<TITLE>13. Par 44-47</TITLE>L-44 Then we find the little queen all disturbed. Now, what usually happens? Now, she had gods. She had a church, and a pastor, and probably was a pagan priest somewhere. But now the real thing to do was go... She took a notion that she wanted to go see if it was true. I like that. I admire that in the queen. Bless her little heart. I'll see her in the resurrection. And she--she wanted to find out whether it was true or not.
Now, she had more audacity than many people around here, and other parts of the country does. They hear about something like that, "Aw, nonsense." See? But she wanted to find out. So she said, "I believe I'll go up." Now, in order to go up, she said, "The next thing I got to do, I've got to get permission from my church," like usually a good church member does.
So they went down to her pagan priest, and she said, "Sir, holy father," or ever what he called him and... "I tell you that I hear news that there's a revival going on up in Palestine."
"Oh, I've heard that nonsense ever since I was a kid."

L-45 You know, the devil takes his man, but never the spirit. It--it still lives on. God takes His, but never the Spirit too. Thank God for that. The spirits battle right on through tabernacles of flesh to the end time.

L-46 "Oh, I've heard that--that stuff. You don't believe that. Now, let me tell you something, my daughter. You must remember, you have great prestige. You're the--you're the charter member of our church here. Your mammy belonged to this church. Your grandmammy belonged to it. We all come here. Why, your great-great-grandmammy come here. And you wouldn't be caught with a bunch of holy... or, you know, people like that. You wouldn't go up there in such as that. It would be a disgrace for you to be caught in a crowd like that."
But you know, when God goes to dealing with a human heart, no matter how big they are, He lets them see how little they can get. You see? She said, "But, sir, you know I... There's something in me that... I--I want to go see it."
"Well, I shall not give you permission. I'm going to make it strong. I know you're the queen, but I'm the priest. And you'll bring disgrace upon your papa and mama, and upon this holy temple, if you'd be caught with such a group as that. Well, look what they are. Why, they're renegades. There's nothing to them. You shouldn't go up and fool around with such a group as that. If there was such a thing as a living God... Look at the gods we got here."
That's what's the trouble today: got too many gods.

L-47 So they said... She said, "But look, let me tell you something. I... My grandmama went here, you said. My grandpapa went here, and my mama went here. And I've went here, and I've heard all your creeds all my life. They heard it all their life. And we haven't seen one mutter or anything out of them. They're dead. But they tell me that there's One living up there. That's the One I want to find out.
"If your creed is right," she might've said, "why don't we see something about your god that you're talking about? You said he was, or did he die? What happened to him? We never have seen him. Grandmama never saw it, and her mama never saw it, and her mama never saw it. When was he god?" I like that. Make it real. "When was he?"
Well, she might... Or he might've said this, "Now, my daughter, you're going to go off on the wrong end. You're at the deep end. You're going to go in fanaticism."
But she said, "Sir, I want you to know this. I don't care what the price is, and what you say, I'm going anyhow." I like that. No wonder Jesus said she'll condemn this generation at the resurrection. "I'm going anyhow."
"We will excommunicate you. Don't you come back here no..."
"If it's right, don't worry, I won't be back anyhow. I won't go back anyhow. I'm going to find out whether it's right first."


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