<TITLE>15. Par 166-182</TITLE>L-166   Now, we find out that Solomon, the great age, that his fame went everywhere throughout all the lands, and the passers-by heard of it. They taken it into other countries. And the--the only way they had then, was not television and things that they have today, and newspapers. It was from lip-to-ear. And their caravans would come through, and passing through, and pick up trade, and take it to the other nations. And finally his fame reached way down across the Sahara desert, into a place called Sheba.

L-167 It's called here, "The queen of the South." Let's talk about her, a few minutes. She was a little, heathen queen. She had been raised to worship idols.

L-168 But, you know, "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word of God."

L-169 And way down in there, the Word got, that, "God, a living God, was living among His people." And her little heart begin to jump for joy.

L-170   And every time a traveler would pass through, into her kingdom, to make trade, of spice and whatever they had to swap, and so forth, and jewels, why, she would call them to the castle, and say, "Have you passed through Palestine?"
"Yes."

L-171 "You went through Israel. Say, I want to ask something. Is it true that their God is among them?"

L-172 "Oh, I seen it! You should. Why, you never seen anything like it. Their God has come down and anointed one of their brethren, and they have made him the king. And, oh, it, you ought to see the unity of the people! They're all with one heart and one accord. And that God is just raining down blessings. And he has a great, powerful gift of discernment. And he just... When you come before him, it's beyond human. It's--it's supernatural, how he can know things."

L-173 Her little heart begin to beat. "There is something real." She wanted to see that. Well, it went on and on. First thing you know...

L-174 You know, faith cometh by hearing. And when God goes to dealing with the human heart, there is something takes place inside, that you just can't account for.
Every day, she begin to thirst. She wanted to see it.

L-175 You know, the Bible said, "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."

L-176   Now we find out. Let's just dramatize it a little, so the children will catch it. I can think of one day she had made up her mind that she was going to find out whether it was the truth or not.

L-177 That's a good thing. Well, like we said about Philip last night, "Come, see for yourself."

L-178 She had begin to maybe purchase a--a Bibles, the Old Testament, with the parchments, the scrolls. And she begin to read, to see what this God was, that they were talking about. She seen how He worked in His nature.

L-179 And then she finds out that the very nature and life of that God was being manifested through a man, making Hisself known to His people, through the people, what He promised to do. Well, her heart begin to hunger, to see it. So now she...

L-180 One day, she took a notion that she was going to go see it, for herself.

L-181 Now, that's a good idea. Go find out, for yourself. Don't take what somebody else says. Go find out. "Search the Scriptures," Jesus said, "for in Them you think you have Eternal Life. And They are They that testify of Me." Just what He said.

L-182   Notice now. The little lady, to do this, had a lot of hindrances.


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