goes when he goes beyond here. It's just the instinct in a man to do that. We all seek. We want to know what's beyond the curtain. We're searching for that.
The little queen begin to hunger; thought, "Oh, if I... I believe I'll go. And after while she made up her mind, "I'm getting tired of listening to others telling me about that. I don't know whether it's right or not, but I'm going to see for myself." That's the way to do it. Go, find out for yourself. Don't stand home and criticize.

L-29 When Philip found Nathanael he said, "Come, see Who we found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
He said, "Now, could there be any good thing come from Nazareth?"
He said, "Come, see." That's the best thing to convince yourself. "Come, find out." Philip give Nathanael the best answer any man could give, "Come, be convinced yourself."


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