REVOLUTIONARIES

LET'S TALK
ABOUT
OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR
AND
COURAGE
THIS MONTH

I
WILL BEGIN
WITH
A TRUE STORY
WHICH LEADS TO
ANOTHER
TRUE STORY
WHICH RESULTS
IN YET
ANOTHER
TRUE STORY

FOLLOW
ME
                     PLEASE . . .

THE
CHURCH DOORS
OPEN
THE
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED
IT IS THE
FIRST NIGHT OF THE PLAY
AND THE
ACTORS AND ACTRESSES
ARE
NERVOUS AND HOPEFUL

THEY
PRAY THAT
THE MESSAGE
OF THE PLAY COMES ACROSS
WELL

WHAT IS THE STORY?

"THE CROSS AND THE SWITCHBLADE"

IT IS THE
STORY OF A YOUNG, SKINNY PASTOR
WHO LEFT HIS COMFORT
TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH
WITH
MY LOVE
THE
HARDENED STREET KIDS
OF NEW YORK

ONE YOUNG MAN, NICKY CRUZ
BEGAN
HIS OWN ASSIGNMENTS
FROM
ME
LATER
AFTER BEING TOUCHED
BY PASTOR DAVID WILKERSON

IT TOOK
GREAT COURAGE
AND
OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR
TO
FOLLOW
MY VOICE
TO GO
TO
NEW YORK
AND
HELP THE KIDS

"OUTRAGEOUS AND COURAGEOUS"
WERE NOT
TRULY THE WORDS
USED BY THOSE
WHO KNEW THE YOUNG PASTOR

"FOOLISH"
WAS THE POPULAR WORD
USED BY THOSE WHO HEARD
BUT HE
STEPPED OUT
AND
I
TOOK HIS HAND
AND
THE
WORLD HAS CHANGED

IT TAKES
OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR AND COURAGE
GOING BEYOND
EVEN
WHAT PEOPLE THINK
IS FOOLISH
TO
PLEASE
ME

I
GIVE PEOPLE A TASK
THAT THEY SURELY
CANNOT
ACCOMPLISH ON THEIR OWN
WHY?

BECAUSE
TO DO
MY WORK
IT
MUST BE DONE
IN
MY POWER

IF
YOU ARE
GIVEN A JOB TO DO
BY A BOSS OR PARENT OR TEACHER
THEY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY TO DO
THAT TASK

WHEN
I
GIVE A COMMAND
THERE IS
NO WAY
FOR YOU
TO
ACCOMPLISH IT
IN
THE
FLESH
TO
BRING ABOUT
MY DESIRED RESULTS

LET'S GO BACK
TO THE CHURCH SETTING . . .

THE PEOPLE
SIT IN PEWS WITHIN
THIS LOVELY CHURCH BUILDING
THEY ARE COMFORTABLE
WELL-FED AND LOVED
AND THEY
WATCH AND WATCH AND WATCH
THEY ARE ENTERTAINED
THEY ARE AMUSED
THEY ARE KEPT ENTHRALLED
FOR THE LENGTH
OF THE PLAY

THE
PLAY ENDS
AND THE PEOPLE THRONG
TO CONGRATULATE THE ACTORS

"What a wonderful job you did"
"We are so very proud of you"

AND IT
GOES
ON AND ON

THE
PEOPLE
GATHER OUTSIDE
THE SANCTUARY TO DRINK
ONE LAST CAPPUCCINO

WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?

NOTHING

DID
I
SEND
DAVID WILKERSON
TO
NEW YORK CITY
TO
SAVE YOUNG PEOPLE
SO THAT
A CHURCH COULD MAKE MONEY
ON THE TALE
OF
THIS HAPPENING?

WHAT IS THE FOCUS OF THIS PLAY?

THE
THEME IS:
THE COURAGE OF A YOUNG PASTOR
TO STEP OUT WHERE
ONLY I
COULD GO WITH HIM

ARE THE PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PLAY
FED THIS SAME COURAGE?

NO
THEY ARE
NOT

THEY ARE
SIMPLY ENTERTAINED

LET
ME
TELL YOU
ONE MORE STORY

THERE WAS
A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO ATTENDED THIS SAME CHURCH
WITH HER CHILDREN
IT CAME
TO
HER ATTENTION
THAT
HANDICAPPED PEOPLE
WERE NOT
WELCOME TO ATTEND
FOR YOU SEE
THIS IS A CHURCH
WHERE
ONLY "PERFECT"
PEOPLE MAY COME

THE
LEADERSHIP
DID NOT
WANT TO BE
EMBARRASSED
WITH FLAWED PEOPLE
IN THEIR MIDST

AT
MY COMMAND
SHE BROUGHT THIS MATTER
BEFORE THE LEADERS
AND WAS ASKED
TO LEAVE

ULTIMATELY
HER CHILDREN WERE ASKED
TO LEAVE
AND THERE IS
A RESTRAINING ORDER
AGAINST HER AND HER CHILDREN
FROM STEPPING
ON THE
GROUNDS
OF
THIS CHURCH

I
TOLD HER TO PICKET
THE
CHURCH
FROM OUTSIDE
THE
CHURCH BOUNDARIES

SHE DID
HER SIGN SIMPLY READ
"DO YOU HAVE ROOM IN YOUR HEART FOR ME?"

NOW FOLLOW
ME
BACK
TO THE
BEGINNING
OF
THIS STORY

THIS
MY FRIENDS
HAPPENED
AT THE
SAME CHURCH
WHERE THEY APPLAUD
YOUNG DAVID WILKERSON
FOR HIS
COURAGEOUS, OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOR
TO BRING
SALVATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE
AND YET
WHEN A
RIGHTEOUS DILEMMA
IS PRESENTED
TO THEM
THEY CALL THE POLICE
INSTEAD
OF
REPENTING

THEY
MAKE MONEY
FROM A PLAY
THAT NONE OF THEM
WOULD EVER
ATTEMPT
IN
REAL LIFE

DO
YOU SEE HOW FAR
THE
CHURCHES
HAVE STEPPED
FROM
TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS?

THEY BRING IN
MONEY
BY ENTERTAINING
STAGNANT CHRISTIANS
WITH
A TRUE STORY
OF
COURAGE
AND
LIFE
AND
OUTRAGEOUS OBEDIENCE
BUT
WHEN
IT IS PRACTICED
IN
THEIR MIDST
THEY CALL THE POLICE

WHAT WILL YOU DO, PEOPLE?

YES
DAVID WILKERSON WAS A HERO
THAT FOUGHT
FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES
AND WON
BUT
THE CHURCH
IS NOT
A
PLACE OF COURAGE
AND
OUTRAGEOUS RIGHTEOUS BEHAVIOR
ANY LONGER

______

NEXT "PLAY" AT
LIFE CHURCH
#14

****  EZEKIEL 5  ****

_________

A
SHORT PARABLE
FOR
MY FRIEND
NICKY CRUZ
TO
RELAY THE SHAPE
OF THE
WORLD
THESE DAYS
AND
HOW
TO
PURELY CONQUER
THE
"BEAST"

THERE WAS
A YOUNG MAN
WHO
STEPPED
UPON THE SUBWAY
ONE WINTER DAY
HE WAS WELL-EQUIPPED
WITH KNIVES AND A GUN
HE WORE BAGGY JEANS
NICELY PRESSED SHIRT
AND A HAT
OF
DISTINCTION

THIS
YOUNG MAN WENT FAR
ALTHOUGH NO ONE
WOULD SIT NEXT TO HIM
ON THE SUBWAY
THEY
FEARED HIM SO

NEXT SCENE
YOU FIND
THIS YOUNG MAN
STEPPING UPON THE SUBWAY
WITH
DIFFERENT AMMUNITION
A LARGE BIBLE
HE WEARS A SUIT, TIE
AND TALKS
IN "CHRISTIAN" LINGO
STILL FEW SIT NEXT
TO THIS MAN
THEY DO NOT FEAR HIM
HE JUST
APPEARS
ODD

A YOUNG BOY
GETS ON AT THE NEXT STOP
AND PRESSES HIMSELF
NEXT TO THE MAN
HE DOESN'T THINK
THIS MAN
IS ODD
HE DOESN'T FEAR HIM
BUT FEELS SAFE
NEXT TO HIM
VERY, VERY, VERY
SAFE

THE
CHILDREN COME
NICKY
THEY COME TO SAFETY
IN YOU
AND
ME

ADULTS
STILL FORM THEIR OPINIONS
AND
YOU MAY FEEL
AS THOUGH
YOU WILL FOREVER
BE ON
THE
"OUTSIDE"
OF
THEIR CIRCLE
BUT
THEIR CIRCLE
IS
NOT
WHERE
I AM

I AM
WITH
THE CHILDREN

PULL
THE CHILDREN
CLOSE TO YOU
YOUNG MAN

YOU ARE
NO DIFFERENT
THAN THAT YOUNG MAN
WHO SURRENDERED
YOUR ALL
ONE NIGHT YEARS AGO

THE
KIDS KNOW YOU
THEY TRUST YOU
THEY LOVE YOU
LET
THEM FIND YOU

BE
WHERE
THEY
CAN "SIT NEXT TO YOU"
BE
WITH
THEM AS
I AM
WITH YOU

THE
ADULTS WILL TRY
TO
CATEGORIZE YOU
AND
MAKE YOU
ENTERTAIN THEM

THEY
WILL TRY
TO
CONTROL YOU
AND EVEN
TAKE MONEY
FROM YOU
WHY?

BECAUSE
THEY ARE
NOT
TRULY MINE
THEY DO
NOT
HAVE A HEART LIKE
MINE

YOU DO!

STAY WITH
ME
AND WE WILL
REVOLUTIONIZE
A WHOLE
NEW GENERATION
FOR
MY GLORY

I
LOVE YOU, NICKY
ALWAYS HAVE
ALWAYS WILL

LOVE THE CHILDREN

LET THEM
BE
WITH YOU
AS
I AM
ALWAYS
WITH YOU

YOU WERE
"BORN"
TO
FATHER THEM
AS
I
FATHER
YOU

WELL DONE, SON
WELL DONE!

***

THERE
WAS A
YOUNG WOMAN
ONCE WHO DECLINED
TO GIVE UP
HER SEAT ON THE BUS
SHE WAS A WOMAN OF COURAGE
AND
WISDOM
AND
KNOWLEDGE
OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
BUT
SHE WAS ARRESTED
HER NAME IS ROSA PARKS
HER DEFENSE OF HER ACTIONS
WERE SIMPLY PUT

"I just wanted to be FREE
like everybody else."

SIMPLE
SHE TOOK A STAND
ACTUALLY
REMAINED SITTING
TO THE
DISMAY
OF THE
BUS DRIVER
AND
ALL THOSE
ON
THE BUS
WITH HER
BUT
SHE HAD A POINT
TO PROVE
SHE HAD A MOMENT
IN TIME
TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND
SHE TOOK IT

I
GAVE HER
COURAGE
SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN
OF
GREAT STRENGTH
BUT
I
GAVE HER
THE
COURAGE
TO ACT
FOR FREEDOM

HOW FREE
DO YOU WANT TO BE?

ARE YOU
WILLING TO ACT ON IT?

ASK ME
FOR THE COURAGE
TO
MAKE A STAND
FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND
TRUTH

I
WILL BE
THE
STRENGTH
AND
THE
COURAGE
WITHIN YOU
TO
CHANGE THIS WORLD
TO
CAUSE THE EVIL OF THIS WORLD
TO
SUBMIT TO
RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND
TO
BRING BACK
PURITY
HONOR
INTEGRITY
TRUTH
AS
FOUNDATIONS
OF SOCIETY

IT CAN HAPPEN
BUT
YOU MUST
BE ONE
WHO STANDS
AND
PROCLAIMS
REVOLUTION

I
WILL STAND
WITH YOU
IF
YOU WILL
JUST STAND

ROSA PARKS, NICKY CRUZ, DAVID WILKERSON
ALL PERFORMED
OUTRAGEOUS DEEDS
TO SET
PEOPLE FREE

MANY
WOULD CALL THEM
FOOLISH
OR
WRONG
OR
PRESUMPTUOUS
OR
IDEALIST
BUT
I
CALL THEM
HEROES
I
CALL THEM
COURAGEOUS
I
CALL THEM
MY OWN

COME
AND
GET ENOUGH
OF
ME
SO THAT YOU ARE
READY AND ANXIOUS
TO BE
OUTRAGEOUS WITH COURAGE
FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH

***

NOW, LET
ME
ALARM
YOU
A LITTLE MORE
WITH
MY IDEA
OF
A
COURAGEOUS
OUTRAGEOUS PERSON
OF
THESE TIMES

NO
YOU MAY
NOT
WANT
TO
JOIN IN ON
HIS REVOLUTION
AND
HIS AND MINE
DO NOT YET
COINCIDE
BUT
LISTEN
TO
THESE WORDS
JUST THIS ONCE
AND
HEAR WHAT
THIS YOUNG MAN
IS SAYING

YOU
WILL SEE
A PART OF HIM
THAT
I
SEE

YOU
WILL SEE
PROMISE
AND
HOPE
AND
COURAGE
AND
STRENGTH

"Some days
I sit staring out the window
watching this world pass me by
Sometimes I think
there's nothing to live for
I almost break down and cry
Sometimes I think I'm crazy
I'm crazy, oh so crazy
Why am I here
am I just wasting my time?
Then I see my baby
Suddenly, I'm not crazy
It all makes sense when
I look into her eyes

Sometimes it feels
like the world's on my shoulders
Everyone's leaning on me
Cause sometimes
it feels like the world's almost over
But then she comes back to me

My baby girl keeps getting older
I watch her grow up with pride
People make jokes
cause they don't understand me
They just don't see my real side
I act like it don't phase me
Inside it drives me crazy
My insecurities could eat me alive
But then I see my baby
Suddenly, I'm not crazy
It all makes sense
when I look in her eyes . . .
. . . I love my daughter more than life itself."
"The Eminem Show"

WHAT
DO YOU SEE
WHEN YOU LOOK
IN A CHILD'S EYES?

DO YOU SEE
THE
PURITY AND LOVE
THE SOUL
OF
THE FATHER?

DO
YOU STILL SEE
ME
WITHIN THE EYES
OF THE
CHILDREN?

EMINEM STILL LOOKS
FOR WHAT HE CAN
NO LONGER
SEE
IN OTHERS

HE
LOOKS FOR HOPE
AND WANTS
TO
PRESERVE INNOCENCE
AND
LIFE AND LOVE

HE PROTECTS
AS
A FATHER PROTECTS
BUT
ALL
THIS WORLD SEES
IS AN
ANGRY
YOUNG
OUTRAGEOUS MAN
WHO
SHOULD
BE
LOCKED UP
OR
SHUT UP
BUT WHY?

HE SAYS
MORE
TO
THE PEOPLE
OF
TRUTH
THAN THE CHURCHES
DO
OF THIS DAY
HE WAS
BROUGHT UP IN HATE
AND
NEGLECT
AND
YOU WANT HIM
TO
SING NICE SONGS
TO
MAKE YOU COMFORTABLE
WITH
NEGLECT AND HATRED
BUT
HE RAPS
THE TRUTH

HE SPEAKS
OF
WHAT HE KNOWS
WHAT HE HAD
BEEN EXPOSED TO
HE SPEAKS
OF
SICKNESS
AND
DEATH
AND
HATRED
AND
HARM

SOMEBODY SHOULD
SOMEBODY SHOULD
SPEAK
OF THE
RESULTS
OF
NEGLECTFUL PARENTING

YOU HAVE COME TOO FAR
IN
THIS GAME
TO
TURN BACK
YOUNG MAN

YOU HAVE COME TOO FAR
TO BE NICE
TO THIS WORLD
OF
HYPOCRITES

YOU
WRITE LYRICS
THAT CAUSE PEOPLE
TO
CRINGE AND CENSOR

BUT
HATRED IS HATRED
NEGLECT IS NEGLECT
AND IT
BREEDS THE LIKE
BUT
YOU LOVE
YOUNG MAN
YOU LOVE
A DAUGHTER
ALL YOUR OWN

THERE IS HOPE
THERE IS
A YOUNG GIRL
WITH
LOVE IN HER EYES
AND
HOPE
FOR A FUTURE

THIS WORLD CAN BE
CHANGED

THIS WORLD CAN BE
TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN

THIS WORLD CAN BE
SHOWN
TRUTH AND LIFE AND HOPE

BUT
THE SIN
MUST ALSO
BE EXPOSED, TOO
TO BRING
TO
THE SURFACE
ALL
THAT IS WRONG
AND
DISGRACEFUL

YOU
CAN'T
CLEAN A WOUND
WHEN THE INFECTION
GOES DOWN
INTO THE BLOOD

WASH
THE WOUND CLEAN
QUICKLY
AND
KEEP IT CLEAN

PEOPLE
OF
THIS WORLD
WHO HAVE GROWN UP
IN
HATRED AND NEGLECT
ASK
FOR THE ROOT
OF
THIS APATHY
TO BE
REMOVED FROM YOU
SO THAT
MY BLOOD
CAN COME AND CLEAN OUT
ALL
THAT IS EVIL
AND
REPLACE IT
WITH
RIGHTEOUSNESS

THIS WORLD
HAS TO CHANGE!

THE
CHILDREN
HAVE TO BE
PROTECTED AND LOVED!

COME
TO
ME
THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN
RAISED BY THE DEVIL
AND ASK
FOR YOUR RIGHTFUL PARENT
TO STEP FORWARD
AND
EMBRACE YOU
AND
LOVE YOU
AND
HOLD YOU
AND
FORM YOU
AND
BRING FORTH
A CREATURE
FULL OF
SOULFUL PEACE AND PURITY

I
CAN
BE THE PARENT
YOU NEVER HAD

I
CAN
ERASE THE ERRORS
OF THE OTHERS

I
CAN
LOVE YOU
BEYOND ALL
YOUR SCARS

COME . . .

EMINEM
LOVES HIS DAUGHTER
BEYOND
THE
HATRED AND NEGLECT
HE RECEIVED

HE LOVES HER
BEYOND
LIFE ITSELF

HE LOVES
TO
BRING FORTH
A NEW PLACE OF SAFETY
FOR
HIS DAUGHTER
WHICH HE
NEVER
HAD

HE LOVES
THE INNOCENT
AND
HATES THE ONES
WHO
DESTROY
THE INNOCENT

DON'T JUDGE HIM
UNTIL
YOU
HAVE WALKED
IN
HIS SHOES
AND
FELT THE SHAME
AND
THE HATRED
AND
THE
POWER OF NEGLECT
FOR A
CHILDHOOD

DON'T JUDGE

LISTEN
TO
HIS HEART
HE HAS SOMETHING
IMPORTANT
TO SAY

***

SETH

I
KNOW A YOUNG MAN
NAMED SETH
HE IS
NOT TOO OLD
AND
NOT TOO YOUNG
HE LOVED
DUCT TAPE EVEN
BEFORE
IT BECAME POPULAR
HE'S A SKATER-KID
YOU KNOW
HE
ATTENDS CHURCH
WITH
HIS PARENTS
BECAUSE
HE
HAS TO

BUT
I AM
DOING A WORK
INSIDE
YOUNG SETH
HE'S
A BOY
WHO SEE'S
EVERYTHING
AS
BLACK OR WHITE
IT IS RARE
THAT ANYONE
WILL ASK HIS OPINION
HIS
PARENTS HONESTLY
BELIEVE
THAT HE BELIEVES
AS THEY DO

BUT
I'M
WORKING
IN SETH
EVERY MORNING
EVERY NIGHT
AND
ONE DAY
ONE DAY VERY SOON
THE TRUTH
OF
THIS WORK
WILL EXPLODE
FROM HIM

HE SITS
QUIETLY AT CHURCH
THINKING OF LIFE
OUTSIDE
THE BUILDING
BUT
ONE DAY
HE
WILL SPEAK
TRUTH
WITHIN
THE
BUILDING
TO THE
CHAGRIN
OF HIS
PARENTS AND PASTOR

WHO WILL STOP YOUNG SETH?

CAN YOU
REMOVE THE DUCT TAPE
FROM HIS SHOES
AND
PLACE IT
ACROSS HIS MOUTH
AND HOPE
TO CONTINUE
THE
IDLE SERVICE?

NOT REALLY

I AM
BUILDING A FIRE
WITHIN
YOUNG SETH
AND
ONE DAY
IT WILL
EXPLODE

I
SALUTE YOU
SETH
FOR WHAT
YOU ARE
ABOUT TO DO

SET
YOUR CHURCH
"ON FIRE"
AND THEN
THE WORLD

YOU
HAVE KIDS
TO
TALK TO
AND EVEN
PARENTS TO REACH
BUT
FIRST
YOU WILL HAVE TO
MAKE IT
OUTSIDE
THE
WALLS
OF
YOUR CHURCH

DON'T WORRY
FRIEND
THEY WON'T
WANT YOU TO STAY
FOR LONG
AFTER
YOU SPEAK
MY WORDS

YOU
WILL HAVE
AN OPEN DOOR
TO
LEAVE
AND THEN
YOU WILL
SPEAK AND SPEAK AND SPEAK
ALL
THAT
I
TELL YOU

FOR YOU SEE
THIS FIRE
THAT BURNS
WITHIN
YOU
WILL BRING
LIFE AND HOPE AND POWER
TO
THOSE
WHO BELIEVE
THE WORDS
BUT
DAMNATION
TO
THOSE WHO REFUSE

BRING THE FIRE
YOUNG ONE

I
WALK
WHERE YOU WALK
I
WILL SURELY
SET YOU
FREE
OF THE
CHURCH WALLS
AND
YOU WILL
BE FREE
INDEED

BELL # 15 CONTINUED