Sid Roth

SID: You know, when I was a fairly new Jewish believer in the Messiah I didn’t know a whole lot. In fact, I did a national television show with a woman by the name of Kathryn Kuhlman and I hadn’t even read the New Testament. But I got, because it was so unusual for Jewish people to be believers in Jesus at that time that’s why I got that kind of acclaim. But I had a friend and I still have him today, he’s another Jewish believer. Some of you might have heard of him. He has a television show. His name is Rabbi Jonathan Bernis and Jonathan and I used to spend days praying in supernatural languages, praying in tongues, fasting. We had no idea what we were doing for lots of reasons, but I know today what we were doing. The organization I have today, two television networks throughout the world, I prayed that into existence by praying in supernatural languages and I didn’t even know what I was doing. And Jonathan did the same thing. He has an international organization all over the world and we birthed it by praying in supernatural languages. One day I got a phone call from Jonathan and he said, “Sid, God has told me to go to the former Soviet Union. The doors have just been opened.” And I said, “Boy, what a great idea.” And he said, “Let’s do a Jewish music festival.” Jews weren’t even allowed to live like Jews at that time, in the former Soviet Union. “And we’ll evangelize.” I said, “Sounds good.” So he invited me to be one of the speakers. Let me tell you what it was like then. You had to stand in line for groceries. The hotel rooms were so filthy and so filled with lice and mosquitoes, and things, that a lot of people, they couldn’t stay in a hotel room, so they moved their bed into the hallways. Glass in the borscht, in the soup. I mean, these were tough days. But Jonathan and I were involved in history. We saw, we rented an auditorium and we didn’t know if anyone would show up. It was jammed packed with Jewish people, standing room only. And then I’ve never seen this in my life, when we gave an invitation the Jewish people did not sheepishly come forward, they ran to come to know God. Anyone want to see actual video footage of that event?

 

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SID: If you do not know God.

 

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SID: This is your night in St. Petersburg.

 

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SID: I’m going to pray a prayer for you.

 

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SID: Right now.

 

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SID: And you will know God.

 

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SID: Not just know about him.

 

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SID: And you will know his son.

 

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SID: Yeshua.

 

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SID: The Messiah of Israel.

 

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SID: Get out of your seats right now in the balcony.

 

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SID: And come quickly up to the altar now.

 

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SID: And I will pray for you.

 

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SID: Quickly. Quickly, quickly. Show God how much you love him.

 

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SID: If you do not know God, you must come here!

 

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SID: I command you in the name of the Living God!

 

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SID: Quickly! Run down here. Run to God because God is running to you. I say run to the Living God now!

 

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SID: Quickly! We’re going to pray. Quickly!

 

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SID: Repeat after me.

 

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SID: I believe that Jesus died.

 

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SID: Was buried.

 

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SID: And rose from the dead.

 

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SID: His precious blood.

 

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SID: Washed away all of my sins.

 

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SID: I ask Jesus to come and live inside of me.

 

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SID: I make Jesus my Lord.

 

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SID: I am not ashamed of the Good News.

 

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SID: Thank you.

 

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SID: As unbelievable as that was I can tell you that even as I see it now it literally brings all those emotions back. But the doors closed, but I have good news. The doors are just open. When I come back we’ll tell you about it.