We stand up and we don't do like the world does. We don't try to hide everything in darkness. If we do, the Word of God says, Be sure your sins will find you out. We don't stand up in front of the world and become weak in front of the world. We will stand up and become weak before God, and let the world see it. For God says, His strength is made perfect in weakness. Men have it backwards. They think they're goin' to be tough. But your toughness only lasts about seventy-five years. And then, where's your toughness after that? How tough are you gonna be on the day of judgment?

My best friend went to be with the Lord two years ago. And I'll tell you right now, he'd have whopped any man watching by television. You think I'm kidding ya? I'm tellin' ya! He was the meanest, roughest man I've known in my entire life. He'd have taken Hulk Hogan, Big John Studd who's been a friend. I've known Studd. And some of these other wrestlers, he'd whopped all of them. And maybe, all at once. You say, 'How do you know that?' He knocked the first string tackle for the Chicago Bears out with one bunch at a party one night. Hit three hundred pound guy, dropped him. Boom! And I'm talkin' about Big Chick Huncksbury, 6 foot 8, 400 pounds. Meaner, mean as literal hell, before he came to the Lord. Snortin' cocaine, blowin' pieces of his nose out in tissues. I could get a little crude with some of the stuff that was goin' on in his life. But, I'm not gonna say it. With regards to cocaine and blowin' his nose, and this garbage. Big Chick Huncksbury ripped a man's ears off before he knew the Lord. He got mad one night, got mad at this guy. And he said, 'That's it, dude.' Wap! And tore his ears off. They put him in prison for that for a short time. Chick said, 'Tore his ears off.' I said, 'You did what?' He said, 'I ripped his ears off.' I said, 'That's incredible, Chick. You tore a man's ears off.' He said, 'Naw. It ain't incredible. They come off easy, man, just like...You just pull 'em. And they rip right off.' :) No shame, no remorse. Some of you guys saw him in the movie Purple Rain. He was Prince's bodyguard. He was Madonna's bodyguard. He was bodyguard to AC/DC. But I'll tell you right now, if Big Chick Huncksbury would have died, and stood before the throne room of God. Big Chick couldn't have stood up there and said, 'Well, I'll whop the devil. He's my accuser, bring him on.' Those were some words Chick used to use a lot. 'Oh yeah? Bring 'em on!' He used to stand like this [burly]. He was so big, he walked like that [swaggerly], like a big ape. I remember him backstage, he would say things to people. Backstage he'd say, 'Get out of here. You don't belong back here. Where's your pass?' And they'd start double talkin' him. And he'd say, 'Through the door or through the wall! Get out.' And they'd go, 'Oh, yes.' Yet if he stood before the throne room of God, 6 foot 8, 400 lbs. of mean hell-raiser. And the devil came in and started accusing him. Saying, 'He's goin' to hell. This guy's no good. Tore a man's ears off, did this, did that. Hung out with all the ladies, messed up a bunch of women. Snorted cocaine, killed somebody here, or did somethin' there. Shot people with his nickel-plated gun, blew the tire out of a truck one time on the freeway 'cause they cut his Harley off, ran the trucker right off the road. This guy's crazy. He's goin' to hell.' I'll tell you right now, Big Chick Huncksbury wouldn't be standin' up there before the throne room, lookin' at the devil. Saying, 'I'll whop him. I'm comin' in. I'm comin' into heaven. And I ain't gonna be challenged by you.' Let me tell you somethin'. The Word of God says satan is our accuser. Jesus says if you confess me before men, I will confess you before the Father. All the toughness, and strength, and power that Big Chick Huncksbury had, or that Hulk Hogan has, or Big John Studd. All the power that some of the toughest and roughest men in the world have is nothin' before the throne room of God. And I'll guarantee ya, you are no match for satan! The thing that is so ridiculous about it is, satan has no power over you, but that you give it to him. Because God's give us the way out. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He's the way out!

I remember talkin' to Big Chick Huncksbury just before he died. And I thought Chick and I were gonna be witnessing bodies for years to come. I remember Big Chick said to me, 'I've been 6 foot 8, 400 pounds, since the day I hit high school. I've been huge. No man's ever whopped me. And this might sound strange to you, Jeff, but no man's ever hugged me. I never be able to be hugged, I'm too big. I had a vision.' I said, 'What's that vision, Chick?' He said, 'I saw myself walkin' through them pearly gates. When I come walkin' between them big pearly gates, I looked up and there was my Jesus. And He said, 'Come here, big fellow, I'm gonna give you a hug!' That's quite a vision.

And I can tell you, I quess I'm talkin' a lot to the men tonight. But I can tell you guys, some of you rock'n'rollers that are trying to denounce me, now. I don't care if you do denounce me. Quite frankly, the only one that I'm worried about denouncing me is Jesus. I don't want to be standing before the throne room of God, and have Jesus say, 'Depart from Me, I never knew you.' You say, 'How cold!' For Jesus to say ,'Depart from Me, I never Knew You.' You want to hear about cold? I think it's cold for you to deny somebody that gave His life for you on the cross. That's cold. What more can He do? What more can Jesus do. He's done it all. Than to be born; become flesh; live without sin; being tempted in every way, but without sin; and goin' to the cross. When Jesus was arrested and taken to the cross, you want to talk about manhood? You want to talk about power? The Word of God says here, and not one word has ever been disproven in this book. Nobody has ever disproven a WORD out of this book. That's why we're gonna be so grateful. 'Cause we are gonna know that not only did He give us a way out, but He sent the Holy Spirit to break through all the garbage, and all the crust, and all the demonic powers. So that we could have a clear mind, to know the truth that the truth will set us free. And have the opportunity to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. And I believe right now, you need to make Him your personal Savior. I'm not having anybody come forward. This is very strange maybe to some of you, but nobody is gonna come forward. I'm asking you right where you are, to raise your hand if you are gonna rededicate or give your heart to Jesus, and you're gonna pray in this place. Praise the Lord God for you. How many of you need a touch from the Lord, and need to rededicate? You're not coming forward. Just acknowledge the Lord. Say, 'I need to rededicate my life tonight.' Praise you Lord Jesus.

My Deepest Love,
Jeff
Houston, Texas, winter, 1992