(Clip) Underground Church Meetings In America — E.A. Johnston

Adapting Underground Meetings to Avoid Detection

Be prepared to change the meeting of the location at a moment's notice to avoid detection by authorities. You may wish to attend the meetings by arriving at night and staggering the times of your arrival so that a large group doesn't show up at once.

You may wish to arrive by bicycle so you can hide your bike in the bushes. If you choose to drive, you may want to carpool and park several blocks away so not to draw attention to yourself. Hey, I know this sounds crazy to us now, but if tremendous persecution comes to America, this will be sound advice.

Preparing to Relocate for God's Global Work

Get a passport for every member of your family. If you are forced to leave this country, if you don't have a passport, how will you get out? How will you get your children out? God is a global God. He may move you to Germany during that time to be a witness for him or to another country.

You better be prepared to be on the go for God when he decides to move you. Be prepared for anything. Prepare your heart for the coming persecution through a complete reliance upon the Holy Spirit in all things.

Live in the center of the will of God now so you will be able to survive in the center of his will then. When persecution comes, we must pay attention to the warning in Hebrews, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Guarding Against Grumbling and Hardness of Heart

We must be careful, saints, when trials come in the time of persecution, not to grumble, not to harden our hearts. Saints, when we lose everything, I cannot stress the importance of that because that will do damage to the cause of Christ.

We must heed the admonition of Scripture while it is called today, harden not your hearts. We must keep looking at him through the fire of persecution. That is critically important too. Our eyes must be on Jesus throughout.

Preparing to Lose Material Possessions

Be prepared mentally, and this is going to be so hard for us here in the West who have accumulated so much through the years and through our lives. But listen, dear friends, those of you, everyone listening to me, within the sound of my voice, be prepared mentally to lose everything you have materially, your home, your savings, your vehicles, everything.

All may be confiscated as an enemy of the state. Be prepared to see your loved ones suffer pain, estrangement, loneliness, and want. Be prepared mentally for hardships. Second Timothy says to endure hardship as a good soldier.

Enduring Hardship as a Soldier of Christ

A soldier gets accustomed to sleeping on the hard ground with no pillow. Jesus said,.