Hell - Keith David — From the Pulpit & Classic Sermons

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This week we have Keith David with his message, Hell.

The Return of Christ and Everlasting Judgment

In 2 Thessalonians 1 verse 9, we read that He, Jesus, will return. Hallelujah. He will return. He will return in flaming fire. In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God. Taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He will return in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power.

In Revelation chapter 20, John records the revelation given to him by Jesus of mankind's destination. And he says in verse 11, I saw a great white throne, I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heavens fled away, and there was found no place for them.

And I saw the dead, I saw the dead, small and great, stand. I saw the dead, small, children and great, grown-ups, stand before God. Oh, what a shock to the multitudes who believed that when they died, they'd land up in a little wooden box six feet under the ground.

And that's all there was to life, nothing beyond that, no purpose, nothing to be accountable for, there was nothing more to life than to be born, do what you want as you want, die, land up, that's it.

What a shock it's going to be when they know that isn't it. I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God. And the books were opened, the books were opened, and another book was opened, which was the book of life, and the dead were judged, the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works.

The dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them, and they were judged, every man, every man, according to his works.

And death were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, whosoever was not found written, whosoever was not found written in the book of life, was cast into the lake of fire, that's a terrifying word, soul, there's no mercy after death.

You can scream, you can beg, there's no mercy, no mercy, whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast, that's a final thing, into the lake of fire. The hands, the hands that will bear the mark for all eternity, God says, those marks will never leave the hands of Christ, bearing witness that he tasted death for every man.

But those hands, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God if you have not prepared to meet with God through his death.

Death, Judgment, and the Reality of Hell

Before you die, Hebrews 10 verse 31, it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, after this, the judgment. Hebrews 9 verse 27, it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, soul, one thing, one thing only, judgment.

You don't have to wait in eternity for the great white throne for your judgment to come when you die without Christ. That moment of death, you are judged. If you die without Christ, you are plunged into hell, but God of love, a man lying in hell, Christ wouldn't lie.

This man could see. This man could speak. His physical body wasn't there. This man could feel. This man could scream, I am tormented in this place. He could see what he's missed. He could recognize. Can you imagine the hell of that?

It was there. And no matter how he pled Christ's sin, all he was told, there's a gulf fixed. The smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever. They have no peace, day or night. The lake that burneth with fire and brimstone is eternal.

You are eternal, soul. You will never cease. Life is a brief moment. I'm writing a book. This moment called life. If you're not conscious already, that's all you've got. It's gone when you think it has begun.

You're waking up in a fright, young people. I suddenly realize my time is so short. And it's like yesterday. It began. Be careful. This moment called life. What you do with it in the light of eternity.

The Watchman's Duty to Warn

Be careful. In Ezekiel 33 verse 7, God warned this prophet. God warned this prophet. So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel. Therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth.

Thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die. If thou does not speak and warn the wicked from his way.

If thou does not speak and warn the wicked from his way. That wicked man will die in his iniquity. But his blood will I require at thine hand. If thou does not speak to warn the wicked from his way. That wicked man shall die in his iniquity.

But his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it. If he do not turn from his way he shall die in his iniquity. But thou has delivered thy soul.

Do you think this is the only man that ever lived. That God would be so grieved at. If he failed to warn those who God intended him to warn. Of God's judgment. Do you think this is the only man that ever lived.

That God would be so grieved at. If he failed to warn the wicked. To turn or burn. The old preacher used to say. If you preach that today you will burn. In the light. In the light of God's judgments. His warnings and judgments that are strewn across the pages of this book.

To anyone that opens this book honestly. And not as a hypocritical lying defying perverted of truth. In the light of all the warnings. Of God's judgment and hell. That are strewn across the pages of this book.

Questions for the Saved and the Unsaved

I would like to ask two fearful questions here this morning. I would like to ask two fearful questions here this morning. Firstly to the saved. Saved from hell. To the saved who warn men. Do you warn men.

To flee from the wrath to come. To prepare themselves. To meet with God. Do you warn men to flee from the wrath to come. How many men have you walked past. How many men have you passed. Since you have been saved.

Since you have been saved. That you could have warned. That you should have warned. Of what they will face for all eternity. Most of them because no one could have warned. This world could be won in one year.

Ten times if every born again Christian witnessed. As they ought to. This world could have heard the gospel. Did everything we could and should have. Don't doubt that. Don't blame God for the multitudes who don't hear.

Secondly I ask this question to the unsaved. To the lost. To the lost here today. Does it offend you. Does it offend you. So if someone warns you. Of the judgment strewn through this book from the heart of God.

That any man standing in the pulpit that neglects to warn men. Their blood will be on his hands. Because of his defiance and neglect of souls. Does it offend you. If someone warns you earnestly. Of the judgment you certainly.

Tragically but certainly will face for all eternity. If you reject the gospel of Christ while you are able to receive it. Does it offend you if a preacher. Preaches the things that God himself said. That God of love warns and warns and warns and warns and warns.

Does it offend you if someone you know. Someone in your family. Some preacher anyone dares to talk of the judgments of God. You will face so. Most in this week that are going to face it are under the age of 20.

Because of the overpopulation explosion. Most people in the earth are under the age of 20. Did you know that. Most people who die every week are. By far the majority way over 50%. Are under the age of 20 who die.

As we sit here. Right now they are dying. In their masses sir. Like waves. Does it offend you. Is it an offence to you so. My mother. Had 9 brothers and sisters. Her elder brother. His name was Peter.

A Father Transformed by Christ

My uncle Peter. Peter was a very famous name in my country. South African champion. So were some of her other brothers. He excels. Makes the most famous. Soccer team. Football team in the whole nation.

Manager, trainer. Other clubs. Things that were South African champions. The teams. Oldest man was something. In a sports crazy country. Uncle Peter. Was my fathers. Best friend. From childhood. When they were 7 they would take the ball in the field and kick.

Always together. Schooling together. My mother now marries. Uncle Peter's closest friend. My darling father. Through the years he's always there. Peter's always there. All I remember is Peter arriving.

With baked cakes and bread and fruit. And then Peter arriving. Always wanted to see daddy. Always wanted to be my father. Inseparable. The years go by. There was this friend who was like a brother to him.

At the age of 51. My father. An alcoholic. Everything lying in ruins. His marriage. His children. Everything. At the age of 51. My father. Found Jesus Christ. My father. Smashed the bottle. Weeping. Never touched a drink till he died.

Wouldn't have champagne. Wouldn't have wine. Nothing. This destroyed my life. Threw down his cigarettes. Over 60 a day for over 20 years. An alcoholic for over 20 years. Weak and staggering. Falling. Never to touch this.

Picking up this book. And devouring it like a man who's fired. A source of survival. Who suffocated but couldn't get enough till he died of this book. On the day he was saved. Daddy. Was mightily saved.

And he staggered every single person on this earth. Who knew him. Was stunned. Beginning with his children. My father. What really did stagger us though. Was from that day. My father. Seemed desperate.

To bring everyone. In his family. Everyone he knew. Everyone he loved. Everyone had to come to Christ. He could not rest. He could not sit there speaking about sports. Speaking about politics. He could not bear.

Diverting from warning souls he loved. It staggered everyone. It bonded everyone. Everyone was undone. He wept. As he pled with the souls. That were his own blood. His friends. My father. Worn. Sweeping.

With the scriptures he picks up. Of judgments and hell for eternity. If someone rejects or neglects. Or does not find the Christ of this Bible. In vital reality. Uncle Peter arrives. And my father. Looked at him and began to weep.

As he warns reading. Of the judgments. God says are eternal. On a soul that lives in sin. And dies unrepentant of that sin. He pleads with Uncle Peter. My Uncle Peter. Stood quaking. Have you ever seen a man quaking in fear?

He quaked in fear. His eyes full of tears and mouth open. Gosping in shock. At who is telling him this. And we all looked. Wondering. Uncle Peter said these words to him. Shouting. And never ever speak to me of this again.

Or I will hate you. Till you die. We all looked. Waiting to see what my father would do. To his best friend in this world. My father with tears said Peter. If I stop. If I stop warning you. Then I will hate you.

Then I hate you. I cannot stop till you find Christ. My Uncle Peter walked from our home. He refused to see my father. Till the day he died. He would not look at my father. He would not speak to my father.

He missed occasions. He wouldn't come to my father's funeral. As that church flowed. Overflowing with people. Reverencing. My father's memory. Worshipping God. My Uncle Peter would not come to his closest friend's funeral.

He'd have nothing to do with him. Even at his death. He would not acknowledge him. Why? Tell me. Can I ask every one of you? Does it offend you? I mean offend you. If someone. Even if it's someone you love.

You learn to hate. You hate till they die. Does it offend you? If someone in your own family. Warns you. Of what God. God tells you. I was. Preaching the town a while ago. And the gentleman at home we were staying.

He said something that really staggered me. He said. That just. Prior to my coming. His brother had died. At the funeral. In this church. This large church in this community. Everyone who knew him in life came.

The family. The friends. The community. It was packed. The priest sir. Stood up and said. God has released him from his sufferings. He gave certain verses. This man's in heaven. God has taken him from his sufferings.

And the torment he was in. This excruciating suffering from his sickness. That's so long. God's released him. We wouldn't want him back from where he is. Oh he wanted to comfort everyone. With scriptures.

Eventually this man. I was staying with him and his wife. He stood up to represent the family. To say thank you. Like the eulogy. For everyone that had travelled from near or far. And afterwards he stood.

And he said these words from the pulpit. As he turned to this priest who was sitting behind him. Sir. You said. My brother has been released. From his suffering and pain. He is now in a place. Sir you are wrong.

My brother. Has never ever known. Such excruciating suffering and pain. As he knows now from the moment he died. This book. This book. Assures me of that. Though I weep. And I will not let it be a lie.

Even his death. Become a lie. He carried a bible to church. Yes. But that didn't save him. My brother. And every one of you in this building know. You died in his sin. He never turned from sin. I pled with him.

I begged him. Warning him. Quoting his sin. God assures us. Be not deceived. No unrighteous person shall enter the kingdom of heaven. Not that defilers shall enter therein. And the names of the. He never ever repented from that sin.

God assures me. And you. You will never go to heaven unless you repent. Of that. My brother died in his sin. He would never repent. No matter how we pled he died. With nothing of ever repenting. So my brother is screaming.

In such agony now. We never heard such screams. The agony he knew before he died. To his sickness. He said brother. That preacher started to groan in anger. Shaking his head. Groan. In anger. At someone who was telling.

What this bible said. Because truth offends. That's why men don't say. They don't want to lose their tithes. Don't mind your soul going to hell. Let me tell you someone who loves you sir. Someone who warns.

Of what he knows your plight is. A man who cares nothing for your soul. He just wants your tendons and your tithes. So that he can have a beautiful car. And pay the electricity bill. And live in comfort.

He'll never warn you. What's the difference. He doesn't want your soul. He just wants your money. He said brother. The rest is a church. There were people all over. Groaning like the minister. In anger.

And I said listen. I don't know what the full repercussions. Of what I've done is going to be. How ostracized I'm going to become. For being truthful. But I will not let this opportunity go. Just in case there's one soul sitting here.

That's not hypocritical enough. To deny this truth. One soul that might take this. And find themselves through my brother's death. And through my warning at his death. Of what God says. One soul might be here.

That won't be offended by God. Or man preaching what God says. Who might seek God's salvation. Here today and then it's worth it. Worth being ostracized by all of you. And facing whatever persecutions you're going to put upon me.

For being honest. With God's words. In God's pulpit. Does it offend you. If someone warns you of the truth. Does that make him a fanatical evil man. Doing something unacceptable. To stand in the pulpit of God with this book.

And tell what God says. What God tells us. He will be grieved. Deeply grieved. Their blood will be on your hands if you don't warn them. God will. Does it offend you. Sir. Unsaved soul. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord.

We persuade men. 2 Corinthians 5 verse 11. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord. We persuade men. Do you. Do you child of God. Answer God. What would a preacher says. You know what God says. Knowing the terror.

We persuade men. When did you last. When did you last try and persuade a man. A woman, a child to seek God. And not face what you know they're going to face. For eternity. Because no one warned them. Most of them.

A Grandmother Pursued for Salvation

My father. His mother. My granny. Was old and frail and sick for a long long time. And weakening by the day. Daddy was so desperate. That she didn't die without Christ. It was so overwhelming. We didn't know how to handle it.

She didn't know how to handle it. This weak old lady. Sickly. She says to me one day. Keith listen. You've got to stop your father. I can't take any more. He comes here. He sends preachers to my door.

In this beautiful place for the frail. That daddy put her in. The best there was. In her frailness to be kept. He sent preachers. Just about every day. Telling me your son made me come to the door. Saying I've got to make sure you know about the meeting.

Now you've got to come. Keith my back. He's so sore. I've got to sit there and listen to these. Men who never know when to end. I can't sit through these meetings. I can't go anymore. My eyes are so weak.

Your daddy comes along with a bible. And says now all these verses I've highlighted. Markers there. All about the judgments of God upon souls. For eternity. And that you must be saved. She says Keith my boy.

I said to your daddy. I can't. My eyes are sore. Look at my eyes. They were bloodshot I must be honest. Your daddy comes now with the biggest bible in the world. Look at it. Prints about this size. All marked.

Now you can't argue. You will read and I'll come back daily. With more verses to mark. And we'll discuss the verses. I am not going to let you die without God. She says Keith listen. I am grateful to God.

For what happened to your father. I see the change and I am worshiping God. I thank God. Don't get me wrong boy. I prayed for you my boy. Since you were born everyday. I prayed when you went astray. When you broke everyone's heart boy.

I was the one crying to God. When I was a young mother. It was a depression. An economic depression. Recession across the world. There was no work. My husband left me. With three children. I had to wash.

Clothes for hours. Until my hands were dry. Warped. Hurting everyday. After day. Month after month. To stay alive. To stay alive my boy. There were times I couldn't stay alive. And I cried. Weeping to God.

To help me to stay alive. And Keith when I prayed. Someone would come to that door. And put food and groceries in my hands. When I cried. When I groaned. As I was on my knees sometimes. You say I am not a Christian.

Why would God answer my prayers. I am not going to hell my boy. I am offended now. That you people change. And become good. That now you look at good people. And say we are going to hell. Because we didn't know we would do the wickedness you did.

Now you tell your father to stop. For I am going to be truly offended. My boy. As others have become offended by your daddy. The way he is carrying on. So I went to my father. And I said to him. Father.

You have got to slow down with granny. I appreciate your concern. But daddy. Granny is becoming truly angry. Like others. You have got to slow down daddy. I will never forget for eternity. How my father stood when I said those words.

And began to weep. He wept. And he cried in such a way. These words to me that I am still shaken. By what my father said to me. He said with a loud voice. My boy. I stood watching my father die. And I didn't have the gospel of Jesus.

To give him. The way he died with such torment. And fear of facing God. And his sin. The agony. The suffering. The fear. The scream. The way my father died. And I was helpless. I will never see my father again.

For all eternity. I know that. Don't you tell me. To watch my father die like that. I don't care. What you say my boy or others. While she lives and she is frail. She could go any day. I will not slow down.

I will do everything in my faculty of my being. To make her come to Christ. And I will not slow down. Don't you dare tell me. To let my mother die. Like my father died. Now that I know. How to face death.

Let me shock you all. My granny was gloriously saved. Not just saved. You know that you kind of worry. Wonder. Is there food. When daddy heard that granny had been saved. He said it's not enough God. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

He's praying. It's not enough God. I'm not satisfied. You've got to let her live long enough to make me know she's truly saved. I want to see. He saved her. To be at peace. And you know God. Touched my granny and gave her about 7, 8 years.

Of better health than she had known for 20 years. And my granny was so saved. She nearly turned the world upside down. Oh no more sore back. She dragged everybody. With all their moans. You've got to hear the truth.

Before you die and go to hell. By the way. Isa Noyes the C .R .C. Divided the scriptures and went with her mock bible to soul upon soul. You've got to read. I'm coming back. Hallelujah. She was saved mightily.

How could she not have been saved with a son like that. I want you to ask yourself. What hope did she have of not being saved. With a son like that. Your mother. They have a free will. But few can escape.

The love of Christ. Constraining us like my father. Constrained by God's love for every man. When my brother. Three years older than me was saved. He came to the church. Hating what he was doing. He didn't want to go.

He thought these people are crazy. They're fanatics. Becoming like these fanatical crazy Christians. But he went. Just to pacify them and get them over. He was there. He sat there and he thought to himself.

I don't want this. I'm going to switch off. I don't want to hear this. I don't want to be like this. Can you imagine coming to church like. What are you doing in church. Did you come here for God. Did you come here seeking God.

Or did you sit there not wanting to be here. Just pacifying people. Sometimes you have to pacify them by coming. Otherwise you get a bit of moans. As now people come to church. Nothing of God in their heart.

They don't want God. Possible someone's like that here today. My brother couldn't switch off. Do you know why. He wanted. He tried. But he couldn't switch off. An old man stood in the pulpit. The Godliest man I ever knew in my entire life.

Was Will Macfarlane. He was all white. He was. A bird. Few men could quote it in the history of the church. And this man who preached. As few men have ever been anointed. In the history of the church.

I have no doubt of that. He stood there and tears poured down his face. As he quoted the judgments of God. One passage after the other. From the heart and the lips of God. What God says. Into the soul.

My brother had never heard. The word hell in his life from a pulpit. And we had been to many pulpits. We used to change churches. As we changed girlfriends. And believe me. We had a lot of girlfriends.

As unsaved. Ignorant of what God said. My brother had never. Ever heard. A preacher in his life. From all the churches we had been to. Ever used the word hell. Judgment. Repentance. Nothing judgments coming.

It's just religion. No matter what you are living. No matter what you are going to walk out of that door. Don't say that. But that's what you imply. You are all Christians. We are born Christians. Born in a Christian country.

You are here. You are good. It's a social God. Oh my brother. The only time he ever heard the word hell. Was in a blasphemous joke. Otherwise he would never have heard the word hell in his life. Not from any pulpit.

From any preacher in his life. But preach what God says. If they don't preach. The blood is on your hands. Even if you are unsaved. But you know it's there. And you stand there with this book. As if you know this book.

And people look to you to know what God's content. And you keep the truth from. Your understanding. Oh be careful. My brother listening to this man weeping. He'd never heard a man weep in the pulpit. And this man believed this book.

These judgments were so true he wept. I heard a preacher once say. When I was a young Christian. Can a preacher preach on hell. Unless he's wept over it. Can he preach in truth on hell. Unless he's wept about it.

I remember sitting in that chair trembling. At that statement. Trembling. My brother ran. He was so fearful. He knelt weeping. Rolling before God. And the old man knelt beside him. And my brother was miserly.

What percentage of people that came to Christ. Do you believe will come to Christ. If it's just love. You know God loves you. Don't talk about their sin or judgment. Would you give up sin. Just because God loves you.

Would you get desperate about your sin. If you didn't know judgment. The God of love warns you. Because he loves you. Of the judgment you will face. And that he's made a way out. But you have to repent.

You have to turn. That's what this book preaches. And any preacher that doesn't preach it loud and clear. Oh in one moment preacher. You're standing before God. And I pity your soul. Oh we have compassion.

Compassion for Every Soul

On men's souls. Now I'm going to need to stagger you here. Does your. Compassion for the lost end. Stop. Just at your little family. Because they affect you. You're praying. You're groaning. God save this boy.

Why? Because he's making your life a little better. Where is your compassion. He tasted death. You know one of the words that staggered me most in my life. Was John Wesley. When I heard. That Wesley said these words.

I couldn't. I haven't recovered to this day. It turned me. The world. The world is my parish. Not the four walls. Not the denomination. Not this little group. Not those who have same mind. Doctrinal you know perfectly.

Otherwise I don't care. I just want them. No. The world is my responsibility. Christ Jesus tasted death. For every man this book says. And the love of Christ constrains me to want. Every man. I might not bring every man.

But I while I have breath in my body. Will do everything in my being. To win the world to God. Now did God mock such a man. Was that presumptuous. A little bit overboard. That man brought two thirds of Britain's.

England's population to Christ. Two thirds of a nation. Turned to God under his ministry. Never in England's history. Did anything like that ever happen before. Since. The king of England. When Wesley died.

Said Wesley. Will be buried. In Westminster Abbey. Where the monarchies. From the year 810. Lie. With their efficacies. Their bodies. Their tombs. Their names. Wesley will lie with the kings. And the monarchy of England.

Who never did a man greater service. To England. In our history. Than John Wesley. The king of England said. You see. France had a blood bath. And the royalty and the nobility were wiped out. Most of them slaughtered.

It was spilling over to England. But God raised up Wesley. The poor. Had mercy. Suddenly found respect for their souls. The rich. The wealthy. The nobleness. Multitudes turned to Christ. And suddenly found compassion on the poor.

That no nation had ever shown in history. And England. Paved a way for what a Christian nation should be. In Wesley's lifetime. And thereafter. For a good while. The world is my parish. You know that his name.

Hundreds of years after his death. Still staggers Christians throughout the world. Preachers. Their hearts condemning them. Listening to his compassion. His standard. His uncompromising goal. No matter what rose up against him.

And what God did. Do you think God mocks a man. And even now all these years later. There's few nations on earth that haven't been affected. Greatly by John Wesley. In their history. Since his life. The world is my parish.

Do you have compassion sir. Of the soul beyond the borders of your own. In a circle. Because they affect you. Beloved I have met many Christians. Many of them you have their books. You have their videos.

You sat at their feet. I don't know why God did that. He mercifully helped that the godly of this nation. And of other nations in the world. Walked up to me putting their arms around me. Many of them weeping and praying with me.

And for me. I've had the privilege to be with godly. Godly men. Across this world. Men who every faculty of their being. Wanted to win the world for Christ. And oh how God has used some of them. Beyond comprehension.

How much of the world. Has been witnessed to through their one life. There are such men. Who do everything in their capacity. To warn every soul. They can on earth while they have. In my mission. The mission of society I belong to in Africa.

The second oldest mission. In Africa. That survived. Thousands of missionaries. Went throughout Africa from this mission. The man who. Was more fruitful. Than any other single worker in our history. In our mission.

His name was Ethelbert Smith. I was saved the day he died. For some reason his family. Took me under his wing. Under their wing. And I sat and I knew throughout the nation. Everywhere the soul. Had come to God through this man.

Walking with God. I knew this man. And being in this home with this godly woman. And these lovely children. Learning to love them. I asked questions about the man I never had the privilege to meet. Now Hetta.

One of the daughters. Henrietta we called her Hetta. She said he had a sense of humor you know. He was human. Sensitive. Unlike jokes. But he saw the funny side of. Situations that were normal. And used to laugh and make people laugh at the situation.

Even other missionaries. Well. She said. Our work the AEB. The vehicles. Trust me I'm going to write a book on this I think. That we as missionaries had to drive. It warrants a whole sermon. You had to really have faith to stay alive in those vehicles.

But oh. She said the vehicle my father had. And many of the others. He said. It was a big black van. That's what God gave him. That's all he had. Not just a nice decent little vehicle. It was all big black vans you know.

And all across it. All the workers used to write in big paint. The judgments of God. All over. To flee from the wrath to come. You know after death what. And all over. This big van. That could hold a lot of workers and young people.

But this is how she had to go to school. In this big black van. She said. She said I would. Drive there as daddy lets me out in the front of the school. Hundreds of pupils. All going up the stairs to school.

And every last one would just stop in silence. With their mouths open most of them. Looking at this van. And the judgments of God. The other children were all. With their fathers in a dignified way. You know with lovely vehicles.

But here I had to arrive with this. Horrific vehicle. And all these judgments. And I used to crawl you know. Just look at them. My heart sunk. And I used to walk past them. They looked at me passing you know.

Every day was a nightmare. So one day I said to my daddy. Daddy. Daddy. Wouldn't you let me climb out of the car here. A little bit before the school. Why Etta? I want to walk. So she said. Please. I got out of the car for the first time.

Since I started school. And I walked with my head up high. No one was looking at me. With their mouth open. Silence didn't fall. So I walked up those stairs. And suddenly I heard this. Hoot. You call it a horn.

Only that car had that sound. I knew it was him. Now this hoot is going on. Everybody is looking at us. So I. And daddy. Had run the window down. And put his head out. Bye bye Etta darling. With all the judgment.

So I said. That was cruel. If you were my daughter. Oh she said he wasn't cruel. He just had a sense of humor. Like you. And he just saw what was going on. Amazing. Otto Corning. I don't know if you heard of the pineapple story.

Evangelistic Symbols and Public Witness

Otto Corning. He was in my meeting. I was preaching and I said the pineapple man. I shouldn't have said that. The pineapple story but anyway. So he just looked at me a little bit down. You know this Dutchman.

And big long grey hair. You know well. Godly man. Otto Corning. And I have had some wonderful times. In your country. He's a godly man. What a wonderful man. His book is all over the world. And his life.

Mr. Gossard I think published. On the pineapple story. And influenced many martyrs. His tapes all over the world. In Africa. The youth love Otto Corning so badly. That it's a bit of a problem. My wife says to me on the farm.