{"id":93645,"date":"2019-12-20T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T01:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=93645"},"modified":"2020-05-02T16:44:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T23:44:21","slug":"q1031a-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=93645","title":{"rendered":"Q1031A Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript, click here<\/a>. To read the Annotated Transcript, click here<\/a>.
\nListen to MP3<\/a>. To return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201c11-12-72\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contents of tape consistent with note<\/p>\n

People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJack Beam
\nGene Chaikin (by reference)
\nRichard Cordell
\nEdith Cordell
\nArchie Ijames
\nPop Jackson
\nMarceline LeTourneau
\nTim Stoen (by reference)<\/div>\n

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Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nCol. Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
\nRev. Nathan Urshan, United Pentecostal Church
\nLouis H. Deere, Indianapolis physician
\nReno Bartolomie, Mendocino County sheriff<\/div>\n

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Bible verses cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Editor’s note<\/strong><\/em>: The verses below appear in order of biblical reference, not as they appear in Jim Jones\u2019 address. For a complete scriptural index to the sermons of Jim Jones, click here<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201c[The Bible] Said that the hypocrites in the last day, they\u2019ll stand up in the synagogue with a loud voice. They\u2019ll be seeing \u2018em then. Said they\u2019ll pray so that men can see them. But he said, Beware. They already have their reward. He said, You want to do something? Go home and do it in your closet. Said, You want to pray? Go and pray to your God in secret, who will reward you openly\u201d (Matthew 6:1-8).<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Bible] said the church would be your worst enemy. Those in your own household will be your worst enemy.\u201d (Matthew 10:34-36, esp. 36, \u201cAnd a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you want to know what the judgment day is going to ask you for? You want to know what it\u2019s going to ask you for? He\u2019s not going to ask you how many prayed. Matthew 25, verses thirty-four, I think, says that uh, when the king shall\u2013 then\u2013 then the king\u2013 uh, the Christ shall say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my father. Inherit the kingdom on earth prepared for you from the \u2026 end of the world. For I was in need of prayer and you prayed. Or I needed you to get baptized and you got baptized. I need you to speak in tongues and you spoke in tongues. Never said a cotton-picking word about that, and you know it. Said, I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came unto me. And they said, Jesus, when did we ever see you sick, naked, hungry or thirsty? He said, Oh, you didn\u2019t. In that you did it unto the least of these, in that you did it to the poorest white mother or the poorest black mother, in that you did it to the poorest among men, in that you did it among the least of these, you did it unto me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in service: \u201cAnd you never want to get out and feed the hungry and clothe the naked. And I\u2019m telling you, you don\u2019t know your scripture. You don\u2019t know what God said. You are the one that\u2019s wrong, \u2018cause you\u2019re never going to see Jesus until you get concerned about every hungry, naked, every stranger, everybody in prison, everybody that\u2019s mistreated\u201d (Matthew 25:34-40)<\/p>\n

\u201cMy soul has no peace. [You] Say, Well, that can\u2019t happen. Oh, yes it did. It happened in the scripture, just as sure as you\u2019re living. The rich man came to Lazarus. He spoke to him. Spoke to him. Don\u2019t tell me it can\u2019t happen. The rich man came to him and said, Go. Save my brother. At least warn my relatives. Warn them. I\u2019ve been a devil. Save my relatives.\u201d (Luke 16:19-31)<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday\u2019s message was vital. If you\u2019da got that, you\u2019da been free. You\u2019da been free. You\u2019da known the truth, and it would have set you free.\u201d (John 8:32, \u201cAnd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201c[The churches] tell you, love some lie, and they\u2019ll tell you to give so they can have a Cadillac. And then they\u2019ll tell you to get ready to die. Now that\u2019s some message. You come to church to hear somebody to tell you to get ready to die. (Calls) I say, let\u2019s get ready to live! Let\u2019s get ready to live! I have come to give you life and freedom and life more abundantly!\u201d (John 10:10, \u201cThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy on earth can\u2019t we raise the dead? Why can\u2019t we stop dead? Why can\u2019t we stop the death from taking place? Jesus said, He that liveth and keeps my sayings shall never die. That\u2019s what he said. Though he were dead, yet shall he live.\u201d (John 11:25-26, \u201cJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what church people do. They\u2019ll even kill you, thinking they do God a service. It\u2019s not alcoholics you need to worry about. It\u2019s not the street worker or the street walker or the whores or the pimps you need to worry about\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

[Later in service] \u201cAnybody that tries to do this, they\u2019re going to persecute, they\u2019re going to lie on, they\u2019re going to try to kill them, and what\u2019s the scripture say? They\u2019ll think they do God a service. Now you know no prostitute or drunk is going to think they do God a service.\u201d (John 16:2, \u201cThey shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe Christ is in you, the hope of glory.\u201d (Colossians 1:27, \u201c\u2026God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s gone be good church members, good old holiness types, good old Pentecostal types that act like they got something, but all they got\u2019s a form of Godliness denying the power thereof.\u201d (2 Timothy 3:1-5, esp. 3:5, \u201cHaving a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cHebrews 6:1 said, Let us leave the principles of the doctrines of Christ baptisms. Laying on of hands, eternal judgement. That means talking about how hot hell is and how many streets there is in heaven and pearly white cities, leaving baptisms, doctrines of eternal judgement and resurrection of the dead. You hear what I\u2019m saying? Hebrews 6:1, Let us leave. Didn\u2019t say, Let\u2019s stay around and grope around and nose around. It said, Let us leave the principles of the doctrines of baptisms, laying on of hands, eternal judgement and the resurrection of the dead.\u201d (Hebrews 6:1-2, \u201cTherefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t get what Jesus\u2019 brother said, James, first chapter, the twenty-seventh verse, he said, \u2018Pure religion was undefiled before God, and the Father is to minister to the orphans and widows in their affliction.\u2019 Didn\u2019t say nothing about jumpin\u2019 up and down and prayin\u2019 and frothin\u2019 at the mouth and speakin\u2019 in tongues or gettin\u2019 baptized. It said, minister to the orphans and the widows in their affliction. That\u2019s what it said.\u201d (James 1:27, \u201cPure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.\u201d).<\/p><\/div>\n

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Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Editor\u2019s note: <\/strong><\/em>This tape was transcribed by <\/em>Vicki Perry<\/em>. The\u00a0editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance<\/em>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The subject of this 1972 sermon is life: the life-affirming aspects of the Peoples Temple ministry, the number of resurrections that occur on practically a daily basis, and even the messages of hope and life contained within the Christian Bible. Its periodic references to death \u2013 and there are several \u2013 most often focus on the hypocrisy of the churches around them as well as the contradictory message of those that offer classes in how to prepare your will. \u201cI\u2019m not telling you how to get ready to die<\/em>,\u201d Jones cries out early in the service, \u201cI\u2019m telling you how to get ready to live.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Jones declares several times that he hates death. He hates graveyards, and claiming to have worked in one, says that no one is going to rise from them, especially after the forces of decomposition have their way with flesh and bones. That hatred of death is why he performs miracles, and why no one in the church has died.<\/p>\n

The principle of the Temple for life has brought succor to both the living and the dead. He reminds the congregation of the manifested spirit which visited the sanctuary one day, and begged for forgiveness so that it might find peace.<\/p>\n

Jones uses the theme to differentiate between what the Bible says about life, and how the churches run by the \u201cjackleg preachers \u2026 with their Cadillacs\u201d use the same Bible to get their parishioners to prepare for death. \u201cThey tell you love some lie, and they\u2019ll tell you to give so they can have a Cadillac. And then they\u2019ll tell you to get ready to die. Now that\u2019s some message.\u201d<\/p>\n

In contrast, the Temple builds on the future, by adopting children and offering foster homes and education. It offers life to middle-aged believers, with legal services and medical care, and its healings \u2013 while for everyone \u2013 most pointedly helps the elderly. Followers of Peoples Temple get the true Christian message. \u201c[The Bible] didn\u2019t say nothing about jumpin\u2019 up and down and prayin\u2019 and frothin\u2019 at the mouth and speakin\u2019 in tongues or gettin\u2019 baptized. It said, minister to the orphans and the widows in their affliction. That\u2019s what it said.\u201d And that\u2019s what the Temple does.<\/p>\n

FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of transcription: 6\/21\/79<\/p>\n

In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.<\/p>\n

On 6\/14\/79, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B108-3. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

A sermon given by JIM JONES where he speaks of his healing powers.<\/p>\n

Differences with FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To read the Tape Transcript, click here. To read the Annotated Transcript, click here. Listen to MP3. To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-93645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93645"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97733,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93645\/revisions\/97733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}