If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971)

1. Reverend Pirkle, are the pictures we are about to see true facts,

2. or are they figments of your imagination?

3. I can document every statement that I make in this film,

4. and all of the dramatized reenactments

5. are taken from actual events that have happened in Russia,

6. Korea, China and Cuba...

7. where the communists have already taken over.

8. The only difference is that we're using Americans

9. to emphasize that the same thing can and will happen here

10. if they take over.

11. What do you think of the future of America?

12. Are we going to experience years of prosperity,

13. or will we be trampled down under the feet of our enemies

14. like the horses in the book of Revelation

15. trample down on God's enemies?

16. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Estus Pirkle,

17. and I'd like to ask you a question.

18. What do you think about the future of our country?

19. Are you alarmed about the increased

20. crime rate in all of our cities?

21. Does the killing of policemen and judges

22. in nearly every major city disturb you?

23. What about the riots that are breaking out on our college campuses

24. nearly every week?

25. Do you think that this is just the

26. younger generation coming of age

27. and times will soon be better?

28. If this is your feeling,

29. I'm afraid you're in for a rude awakening.

30. The things that are happening in America today

31. are like a Sunday school picnic

32. compared to that which will take place

33. within the next twenty-four months

34. unless revival breaks out in our country.

35. Tens of millions of Americans

36. will be shot down like flies in our towns.

37. Many of you listening to me today

38. are going to see hundreds of dead bodies

39. on the streets of your hometown.

40. We are engaged in a tremendously important race

41. against some of the most powerful forces.

42. Whoever wins this race

43. will have dominion over our children,

44. our homes and our churches.

45. Are you tired of running against

46. the powerful evil forces, and about ready to give up?

47. If so, then what will you do when communism enters the race?

48. It too has great plans for your children,

49. your home and your church.

50. In the days of Jeremiah over 2,500 years ago

51. God's chosen people of Israel

52. were going down the road of life

53. as if everything were alright,

54. although God's prophets repeatedly warned them

55. to resist the evils of their day.

56. They paid no attention to them until suddenly,

57. disaster came.

58. They were invaded by Babylonian soldiers

59. who beat them and enslaved them

60. and left their homes in ruins.

61. Their temple was destroyed.

62. Hundreds of thousands were killed

63. and the rest were carried as slaves to far-off Babylon.

64. In like manner,

65. many people in America today

66. are walking down the journeys of this life,

67. unmindful of the present turbulence,

68. or the dangers that lie ahead of them.

69. It seems as if they will not be alerted

70. until communism marches up behind them and runs them down.

71. When communism comes,

72. these people will make a run for their lives, and attempt to escape.

73. They'll put up a good fight,

74. but it'll be too late.

75. They will not be able to defend themselves

76. from these terrible, ruthless killers

77. who will not stop until they have trampled them down

78. beneath their powerful heels.

79. Furthermore, their children will be helpless victims in their hands.

80. Communists do not regard the lives of boys and girls

81. any more than the lives of their parents.

82. They'll be under constant pressure

83. to yield to their atheistic demands.

84. If they refuse to yield,

85. they too must be liquidated.

86. Do these things seem farfetched to you?

87. If you lived in Russia, China or Cuba

88. they would not seem so.

89. The citizens of these countries, for many years

90. have felt the iron heel of communism

91. upon their daily lives.

92. And unless we have some rapid changes in our country,

93. our easygoing life

94. of forty hours a week workload

95. and two or three weeks of paid vacation a year will soon be over.

96. We too will be on the same schedule

97. of every communist nation on earth.

98. You will be at work by 5 o'clock in the morning.

99. You will work until 8 o'clock at night.

100. You will be forced to work under armed guards continually.

101. You won't work five days a week...

102. you won't work six days a week.

103. Instead, you will work seven days a week,

104. 363 days out of the year.

105. You will only have two days a year off.

106. Those two days will be used

107. to praise the communist takeover.

108. Time will weigh heavy upon you,

109. and the hands of the clock will seem to stand still.

110. Even heavier on your heart,

111. will be the memory of seeing children lying dead in the streets.

112. Who are these children?

113. They are Christian boys and girls

114. who refused to give up their faith in Christ.

115. Had they yielded to the demands to become atheistic communists,

116. they could have lived.

117. Yet, because they chose to remain steadfast to Jesus Christ,

118. they had to be annihilated to keep them from

119. contaminating the minds of other boys and girls.

120. Perhaps you're saying,

121. "I would not permit this kind of thing to happen."

122. How could you stop it from happening?

123. If you try to interfere

124. they will shoot you down like clay pigeons.

125. You pick me up after services, you hear?

126. I keep telling you I've gotta keep up my image.

127. You know, be seen in the proper places.

128. I'll be here, baby.

129. You sure you don't wanna come in?

130. Not on your life, baby.

131. I'm a lover, not a Christian.

132. Disobedient to parents, proud murderers,

133. rapists, traitors,

134. and many other such things.

135. Yet, the Bible also says

136. that something else is to occur in the last days.

137. The fifth chapter of James tells us,

138. that God's going to send revival

139. before Jesus comes back again.

140. Thank God. This thought thrills my very soul!

141. You too have the possibility of being in on it.

142. Although God has promised to send the latter rains in the latter days,

143. he has not promised to send it to America.

144. This is the thing that concerns me.

145. I'd like to see our country in on the latter rains.

146. But, unless you and I do what God wants us to do,

147. he'll go to some other country.

148. I'm disturbed about the brand of Christianity I see

149. in this modern 20th century in our country.

150. We see some strange young people in our land today.

151. Mothers and daddies, what do you want for your young people?

152. No doubt every one of you listening to me today

153. would say, "Preacher, more than anything else...

154. "I want my son or daughter saved by the grace of God."

155. If that takes place,

156. it'll be in spite of a bunch of footmen

157. that are running loose against your sons and daughters.

158. And you say, "Preacher, I want my son or daughter...

159. "to come to the marriage altar pure and virtuous."

160. "I want my son and daughter to have...

161. "something to live for and something to die for."

162. If these ambitions are reached today,

163. you're gonna have to fight against a bunch of footmen

164. that are running loose against our young people.

165. We've got footmen running loose today

166. that have not been running loose in a generation gone by.

167. We'll see some of them in just a moment.

168. But I see some strange young men and young women today.

169. I see strange people come into churches across the land.

170. Not long ago I stood up to preach

171. in a certain congregation, a young lady stood up to sing,

172. and she got catcalls from all over the house.

173. You know why?

174. She was dressed in a miniskirt 12 inches above her knees.

175. But, what was she singing?

176. She was singing, "I'll tell the world that I'm a Christian."

177. It's a strange thing that a young lady

178. should dress like the world,

179. and stand up and tell the world that I'm a Christian.

180. When you get saved by the grace of God,

181. it means a major change takes place in your life.

182. But we can't blame these young people for what's going on today

183. and let the adults go free.

184. They're strangers because we have refused

185. to get out and run against

186. the things that the young people are having to face.

187. Mother and daddy,

188. are you willing to let your children be destroyed

189. in the midst of this generation

190. when you could do something about it?

191. We are running against a strong footman

192. in the way of our public school system today.

193. When my daddy went to school in North Georgia in the early 1900s,

194. they did not have all of the facilities

195. that we have in our modern schools.

196. They played games that were simple, like drop the handkerchief.

197. And yet, they did not feel shortchanged.

198. They enjoyed it.

199. Inside that old, rundown school house

200. they excelled us by city block.

201. There they studied a masterpiece of a book.

202. The McGuffey Reader.

203. In the McGuffey Readers,

204. our parents were not only taught to read,

205. they were taught character.

206. Virtues taught to my father at home and church

207. were taught in the McGuffey Reader.

208. Such is not the case in many present-day classrooms.

209. Many modern teachers

210. think it more necessary to teach sex

211. than the three Rs.

212. Boys and girls,

213. As I have discussed with you many times before,

214. I personally believe that premarital sex is necessary.

215. And now we will go on to discuss

216. the seven erotic zones of passion in every woman.

217. The first one is...

218. And they go on to teach worse things.

219. Another footman that we must run against is the TV world.

220. Are you aware of how much your child's actions,

221. and attitudes are controlled by television?

222. The things they wear, the places they go,

223. the things they do are directly related to television.

224. For example, mother are you aware

225. of what your child is seeing on Saturday morning cartoons?

226. You say, "Cartoons? What could be wrong with that?"

227. Have you seen these cartoons?

228. Programs motivated to lead your child

229. into crime, into sex, into murder.

230. Since the advent of TV,

231. the crime rate in some areas has increased 1,000 percent.

232. Ought you not to be concerned about your child sees and hears?

233. Do you realize what effect television has

234. on a parent trying to read the Bible?

235. He has a choice to make.

236. Either the Bible or the TV program.

237. He soon closes the Bible to watch the program.

238. Is this happening in your house?

239. If so, ought you not to do something about it?

240. Oh, how times have changed.

241. They're adding so many more things to make our children go astray.

242. Today, we have the drive-in theater.

243. Have you considered what goes on down there?

244. It's nothing more than a spawning house for sex.

245. What's shown on the screen is nothing but raw sex and violence.

246. And there's no supervision.

247. Another question...

248. I'd like to know what's your attitude toward dancing?

249. You say, "Preacher, times have changed."

250. "I don't see anything wrong with dancing today."

251. Dancing is just as wrong as it's always been.

252. You say, "What's wrong with it?"

253. It's the front door to adultery.

254. The thing that started on the dance floor,

255. is expected to be finished

256. in a parked car or a motel somewhere.

257. Another thing that ought to disturb us is the liquor traffic.

258. Do you realize that 75 percent

259. of our young people are drinking before they finish high school?

260. Shall we tolerate this with simply raised eyebrows?

261. Well, if we can't stop these footmen,

262. there are horsemen that will do something about it.

263. And they are doing something about it,

264. when you consider drug addiction in our colleges,

265. high schools, and even in our grammar schools.

266. Ladies and gentlemen,

267. drug addiction is no offense of our children's imagination.

268. It's the creation of those people

269. bound and determined to take over our country.

270. And they're doing a pretty good job of it already.

271. Just listen to these statistics.

272. Over 47 percent of our returning vets from foreign wars

273. according to government reports,

274. are already addicted to some kind of drug.

275. Today, in New York City alone,

276. there are practically one death a day from drug addiction.

277. And there are those among us who dare to advocate

278. legalizing marijuana.

279. Don't tell me the horsemen are not already running.

280. And they're running just as hard to break up our homes.

281. Magazines, newspapers, and television

282. are all trying to make extramarital relationships appear alright.

283. There are even those who advocate a two-year trial marriage.

284. The general public is beginning to accept multiple marriages.

285. And even preachers are compromising at this point.

286. There are preachers today who will marry anyone.

287. It doesn't matter if the boy or girl has been married before.

288. They'll marry them anyway.

289. God's plan is for marriage till death.

290. Too many of us today don't have time to come to church.

291. We're busy all Sunday-long joyriding.

292. We have time to spend hours laughing and talking with our friends,

293. but we can't give God even one hour of our time,

294. either in the morning or in the evening.

295. There are many men today who are hurting the church tremendously.

296. They'll drive their family up to the church and let them out.

297. The mother and children beg him to get out

298. and to go into the church with them.

299. But he will not.

300. He has things more important than this to do.

301. Someday, men like this will want a church to go to,

302. but will find it's been closed.

303. Only then will they realize what an awful thing they did

304. in not going to church with their families.

305. When will they be sorry?

306. It will be when communism takes over America.

307. But you say, "Preacher, that could never happen."

308. It not only can happen,

309. but it will happen with jet age speed.

310. Are you aware that less than sixty years ago

311. there was not one communist in the world?

312. Whereas today, communism controls one billion one hundred million people.

313. That's half the population of the world.

314. Furthermore, they have advanced in their methods of conquering a country.

315. Whereas it took them one week to take over China

316. wit six hundred million people,

317. their plans call for taking over America

318. within fifteen minutes after zero hour.

319. Our only hope is God.

320. And unless we come back to God and that immediately,

321. one morning you will hear this

322. on your radio or TV set.

323. We interrupt this program

324. to bring you news bulletins from Washington DC,

325. all the wires have sinister account.

326. The President of the United States has been killed

327. in the White House along with the Secretary of State

328. and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

329. Other bulletins

330. coming from around the country say that the governors

331. of several states have been killed.

332. The governor of California, of Texas,

333. Arkansas, Louisiana,

334. and of New York.

335. There are other bulletins that tell us

336. that people are being herded in the streets

337. of the large cities and machine gunned down like cattle.

338. Ladies and gentlemen,

339. this is the communist takeover of the United States.

340. This is the end of democracy

341. as you and I know it.

342. And it will be the end of your freedom.

343. For the rest of your days,

344. all of your activities will be controlled by submachine guns

345. in the hands of men who have been taught to hate Christians,

346. and unless you obey their every command,

347. they'll do more than guard you.

348. They'll kill you.

349. In fact, it's their policy to kill people frequently

350. to keep the population terrorized.

351. Do you want to see your loved ones, neighbors, and friends

352. killed one by one,

353. not knowing who will get it next,

354. or when it will be you?

355. How many of you in this congregation

356. are thirty years old or older?

357. Would you raise your hands? Alright...

358. Do you know what communism says about you?

359. They say, "We're pretty sure we can't change your mind."

360. "The only ones we're interested in are those who are 29 and under."

361. And when communism takes over our country,

362. they intend to take our children out of our homes,

363. and right out of our lives.

364. Not only will they take your children away from you,

365. but once they've gotten them,

366. they're masters at brainwashing.

367. In their approach to make children hate Jesus Christ

368. they're nothing but cunning and subtle.

369. Today, my young comrades

370. we will discuss another matter.

371. We will not talk about our glorious communist state,

372. but instead...

373. we will talk about your Jesus Christ.

374. Now, how many of you believe in Jesus?

375. Come, come now, don't be bashful.

376. We know that your parents have taught you about Jesus.

377. Come on, raise your hands.

378. That's better.

379. How many of you now

380. still believe that Jesus answers prayers?

381. Now, how many of you

382. would like to have some candy?

383. That's better.

384. Since you believe that Jesus answers prayers,

385. let's see if your Jesus...

386. will bring you some candy now,

387. and produce a miracle.

388. I don't see any candy.

389. I don't taste any candy.

390. There is no candy.

391. Your Jesus didn't bring us any candy.

392. The reason why...

393. your Jesus Christ can't do it.

394. But I can tell you who can do it.

395. We will pray to our glorious leader

396. Fidel Castro,

397. and our glorious Fidel

398. will bring us all of the candy that we can eat.

399. I will show you a miracle.

400. Come here.

401. Come in, comrade.

402. This is a miracle from our glorious Fidel.

403. All of the candy that we can eat.

404. Here! Take all that you want.

405. This is a miracle.

406. Not from your Jesus Christ,

407. but from our glorious Fidel Castro.

408. Imagine substituting Fidel Castro for Jesus Christ.

409. Furthermore, they require them to work like slaves in the fields

410. twelve to sixteen hours a day during the summer.

411. Even during school days

412. they must work in the fields until way after dark.

413. I'm sure that you realize that children

414. need to work as well as adults,

415. but twelve to sixteen hours a day,

416. seven days a week for children is cruel slavery.

417. The Bible said yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus...

418. shall suffer persecution.

419. Many of you that are here today may have to suffer

420. because of your faith in Jesus Christ.

421. But when that hour comes

422. they will remember what God said in his word.

423. He told the apostle Paul,

424. "My grace is sufficient for thee."

425. Jesus told his disciples, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee."

426. And he told us in his word not to fear him

427. who could destroy only the body,

428. but rather to fear him who could destroy

429. both soul and body in hellfire.

430. And so God's grace.

431. Everybody, over here.

432. Alright, keep moving.

433. Move, I say!

434. Alright, right there now.

435. Right there.

436. Now which of these parents was teaching these children Christianity?

437. Imagine being slaughtered simply because he had the audacity

438. to teach people about Jesus?

439. And this child who was listening,

440. as with the other young Christians, will never have the opportunity again

441. to hear a Bible lesson taught.

442. Their eardrums will be punctured

443. with a pointed bamboo stick.

444. Oh, please! Oh, please!

445. We puncture your ears

446. so you cannot hear the word of God.

447. You find this shocking?

448. There are things more shocking to come.

449. The communist treatment of Christian women is horrible to imagine.

450. For example, they like to strip a woman naked,

451. tie her head to one jeep and her legs to another jeep,

452. and pull her limb from limb.

453. Perhaps the most horrible thing that communists do to Christian women

454. is to make them play toys in the hands of their soldiers

455. as we shall see in this documented incident.

456. Here you are, dear.

457. Thank you, darling.

458. How's the dress coming?

459. - Almost finished. - Good.

460. Now, I wonder who that could be?

461. I don't know?

462. Hey, what's this all about?

463. Come on, comrade.

464. Now wait just a minute...

465. Come have a drink of vodka.

466. You have a very beautiful wife.

467. You have no right to come busting into another man's house like this.

468. But I have every right.

469. This house don't belong to you.

470. It belongs to the state.

471. You have a pretty wife.

472. You leave my wife out of this.

473. If you have anything to discuss, take it up with me.

474. I will discuss it with you.

475. But this matter concerns your wife.

476. What do you mean it concerns me?

477. Everything.

478. After all...

479. that's why I came over here to... spend the night with you.

480. What? You must be joking.

481. What kind of man are you?

482. Oh relax, honey. I'll take care of this.

483. Listen. You get out of here before I throw you out.

484. What? You throw me out?

485. Ha! It'll be you who'll be thrown out of the house.

486. Imagine if that girl had been your wife,

487. or your sister, or your mother.

488. Not only could it be, but it will be

489. unless some changes take place.

490. There are people today who believe that

491. communism and Christianity can exist side by side.

492. The leaders of communism teach otherwise.

493. They say, and I quote,

494. "Either Christianity will win, or we will win."

495. "We cannot exist together." End of quote.

496. In every communist nation on earth,

497. Christians are continually persecuted,

498. imprisoned or killed.

499. How many of you believe in the immortality of the soul?

500. Do you know what communism teaches about you?

501. It teaches that you do not have a soul, but only a body.

502. And when you're dead, you're dead.

503. Furthermore, they teach that anybody

504. who believes in the immortality of the soul

505. is a diseased animal.

506. And the sooner they kill you, the better they like it.

507. Let's look at some vital statistics.

508. When communism took over in Korea,

509. they killed every Christian they could find.

510. They killed three million.

511. When they took over Russia, they killed twenty million.

512. When they took over China, they killed fifty million.

513. Their plans for America

514. is to kill sixty-seven million.

515. One of the top communists in America today said,

516. "I dream of the hour when the last congressman...

517. "is strangled to death on the guts of the last preacher."

518. "And since the Christians love to sing about the blood,

519. "let's give them a little of it."

520. "Let's cut the throats of their children...

521. "and let them drown in their own blood on the altar."

522. "Then we'll see if they enjoy singing these hymns or not."

523. Imagine seeing this sight on the altar of your own church.

524. Furthermore, imagine that this could be your child,

525. or grandchild whose throat has been cut.

526. Does this turn your stomach?

527. When it happens, you'll be able to do nothing about it

528. for there will be a communist soldier with a submachine gun

529. in every pulpit stand in America.

530. When communism takes over

531. they will want to know everything you've done

532. since you were five until your present age.

533. What is the expression, my friends? Uh...

534. Oh yes, I remember.

535. The family that prays together stays together.

536. Yeah, that's it.

537. Very good.

538. Alright now.

539. I want you all to listen very carefully.

540. You will note that the state wants your history.

541. Your exact history

542. from the age of five until this very moment.

543. Everything you have said and done.

544. In particular, your religious beliefs

545. and the amount of money you have made and given to the church.

546. Mister, can I ask you question, please?

547. It is your prerogative to ask.

548. If a person is not a, how do you say...

549. capitalist or a Christian, does he still have to write?

550. You write non-Christian, non-capitalist...

551. and the questionnaire is complete.

552. Tommy, you wouldn't...

553. You wouldn't deny what Christ has meant to this family.

554. Sis, tell mother I know I'm a Christian...

555. but God will forgive me if I lie about it just this once.

556. Tommy, tell them the truth.

557. Tell them that you are a Christian.

558. I would never deny my Lord.

559. I am not a Christian.

560. And I'm not a capitalist either.

561. But, I'm not a Christian.

562. Okay, Tommy.

563. I believe you.

564. Now let me review the facts.

565. You say that you are not a Christian.

566. Your mother says that she is.

567. Take my gun.

568. Shoot her.

569. I couldn't shoot her.

570. She's my mother.

571. Your facts are right. She is your mother.

572. But, mother or not, she is a diseased animal,

573. and she must be slaughtered like any diseased animal.

574. Now kill her, or we will kill you!

575. And they will kill you, too.

576. Communists love to torture people as much as they love to kill them.

577. In fact, they say, "We're not like Hitler."

578. If Hitler didn't like the way you looked, he'd put a bullet between your eyes.

579. Communist torture methods are slow and deliberate.

580. You think you've known cruelty?

581. Watch.

582. Here's a man tied to the ceiling of a porch.

583. He has been there for hours,

584. and will remain there for many more hours.

585. To see that his pain remains acute,

586. a guard hits him every so often

587. so that he will move about in more agony.

588. Here's another form of torture.

589. They make their victims stand seven inches from the wall.

590. It is at this point that one's vision becomes blurred.

591. They're required to stand there all night long

592. without food or water or sleep.

593. The guards will be changed through the night,

594. but the tortured must stand there and take it.

595. This goes on night after night after night...

596. until the victim's willpower is broken

597. and he becomes nothing more than a robot to say or do

598. what they want him to say or do.

599. In this torture, man is kept away

600. In this torture, man is kept away from water for two to three days

601. from water for two to three days

602. then salt poured into his mouth.

603. He's made to ensure unthinkable torture.

604. He's made to ensure unthinkable torture. Do these things seem unreal?

605. Do these things seem unreal?

606. This is what they want you to believe.

607. A preacher friend of mine was released from a communist prison

608. A preacher friend of mine was released from a communist prison after fourteen years of torture.

609. after fourteen years of torture.

610. The prison officials said to him,

611. "When you get back home

612. "tell all of the horrible things we've done to you."

613. "The people won't believe you."

614. Is this your attitude?

615. Then if so,

616. Then if so, you'll be able to see the reality of this

617. you'll be able to see the reality of this

618. in a little while in your own hometown.

619. Here is a documented incident of sure horror at its worst.

620. The man who's about to be killed did not break the law.

621. His only crime was being a Christian.

622. His own immediate family were forced to participate.

623. Alright, drop him.

624. I said drop him.

625. Drop him again.

626. Once more.

627. These people are sitting on benches

628. with no cushions or backs.

629. They'll be forced to sit there for seventeen hours.

630. From five in the morning until ten at night.

631. They will not be fed or watered

632. They will not be fed or watered until they return to their skimpy barracks.

633. until they return to their skimpy barracks.

634. Now you ask, "Why are they here?"

635. They're listening to a recorded lecture

636. They're listening to a recorded lecture that is repeated over and over and over again.

637. that is repeated over and over and over again.

638. "Communism is good."

639. "Communism is good."

640. "Communism is good."

641. "Christianity is stupid."

642. "Christianity is stupid."

643. "Christianity is stupid."

644. "Give up."

645. "Give up."

646. "Give up."

647. Perhaps you will say, "Well, preacher..."

648. "these things don't trouble me."

649. Why not?

650. You say, "Because Jesus Christ has to come back before these things can happen."

651. What makes you think Jesus has to come back first?

652. What makes you think Jesus has to come back first? You say, "The things that you're describing

653. You say, "The things that you're describing

654. You say, "The things that you're describing "could only take place in the great tribulation."

655. "could only take place in the great tribulation."

656. No, my friends.

657. These are things that have already taken place,

658. where Christians have had to face these things in times past.

659. He did not come back before

660. He did not come back before the Christians in Cuba got tormented.

661. the Christians in Cuba got tormented.

662. the Christians in Cuba got tormented. He did not come back before

663. He did not come back before

664. He did not come back before the Christians in Russia got tormented.

665. the Christians in Russia got tormented.

666. Why will he have to come back before

667. the Christians in America get paid off?

668. You say, "But preacher...

669. You say, "But preacher... "there's another reason why I do not believe

670. "there's another reason why I do not believe

671. "there's another reason why I do not believe "that these things shall ever happen."

672. "that these things shall ever happen."

673. "that these things shall ever happen." "Jesus said the gates of hell

674. "Jesus said the gates of hell

675. "Jesus said the gates of hell "shall not prevail before his church."

676. "shall not prevail before his church."

677. Yes. But, Jesus also said

678. Yes. But, Jesus also said to the church at Ephesus,

679. to the church at Ephesus,

680. "If you do not come back to me,

681. "If you do not come back to me, "I will remove the candlestick."

682. "I will remove the candlestick."

683. "I will remove the candlestick." My concern is that God may leave us behind,

684. My concern is that God may leave us behind,

685. My concern is that God may leave us behind, and go to some nation like Indonesia,

686. and go to some nation like Indonesia,

687. and go to some nation like Indonesia, or Brazil, who is seeking after God.

688. or Brazil, who is seeking after God.

689. or Brazil, who is seeking after God. Ladies and gentlemen,

690. Ladies and gentlemen,

691. Ladies and gentlemen, there is only one hope for us.

692. there is only one hope for us.

693. there is only one hope for us. And that is 2 Chronicles 7:14

694. And that is 2 Chronicles 7:14

695. And that is 2 Chronicles 7:14 God said, "If my people, called by my name...

696. God said, "If my people, called by my name...

697. God said, "If my people, called by my name... "will humble themselves and pray...

698. "will humble themselves and pray...

699. "will humble themselves and pray... "and seek my face and turn from their wicked way,"

700. "and seek my face and turn from their wicked way,"

701. "and seek my face and turn from their wicked way," "then I will hear from heaven,"

702. "then I will hear from heaven,"

703. "then I will hear from heaven," "I will forgive their sin,"

704. "I will forgive their sin,"

705. "I will heal their land."

706. "I will heal their land." God does not despise a broken and a contrite heart.

707. God does not despise a broken and a contrite heart.

708. But if we go on in our pride, go on in our sinfulness,

709. But if we go on in our pride, go on in our sinfulness, neglecting God's house, God's word, God's ways,

710. neglecting God's house, God's word, God's ways,

711. neglecting God's house, God's word, God's ways, we will be slaughtered like cattle.

712. we will be slaughtered like cattle.

713. we will be slaughtered like cattle. We too, will be shot down like flies.

714. We too, will be shot down like flies.

715. We too, will be shot down like flies. You and I must come back to our churches.

716. You and I must come back to our churches.

717. You and I must come back to our churches. We must come back to the preaching of the word of God,

718. We must come back to the preaching of the word of God,

719. We must come back to the preaching of the word of God, or it's over in our nation.

720. or it's over in our nation.

721. Judy, I implore you

722. to surrender your soul to Jesus.

723. - Okay. - Until you do, you'll never know salvation.

724. - Okay. - Until you do, you'll never know salvation. Okay, I'll do it Sunday. Okay?

725. Okay, I'll do it Sunday. Okay?

726. Well Judy, I implore you.

727. - Well Judy, I implore you. - Read the scripture. - Okay, mama. Okay.

728. - Read the scripture. - Okay, mama. Okay.

729. Are you willing to repent of your sins

730. and come back to God now?

731. If you read the scriptures, you'll see that

732. If you read the scriptures, you'll see that God has always demanded repentance

733. God has always demanded repentance

734. God has always demanded repentance on the part of both the lost and the saved.

735. on the part of both the lost and the saved.

736. Has God dealt with you about

737. Has God dealt with you about spending so much time watching TV

738. spending so much time watching TV

739. spending so much time watching TV and neglecting the study of God's word?

740. and neglecting the study of God's word?

741. Then why don't you give it up as this fine couple did?

742. Also, how delighted you might be

743. to see the great change in your children.

744. There can be no revival unless God's people

745. There can be no revival unless God's people start coming back to his house of worship.

746. start coming back to his house of worship.

747. His command is not to forsake

748. the assembling of ourselves together.

749. We mustn't just come on Sunday morning,

750. but on Sunday night as well.

751. We mustn't come just when we feel like it,

752. but when we don't feel like it.

753. Even as your employer expects you to be on the job regularly,

754. God's people are expected to attend God's services regularly.

755. Yes, we must come back and worship Jesus.

756. This is what we need.

757. And also preachers who will get up and preach the word

758. And also preachers who will get up and preach the word under the anointing of the spirit of God.

759. under the anointing of the spirit of God.

760. I'm glad God has not chosen

761. I'm glad God has not chosen the things of the world.

762. the things of the world.

763. the things of the world. Even the world in all of its wisdom

764. Even the world in all of its wisdom

765. and in all of its knowledge

766. and in this age of technology

767. and in this age of technology that God has chosen the simple things

768. that God has chosen the simple things

769. that God has chosen the simple things and the foolish things to the world

770. and the foolish things to the world

771. and the foolish things to the world to confound the things which are mighty.

772. to confound the things which are mighty.

773. to confound the things which are mighty. We're also the Lord's by identification.

774. We're also the Lord's by identification.

775. And the church must identify

776. with such dynamic preaching.

777. with such dynamic preaching. We must seek God's face

778. We must seek God's face

779. We must seek God's face in public worship, in private devotion, and in daily living.

780. in public worship, in private devotion, and in daily living.

781. And there's another thing that God said we must do.

782. He said we must turn from our wicked ways.

783. He said we must turn from our wicked ways. He did not say that we must talk about turning.

784. He did not say that we must talk about turning.

785. There are many people who have a good talk against sin.

786. There are many people who have a good talk against sin. But their actions are otherwise.

787. But their actions are otherwise.

788. Their philosophy is,

789. Their philosophy is, "Don't be like I do, but do like I say."

790. "Don't be like I do, but do like I say."

791. "Don't be like I do, but do like I say." Will this please God?

792. Will this please God?

793. No. We must not call our sins

794. just simply mistakes or shortcomings.

795. just simply mistakes or shortcomings. But we must call it wickedness,

796. But we must call it wickedness,

797. even as God does.

798. We must give up all our wicked ways.

799. Judy, I implore thee.

800. Read the scriptures.

801. You will be the death of me.

802. Go back into your minds.

803. Have you offended a loved one?

804. Have not asked their forgiveness?

805. Someday you'll regret not straightening this out.

806. What does God's day mean to you?

807. Are you using it for your own profit and pleasure,

808. or for God?

809. Every nation that has violated God's day

810. Every nation that has violated God's day as America is doing, has been destroyed.

811. as America is doing, has been destroyed.

812. God's commandment, "Thou shalt not commit adultery" is still in effect.

813. Are you obeying it?

814. God still expects us to be pure

815. in our thinking, talking,

816. reading and doing.

817. Judy.

818. Mama.

819. - Mama? - Judy...

820. Mama, what is it? Are you alright?

821. Mama...

822. Mama, what can I do?

823. Are you alright, mama?

824. Mama, I'm going to call a doctor, alright?

825. Alright, mama? Alright.

826. Ask yourself, have you done right by your friends,

827. your loved ones, and your Lord.

828. Alright, mama, it's going to be alright.

829. The doctor will be here in just a minute.

830. You look fine anyway, you're gonna be fine, mama.

831. I would be satisfied

832. if my little girl...

833. accepts the same kind of blessing...

834. Mama?

835. Mama...

836. Mama.

837. Mama.

838. Oh, mama...

839. If you ever intend to get your life right with God,

840. I'd do so now.

841. The day will come when it'll be too late.

842. How do you feel about God's ten commandments?

843. In this 20th century, the world treats them lightly.

844. But God's people must not do so.

845. Are you serving any other god?

846. What about the almighty dollar?

847. Many people love their money more than their God,

848. and serve it more faithfully.

849. What about taking God's name in vain?

850. Do blasphemy and cursing come out of your lips?

851. Whatever it is that God has dealt with you about,

852. are you willing to do it?

853. You say, "Preacher, I'm willing to try."

854. You must do more than try.

855. You must do more than try. You must do it.

856. You must do it.

857. Let me give you one final example.

858. This actually happened in another country,

859. but it could happen here.

860. Good morning, comrade pastor.

861. My dear comrade, don't go.

862. My dear comrade, don't go. Happy of your presence and,

863. Happy of your presence and,

864. Happy of your presence and, how do you people say, your fellowship?

865. how do you people say, your fellowship?

866. Tell me, comrade pastor

867. Did you convert any souls today?

868. This young couple accepted

869. the Lord as their savior today.

870. Why, they are to be congratulated.

871. Nickolai.

872. See that this young couple is

873. properly congratulated.

874. And Nickolai...

875. see that they get the... usual present.

876. Please go with Nickolai.

877. What's the matter, dear boy?

878. Where's my mama and my daddy?

879. You've killed them, haven't you?

880. Yes.

881. Yes. Think of how much better off you will be.

882. Think of how much better off you will be.

883. The state will provide for you.

884. The state will provide for you. Take care of your every need

885. Take care of your every need

886. Take care of your every need much better than your mother or father either.

887. much better than your mother or father either.

888. I won't go.

889. I want my mama and my daddy!

890. Now, you listen to me little boy...

891. What is done is done.

892. You now belong to the state.

893. Now you listen very carefully to what I have to say.

894. We do not want to kill you.

895. But, we will... unless you cooperate.

896. Now then...

897. Now, if you will step on this picture of your Jesus...

898. Now, if you will step on this picture of your Jesus... with your heels, we will let you go free.

899. with your heels, we will let you go free.

900. But, if you don't...

901. we will cut your head off.

902. Jesus...

903. One day you died for me,

904. now I'm willing to die for you.

905. Why you stupid little fool.

906. I know that this tragedy shocks you Judy,

907. even as it shocks the rest of us.

908. But, suppose that that had been you

909. instead of that little boy getting killed

910. and you not being ready to meet Christ...

911. you would've been carried straight to hell,

912. and the torments of communism are nothing

913. and the torments of communism are nothing compared to the torments of a burning hell.

914. compared to the torments of a burning hell.

915. Will you make your decision for Christ?

916. Why don't you get up from where you are right now

917. and come to Jesus?

918. How often your mother prayed for the day

919. How often your mother prayed for the day when you'd publicly declare your faith in Christ.

920. when you'd publicly declare your faith in Christ.

921. Your mother was a good woman.

922. She talked to me so many times about her concern for you,

923. how she longed to see you saved.

924. I remember the day we buried her.

925. And even though she lay at this alter silent in death,

926. you, Judy, must've known that she would've died easier

927. knowing that you had accepted Jesus

928. knowing that you had accepted Jesus as your own personal savior.

929. as your own personal savior.

930. Oh, mama...

931. Mama.

932. I never really listened...

933. If I'd only known.

934. Your mother wanted you to surrender your soul to him, Judy.

935. Judy.

936. My little girl.

937. How long I have prayed...

938. that one day you would come to God's altar

939. that one day you would come to God's altar and surrender your soul to him.

940. and surrender your soul to him.

941. Oh, how your mother wanted you to know salvation.

942. Oh, how your mother wanted you to know salvation. Until you do, you will never know

943. Until you do, you will never know

944. the real meaning of the word "salvation."

945. I know that God

946. I know that God will answer my prayer someday.

947. will answer my prayer someday.

948. So that you will come to know

949. the only way is a pure Christian life.

950. She said to you that the only way

951. was a pure Christian life.

952. Judy.

953. I pray for this.

954. I know... I am dying.

955. But, I will die happy knowing

956. that I have a found a way to eternal life

957. through our Lord and savior, Jesus.

958. Your mother found eternal life through Jesus Christ.

959. What about you, Judy?

960. God bless you, sweetheart.

961. God loves you.

962. Just remember, Judy...

963. and God loved your mother, and he loves your equally.

964. Judy, will you kneel with me at the altar?

965. Now Jesus said but as many has received him

966. Now Jesus said but as many has received him to them gave he power to become the sons of God.

967. to them gave he power to become the sons of God.

968. Are you willing today

969. Are you willing today to receive Jesus as your personal savior?

970. to receive Jesus as your personal savior?

971. I've sinned against my mother's wishes.

972. Dear God, I know I've offended you.

973. Jesus, please take me back.

974. Please Lord.

975. When mother asked me...

976. to turn to you I laughed at her.

977. I was wrong, Lord.

978. Please, listen to me.

979. Please, take me back.

980. Please, take me back. And forgive me of my sins.

981. And forgive me of my sins.

982. God, please.

983. Please let me mother know that I've come home.

984. I know all things are possible to you.

985. God, save me.

986. Save me.

987. Jesus said

988. Jesus said that as many has received him

989. that as many has received him

990. to them gave he power to become the sons or the daughters of God.

991. Are you willing tonight

992. Are you willing tonight to receive him as your personal savior?

993. to receive him as your personal savior?

994. to receive him as your personal savior? Yes, sir.

995. Yes, sir.

996. Yes, sir. And that you won't be ashamed for the whole world to know.

997. And that you won't be ashamed for the whole world to know.

998. Yes, sir.

999. Have you invited him into your heart?

1000. Do you have peace? Do you have joy?

1001. Can you thank him for saving you?

1002. Thank God.

1003. Thank God. If you died now, where would you go?

1004. If you died now, where would you go?

1005. If you died now, where would you go? I'd go straight to God.

1006. I'd go straight to God.

1007. Alright, let's thank him together.

1008. Father, thank you for saving another soul.

1009. Father, thank you for saving another soul. We thank you that Judy

1010. We thank you that Judy

1011. We thank you that Judy has come to know you as her personal Savior.

1012. has come to know you as her personal Savior.

1013. And may we know from this night forth,

1014. the joy and victory that only Jesus and yield.

1015. the joy and victory that only Jesus and yield. Thank you for saving Judy.

1016. Thank you for saving Judy.

1017. Thank you for saving Judy. In Jesus name.

1018. In Jesus name.

1019. You, too, might have a need

1020. for Jesus to come into your life. You, too, might have a need

1021. for Jesus to come into your life.

1022. Or perhaps you might need more information.

1023. If so, please write me.

1024. Estus Pirkle

1025. New Albany, Mississippi.

1026. But, right now at this very moment

1027. wouldn't you like to receive Jesus

1028. wouldn't you like to receive Jesus as your own personal savior?

1029. as your own personal savior?

1030. Will you get up and come to the altar?

1031. This could be the most important decision of your lifetime.

1032. Will you come?

1033. Will you come?

1034. Will you come?