DECLARATION OF REVOLUTION!       DFO1336  9/68
--The famous Declaration of Revolution that marked our dramatic break with the established churches & systems of Man!
--Huntington Beach, California, 1968!

         1. WE BELIEVE WHAT JESUS SAID, NOT JUST WHAT THE PREACHERS SAY! The preachers say, "Go to church on Sunday & don't forget to bring your money!" Jesus said, "Go out into the highways & the byways & compel them to come in!" (Lk.14:23) And He wasn't talking about a building, He was talking about the Kingdom of God!
         2. Today's average church preachers say, "Be sure you feed me." Jesus said, "Feed My SHEEP!" (Jn.21:15-17) The average church today says, "Let's build a great building." Jesus said, "Go out & make disciples of all nations!" (Mt.28:19,20) The average church today says, "Let's organise a big denomination." Jesus said, "Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them." (Mt.18:20)
         3. The average church today says, "Be good! Go to church & you're a Christian!" Jesus said, "He that keepeth My commandments, he it is that loveth Me." (Jn.14:21) They asked, "What are the greatest commandments?" He said, "To love God & love thy neighbour as thyself." (Mt.22:37-39)
         4. I'M HERE TO START A REVOLUTION! I'm here to turn that System upside down & do what Jesus did, & show you what real Christianity is & what real religion is! And it's not going to church on Sunday!
         5. In fact, the church today is about as far away from what Jesus preached as Capitalism is from Communism! Jesus never said to build one single building & He never said to go to church on Sunday!
         6. He just said, "Love God & love your neighbour as yourself, & get out & tell'm all about it! GO!" "Pray the Lord of the harvest that He shall send forth labourers into His harvest, for His harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers, the workers, are few." (Mt.9:37,38) But the church's buildings are full of a bunch of benchwarmers!--No workers, no labourers, a bunch of pew-sitters! Pew! Pew! They've sat there so long they stink!
         7. I'm here for REVOLUTION!--The RIGHT kind.--Not violence, not guns, not swords, not that kind of revolution, but a Revolution by the Sword of the Spirit! (Eph.6:17) This Sword doesn't kill, it gives eternal life! And that's the only kind of revolution that's going to work & last & accomplish anything that really means anything.
         8. So TUNE IN with the Word of God, Jesus Christ, TURN ON to the power of the Spirit, & DROP OUT of the traditions & the folderol that has nothing to do with Christianity whatsoever, & get out & love one another & feed My sheep!--That's what Jesus did!
         9. JESUS WAS A REVOLUTIONARY! Jesus rebelled against the status quo. He said, "You ought to learn something, I would have mercy & not sacrifice! I'll have love & mercy & not a bunch of churchianity!" (Mt.9:13; 12:7)
         10. Who would ever hire a bunch of benchwarmers that couldn't fight a game on the field? You've got to get on the field & play the game & be a part of the team! You can't win the game by sitting on the bench! And yet nearly the whole church of Jesus Christ is sitting on the bench, watching everybody else play.
         11. My God, help us to get out there & FEEL the fight & PLAY the game according to the rules of God, the love, the mercy, the peace, the non-violence & the unity with Jesus Christ. That's the solution, that's the answer, that's where it's at!
         12. The only answer is the Love of God, the Love of Christ.--That's the only thing that will ever bring real revolution. Communism might be able to overcome the World with guns & bullets & propaganda, but only God can change hearts!--Only the truth can bring freedom. (Jn.8:32)
         13. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE GOING TO HELL, & A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE LIKE YOU & ME GOING TO HEAVEN, because the good people think they're good enough to make it on their own, but we know we've got to have God to help us. Jesus told a bunch of hippies & drunks & harlots & publicans & sinners, "You're going to get to Heaven before these big church leaders, these Scribes, Pharisees & hypocrites!" (Mt.21:31)--Because they received Him gladly. (Mk.12:37)
         14. All you have to do is take Jesus! Do you want to receive Jesus? You don't have to come to an altar, you don't have to stand up, sit down, turn over, stand on your hands, it has nothing to do with the position of your body!--It's all in how you position your heart!
         15. (Prays:) Lord, we thank Thee for Thyself, that Thou art a powerful Jesus, the Son of God Who can do miracles, change the heart of anybody here, come in & forgive their sins & make them a new clean creature in You, a child of God. You love them, Lord, & You want to change them. Make them what You want them to be. In Jesus' name.
         16. To those of you who receive it, it is for you to understand. But for those who reject it, we are not ministers of salvation, but ministers of damnation. (2Cor.2:15,16)--And if you don't want Jesus Christ, well then, go to Hell!