<TITLE>24. Par 73-76</TITLE>L-73 So finally the word got way down into Sheba. That's across the Sahara desert, down in the south. "The queen of the south," Jesus referred to it. And then He said that when this little queen... Everybody coming through, and passed through, these great caravans of camels and things, they'd all say, "Well, how are things going up in this nation?"
Everybody, "Well, fair."
"But you ought to go to Israel. Oh, it's the most magnificent thing you ever seen. Their God has put His Spirit upon one of the brothers, and them people are in one accord (My, there you are.) Every Israelite believes in him." Oh, if we'd just get ourself in one accord, put our hearts... Not because we're Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, but put our hearts upon the gift, the Holy Spirit. One accord--Methodists believe it; Baptists believe it; Pentecostals believe it; Presbyterians believe it; Catholics believe in it. Oh, my, wouldn't it be a... Oh, that'd be in the millennium.

L-74 Sure, one accord. "Everybody believes it. You should just see them. Oh, my, how that their God pours out His wisdom upon that man. You never seen anything like it. There's nothing can stand before him. And he's just a man, but it's God's Spirit upon him."
Well, how does faith come? By hearing. The little queen would say, "Is that right?" Yes, faith...
Then the next caravan come through. "Wait a minute. Have you been to Israel?"
"Yes."
"Is it...?"
"Oh, it's certainly true. You never seen such in your life. I stood in the meeting there one day, and I seen that man discern the people till... it just had to be something supernatural."
"Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness." See? See, faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God. Now, she begin to thirst to go see for herself.

L-75 Now, remember, she had a lot to confront. First thing, she was a pagan. Now, she'd have to go down to her church and get permission to leave. Let's take... let's go with her a while, what do you say?
She goes down. She says, "Holy reverend father, I've heard that there's a great supernatural power up in Israel. They're having a revival. And they tell me that their God has put His Spirit upon a man, and he does works that a man cannot do. It has to be their God doing it."
I can hear him say, "Humph, huh-uh," the bishop, you know. "My daughter, do you realize that your grandmother belonged to this church? Your great-grandmother belonged to this church; her great-grandmother belonged to this church. You are a member here. And you're a dignified person. You are a queen. Don't you never associate yourself with that bunch of holy-rollers (you know, 'people,' that, excuse me, that 'bunch') up there because they're just a little..."

L-76 "Oh, but, sir, they tell me that they--he--the Spirit of their God is upon a man (See?), and that they are-- and they--he does works like God does, like their God."
"Well, listen, my dear queen. I'm your father bishop, and if there was such a thing as that, it would happen in our congregation."
You know them spirits don't die. They just keep living on. See? "It would happen with us if there was such a thing, but being it's not our denomination, why, of course, there's nothing to it. It's just emotion. It's probably telepathy. Oh, we have heard of such things as that, but it's rumors. Don't pay any attention to it."
That didn't satisfy her. She said, "But, sir, look, they tell me that it is a living God."
"Dear, look at the--look at the gods that we have here."
"Yes, that's right. All the books and gods, but I never seen nothing move in them. Grandma didn't see nothing move in them, and her grandma didn't see nothing move in them. They're nothing but a bunch of words. They're nothing but a bunch of idols. But they tell me that is a living God, Who lives in human beings. (Amen.) I want to see something real. (Bless her little heart.) I want to see something that's got some life to it, not a dead idol, not a dead formal theology."


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