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All speeches were translated. When a Japanese official spoke, he spoke,
of course, in Japanese, but after every sentence the interpreter translated the
sentence into English, and vice-versa. Of course, the whole thing was in my
honor,
so I was the chief speaker. Both Mr. Rader and Mr. Gotoh spoke briefly.
I had said earlier that I was not going to plan ahead what to say, or speak
from
any notes. I knew the living Christ would put into my mind what I should say--
and
He did!
There were at least a half dozen ambassadors representing other nations
present
(with their wives). So, I knew that a number of different religions was
represented.
Suppose you were to be asked to stand up and speak to some 300 highly
distinguished
people. Some believing the Buddhist, Shintoist, Islamic, or Taoist religions,
not knowing
anything about the true GOD. You knew that Jesus Christ wanted you to proclaim
to them
the Good News of the KINGDOM OF GOD, and you had to get this Gospel Message over
to
these important people. JUST HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT IT? If you had two or
three days
before-hand to think and plan what to say, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
I think all of you ought to KNOW a little about how Jesus Christ leads His
chosen
Apostle to do it.
I KNEW the living Christ would guide me. Like you, I am only human, but I
TRUSTED
the living Jesus. He DID put in my mind what to say.
Many of you may hear a tape recording of what I did say. But as I now
remember
it, I mentioned that I do have private meetings with many heads of nations--that
I
talk with them about their problems, and world problems. That their problems
are
greater than any of them have the power to solve. I then said I had read an
editorial
in one of the world's leading news magazines, which said our "WORLD PROBLEMS AND
EVILS
are now so great it would seem that the world's ONLY HOPE lies in the
intervention
of a GREAT UNSEEN HAND FROM SOMEPLACE." In this manner, I brought to the
attention
of these many government officials of different religions the supreme GOD--and
then
explained that this great "Unseen Hand" was the UNSEEN CREATOR, WHO MADE OF ONE
BLOOD
ALL OF THE NATIONS REPRESENTED IN THIS BANQUET.