GET GOING--OR GET OUT!
12/87
--Or It's a WASTE of SOULS!
DO 2397
1. WHATEVER YOU DO, IF POSSIBLE, GET A DECISION! You may never see them again & you may have lost your last chance, & they're LOST! They'll never be as receptive as on that FIRST pull of the Spirit. If they resist the Spirit THAT time, then it's going to be much harder to reach them NEXT time. They're going to have to tell their Hosts (Kings) that they can't do it that slow way. They'll have to say, "We're sorry, but if you're not going to allow us to WITNESS here, we've got to go someplace ELSE!"
2. JUST BECAUSE THE HOSTS THERE HAPPEN TO BE FURNISHING THE PROPERTIES, THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE FURNISHING, including money & priceless personnel! The labour & the personnel are absolutely PRICELESS! They could never get anybody else as good as we are! The paltry little pittance that they're giving financially & the use of their property is NOTHING compared to what WE'RE furnishing! So THEY'RE not to be the BOSSES! They haven't got a right to be the bosses even if they were furnishing it ALL! They ought to get that out of their heads!--WE'RE the heads of our teams!-THEY'RE only the HOSTS.
3. THEY NEED TO CONSULT WITH THE HOSTS & TRY TO GET THEIR AGREEMENT, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER IN CONTROL, they're no longer to be the BOSS! Our people are NOT to just consult only with the Hosts & not with their leaders! You just simply have to take COMMAND of the situation, that's all! You cannot let the Hosts just ride roughshod right on over you & tell you what to do! You can take their counsel & advice in some cases, because they know the people & the local situation, & you can consult with them, but you can't just let them RUN things! Amen, Lord, give our Family there love, patience & wisdom, but FIRMNESS, Lord, to remember that YOU'RE the Boss!
4. IF YOU DON'T OFFER PEOPLE JESUS, YOU'RE VIOLATING OUR OWN PRINCIPLES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS! What's the big difference in THAT situation? Everything still applies just the same, there's no difference! Just because you're using the Hosts' PROPERTY & you're in THEIR country doesn't make a bit of difference! We're still out to preach the GOSPEL, preach CHRIST & get people SAVED, otherwise FORGET it, you can go someplace ELSE where you CAN!
5. WE CAN'T HAVE LITTLE BABES THAT ARE HARDLY EVEN BABES, LIKE THOSE HOSTS, TELLING US HOW TO PREACH THE GOSPEL & HOW TO GET PEOPLE SAVED! I can't see that they've had an awful lot of FRUIT! Where's all of their fruit with their methods of holding off & waiting & taking it easy & all that stuff? Where are their CONVERTS? They're so afraid of protecting their REPUTATION so as to be RESPECTABLE!--JESUS made Himself of NO reputation!--Phil.2:7.
6. IF WE CAN'T PREACH THE GOSPEL, IF WE CAN'T PREACH JESUS, IF WE CAN'T GIVE THE PEOPLE JESUS & GET'M SAVED, WE MIGHT AS WELL FORGET IT! I mean, those buildings & places are no good to us if we can't use'm as TOOLS to WIN SOULS!
7. OUR HOSTS HAVEN'T HAD NEARLY AS MUCH EXPERIENCE AT THIS BUSINESS AS WE HAVE, they don't know as much about it as WE do, & putting THEMSELVES up as an authority to tell US how to do it is almost a LAUGH! WE know how to be careful, WE know how to be tactful, but there's NO WAY to preach the GOSPEL without preaching CHRIST! There's NO WAY to HELP folks without giving them JESUS, & there's NO WAY to get them SAVED without getting them to make a DECISION!
8. IF WE FAIL EVEN ONE OF THEM, WE'VE MADE A BIG MISTAKE! If we let ONE LOST SOUL slip through our fingers because we didn't insist they make a DECISION, then WE'RE to blame! The Lord says that very definitely! He says, "If you don't WARN the wicked of their wicked way, & they DIE in their iniquity, their blood will I require at THY hand!"-Eze.3:17-19. He'll blame US for their loss! If they don't know HOW to get SAVED, if they don't know JESUS, it's not THEIR fault, it's OURS! We're just going to have to STOP this soft-pedaling CHRIST!
9. IT'S LIKE ASKING A PRIZE FIGHTER TO PULL HIS PUNCHES & THROW THE FIGHT! IT'S CHEATING! It's CHEATING those people out of the TRUTH & out of SALVATION! It's CROOKED! It's disobeying the RULES! We're in there to FIGHT & WIN, not to try to throw the fight & lose by pulling our punches!
10. FOR GOD'S SAKE, WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL THEM EXACTLY WHO WE ARE, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN TELL THEM WE'RE CHRISTIANS! They've heard of Christians. They've even heard of CHRIST, but they don't really know much ABOUT Him. (Maria: This counsel applies all over the World.) That's for sure! Let's forget this business of pulling our punches just because they're Catholics or Muslims or Buddhists or Shintoists or Confucianists or Hindus or Pagans or WHATEVER they are!
11. (MARIA: THOSE SYSTEM JOBS REALLY DO TEND TO MAKE YOU PULL YOUR PUNCHES.)--Yes, & compromise with the System. It's a bad habit to get INTO, let me tell you, & it's a hard habit to BREAK! Lord help us!
12. IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE THOSE PLACES AS TOOLS to get AT people & WITNESS & be a TESTIMONY & preach CHRIST, give'm JESUS & get'm SAVED, then it's a waste of time, effort, money, personnel, everything!--And worst of all a waste of SOULS who are NOT getting saved who COULD be saved & SHOULD be saved!--That's the WORST of it! It's a waste of SOULS! It's a waste of EVERYTHING! The whole effort's in VAIN if we don't get them SAVED, if we can't give them JESUS, preach CHRIST, get them to make a DECISION, get them SAVED & on their way to HEAVEN!
13. OUR DEAR HOSTS ARE STILL TRYING TO BE RESPECTABLE! JESUS MADE HIMSELF OF NO REPUTATION! If they're trying to protect their REPUTATION, they might as well FORGET it! You can't be a CHRISTIAN & continue to be RESPECTABLE!--That's what happened to the CHURCHES! They wanted the respect of the SYSTEM, to continue to be respectable & have the respect of the Systemites! Being a real CHRISTIAN is very DISREPUTABLE to the System. You just can't do it, that's all!
14. YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR TO TRY TO CONFORM WITH THEIR TRADITIONS & WITH THEIR LITTLE CUSTOMS. You try to be polite & not be too forceful or cram things down people's throats, but you can certainly present your PRODUCT & invite them to BUY it! You can certainly preach JESUS & invite them to TAKE Him! We're not forcing it on them & we're not cramming Him down their throats. We're just ASKING them to RECEIVE Him if they WANT Him. They don't HAVE to take Him if they don't WANT Him. We're just PRESENTING HIM, that's all, telling them what He can DO for them, make them happy now & happy Hereafter, forever!--Save'm from all their troubles & problems, at least the WORST of them--HELL!
15. IF WE CAN'T PREACH JESUS, LET'S JUST FORGET IT! If those Hosts are going to ask us to continue to procrastinate & postpone it & put it off & delay it, forget it! What if that city was suddenly DESTROYED in a disaster or major calamity of some kind? What GOOD would all that DELAY do THEN?
16. NOW IF OUR HOSTS DON'T WANT US TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, TO PREACH JESUS, TO GIVE PEOPLE CHRIST & OFFER THEM SALVATION & GET THEM SAVED, THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE THERE! I think they WANT us to do that, but they just think they've got to walk very softly & very delicately & be careful how they do it, blah blah! Well, that's not the way to do it! There's only ONE way to preach JESUS & that's to PREACH JESUS, period! I don't know any other way to preach Christ & Him crucified without preaching JESUS & telling people we're CHRISTIANS, we believe in CHRIST, He's the SAVIOUR, & if you receive HIM you'll be SAVED & go to HEAVEN instead of HELL! I don't know any way to soft-pedal the Gospel or sugar-coat it some way!-Especially if you put so much sugar on it that you HIDE it & they can't even FIND it! !
17. OUR HOSTS WANT US TO SOFT-PEDAL THE GOSPEL, PULL OUR PUNCHES SO WE WON'T OFFEND ANYBODY! Let me tell you, if you start really preaching the GOSPEL, the FIRST one you're going to OFFEND is the DEVIL, & then you're going to offend HIS PEOPLE, you can just expect it! As long as the CHURCH people stay in their CHURCHES & don't bother HIM & HIS property, he'll leave'm alone. But the minute they start getting out of their churches & schools & going out & WINNING SOULS, well, that's too much for the Devil & his people, because you're BOUND to offend somebody, you can't help that!
18. "THEY THAT LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION!"--2Tim.3:12. I think they're just trying to put the persecution off as long as possible, because they know it's going to be Hell to pay when things let loose! But that's what we're called to do! If we can't preach the GOSPEL & get people SAVED, just forget it! If we're not supposed to ask them to receive JESUS & get a DECISION to get'm SAVED, we're wasting our time & EVERYTHING!--And MOST of all SOULS!
19. GOOD NIGHT! WHY SHOULD WE BE ASHAMED OF JESUS! The Lord Himself said, "He that is ashamed of Me & My Name in this wicked & adulterous generation, I'll be ashamed of him before the Heavenly Father & all the Holy Angels!"--Mark 8:38. You CAN'T be ashamed of JESUS! How are you going to preach JESUS if you're ASHAMED of Him & His NAME & of being a CHRISTIAN? But that's what it amounts to!
20. YOU'VE GOTTA "COME ON STRONG" TO PREACH THE GOSPEL! You've GOTTA have strong faith to preach JESUS & offer JESUS & SALVATION to people! You've gotta have STRONG FAITH to ask them to make a DECISION! "BE STRONG!" The Bible talks about that a LOT of times. Don't tell us not to come on too strong!--We CAN'T be "TOO STRONG!" (Maria: "Be strong in the Lord & in the power of His might, put on the whole armour of God!"-Eph.6:10-11.)--Fight! Amen!
21. PAUL DIDN'T SAY, "I HAVE HAD A GOOD TIME, I have not offended anybody & I've kept my reputation & I've remained respectable." That's NOT how he said he WON! He said, "I have FOUGHT a good FIGHT! I kept the FAITH! I FINISHED the course"-finished the job God sent him to do--"now I'm going to get a crown in Heaven!"--2Tim.4:7,8. There's only so far you can try to go easy.--The REST is a TOUGH FIGHT!
22. EVERY SINGLE SOUL YOU MEET YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR! If you don't WARN them & offer them JESUS, you have FAILED, & God is going to hold YOU responsible for that soul if you never see them again & you don't get to ask them to receive JESUS! Once you've presented CHRIST to them, offered them JESUS, offered them SALVATION, that's all you can do, you can't MAKE'M, the rest is up to THEM. If they don't WANT Him, well, at least you've done YOUR part, God will blame THEM then. If they've had their chance & they rejected it, it's THEIR fault.
23. WE'RE WASTING EVERYTHING!--TIME, MONEY, EFFORT, PERSONNEL, STRENGTH, & WORST OF ALL WASTING SOULS, & WE'VE JUST GOT TO QUIT IT! Let's make every blow count, every punch COUNT, & NOT PULL'M! Let's not go ANYWHERE without preaching CHRIST! Let's not talk to ANYBODY without preaching JESUS, otherwise there's no point! "Preach Christ & Him crucified!"--1Cor.1:23. Jesus said, "And I, if I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto ME!"--Jn.12:32. Preach the GOSPEL! If we DON'T, if we miss a single ONE, WE'RE responsible for them & what happens to them! If we DO preach them the Gospel & we offer them JESUS & they DON'T want Him, then that's THEIR funeral, not OURS!
24. GOD'S NOT GOING TO FIDDLE AROUND WITH THE FAMILY THERE MUCH LONGER IF THEY DON'T START PREACHING THE GOSPEL & GETTING FOLKS SAVED! That's what they're there FOR! They're there to preach the GOSPEL & TEACH their KIDS to preach the Gospel & teach them how to WITNESS & get folks SAVED! There's only one excuse any of us have got for being on this Earth!--To get folks SAVED for HEAVEN! What's our excuse for living if we're not going to get folks SAVED, if we're not going to preach the GOSPEL, if we're not going to preach JESUS, offer'm CHRIST & SALVATION & HEAVEN? What's the use of BEING here? We're wasting EVERYTHING if we're not giving'm JESUS!
25. SO COME ON, FAMILY, LET'S GET BUSY & DO IT & FORGET ALL THOSE RESTRICTIONS & INHIBITIONS & FEARS & DOUBTS & "GO EASIES" & "don't come on too strongs" & all that shit! Let's get busy & go to WORK!--That's what we're here for! I'm tired of hearing about all this fiddling around! Okay, folks, get GOING!
26. WE MAY HAVE TO KIND OF HIDE OUT OF SIGHT & OFF THE STREETS TO KEEP FROM INVITING TOO MANY PROBLEMS, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GO A LOT OF OTHER PLACES & PREACH THE GOSPEL! And for goodness sake, with people who've INVITED us on THEIR properties at THEIR invitation & to places they WANT us to go--clubs, hospitals, old folks' homes, schools etc.--we certainly have a right to DO what we CAME for, & that is give'm JESUS, tell'm what will make'm HAPPY, tell'm what WILL save'm & send'm to HEAVEN, a beautiful place!
27. SO LET'S GET BUSY & GET THE JOB DONE & STOP FIDDLING AROUND waiting for the "right time" & the "right place" & the "right people" & the "right way to present it," blah blah! The Bible says, "Be instant IN season & OUT of season!"-2Tim.4:2. WHATEVER you do, DO it!--Amen? God bless you! Fight team, fight! THAT'S what we're here for! Now let's get busy & start DOING the job & not fiddle around any more!
28. WE ARE HERE IN THIS WORLD TO SAVE SOULS, & WE ARE HERE TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO SAVE SOULS, & IF WE DON'T GET BUSY DOING IT, THEY'LL NEVER LEARN! If we keep telling them how to make people HAPPY & how to ENTERTAIN them without getting them SAVED, THAT'S not going to teach what we want our kids to know! We're teaching them the WORST kind of thing--COMPROMISE! We're teaching them to backwater, to back up & not go forward, & that's a terrible example to set for our own children, to take them out to ENTERTAIN & not to preach the GOSPEL!
29. WHAT'S THE USE OF TAKING'M OUT TO BRAG ABOUT HOW WELL OUR KIDS CAN SING, HOW WELL THEY PERFORM, HOW WELL THEY ENTERTAIN, how WELL they cheer people up for a few minutes, what good does THAT do? (Maria: "How WELL-behaved they are!") How WELL-thought-of we are! "BEWARE when all men think WELL of you!"--Luk.6:26. There's something WRONG with you when ALL men think WELL of you! You're not doing the JOB when ALL men think WELL of you, because if you do it RIGHT, you're bound to make the DEVIL & HIS people mad & offend them!
30. SO ARE WE GOING TO DO IT OR NOT? (Maria: Yes, Sir!) Well, then let's get busy & DO it, let the chips fall where they may! Do it sweetly, lovingly, kindly, patiently, tactfully, politely, but DO it! PTL! There's one thing we CAN'T do, & that is to be SO polite that we fail to preach the GOSPEL for fear we'll OFFEND somebody, to be so polite & so traditional, so customary that we're afraid to preach the GOSPEL lest we OFFEND them!
31. WELL, IF THE GOSPEL OFFENDS THEM, LET ME TELL YOU, THEY NEED TO BE OFFENDED, & we might as WELL do it NOW, the quicker the better! So let's GO, let's get BUSY, let's preach the GOSPEL, let's offer JESUS, let's get DECISIONS, let's get'm SAVED!--Or let's get OUTTA there, one or the other! Let's GET GOING or GET OUT! That's a good title for this!
32. (MARIA: IF THEY'D GET OUT & OBEY & REALLY DO THE JOB, I'M SURE THE LORD WOULD BLESS THEM MORE! But the Lord just doesn't bless it when they don't go FAR ENOUGH, when they don't really come RIGHT OUT with the Truth, the "WHOLE counsel of God!"--Acts 20:27. They sometimes tend to compromise the Message & just give out a LITTLE bit.
33. (FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE COUNTRY A GIRL IN THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LIVING WITH THE HEAD OF IMMIGRATIONS, & HAS 2 OR 3 CHILDREN BY HIM, & he's helped the Family time after time to be able to stay there. Well, it turns out that he didn't even know we were the FAMILY, she's covered it up this whole time! She just says, "My friends need help, please help my friends."
34. (FINALLY HE FOUND OUT & HE SAID, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ALL THESE YEARS? I could have been FED & really known the TRUTH & known what was going on, & here you just got me SAVED & you didn't go any FURTHER & you didn't tell me about the FAMILY!" For years he's been protecting the Family & helping them stay there but he didn't even know we WERE the FAMILY! Think of what she ROBBED him of!) God help us!
35. THE ONLY TIME PAUL REALLY COVERED IT UP & TRIED TO HIDE IT, THE LORD DIDN'T BLESS IT, he really paid for it, let me tell you! It'll be WORSE in the long run if we DON'T give'm JESUS, if we don't preach the GOSPEL! My goodness, it's bad enough when we have to sometimes hide that we're FAMILY, but for God's sake, we don't have to hide JESUS! (Maria: THAT girl didn't even have to hide the fact that we were FAMILY! He said, "If you'd only TOLD me it would have been the best thing in my life!" He's so turned on to the pubs & all the lit now, he thinks it's just great! He got saved & she's actually been living in his house & having his kids, but not telling him about the Family or who we were, even after he got saved!)
36. IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO ATTACK THE DEVIL, IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO HIT HIM, IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO FIGHT, YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO WIN! He'll just think he can get away with anything! You've got to GET ON with this war or GET OUT, one or the other!
37. YOU CAN'T FIGHT THE DEVIL WITHOUT FIGHTING! You can't WIN a war without WAGING it! You can't WIN a war without FIGHTING your enemies! You can't win a WAR without making ENEMIES! You can't FIGHT without making enemies! You can't preach the GOSPEL & win SOULS & get folks SAVED without making ENEMIES! And you can't do it & try to save your reputation & respectability! You've got to DO it or NOT do it! You've got to GET ON with it or GET OUT! PTL! Hallelujah! TYJ! Let's DO IT, amen?
38. --HOW ABOUT YOU?--ARE WE HERE TO ENTERTAIN, OR TO SAVE SOULS?--Let's GET ON with it or GET OUT!
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