STAND UP & FIGHT!        DO 2476          9/88

         1. I THINK THIS IS ONE CASE WHERE THE FAMILY IS GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP & FIGHT, in the case of the School in Japan. If there is any place we've proven ourselves, it's there! And I don't think we ought to lose without a BATTLE! Those kids there have worked hard to develop their Park & all the rest, & they have nothing to be ashamed of whatsoever. Our enemies have never proven ANY of those charges against us & I think it's an ideal place to take a STAND & just refuse to back off!
         2. OBVIOUSLY THE LORD WANTS TO GET THE PUBLICITY, so it's an ideal time now to stand up & fight! I think it's the place to take a STAND! They haven't proven any of those ridiculous allegations against us. The Family has been open & aboveboard & they've been proving themselves there, & I think it's the place to take a stand & fight & refuse to back down & just go right ahead just like they have been & don't let our enemies scare them out.
         3. IF YOU RUN NOW, THEY'LL THINK YOU'RE GUILTY! You need to stand up & fight! You've NOTHING to be ashamed of! You've got a good reputation there. You've PROVEN yourselves there & we've done a terrific job there & everybody has been proud of you until those lies started being circulated by that shitsheet magazine! You just need to stand up & FIGHT now & PROVE that they're lies. I think you've ALREADY proven it there. I don't think you ought to take this lying down!
         4. I THINK IF THE AUTHORITIES THERE DECIDE TO TURN AGAINST US, WE OUGHT TO GET A LAWYER & FIGHT IT! Let's make a real SCENE & show how unjust the Japanese & their authorities are if they mistreat us like that! If one little woman & one man & one missionary can make such a stir as they did about the way the government treated THEM, my God, think what a stir WE could make! (See "Future Persecution in Japan!", GN 334, #2439:32-41) We ought to really FIGHT & make a SCENE!
         5. DON'T JUST TAKE IT! STAND UP & FIGHT! Refuse to back down! Just go right ahead with what you've been doing the way you've been doing it! We have nothing to be ashamed of. Just expose your ENEMIES like they're trying to expose YOU, let's expose THEM for what LIARS they are! Expose the Japanese government if they believe those lies.--If they start crucifying us on the lies of our enemies, they NEED to be exposed!
         6. LET'S FACE IT, IT'S THE CHURCH PEOPLE THAT ARE CRUCIFYING US. And everything I said in "It's Time To Fight!" holds true in this case. We need to stand up & fight now! Not back down, not flee! The Family's flown about as far as they can fly! I think they ought to STAND their ground this time. There is just almost no place else to fly or flee TO! We have NOTHING to be ashamed of in Japan. We've done nothing wrong in Japan, & there's no excuse for them to mistreat us there.
         7. SO LET'S STAND UP & FIGHT & MAKE A SCENE ABOUT IT! Let's turn around & get the full benefit of this publicity. Just stand up & fight & give OUR side.
         8. IT'S TIME TO FIGHT & NOT BACK DOWN! We've got nothing to be ashamed of in Japan. All these media accusations are lies or they're old hat. Why not just ask those rascals, "What have we done LATELY? What are we doing wrong HERE? We've done everything RIGHT & everybody KNOWS it!" Everybody has recognised that we have done nothing but good there. Just ask them, "For which of these good works do you stone us?"--John 10:32. I think they ought to pitch in & really FIGHT it!
         9. EVERY PUBLICATION THAT PUBLISHES THOSE LIES & TRIES TO SMEAR US, WE OUGHT TO INSIST ON GIVING OUR SIDE OF THE STORY, expose what LIARS our enemies are, how EVIL they are & how they're trying to destroy our good works & all the good we're doing there. Let's stir up a fight! They want to fight?--Let's STIR it up! They started it, let's FINISH it! To give up is like we're admitting that we're guilty. We need to stand up & FIGHT it, DENY it, REBUKE it, EXPOSE it, just hang on & fight it!
         10. WE MAY NOT WIN, BUT AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT & finished the course & kept the faith in spite of our enemies!--2Tim.4:7. They want to expose US, now let's expose THEM!
         11. IF THAT MAGAZINE HAS LIED ABOUT US, LET'S SUE THEM! Let's sue them for libel & slander! Let's at least stand up & tell OUR story! Expose them for the liars they are! Just tell the public that they've always been telling these lies about us, but they've never proved one of them yet!
         12. (MARIA: OUR FRIENDS CAN ALL LEGITIMATELY SAY, like the blind man in John 9 said, "Well, I don't know about any of these accusations, but one thing I know is that whereas I was blind, now I SEE!"--John 9:25. They could say, "We don't know anything about all this, we haven't seen any of this stuff, all these charges you're bringing up.-All we know is the good sample & all the GOOD that they have done!")

COUNSEL FOR THAI PRESS CONFERENCE

         13. (MARIA: I GUESS IT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT THE SAME CASE IN THAILAND too where all the foreign journalists are getting together to view the "20/20" show, & have invited us to come.) Yes, just tell'm to FIGHT. "For which one of these good works do you stone us?" Just tell'm to fight! Let's PROVE what liars they are!
         14. WHY NOT GET A LAWYER? You need somebody who is a Thai & can speak their language. The best defenders of the early Christians were lawyers who were members of the System. They'll have to work it out & ask the Lord how to do it. I can't tell them every detail, I just think it's time to fight! I'm tired of running & just letting the Enemy have the field!
         15. (MARIA: THEY COULD SAY, "LOOK, YOU JAPANESE HAVE RECEIVED US. You discerned the truth, you knew what was right. Your judgement was good. It was those OUTSIDERS who have tried to cause trouble & stir you up against us!" They could blame it on the outsiders because it's true, the Japanese DID receive us. It was our outside enemies who came & stirred things up. They could pit the Japanese against the rest of the World!)
         16. "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THESE FOREIGNERS TO COME OVER HERE & DECEIVE YOU & STIR YOU UP AGAINST US, ARE YOU? You don't want to do that, do you?" (Maria: In other words, show that the foreigners again are just trying to weasel in & manipulate the Japanese. Appeal to their sense of independence & isolation.--That they were pure before, but now they're getting polluted by the foreign influence. They made the RIGHT decision originally, they were on the right track & received us.)

FIGHT WITH A COUNTER-STATEMENT!

         17. THEY NEED TO GET OUT A COUNTER-STATEMENT IMMEDIATELY TO THAT MAGAZINE. They need to go on the ATTACK, not just defence! Remind the press that our enemies have actually paid tens of thousands of Dollars to the press to publish these lies against us. Publish some insinuations against the evil press! And let them know that this magazine was probably paid to publish these lies.--And it wouldn't be the first time. Our lying, evil, wicked, filthy enemies are trying to destroy our good. Let's tell the truth & show them what's REALLY happening! Amen?
         18. HOLD YOUR GROUND! DON'T GIVE AN INCH TO THE DEVIL! Praise God! Hallelujah! Thank You Jesus! In Jesus' name, Lord, bless them & keep them & give them strength & wisdom & skill & guts to fight!--With great wisdom & anointing & power! In Jesus' name, help them, Lord! Show them how to fight, Lord, how to expose our enemies to prove they're liars!
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         19. (MARIA: THEY COULD HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE & have their music group there & give'm a real fighting show! Wow, that would be exciting!) Exactly! Right! Fine! And they could do it free for the press, just like the Family did in the Philippines. Serve refreshments!
         20. LET'S GO ON THE ATTACK & NOT BACK DOWN! Attack mode! Just refuse to let them intimidate us! Let's go all-out & attack while we have the facilities & we've got the wherewithal to do it. We've got the talent, the personnel, the facilities, we've got everything we need. We're well-known so let's publicise it! Let's show'm what LIARS our enemies are! "For which of these good works do ye stone us?"
         21. PRAISE THE LORD! THANK YOU LORD! YOU PROMISED, THAT VENGEANCE IS YOURS, YOU will repay! Stand back & see YOU fight! This is YOUR battle, Lord, not even ours. So FIGHT for us, Lord! Defeat our vicious enemies! Reveal the Truth, Lord, to those who need & deserve it. Damn our enemies! Save the good, Lord! And damn the evil!
         22. I DON'T THINK OUR PEOPLE ASK ENOUGH QUESTIONS. I don't think they fire back & fight enough! They should have been asking those sneaky reporters, "Who ARE you? Who PAID you to do this? Who STARTED this, anyhow? What foreign enemy of ours came in? Who corrupted you & polluted you & paid you to do this? Let's face it, you're getting PAID to do it!" You know they were! They wouldn't go to that much trouble unless they were getting PAID to do it, suborned witnesses, false witnesses.
         23. HOW I WOULD LOVE TO FIGHT'M! My God! God help our people to have the guts to stand up & fight! It's better to DIE for SOMETHING than to LIVE for NOTHING! Lord, make a real team out of those there & help them to really sock it to them, in Jesus' name!
         24. MAYBE THEY OUGHT TO HAVE THE PRESS CONFERENCE RIGHT THERE AT THE SCHOOL, force them to see what we've accomplished. The reporters may say they're too busy to go out there, blah, blah, but they weren't too busy to LIE about us! Our ENEMIES weren't too busy to go there & investigate. Let's see about the rest of them. They can't be pussyfooting around, we need to sock it to'm!
         25. "FOR WHICH OF THESE GOOD WORKS DO YE STONE US?"--"What's the matter with what we're doing?--Nothing but good! What evil have we done here?" (Maria: I guess it's like you said, we weren't getting enough publicity, so the Lord is using this to give us more, hallelujah!) Yes! GBY! Sock it to'm!

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