REFUGES!         DO1003   5/4/81
--"He that saveth his life shall lose it, but he that loseth his life for My sake & the Gospel's, the same shall find it!" (Mk.8:35) Hallelujah!

         1. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE GOT MORE REFUGE FARMS & SURVIVAL SUPPLIES IN THE U.S. & AUSTRALIA THAN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHERE WE NEED THEM THE LEAST! Australia itself is a refuge, it's very unlikely to be in the line of fire, & for the rest of the World to get to Australia in an emergency would be pretty impossible.--Not that everybody shouldn't be conscious of some kind of refuge & survival, but some of you have gone nuts there in Australia!
         2. So many of you have come home from the mission fields to buy & set up your refuge farms & survival, it's almost unbelievable! You guys ought to be evangelising the whole South East Asia, South Pacific & East Indies! You had been doing a fairly good job of it, & I think that's just why the Devil's trying to get you distracted--saving yourselves when you ought to be out there trying to save the heathen!
         3. You've completely forgotten the Scripture, "Seek first the Kingdom of God & His righteousness & all those other things shall be added unto you." (Mt.6:33) Putting those refuge farms & survival first is certainly not seeking the Kingdom first!
         4. HIS Kingdom is SOULS! HIS Kingdom is MISSIONARY WORK! HIS Kingdom is reaching the LOST with the GOSPEL! You're putting all the things first & adding the things to yourselves first, & then you're going to put the Kingdom second after you have done all this other!--You're going to be sorry if you suddenly have to face the Lord, that you didn't do what He told you to do, to seek first the Kingdom! (See Luke 12:15-21,31.)
         5. JESUS SAID, "HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME, LET HIM TAKE UP HIS CROSS & FOLLOW ME! For he that would save his life shall lose it, but he that would lose his life for My sake & the Gospel's, the same shall save it!" (Mk.8:34,35)
         6. You guys who are so damn worried about SAVING your lives with your God-damned refuge farms & survival are the most apt to lose yours! God's not going to bless it! He's going to curse it, He's going to damn it & He's going to damn you too for it, for putting that first above God's work & serving souls & winning souls & preaching the Gospel!
         7. (Maria: The REST of the World hasn't gotten a lot of refuges.) Certainly not! The rest of the World certainly hasn't gone that crazy about it! If so, if you think you got that out of the Letters, God forgive me & I'm sorry I ever mentioned refuge farms or survival! Forget it!
         8. Forget your God-damned refuge farms! The LORD is our refuge! Forget your damned survival supplies, you don't have to survive! Die for Jesus! If you want to survive, well, "He that loseth his life for My sake & the Gospel's", Jesus said, "the same will save it!"--If you lose your life for Him! But if you try to save it, you're sure going to lose it!
         9. The dear little missionaries out on the field saving souls & preaching the Gospel are the ones who are going to save their lives! They're the ones that God's going to save, even if He has to do mighty miracles to do it!--Not the ones who are staying home busy building themselves fortresses & refuge farms & stocking up for years of survival!
         10. The BEST REFUGE is on the MISSION FIELD! The best survival is preaching the Gospel, Jesus Himself said so: "He that loseth his life for My sake & the Gospel's, the same shall save it." (Mk.8:35) You want to save your life? You want survival? Then lose it for Jesus & the Gospel, preaching it to others! But the fastest way to lose it is to try to save it!
         11. TO HELL WITH REFUGES & SURVIVAL! COME ON & FIGHT & DIE WITH US that are fighting & dying for Jesus to save the World, not our God-damned selves! Get out & lose your life for the Lord on the mission field & die for Jesus & souls, & you'll save a hell of a lot more than a God-damned refuge farm could ever hold!
         12. So you'd better ask the Lord to FORGIVE you & REPENT of your evil deeds of refuge farms & selfish survival. Some of you could sell all that stuff & finance you & a whole lot of other missionaries. And I'll tell you, God's not going to let it save you, not when you neglected His work to build it & save it!
         13. I'm sorry I had to fuss at you refugers & survivors, but you needed it! So may God help it to do you good so you'll do the rest of the World more good instead of just trying to save yourselves! "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose!"
         14. Refuges & survival stocks won't last, but SOULS are FOREVER!--Which are you stocking for Eternity?--The meat which perisheth or eternal souls forever? GBAKY safe in Jesus saving souls!--Not in false refuges saving yourselves!--Amen?