Sid: We want everyone everywhere to have such a passion for God; I have my good friend Pastor Steve Gray on the telephone from World Revival Church in Kansas City. He has had 8 years of a flow of God’s River and he says the flow is getting stronger. Whereas many churches that have put their foot in the River are now going back to dead Christianity. Well, Messiah is alive and Christianity is alive and there must be something more. And many of you are listening to me because you can sense the presence of the living God on this broadcast. And you know that I interview people that are flowing in the power of God, but I have an ulterior motive; my ulterior motive you don’t have to be real intellectual to figure it out. I am an evangelist; I want to see souls saved in and a New Covenant Evangelist major job is not going out themselves and preaching the gospel but equipping the saints to claim the gospel. And that’s why I believe God intrusted to me an I do mean intrusted to me; a few years ago I had a dream in which God Himself came to me and instructed me to write a book and told me that large numbers of Jewish people would come to know Him through this book. Well, I was obedient; today this book is in 7 languages getting ready to go into it’s 8th language. We have over a half a million of these books in print; most of them in the Russian language because the most open Jewish people group on the face of this earth are Russian Jews. And I mean if you can just at academy rewards night and there will be academy rewards night in heaven; academy rewards night in heaven if that’s all we did at this strategic time in history is to get these 100’s of 1000’s of evangelistic books that God instructed me to right. It’s 10 Jewish testimonies it’s called “They Thought for Themselves” and if all we did was get that…because you see in the former Soviet Union for instance we have this book; we’ve just shipped 3500 to a place I don’t even know where it is in the former Soviet Union and it’s called Purim. We sent a 1000 books to Magadem; that’s in Siberia; that I know because I was there. Steve do you remember seeing on the 700 Club a few years ago when I was in Siberia and some Neo-Nazi’s walked into my meeting?
Steve: Yeah, I remember seeing that program; yes.
Sid: I mean that’s an experience and you know here in America we think that’s an impossibility but I was in a meeting and some Neo-Nazi’s came in with guns; and with signs kill the Jew. And I mean that’s…you’re supposed to see that in the movies it’s not supposed to happen in real life. Listen to this; there’s a region that was called “The Jewish Kingdom” at one time in the former Soviet Union and we’re shipping a large number of books there. There are Jewish people in Siberia and in this particular area of the former Soviet Union that would never, ever hear the gospel if we couldn’t send these books. But here’s what I believe; I believe and I know that Steve believes this. I believe that if you’re listening to me it’s because God has directed you to listen to me. And I believe that if you get a copy of this book “They Thought for Themselves” 10 Jewish people from different walks of life. I mean 1 a concert pianist; another a mega millionaire; another a PhD; a Holocaust Survivor; another a former New Age Guru. Jewish people from all walks of life that have thought for themselves and come to know the Messiah. I want you to read this book for yourself and then I tell you God will tell you who to give this book to. ….because this is God’s time to reach God’s People with the gospel. And we have so many new programs that we’re doing and we’re coordinating more and we’ll talk about it perhaps on tomorrow’s broadcast. But my friend Steve Gray has been in one of the longest, continuous revival in US history it’s going on 8 years now. And Steve I remember when you first started; you’ve always as long as I’ve known you you’ve had a Jewish heart. But in Smithton, Missouri there aren’t any Jews there. Tell me how you got a Jewish heart in that tiny little city.
Steve: I had just a miraculous time with God in May the following year it started in March in 1996 and in May off 1997. And suddenly something happened to me and I began to open in the Book of Romans and begin to read in the Book of Roman’s there in Chapter 9, 10, 11, 12 that section. There was such powerful statements of Israel and they just struck me and they became alive to me. So I walked into that service that night and I preached it the way I’d seen it and my church; the church they saw it with me there was so much God I guess we were just getting our eyes opened and we got a new revelation of the importance of Israel. And I guess the big thing that happened is you know that Israel is a special case that has to go through the tribulation to be saved. I don’t know Sid if you’ve ever been taught that but a lot of us who went through Bible School and all of the traditional stuff. You know the church being the Gentiles; the non-Jews they’re all going…they’re the bride and the Jews were the people that weren’t the bride but they could still be saved but they had to be saved in the tribulation or various teachings on that. And I just immediately saw that’s ridiculous. And I said “These are the most neglected people on the face of the earth when it comes to evangelism and God wants to do something in them right now.” And the night I preached that a man was there who has a heart for Israel and he had fortunately had the money and he bought Kathy and I two tickets to Israel and paid our way and said “Go scout out the land and see what you think.” And so my first trip to Israel was within weeks of that sermon and I’ve been different ever since. And I believe that what God did in my heart and in my church at that time was as you and I know is to provoke the Jews to believe and to provoke them to jealousy. And I went over there the next trip and I flew El El and you know how they do security; you know the security there is so wo…it’s really good. If you’re in a hurry I guess you don’t think it’s good but it’s great security and a young lady was one of their security; you know they take you to several people and they split Kathy and I up so they see if we’d get our stores straight because we were going over there to be with Jews.
Sid: I hope you didn’t tell them that did you?
Steve: Well, they want to know what tour group we were going to be with. You know there was no tour group, no tour guide. I said “I’m going to go over there and see some of these people.” Well, immediately it kind of made them suspicious of us you know “Who are these people?” So finally went through everything; finally got us back together again, they looked through our luggage and this girl whose part of security comes up and says “Well I need to know why you’re going to Israel, what are you going for?” So the Lord just began to work and suddenly Kathy did most of the talking because it was a young lady and Kathy is very enthusiastic and I added my points too. And we began to tell how the glory of God had come down to this little town of Missouri; touched us with His power and the things that we began to see and the things that we began to hear. And as we were talking to her about the glory coming down; now this is a non-believing Jewish girl probably mid-twenties or probably 26 or 27 years old listening to us and as we began to talk about the glory coming down tears filled in her eyes and tears started coming down her cheeks. Now this is in Newark, New Jersey in the airport standing there getting interrogated so to speak. Tears running down her face; I continue to tell the story and it touch my husband and he began to jump up and down and be so free. And tears running down her face and she looked at me and she said “Shouldn’t that be happening in Israel?” And and I said “Yes!” And that’s why I’m going.” And she said “Then, come on through” and she let us on through. Amazing story of showing what God really wants to do in the hearts of Jewish people.
Sid: And you know what I find interesting I’m one of these people I feel the presence of God; and while you were sharing about what she said to you that Israel needs this, the anointing or the manifest presence of God just started pouring through this microphone.
Steve: Yep
Sid: I believe it’s pouring through radio’s right now and cassette players. As people are listening to us. Steve you have such a heart for the Jew in Israel; but I believe that you can pray for people to have a heart like Esther, a heart like Ruth would you do that right now.
Steve: Yeah, because I know it happened to me. “Jesus; Yeshua we ask you now to touch the hearts of the listeners; believer’s; non-believers help them get the vision; help them have their eyes open so they understand what the Spirit is saying right now that God want to move in Israel this strategic need as all the religions of the world practically look to Israel as the central; as the home as the mecca; as the Holy City; whatever place they call it with their different religions. When it happens in Israel the whole world sees. And we know God you want to show Yourself to the nations; how better Lord, how better Yeshua than to spring forth out of Israel in an undeniable move of God where Your presence is there in Biblical proportions. So open ours eyes today Yeshua to understand the necessity and the need and the possibility that You could spring forth coming down in glory and then going out as an outpouring to the nations from Israel; through the Jews and the non-Jews alike; just like it was in the early church where they came together and the power of God was visible and it shook cities and it changed lives. Do it again and plan it in our hearts; help us to see it in the Spirit realm it happening and believe it and act upon our faith in the Name of Yeshua we pray! Amen.
Sid: I’ll tell you something Steve you’re making me home sick and of course as a Jew my home is; I’m proud of being an American but my home is Israel.
