Glenn Cunningham of Madras, India
Recorded Live
September 23, 2001
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Lake Oswego, Oregon
This message came less than two
weeks following the devastating attack on the
twin towers in New York City on September 11,
2001. This was addressed to the people of America.
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Excerpts "My brethren in America,
the Word of the Lord comes to you, and I pray
that you who have got ears to hear will hear what
the Spirit says."
"Your nation is living in a
time which could go either to the way of
destruction, or to the way of the double and
greater glory."
"And He has been so
faithful to me, though at times I was faithless.
As 2 Timothy 2:13 says, 'Though we are faithless,
He remains faithful.' And America, even though at
times you are faithless, He is still faithfully
watching over you."
"...a bright light started
approaching my room, and in that bright light
stood a figure, and said... 'What you are seeking
in life, I AM'. And then I saw a vision of people
clothed with white in the heavenlies—and
people clothed with fire on them, screaming and
shouting and saying, 'Have mercy! Have mercy!"
"...peace is a person.
Peace is not having peace at the barrel of a gun.
Peace is not the wealth and fame and fortunes...,
it will never give you that peace. It will never
remove that guilt... You're hungry for peace,
take Jesus Christ!"
"Brothers and Sisters, it's
time that our lips be not dumb! Satan has made us
numb and dumb, when we got to give Him [the Lord]
up all the glory, when we got to give Him up all
the praises, when we've got to be talking to Him,
instead of talking all unnecessary and ungodly
things."
"Because Hebrews 1:14 says
the angels of God are given as ministering
spirits to you and me. And we use them, we use
them in this battle that we have with Satan and
his forces. As Brother was saying, our real enemy
is Satan! And take him on, stand! And when you
stand, the Scripture says, he will flee from you."
"We have to stand up. We
are put to the test. The devil says, 'Let me see
your steel inside you, let me see how strong you
are, let me see your Jesus!' And we have to stand.
Daniel 11:32 says, 'They that know their God
shall be strong and do great exploits'!"
"It's time to stand up, and
declare and show the excellency of our God! I
want to tell you America, you have desecrated,
you have demeaned, you have pulled down the name
of Jesus Christ so badly through your movies,
that the heathens have no more respect, no more
courage to call upon that name, no more fear, but
rejoice to trample that name because they see
God's people pulling down that name! It's time
for you to rise up and tell your Hollywood
movies, 'Stop desecrating it!'"
"That's what Paul tells the
Romans... The name of the Lord is blasphemed
among the Gentiles because of you! And WE have
pulled down that name, destroying, demeaning the
power and the glory that lies in that name!
People should call on the name of the Lord for
salvation, but not desecrate it. That's what
Peter tells the Church, 'Judgment will begin with
the house of God''! And you and I, how we have
lifted up that name or demeaned that name will be
judged accordingly. It's time for you to rise up
and let the world know that it's the only name
that mankind can ever call upon."
"The Lord wants to build
His Church, but we are stopping Him, hindering
Him."
"'Yes, I will make your
enemies your friends, if you will obey Me! I will
make your enemies your friends if you will obey
Me!... Go in my name!' We don't go in any other
name. And the devil knows in what name you come
to him. And the devil knows what power is facing
him."
"That's what Jesus Christ
said, 'Wait till you're endued with power from
above.' We cannot do Christian ministry with all
of our theological educations, four years, five
years. We cannot do Christian ministry with all
of our resources and abundance. NO!! It's only
His Holy Spirit. Who will lift Him up? When He is
lifted up, He will draw all men... we are just
mere instruments. Do not underestimate the
working power of the Holy Ghost!"
"The Church is uniting—all
over India, the Church is getting together.
Denominational barriers is breaking down. God's
people are arising and saying, 'Jesus Christ must
be the Lord of India, and AT ANY COST! AT ANY
COST! Cut us, gun us... burn down our properties...
We don't care! Jesus Christ is the Lord!!' And
this is time also, Church in America, rise up for
that cause! If not, you'll be ripped apart,
you'll be ripped apart! When you will seek the
blessings, you will not have it!... Count the
cost."
"And America,... I want to
tell you how blessed is your nation as I have
traveled all through your nation. You are one of
the most blessed, blessed, blessed people of all
the world... Treasure what God has given you. Be
grateful and thankful to Him. Don't lose these
privileges that He has blessed you with."
"Don't go away from God.
Stay near and dear to Him. He shed His precious
blood—His blood is the seal
of covenant that He loves you with for all
eternity. More than the riches and wealth of this
world, treasure Him. He's the pearl of great
price... 'He who would love mother, father,
brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, houses more
than me is not worthy of me!'... Treasure Him, do
not let Him go."
"Out came all his
philosophies and arguments, but out went the Word
of God. The Word of God—'Man
shall not live by bread alone', but by the Word
of God. If you want to see a soul saved, and you
want to see arguments destroyed, you want to see
people coming to the Lord Jesus Christ, this is
the force that Satan can never argue and destroy."
"We should not be like the
ten spies and say, 'NO, Moses, it's not possible!
They are giants! They are rich! They are learned!
They are well fortified! Oh no, we are just only
low-caste people. We are just underprivileged
people. We are just tent-dwellers. We are
uneducated forty years moving in the wilderness.'
But the Scripture says we are not a people who
walk by sight, but by FAITH! Out comes two men of
God, filled with the Spirit of God, and said,
'Moses, don't listen to them! WE ARE WELL ABLE!!
WE ARE WELL ABLE!!' We are more than conquerors
through Christ Jesus! We will possess the land!'"
"America, this is the Word
of the Lord to you as I close. You have got eight
years of grace period... to rise up, to rise up
and to get going! If you would fail, if you would
fail to rise up, the two spirits that have
already started their destruction in your land
will go "scott free", and you shall see
greater, greater, greater damages. But if you
will rise up and control and push back those
spirits of Jezebel and Delilah, you will see a
greater glory where the preceding glory that
dwelt among you will rise up into double-fold,
where you will be a nation to the nations, where
every power of darkness in the world will be
taken on by your people."
"America, you have shown
the world your superiority in education, your
superiority in economic standards, your
superiority in political power, and your
superiority in warfare technics. It's right time
now to show the world, as Isaiah 35 says, show
the excellency of our God! Show the superiority
of our God! And I believe it, it's your nation,
when she has arisen, when she has got the double
power of the glory of God, you will arise, and
you will show the world the superiority of the
name of Jesus Christ! This is the Word of the
Lord to you. It's no time for sleep. Awake, O
sleeper! Awake!"
"And there came the heathen
saying, 'Awake! Call unto your God! Don't you
care that we perish!? America, the world—the
Communists, the atheists, the Buddhists, the
Hindus, the Muslims—are
calling out! Don't you care that we perish!?'
That's your Macedonian call... Don't you care?
God has blessed you with all your resources, all
the resources needed to finish His task. And if
you fail, fail to utilize these resources, your
very own abundance will become your shame."
"What do you want? CHOOSE,
blessings or curses. Choose life or death. But as
for me and my house, we will serve the Lord at
any cost, even unto the laying down of our lives.
'Be faithful unto death, and I shall give you the
crown of life. And nevertheless I have this
against you,' says the Word of God, 'you have
forsaken your first love.' Return! Return to your
first love, and not only your nation will be
edified, but all nations will receive the glory
of God as you profitably and wonderfully use the
resources, the technologies He has blessed you
with to bless other nations. God's blessings,
God's peace, God's strength, God's comfort be
with you."
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