We take a lot of things lightly in America
Like the bible, like baptism
Did you know that people in communist countries
Treasure their bibles? The bibles are so rare
They rip out pages and memorize them and exchange them with other believers
Memorize as much as they can
They put it in their hearts, God's words
Because they can't always go to the shop an' pick up God's word

And baptism really means something to them
Even in countries that aren't communist, like in India
To be baptized really means something
Over here we may accept Jesus and take two or three years to get baptized
But over there, when a person believes he wants to be baptized
It means something to him, and it really costs him too
Once a person is baptized in India, his family denounces him and will
Not have anything to do with him. The family considers him dead

It's going to happen in the United States
The same thing that's happening in oppressed countries
A lot of our churches are going to be closed down and a lot
Of us are going to be arrested and killed
I know you can't believe it, but it's true

There's a man named Watchman Nee, in China
You've read his books, haven't you? Some of you?
Well, they put him in prison because he was con, you know
His work was converting so many people
And his books continued to come out although he was under
Lock and key, and they didn't know how he was still writing books
But it turned out that he had converted the guards and they were
Smuggling out his, his books. And so they killed the guards
And his books continued to come. He had converted the other guards
So they killed those guards. While not wishing to oppress christianity
Because that would make it grow up stronger
I mean you take a seed and lay it on top of upon the ground with no oppression
And it'll just lay there dormant, but you plant it in the ground and cover
It up with dirt, you try to bury it, and it'll grow
And the holy spirit's sure to water it

Well not wishing to oppress christianity but not wishing to encourage
It either, they didn't kill Watchman Nee. But they cut off his arms
And his books still continued to come. You can't oppress God's spirit
You can't lock it up. It will not stay locked up

And I'm, I'm not particularly afraid of, of, of what's going to happen
In the United States. I'm glad in a way because it's going to force a lot
Of people to make a choice and not be so casual
And when you don't have the church to go to, you're going to wish you had fellowship
And those of you who are christians are really going to treasure your christianity
More and it's going to mean something to you and it's going to work more for you
Because you're going to commit yourself to it more
And you'll start tearing out pages from your bible
It's already happening here. It's already happening in very polite forms
Our money may say "In God we trust. " It's already against the law to pray in school
And it's happening already right here. And maybe some of you have been persecuted
In very polite ways. I have, and my sister has and her husband has
And my friends have been put in jail for preaching on the streets

An' maybe it hasn't happened to you. You can, you cannot hold church in un-zoned area
And some of my friends have had their bible studies busted. And in some neighborhoods
The neighbors have gotten together and signed a paper saying they don't want those meetings
In their neighborhood. I'm really glad there's bible studies in houses
I'm really glad that every day is Sunday to a lot of kids now

I'm not afraid of the Russians coming or the Chinese or the world council of churches
If that's gonna be our enemies too. Let them come
I'm not afraid of the lions. Let 'em eat me
They can't swallow my soul. They can't touch us
They can't get us. We've been bought with a price and nobody's
Got enough money or enough force to buy us back
They can't touch you. And when they come you just pray for them
And when they lead you away you just sing glory to God
And when they shoot you you just smile