Chapter Four - MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE LIKE ME

Chapter Four - MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE LIKE ME

Born in the mountains of southwestern Virginia in1937, my daddy was a coal miner that died when I was 3 years old and my mother was cold hearted towards me, so I was left alone in this world as far as people are concerned.

My daddy named me Harland Hoy Hay and then a few months later my mother marked through it on the birth certificate and wrote the name Goebel Rodger Hay above it, so I have been known by both of those names.

The first thing the Lord told me after He filled me with the Holy Spirit in 1964 was “I was the guide of your youth.”

I was a hard worker all my life making a living with my hands, and before Jesus filled me with the Holy Spirit.

I went into the army when I was seventeen years old, I did two years with the 25th infantry division with an honorable discharge and then served four years in the Navy also with an honorable discharge and thanks to Jesus I never had to kill anyone.

I am telling you this to show you that I was just a normal hillbilly and not an extraordinary person of any kind.

Jesus filled me with the Holy Spirit in 1964 before I had read the bible and before I knew much about churches. I had peeked into a snake handling church out of curiosity as a boy in the mountains so I stayed away from that.

After being filled with the Holy Spirit I was a changed person without really understanding what had happened to me, I had a strong desire to get to know my Creator. So, I started going to church, which is something I had never done before and I thought all churches were the same.

When I had joined the Army, they had asked me if I was a Protestant? I said “no” I didn’t even know what that meant. And then they asked me if I was Catholic and I said “no,” I thought that was people that ate fish on Friday and so then they asked me if I was a Jew and I said “no” angrily because I thought they were asking me if I would try to get people to give me a lower price.

I was ignorant about religion, and so they put an X on my dog tags indicating that I had no religious affiliation. They put a C on your dog tags if you are Catholic, a P for Protestant and a J for Jew, but they put an X on mine.

After I started going to church, I discovered that there were many different brands of religion and so I asked Jesus which church He wanted me to belong to and He told me “I want you to be only a Christian.” So, I came out of all churches and became a guitar picking independent tent revival preacher.

I attended many of the big tent revival meetings of the preachers in that time and helped out as much as I could around the tent. I was in Oral Roberts meetings, A.A. Allen, and many others.

While sitting on the platform of a tent revival meeting one morning in Shreveport Louisiana in 1970, the Lord Jesus came over me and spoke these five words that changed my life forever.

Jesus said “THE BIBLE IS AN IDOL.” I did not realize the bible had so much power over the minds of people. In the evening service that night, I stood up in front of the congregation and told them what Jesus had spoken to me earlier that day and said that “THE BIBLE IS AN IDOL” and that “I would not be controlled by this idol” and proceeded to tear my bible to pieces.

At first the people were stunned and silent, a few of them tore a page out of their bibles, but then I felt the danger when they realized what had just occurred and they turned on me and I had to escape out the back of the tent, like Paul out the window and down a wall in a basket.

I went back to my room and soon after, some of the men came and got me and put me on a bus back to Texas. Since that day Satan has attacked me relentlessly continually all my life.

But Jesus had told me years ago that He would deliver me like He did Israel and He has, that is why I am still here today. Satan has tried to kill me many times since Jesus spoke those five words “THE BIBLE IS AN IDOL.”

The bible is the biggest idol in all of history because it was compiled out of the words that God spoke to others in history. And with it, Satan has deceived the world. I was kicked out of all the churches and put in jail for preaching “THE BIBLE IS AN IDOL.”

We had to move over 50 times because people hated us so much. They ran me out of Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil and anywhere I preached. When I preached the Living Word of God to this generation, people would scream and run out of the tent or church. The Real Word of God is quick(alive) and it cuts people to their heart.

My wife Diana and I continue today because Jesus told me that His voice would be heard again in the land and that the sons of God would be manifested.

Jesus told me that tribulation would be coming soon and is at the door now and will increase with time.

I was able to do this by the grace of God because Jesus wanted His light to shine once again in this dark and deceived world. Those of us that have the Holy Spirit in us are the temple of God, He lives in us by His Spirit and we are His sons and daughters. He walks in us; He talks in us and through us.

Jesus died so we could have the gift and promise of God which is the Holy Spirit. And although we are alone in the world, Jesus is still with us after all these years.

Jesus joined my wife and I together to get this message out and make the journey so that we would not be completely alone, and He is still with us today. May you never be alone like us. May you find companionship with other Holy Spirit filled people and if not, never give up and always cling to the Living Jesus Christ, He will comfort you and deliver you.