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SID: I SPOKE IN THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE AND LED A FILIPINO MEDICAL DOCTOR TO HIS MESSIAH. ONLY PROBLEM WAS I DON'T SPEAK THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE! AND THERE ARE OVER 40 DIFFERENT DIALECTS IN THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE, AND I EVEN SPOKE IN HIS DIALECT!
ANNOUNCER: CAN ANCIENT SECRETS OF THE SUPERNATURAL BE RE-DISCOVERED? DO ANGELS EXIST? IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? ARE HEALING MIRACLES REAL? CAN YOU GET SUPERNATURAL HELP FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION? HAS THE FUTURE BEEN WRITTEN IN ADVANCE? SID ROTH HAS SPENT 30 YEARS RESEARCHING THE STRANGE WORLD OF THE SUPERNATURAL. JOIN SID ON THIS EDITION OF 'IT'S SUPERNATURAL!'
SANDRA: I DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE IN THE 'BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT' BUT I TELL YOU WHEN GOD SUPERNATURALLY MOVED ON ME I BEGAN TO HAVE POWER TO CONQUER AND OVERCOME THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I NEVER EVER COULD DO!
SID: HELLO! SID ROTH HERE! WELCOME TO MY WORLD WHERE IT'S NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL! THE FIRST CONGREGATION OF JEWISH BELIEVERS WERE NATURALLY SUPERNATURAL! IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE LOST SOMETHING. WHAT WE'VE LOST IS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SUPERNATURAL. I MEAN YOU COULD GRAB A HANDKERCHIEF FROM ONE OF THE FIRST BELIEVERS AND YOU'D GET HEALED! YOU COULD GET UNDER THE SHADOW OF ONE OF THE FIRST BELIEVERS AND YOU WOULD BE HEALED! WHAT HAS HAPPENED? WHAT IS THE DOORWAY TO THE SUPERNATURAL THAT HAS LITERALLY BEEN HIJACKED? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT IS. IT WAS WHEN THE FIRST JEWISH BELIEVERS PASSED THROUGH PENTECOST OR 'SHAVUOT' WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS POURED OUT AND THEY SPOKE IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES. IT'S AS IF 'TONGUES,' OUR SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES HAS BEEN DEMOTED TO THE BACK ROOM OR EVEN OUT OF THE CHURCH TODAY. AND THAT'S THE DOORWAY TO THE SUPERNATURAL!
AS A JEWISH PERSON THAT DID NOT KNOW THE MESSIAH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT INTRIGUED ME THE MOST WAS WHEN I WENT TO A FEW PRAYER MEETINGS AND PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING IN A SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TAUGHT AND I REMEMBER SAYING CAN I HEAR IT? I WANNA HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE! AND I WAS MYSTIFIED! IT WAS, YOU KNOW THE SCRIPTURES SAY THE JEW REQUIRES A SIGN? EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE WHICH IS EVEN A GREATER SIGN WHEN SOMEONE SPEAKS A LANGUAGE AND THEN SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS IT, THAT'S A GREAT SIGN. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT I KNEW THE MAN WAS SPEAKING A LANGUAGE THAT HE HAD NEVER LEARNED IN HIS MIND AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A LANGUAGE TO ME. AND I WAS FASCINATED WITH IT! AND, AND SO WHEN I BECAME A BELIEVER I IMMEDIATELY WAS FILLED WITH HOLY SPIRIT AND I STARTED SPEAKING IN SUPERNATURAL TONGUES AND I WAS SPEAKING ABOUT AN HOUR A DAY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS! IF I HAD UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS I WOULD HAVE DONE 3, 4, 5, 6 HOURS A DAY! AND GRADUALLY I STOPPED DOING IT AS MUCH. I STILL SPOKE IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES BUT I STOPPED DOING IT AS MUCH. AND AS I LOOKED OVER MY LIFE AS A BELIEVER AND SAW THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT GOD HAS DONE IN MY LIFE, A 'KEY' WAS OPENED UP TO ME. A DOOR WAS OPENED UP TO ME WHEN I INTERVIEWED GLENN AREKION AND HE SAID THAT WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES YOU'RE LITERALLY PROPHESYING YOUR FUTURE AND IT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO PRAY IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES AND PROPHESY MY FUTURE! WHY? NUMBER ONE: IT WAS MY PERFECT FUTURE THAT GOD HAD FOR ME. IT WASN'T JUST MY IDEA OF WHAT GOD WANTED. IT WAS GOD PRAYING MY FUTURE THROUGH ME IN THAT SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE AND THEN OUT OF THE BLUE THERE WAS A SECULAR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT ME. I WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF A MAJOR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I HADN'T EVEN READ THE ENTIRE BIBLE AT THIS POINT. THE ONLY THING THAT SPARED ME WAS MY SPIRIT WAS BEING BUILT UP AND I WAS PROPHESYING MY FUTURE THROUGH THIS SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE. KATHRYN KUHLMAN HAD THE GREATEST HEALING MINISTRY OF HER GENERATION. HEARD ABOUT ME. PUT ME ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. THE FULL GOSPEL BUSINESSMEN OPENED UP TO ME. AND I BELIEVE ALL THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS PROPHESYING MY FUTURE WITH PERFECT PRAYERS, WITH PERFECT FAITH. WHY? MY MIND COULDN'T SAY OH THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE DOING THIS. THEN I GOT INVOLVED WITH A GROUP OF JEWISH BELIEVERS IN STARTING ONE OF THE FIRST MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING! I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA DO IT! BUT BECAUSE I HAD PROPHESIED I WAS PUSHED INTO IT! LITERALLY PUSHED INTO IT! I REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THIS. AND THEN WHEN I GOT INTO RADIO THE SAME THING HAPPENED! I WAS PROPHESYING MY FUTURE IN RADIO AND I REMEMBER TELLING THE FELLOW THAT STARTED ME IN RADIO I DO NOT WANT TO DO IT AND HE INSISTED THAT I BE HIS ANNOUNCER AND I DID A MISERABLE JOB AS AN ANNOUNCER. I DID NOT WANT TO BE BEHIND THE MICROPHONE. THAT'S THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD THAT I WANTED BUT I WAS PUSHED INTO IT! I DID NOT JUST GET A DREAM AND DO IT. I WAS PUSHED INTO IT! AND THEN TELEVISION. I DIDN'T WANT TO DO TELEVISION! I GET A PHONE CALL. HELLO, WE JUST DEPOSITED $25,000 IN 'XYZ' STUDIO FOR YOU TO DO YOUR TELEVISION SHOW AND BEFORE I COULD TELL THE PERSON THAT DID THIS I DIDN'T HAVE A TELEVISION SHOW I WAS BOOKED AND I STARTED MY FIRST TELEVISION SHOW! I AM CONVINCED THAT WHEN YOU PRAY IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES YOU'RE NOT ONLY PROPHESYING YOUR FUTURE, YOU'RE CLEARING THE WAY FOR YOUR FUTURE! YOU'RE NOT ONLY CLEARING THE WAY FOR YOUR FUTURE YOU'RE GETTING RID OF TRAPS LIKE, LIKE SICKNESS OR POVERTY OR PROBLEMS WITH YOUR FAMILY. YOU SEE GOD KNOWS THE FUTURE AND WHEN YOU PRAY IN THIS SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE YOU ARE PAVING THE WAY. YOU'RE LITERALLY OPENING THE PATH FOR YOUR FUTURE! NOW WHEN I COME BACK I'M GONNA BE WITH THE CO-PRODUCER OF 'IT'S SUPERNATURAL!' TELEVISION. AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT SHE'S ALSO A JEWISH BELIEVER IN THE MESSIAH. JANIE DUVALL. AND WHEN SHE PROPHESIED TO HER MOTHER, WHO WAS NOT A BELIEVER, IN SPEAKING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES AND WHAT HER MOTHER HAD TO SAY WHEN SHE SPOKE THIS LANGUAGE, YOU'LL BE AMAZED! DON'T GO AWAY. BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS WORD!
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RICK: PRAY IN THE SPIRIT. HE GAVE US THIS GIFT FOR THIS REASON. AND I, AS I'VE LEARNED TO USE THIS AND START PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT I STARTED GETTING REVELATION AND UNDERSTANDING!
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ANNOUNCER: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO 'IT'S SUPERNATURAL!'
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BRUCE: THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT TO ME HAS OPENED A WHOLE REALM OF THE SUPERNATURAL!...
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SID: HELLO! SID ROTH HERE WITH JANIE DUVALL. JANIE IS CO-PRODUCER OF 'IT'S SUPERNATURAL' TELEVISION. AND JANIE AND I HAVE SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS. WE CAME TO THE LORD ABOUT THE SAME TIME. WE BOTH COME FROM A JEWISH BACKGROUND. AND JANIE, THERE WAS A BOOK THAT YOU READ AND I READ IN THE EARLY 70'S. IT WAS BY JOHN SHERRILL 'THEY SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES.'
JANIE: UH, HUH.
SID: AND THAT BOOK, REALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS SO AMAZING. YOU SEE IN THIS BOOK, IT WAS KIND OF A BEST-SELLER BACK THEN, AND EVERYONE THAT WAS SPEAKING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES WHICH WAS MOST BRAND NEW BELIEVERS, THERE WAS A MOVE OF THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT AT THAT POINT, WAS READING THAT BOOK AND THIS FELLOW WAS A SKEPTIC! HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THESE LANGUAGES WERE ANYTHING BUT GIBBERISH. SO HE WENT AROUND AND HE TOOK A TAPE RECORDER AND HE RECORDED THESE LANGUAGES. THEN HE WENT TO A LANGUAGE LAB OF A UNIVERSITY AND HAD MANY OF THESE EXPERTS, THEY STUDY SEMANTICS. THEY KNOW IF IT'S A LANGUAGE OR NOT. SO THEY LISTENED TO THESE LANGUAGES AND THEY SAID WE KNOW THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF SEMANTICS THAT THEY ARE OLD ANCIENT LANGUAGES BUT THEY ARE REAL LANGUAGES. IT'S NOT JUST GIBBERISH. AND THAT IMPRESSED ME SO MUCH THAT JANIE DUVALL DID AN EXPERIMENT. SHE DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT IT TILL AFTER SHE DID IT BUT SHE SPOKE INTO A TAPE RECORDER OR MADE A CD OF HER PRAYER LANGUAGE. AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT, JANIE?
JANIE: I TAPED THREE MINUTES AND WE CONTACTED A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE EXPERTS, LINGUISTIC EXPERTS. AND WE JUST, WE DIDN'T TELL THEM ANYTHING. WE JUST SAID HERE, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS. TELL US WHAT THIS IS. AND SO I'M, I'M A JEWISH NEW YORKER. MY LAST NAME IS FRENCH BUT THAT'S BECAUSE OF MY HUSBAND. I AM NOT FRENCH. BUT I PRAYED IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES ON THAT TAPE AND THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THE PROFESSORS SAID. THEY SAID THIS IS DEFINITELY A NATIVE FRENCH SPEAKER.
SID: HUH!
JANIE: AH. SEVERAL OF THEM SAID THAT. AND THEY SAID THAT, ONE SAID THAT I WAS, IT WAS A PERFORMANCE ART PIECE CONSTRUCTED PASSAGE PERFORMED BY A NATIVE SPEAKER OF FRENCH PURELY FOR THE SOUND. BUT THEY SAID I WAS AND THAT PROFESSOR HIMSELF WAS A NATIVE FRENCH SPEAKER HIMSELF!
SID: HUH!
JANIE: BUT THEN ANOTHER PROFESSOR SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS OLD FRENCH, A VARIETY OF MEDIEVAL LANGUAGE AND HE SAID AND MAYBE FROM PROVENCAL. SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW AND I DIDN'T TELL YOU THIS ONE AND HERE'S THE SURPRISE! I LOOKED UP PROVENCAL. I THOUGHT WHAT IS THAT? AND IT WAS A LITTLE FRENCH LANGUAGE. IT'S EXTINCT NOW AND IT WAS SPOKEN IN THE 1300'S AND LISTEN TO THIS! IT WAS SPOKEN BY THE JEWISH FRENCH COMMUNITY IN 1300!
SID: AH, THAT IS SUPER! BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S EVEN MORE EXCITING THAN THAT IS SEVERAL SCIENTISTS DID BRAIN STUDIES OF PEOPLE THAT SPEAK IN SUPERNATURAL TONGUES. AND YOU SEE THE CENTER OF SPEECH, I LEARNED THIS FROM SOME PEOPLE I WAS INTERVIEWING, IS WHAT'S CALLED THE FRONTAL LOBE. AND JANIE, WHAT DID THEIR RESEARCH FIND.
JANIE: WELL DR. ANDREW NEWBERG, A SCIENTIST SAID IN THE FRONTAL LOBE WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE THAT WE KNOW THERE'S ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE FRONTAL LOBE. BUT HE DID STUDIES WHEN PEOPLE SPEAK IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES THERE IS NO ACTIVITY. SO IT HAS TO BE COMING FROM OUR SPIRIT!
SID: SO IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE MIND
JANIE: THAT'S RIGHT.
SID: IT'S COMING FROM YOUR SPIRIT! AND THIS IS A KIND OF INTERESTING STORY. I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. I MEAN JANIE AND I ARE KINDA GOING PARALLEL WITH THESE EXPERIENCES. BUT JANIE'S MOTHER ON 'YOM KIPPUR,' NOW THIS IS HER JEWISH MOTHER ON YOM KIPPUR, THE DAY OF ATONEMENT, HAD AN EXPERIENCE WITH JESUS. WHAT HAPPENED?
JANIE: JESUS APPEARED TO MY MOM ON YOM KIPPUR A FEW YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN. BUT SHE ARGUED WITH HIM, BEING JEWISH, SAYING I CANNOT BE SEEING YOU! WHICH I THOUGHT HOW DO YOU ARGUE WHEN HE APPEARS TO YOU? BUT SHE JUST SAID I CAN'T BE SEEING YOU! I'M JEWISH! SO INSIDE SHE BELIEVED BUT HMMM.'
SID: OKAY. SO JANIE COMES HOME AFTER BECOMING A BELIEVER. WHAT CAUSED YOU TO SPEAK IN A SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE TO YOUR MOTHER? YOU KNEW SHE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT!
JANIE: YOU KNOW I THOUGHT OKAY! MY MOTHER IS JUST GONNA HAVE TO HEAR THIS! MY MOM WAS AN EXPERT IN THE 'ROMANCE LANGUAGES.' SHE NEVER SPOKE IT AT HOME, BUT SHE KNEW FRENCH, ITALIAN, LATIN, SPANISH. AND SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW WHEN I HEARD THOSE SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES COMING OUT OF ME FOR THE FIRST TIME, I HEARD A WHOLE BUNCH OF LANGUAGES. SO I SAID OKAY MOM. LISTEN TO THIS! TELL ME WAT'S GOING ON! AND MY MOTHER JUST ABSOLUTELY FLIPPED! SHE SAID YOU ARE SPEAKING IN LATIN. I HEAR FRENCH. I HEAR ITALIAN. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT 'JESUS IS COMING BACK SOON! WORSHIP JESUS! SING TO HIM!'
SID: YOU KNOW I HAD SOMETHING SO AMAZING THAT PARALLELS WHAT JANIE'S TALKING ABOUT. WHEN I RECEIVED MY SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE I DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING. I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING. JUST BY FAITH I STARTED SPEAKING. THE MAN TOLD ME TO DO IT. I BELIEVED THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SO THEREFORE I COULD DO IT! I WAS LIKE A CHILD. I HAD LIKE CHILD-LIKE FAITH. IF THEY HAD SAID YOU COULD WALK ON WATER, I WOULD HAVE WALKED ON WATER! BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER I STARTED SPEAKING IN MY LANGUAGE, THE THOUGHT POPPED IN MY HEAD 'YOU'RE MAKING THAT UP!' AND SO I WAS KIND OF, JAMES CALLS IT I WAS KIND OF 'DOUBLE-MINDED' AS FAR AS MY SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE. AND AT THAT TIME AN ORTHODOX JEWISH RABBI BECAME A BELIEVER IN JESUS. AND I WAS TALKING WITH HIM AND A WOMAN CAME UP THAT WAS EXPECTING A BABY AND THE DOCTOR HAD SAID THE BABY WAS DEAD WITHIN HER. AND SHE WALKED UP TO ME! I'M A BRAND NEW BELIEVER! AND SHE SAID PRAY FOR MY BABY TO COME TO LIFE! NOW I, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING! THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR ME! AND SO WHEN I PRAYED FOR THE BABY TO COME BACK TO LIFE ALL I COULD THINK OF DOING WAS PRAYING IN MY SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE AND I DID IT! AND AFTER SHE LEFT THE RABBI SAID TO ME YOU WERE SPEAKING IN AN ANCIENT FORM OF HEBREW! WHERE DID YOU LEARN IT? I SAID RABBI, I KNOW 'BAR MITZVAH HEBREW.' I KNOW A FEW, I KNOW HOW TO READ IT. I DON'T SPEAK TOO MANY WORDS. THIS RABBI SAID TO ME 'SID, YOU PROPHESIED THAT THE CHILD WAS WITH GOD THE FATHER AND BE AT PEACE.' AND I, JANIE, I NEVER DOUBTED AGAIN! AND DOUBT IS NOT GOOD! BECAUSE 'THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.' WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SOME AMAZING HARMONY, LIKE A SYMPHONY OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER REHEARSED PRAYING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES. BE RIGHT BACK!
ANNOUNCER: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO 'IT'S SUPERNATURAL!'
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BRIAN: WHEN I RECEIVED THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IT TOTALLY CHANGED MY LIFE!
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SID: HELLO! SID ROTH HERE WITH JANIE DUVALL. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES. I BELIEVE THAT GOD WANTS TO RESTORE THIS GIFT FOR THE LAST GREAT PUSH OF GOD'S SPIRIT! AS I STUDIED THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD THROUGHOUT HISTORY, ONE INGREDIENT IS LEFT OUT! BUT IT'S IN THE RECORD, JANIE. AND THAT IS THEY ALL SPOKE IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES! THERE WAS A ONE-EYED, UNEDUCATED AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN THAT LITERALLY LED THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL.
JANIE: WILLIAM SEYMOUR.
SID: BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS. IF YOU HAD WALKED INTO HIS SERVICE THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD SEE IS A MAN SITTING THERE WITH A BOX OVER HIS HEAD! YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE HIS FACE! YOU WOULD HAVE RUN OUT! BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING? HE WAS PRAYING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES! AND HE WOULD NOT TAKE THE BOX OFF OF HIS HEAD UNTIL GOD TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO!
JANIE: BUT YOU KNOW HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE! JOHN G. LAKE, SMITH WIGGLESWORTH. THAT WAS THEIR KEY TO WALKING IN THE MIRACULOUS! AND OF ALL THE GUESTS THAT YOU'VE HAD LATELY, EVEN IN LIKE THE PAST YEAR, I ASKED THEM 'OKAY! WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?' HOW COME YOU'RE SEEING ANGELS? HOW COME YOU'RE BEING TRANSLATED? HOW COME YOU SEE FAST ANSWERS TO PRAYER? HOW COME SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING HEALED? 'I PRAY IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES A LONG TIME!' THAT'S THE BIG KEY! AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIG KEY BUT SOME PEOPLE COULD STILL PRAY IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES AND NOT HAVE ANYTHING HAPPEN. AND THE REASON IS IF YOU, WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES YOU'RE ALLOWING THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CHANGE YOU. YOU'RE ALLOWING HIM HAVE YOU WALK IN SUPERNATURAL LOVE AND SUPERNATURAL POWER. BUT IF YOU DON'T ALLOW THAT CHANGE THEN YOU COULD BE STOPPING IT!
SID: BUT YOU KNOW SOMETHING ELSE? I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD 'ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.' IT COMES FROM ROMANS, THE 8TTH CHAPTER. BUT THE VERSE BEFORE THAT SAYS 'IF YOU'RE PRAYING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD.' MY FAVORITE STORY ABOUT SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES IS I USED TO HAVE A BIBLE STUDY IN MY HOME. AND WE HAD A FILIPINO WOMAN THAT CAME. SHE GOT RADICALLY FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. LOVED THE LORD AND SHE STARTED BRINGING HER HUSBAND. HER HUSBAND'S VERY CONSERVATIVE. THEY HAD A CATHOLIC BACKGROUND. HE WOULD SIT THERE WITH HIS HAND LIKE THIS. HE WAS A MEDICAL DOCTOR. ACTUALLY HE WAS A PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL DOCTORS AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. AND AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED HE WAS OKAY WITH GOD. WELL ONE DAY I PUT MY HAND ON HIM, JANIE, AND I STARTED PRAYING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE! HE LOOKS AT ME. THEN HE LOOKS AT HIS WIFE. AND HE LOOKS AT ME AGAIN. AND HIS FIRST THOUGHT WAS MY WIFE TAUGHT SID HOW TO PRAY IN THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE.
JANIE: OH, INTERESTING!
SID: HIS SECOND THOUGHT WAS NO, SHE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW MY DIALECT. THERE ARE 40 DIFFERENT DIALECTS IN THE PHILIPPINES. AND I SPOKE IN THE FILIPINO LANGUAGE IN HIS DIALECT AND THIS IS WHAT I SAID: 'YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH!' AND THAT SIGN CAUSED THIS SOPHISTICATED MEDICAL DOCTOR TO REPENT OF HIS SINS AND HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD. LET ME TELL YOU HOW CHANGED HE WAS. I USED TO LIVE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AT THE TIME AND I WENT OUT TO GEORGETOWN. THAT'S WHERE ALL THE COLLEGE KIDS HANG OUT ON THE WEEKENDS AND I STARTED PASSING TRACTS OUT ABOUT THE MESSIAH. AND I SAID DOCTOR CESAR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME WITH ME? HE SAID SURE. IT SURPRISED ME!
JANIE: HUH!
SID: HE'S OUT THERE PASSING TRACTS OUT. SOME OF HIS STUDENTS IN MEDICAL SCHOOL WALK UP TO HIM AND SAID DOCTOR SANTOS, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? AND HE SAID 'I'M TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT JESUS!' HIS WIFE SAID, HE'S IN HEAVEN NOW, HIS WIFE SAID TO ME THE HAPPIEST TIME OF THEIR MARRIAGE WAS AFTER HE BECAME RADICAL FOR THE MESSIAH AND THAT ALL HAPPENED BECAUSE I HAD THE 'CHUTZPAH,' THAT'S A HEBREW WORD, THE 'NERVE' TO SPEAK IN A SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE! TELL ME ABOUT ONE TIME WHEN YOU DID THAT.
JANIE: YOU KNOW ONE TIME, AND IT'S COME OUT IN ALL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. SOMETIMES HEBREW. SOMETIMES ARAMAIC. SOMETIMES EVEN CHINESE! BUT I WAS AT CHURCH AND I WAS JUST I SPOKE OUT IN FRENCH. AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO BROUGHT THIS MAN TO CHURCH. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN JESUS AT ALL. BUT HE HEARD MY WORDS AS SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES COME OUT IN FRENCH AND HE KNEW THAT I DIDN'T SPEAK FRENCH. SHE TOLD HIM. AND HE HEARD THE WORDS 'COME TO ME NOW. RESPOND, PLEASE. RESPOND, PLEASE.' AND HE ENDED UP BELIEVING IN JESUS!
SID: BUT YOU KNOW I BELIEVE ONE OF THE REASONS GOD WANTS THESE SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES RESTORED IS BECAUSE THEY'RE SIGNS THAT ARE SO AMAZING TO JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE JEWISH PERSON REQUIRES A SIGN! SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE RESTORATION OF SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES.
JANIE: AND IT'S A DOOR TO THE SUPERNATURAL. IT'S A DOOR TO
SID: ALL THE GIFTS.
JANIE: ALL THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, YES!
SID: SO IT'S ACTUALLY YOUR IDEA, JANIE. YOU SAID LET'S APPROACH OUR HOME CONGREGATION AND HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. EXPLAIN.
JANIE: WELL WE INVITED A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND WE JUST SAID 'OKAY, BRING PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY, WHO REALLY WANT THE POWER OF THE LORD. WHO REALLY WANT TO SPEAK IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES. SO THE TURNOUT WAS INCREDIBLE!
SID: BY THE WAY, I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS OVER THIS!
JANIE: I KNOW!
SID: I MEAN WE WERE SAYING IF YOU DON'T SPEAK IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES AND YOU WANT TO, SHOW UP! I MEAN THERE COULD HAVE BEEN TWO PEOPLE
JANIE: (LAUGHS)
SID: THAT SHOWED UP. WHEN I DROVE TO THE PARKING LOT I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I SAW ALL THE CARS OUT THERE!
JANIE: IT WAS REALLY PACKED! AND THEN YOU HAD, YOU ASKED AT THE END FOR PEOPLE TO COME UP WHO REALLY, WHO REALLY WANT THEIR SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE. AND YOU HAD FROM REALLY YOUNG TO OLD. AND THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THERE WAS ONE COUPLE, HER HUSBAND CAME UP. AND FOR 20 YEARS THEY USED TO ARGUE ABOUT SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES. AND HE THOUGHT WHAT DO I NEED THIS FOR? WELL HE ENDED UP SPEAKING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES THAT NIGHT. ALL OF THEM DID! FROM THE CHILDREN TO THE OLD!
SID: OH, AND THERE WAS THIS ONE WOMAN WHO WAS ALSO OF A CATHOLIC BACKGROUND. AND HER DAUGHTER BROUGHT HER AND THE WHOLE WAY THERE IN THE CAR SHE'S SAYING TO HER MOTHER 'I WANT YOU TO PRAY IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE' AND THE WHOLE WAY HER MOTHER IS SAYING 'I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT NONSENSE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M COMING. BUT I'LL GO TO THE MEETING. DO YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE CAME FORWARD AND BROKE FORTH IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE. NOW SHE'S TELLING EVERYONE 'YOU MUST,' SHE MUST BE A JEWISH MOTHER, SHE DOESN'T KNOW IT. 'YOU MUST ALL MUST SPEAK IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES!' JANIE, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT I'M KIND OF I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK. YOU WENT TO YOUR JEWISH MOTHER WHO HAD NOW PUBLICALLY MADE JESUS THE MESSIAH, AND SAID MOM, I WANT YOU TO HEAR THIS LANGUAGE. HER MOTHER TOOK THAT AS A STRONG SIGN AND THEN BECAME A BOLD BELIEVER IN THE MESSIAH! I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU SPEAK IN A SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE JUST AS YOU SPOKE TO YOUR MOTHER.
JANIE: (SPEAKS IN FRENCH SOUNDING SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGE)
SID: NOW I DON'T SPEAK FRENCH, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT SOUNDED FRENCH TO ME! BUT AT THE MEETING THEN AFTER EVERYONE GOT THEIR LANGUAGE, WE STARTED SINGING. WHAT DID IT SOUND LIKE TO YOU?
JANIE: IT SOUNDED LIKE ANGELS! AND I WANT EVERYONE, I WANT YOU ALL TO HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE!
PEOPLE: (COMBINED SINGING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES)
PEOPLE: (COMBINED SINGING IN SUPERNATURAL LANGUAGES)