<TITLE>08. Par 65-74</TITLE>L-65   Finally the news broke plumb down across the Sahara Desert, all the way into a little country called Sheba. They had... It was a heathen country. They had a little queen down there, was no doubt a--a nice little lady. And the news came to her, that, "God was giving a great revival up there in the land of Israel, and great things were taking place. And they had a man up there anointed with the Spirit of their God, that even his wisdom surpassed anything that man could think of."

L-66 You know, "Faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God."

L-67 That stirred her little heart. She begin to think about it. And now, as every caravan came by, no doubt, the little queen would send out her soldiers, and say, "I would like to speak to the person, in private, if they have come from Israel."

L-68 "Yes, queen, we have been up in Israel, and, oh, it is marvelous. You should see it. There is nothing like it. It's beyond man's understanding. You know, all of them are in one accord, every one of them is right around that gift that their God has given them, and they all believe it with one accord. Oh, it's the most grandest thing, and there is nothing withheld. God just reveals everything. If any nation would start over there on them, why, the God of theirs would reveal where they was coming, and--and ambush them before they got there. Oh, it was just a great revival going on."

L-69   Then, you know, the little queen begin to get hungry to see it, herself.

L-70 You know, there is something about it, man knows that he come from somewhere; and he is here, he don't know why he is here; and he is going somewhere, and he doesn't know where he is going. And there is only one Book in the world that tells us who you are, where you come from, what you are, and where you're going, and that's the Bible. It's the only one that tells you, and it's God's Book. It's God Himself manifested in word form, called a Seed. That Seed in the right kind of ground will produce every promise that He made, 'cause it's God Himself. But it has to be watered by faith, to make it come to pass, like any other seed. The germ is in it. Knowed! Notice now.

L-71   We find that in this doing, the little queen begin to hunger and thirst for God. Oh, if--if the gifts of God could only create a thirst in the people's heart, for Him, like it did to her!

L-72 Now we find out, so that the children, little fellows, there is a whole row of them sitting here and different places, that they might understand, we'll give it in kind of a drama for them, so they'll understand.

L-73   Now remember, she was a pagan. So in order to do this, and being a queen, she would have to get permission from her pagan priest, in order to go. And I can imagine seeing her go over to him and make her bows, and say, "Great holy father so-and-so, we know the Israelites has got a revival up there, and their God has represented Himself in the form of a man, by a great gift, that he knows the secrets of the heart. And they tell me that He is the Word, and the Word is a discerner of the thoughts of the heart, and they say it's operating in a man. I would like your permission, most holy father, to go up there, and to visit and see for myself."

L-74 Well, I can imagine her answer coming back. "We don't have any cooperation in that revival," or that's the '64 version of it. But, anyhow, they--they say, "They don't belong to our denomination. They're not of our people. We have nothing to do into it, at all. You shall not go. And they're nothing but a bunch of--of cranks. They hear all kinds of rumors about them coming through a Red Sea, and all that kind of stuff, but there is nothing about it. Here is our great god, see him standing on the side of the wall? They were so-and-so, and so many times they've done so-and-so." The little queen went away disgusted.


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