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From the black magic to
Jesus Christ The conversion of a
witch-doctor who had remarkable power from Satan |
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Happened
in the Isle of Java |
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Mr. Sumrall
tells the story of a village that is entirely Pentecostal. |
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While
visiting the |
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Many years
ago, when he was just a boy, he came in contact with Black Magic and desired
to have the power. Therefore he went into the bush and fasted and prayed for
ten days and nights, begging spirits to inhabit his body. At the end of this
time a power gripped his body that threw him over and over on the ground,
making him foam at the mouth like a mad dog. From this time, he had
remarkable power and was recognized as a doctor of black art. Some of the
things he says he did, and all the people in the village verified it, are too
weird for description. |
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Years
later a missionary woman appeared in the village and began teaching about
Jesus, and healing the sick. The natives began flocking after her, and this
made the witch-doctor angry. He came to the meetings and sat and tried to
throw his devilish influence over the missionary, so that she could not talk.
He failed, although it did greatly disturb her. |
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He came a
number of times until at last one night in a fury he challenged the young
lady, saying that if she had more power he would leave the village, but if he
had more power she must leave. The missionary said, ‘Well, do something’. |
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He walked to
the front of the church before all the people and he lay down on the dirt
floor, and was perfectly motionless for a few moments. He became stiff; one
could hardly see him breathe. Then he began to move; his feet, head, body,
all on a level, gradually ascended. He floated knee high, waist high. This
was the power of levitation being demonstrated. |
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‘What can
I do?’ said the missionary girl. ‘I know I cannot float in the atmosphere’.
The natives were nearly hysterical seeing their master float. A thought came
to the missionary that all she could do was to get him down. She reached and
caught him in the chest, and shouted: ‘Come down, in Jesus’ Name’. Down he
came, but started up again. Then she held him down. |
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The
anointing of the Lord came upon her. The Apostolic ministry of Mark 16:17
became hers. She began to rebuke the vile, unclean spirits, commanding them
to loose their victim in the Name of the Prince of Peace. The witch-doctor
went into convulsions, but she held him down. He choked and foamed at the
mouth, his stomach moved on the inside as if something was coming out. The
girl, trembling under the holy unction of God, bound those filthy demons and
delivered him of them. The missionary prayed that God would sweep and clean
the temple and come in to dwell. |
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The
witch-doctor stood up. He felt himself all over, then looked at the people
and then at the missionary. He said, ‘Something has happened; my power is
gone; but I am happy in my heart’. Praise God for a work that was done that
night that has not ended yet. |
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Before the
missionary would let the former witch-doctor leave the church, she laid hands
on him and prayed for him to receive the Holy Spirit. He received that night,
and has since become a leading native preacher in that part of the country.
He is now the Honorable Mayor of Gambang Walla, the hundred per cent
Christian village’. |
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From:
Stanley H. Frodsham, With Signs
Following, Gospel Publishing House, |