<TITLE>08. Par 30-33</TITLE>L-30 Well, the little woman thought she'd go and be convinced whether it was right or not. But now, she had a lot of things to face her, a lot more than you and I have, to try to find out truth.
First thing, before she could go... She was a queen. And she was in great authority. And no doubt that her name on the great church book there, was pretty heavy. So the first thing she ought to do, would be go talk to her pagan priest and ask him permission if she could leave the church and go up and find out about this other religion.

L-31 Why, you could just imagine what kind of an answer she got. Why, I can just see that pagan priest, you know, standing there, and say, "Now, wait a minute, daughter. You know, you don't want to follow vain philosophies like that, because I tell you; if there was any god alive, it would be our god."
You know, we may not have pagans, but we've got the same kind of priests, all right. Yes, sir. "If God was going to do anything supernatural, He'd do it here in our church. He wouldn't go over there and do it. He'd do it here." But you know, the thing of it is, God does it where He wants to and how He wants to. And it's not up to us to question God.

L-32 Then we find out, a... I can see the priest say, "Now, look, daughter, your grandmother, your great grandmother, and way behind her, all worshipped this great idol here. It's a great god."
She said, "Yes, sir, that's probably true. I've got all the scrolls on it, but I've heard all this scroll over, and over, and over, and over, what he would do, what he would do, but I haven't seen him make one move." That's a good answer. "I haven't seen one thing. All I see is a chunk of stone setting there."
And if that's all you got, brother, you're just about as bad off as she was. That's right. Some big chunk of stone of a building or something another, that's called, "This is my church. This is my denomination."... Them are all right, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about a living God. One that's not dead, One that's alive right now, One that's here, just as real as He ever was real. He promised it.

L-33 And then, she'd say, "Now, look, sir. I've never seen him move. I've never seen him do anything. My grandmother never saw him do anything. And neither did her mother. And I've lived up till this time. And I hear that there is One that is alive. I'm going to see Him. No matter what you think, I'm going anyhow." I like that courage. Find out for yourself.
She said, "Now, if it isn't right, I'll come back and tell you it isn't right, but I'll know in my heart whether it's right or not."
Now, I can imagine before she started, that she had some thoughts in her mind like this, "What if it isn't right? Or what if it is right? Now, if it is right, and there is a living God, that's moving, alive among people, and showing Himself alive (not a stone, but a living God), if it is, I'm going to support it with everything I got. It's worthwhile."


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