Răsăritul de Paşte
Easter Sunrise
Data:
56-0401S
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Durată:
14 minute
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Traducere:
VGR
numai românescJeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.A.
E-1 ... în lacrimi, veniţi cu bucurie. Amin. Oh, pentru că Eu trăiesc, şi voi veţi trăi. Oh, vai, dacă sfinţii din Vechiul Testament puteau crede asta, ce ar trebui să credem noi în această dimineaţă, după o mie nouă sute de ani de suferinţă şi osteneală şi aşa mai departe; ştiind că suntem chiar în uşa de intrare a învierii. Amin. Biserica a trecut chiar acum la ora în care învierea poate veni în orice moment. Şi mă gândesc ce va însemna asta pentru noi în acea zi, credincioşii, ce va însemna în acea zi.
E-1 ...sow in tears, come up in joy. Amen. Oh, because I live ye shall live also. Oh my, if the Old Testament saints could think that, what ought we to think this morning, after nineteen hundred years of seeing suffering and toils and so forth; knowing that we're right into the front door of the resurrection. Amen. The church has moved right up to the hour now where the resurrection can come at any time. And I'm thinking what would it mean to us at that day, the believers, what will it mean on the day.
I can see on that early morning when Martha and Mary went out to the grave. They were coming along the side of the hill after a night... Think of that poor mother's heart. Her Baby all the way, when she was—when It was born, they said It was an illegitimate Child, that It absolutely didn't belong to Joseph, and the—and It was—or It was Joseph's, and they were... The Baby was born out of holy wedlock. She'd had all that to go through, and the—on—think about your baby, and how It'd been rejected, and despised, and spit on, yet he claimed it. And she somehow with a quivering heart, said, “God brought me that Baby, how could it be?” Seeing Him yonder in that great crucial hour.
She thought surely, when they went to put a crown of thorns on His head, and beat Him till the Blood showed through His back, striped Him up and down and all these things; she thought surely that any moment He will throw that cross down and turn around, hit His foot on the ground, and the earth will quake from one side to the other, and proclaim Who He was. But He had died yonder, like a poor, defeated malefactor hanging on the cross.
He had died in disgrace. You see the picture of course with the clout around Him, that was wrong. They stripped every bit of clothes off of Him, just...?... and disgraced Him to the world and everything they could, and they nailed Him to the cross. And there He seemed to be standing helpless. Standing, the earth didn't want Him, heavens couldn't have Him, He was a sinner. Oh my! if you could only realize, just think, the earth didn't know its Creator. Heaven couldn't receive Him because He had the sin of the earth on Him. They didn't even have a place... talk about a place to be born, didn't have a place to die. That's right. The earth didn't want Him. They rejected, said, “Away with such a Fellow.” Heavens couldn't receive Him because...?... He was a sinner.
Oh, what a Saviour! Coming from glory and becoming that for me. So rejected by His own, that “He came to His own, His own received Him not.” No place to be born, no place to die. What did the world want? What could they do but cast Him into hell. But there was Somebody who loved Him. “I'll not leave His soul in hell, neither will I suffer Him to see corruption.” But He raised Him up from the grave, and He come forth on Easter morning, triumph. Hallelujah! Broke every...?... and every fear and everything, rose again and stands alive today, forevermore.
His presence is here, He's at this place this morning of worship. He meets where ever two or three are gathered together...?... all I have. He know that the very promises He made in the Bible, “The things that I do, shall you also. I'll be with you to the end of the world.” The poor, rejected, despised people of this world can still have His presence with us. “I'm a...?... I'm a...?...” always, all present, all powerful, everywhere at all times. How He made a way of escape, in every hour of—of trouble. “I'm a very present Help in the time of trouble,” He said.
Now, this morning He lives. He's with us today, we may be just a little church today. We may be just a little, old boarded up tabernacle here, not very much to look at; but there's never a place too humble, but what He will come to. He's alive today among the living. He's not dead, but He's alive. And He lives among the living.
Sinner friend today, if you're dead in sin and trepasses, why not live? Why do you stay in death? Why—what have you gained by staying in death? Why not come to life? Why not live today with Him? Live, great blessed hope, that even death itself separates you from your loved ones, can never stain or mar or take away anything from. What a blessed hope. What a wonderful thing that we have today, because of His resurrection. And He lives, and we live with Him, and someday He will come, and we'll go with Him. For, said, “Go tell my disciples and Peter that I go before them into Galilee.”
He always goes before us to make a way. Where there is no way, He said, “I am the Way. I'm the resurrection, I'm the Life.” And may today, as we gather here today... You love Him?
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
Isn't that marvelous? How many has this blessed hope this morning, will you raise your hand? Sure. Is there one here without the hope, that would say, “Brother Preacher, this morning, you in this congregation, knowing that I'm assembled with you here on the resurrection morning, and yet, there is not immortal Life resting within me, and this hope doesn't lie within my bosom. I'd like for you all to remember me today in prayer that this will be the resurrection in me, that my soul will be resurrected into this marvelous hope knowing that someday I must press a dying pillow and must be buried in a cemetery somewhere, in the graveyards, or out in the sea, or wherever it may be my lot to fall; but I want to have that hope. I raise my hand and ask you to pray for me”? Is there a person? Would you raise your hand that's without…? I suppose you're all Christians then. That's wonderful. Let's…
I believe today, after the returning back, coming back, I believe that God Almighty will send the Lord Jesus here to this platform today, and will prove to you beyond a shadow of doubt that Jesus is alive and among people today. Amen. I know He is right here now. Amen. He's here. He lives. We see Him. We…He said to Thomas, “How much greater is their reward who has never seen Me and yet can believe.” Amen. He's wonderful.
Now, let's sing this. Give us a chord, Sister Gertie, on that, He Lives. I just like to hear that sing this morning. Oh, we see the sorrows and the toils and what the price was, but now, just think, it's all over. Hallelujah. Daylight has come. Sheol is finished. Hades is no more. Death is for a principality. All darkness is faded away. We live. Amen. We live and He lives. He lives, and we live in Him. Amen. All together now:
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
And He walks with me and He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask…how I know…?
Come on now.
…He lives within my heart.
Everyone, loud as you can now:
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
And He walks with me, He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He…?
Hold up your hand now.
…He lives within my heart.
Shake hands with somebody sitting next to you and say, “Praise the Lord.” You're all Christians. You're a fellow citizen. Oh, my. Doesn't that make you feel good? Past all forgotten, it's all over. Who did it? He lives, He did it. Who did? Christ. Let's sing it again, now, top our voice.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! (All fears gone!)
…with me and He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know…? (Light up now.) He lives within my heart.
Oh, my. Isn't that wonderful? Somehow, another, that just has a special ring this morning to me. Your voices all blending together, sounds so beautiful. Did you notice it? Just seem like it's really coming from the depths of your heart.
The cares of the past is gone now. The resurrection has been proven. Jesus has risen from the dead, and He lives, and I live with Him. Amen. He appears to us, and talks to us along the way; shows us visions, things that's passed, and things that will come. He heals our sickness and He gives us joy. He gives us peace. And when death stares in the face, we holler, “I'll fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” How I love that! “Oh, death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory? I'm going from victory on to victory.” Is death a victory? Absolutely, death is a victory. Amen. Death is a victory now, not a sadness. It's, well, it's a victory. Amen. I've…
Paul said, “Leaving those things behind, I press to the mark of the high calling.” Amen. When they was fixing to cut his head off, and beheaded there at Rome, he said, “I've fought a good fight, I've finished the course, I've kept the Faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a—a crown of righteous, the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at His appearing: not only me, but all those who love His appearing.”
You love to see Him come today? Would you love to see Him? And when we meet Him in peace, just think, be standing there, these old vile bodies. May…they may be young and youthful, but they're going to get old. The gray hairs and the…and teeth gone, and eyesight dim, shoulders dropped over. But just beyond this veil here, there stands a brand-new man. When this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we step right into the new one, like that. [Brother Branham snapped his fingers—Ed.] Sure. For, He lives; we live, also. And we live in this blessed hope.
If He could take our faces this morning, and pull the veil back and show us, it wouldn't be faith no more, then. We just believe it now. And we feel, from the other World, the echoes of Glory moving back into our souls, indicating, “It's true! It's true! Press on to the mark of the high calling!” What a wonderful time! Amen. Oh, He's so real!
Now, folks, it's almost time for services to close. And we want you to get your breakfast, slip back now for—for the continuation of the service. I hit around the borders of it today, I'll…and hit the resurrection. But this morning, in about couple hours; I want to go home and shut myself away for prayer now, for I—I pray that God will give us a real, real prayer line today. And—and then I want to preach, after a while, about a couple hours from now, on the ascension, what He did when He went up. We see what He did here with the price, now we want to see what He did when He went up, and what God did by Him, and what He is today.
May the Lord bless you, is my prayer. Everybody feeling the resurrection? Do you just feel the resurrection in your heart?
All right. Let's bow our heads for prayer. Brother Neville, I wonder if you'd dismiss us, in a word of prayer, if you would, while we have our heads bowed. God bless you, brother.
I can see on that early morning when Martha and Mary went out to the grave. They were coming along the side of the hill after a night... Think of that poor mother's heart. Her Baby all the way, when she was—when It was born, they said It was an illegitimate Child, that It absolutely didn't belong to Joseph, and the—and It was—or It was Joseph's, and they were... The Baby was born out of holy wedlock. She'd had all that to go through, and the—on—think about your baby, and how It'd been rejected, and despised, and spit on, yet he claimed it. And she somehow with a quivering heart, said, “God brought me that Baby, how could it be?” Seeing Him yonder in that great crucial hour.
She thought surely, when they went to put a crown of thorns on His head, and beat Him till the Blood showed through His back, striped Him up and down and all these things; she thought surely that any moment He will throw that cross down and turn around, hit His foot on the ground, and the earth will quake from one side to the other, and proclaim Who He was. But He had died yonder, like a poor, defeated malefactor hanging on the cross.
He had died in disgrace. You see the picture of course with the clout around Him, that was wrong. They stripped every bit of clothes off of Him, just...?... and disgraced Him to the world and everything they could, and they nailed Him to the cross. And there He seemed to be standing helpless. Standing, the earth didn't want Him, heavens couldn't have Him, He was a sinner. Oh my! if you could only realize, just think, the earth didn't know its Creator. Heaven couldn't receive Him because He had the sin of the earth on Him. They didn't even have a place... talk about a place to be born, didn't have a place to die. That's right. The earth didn't want Him. They rejected, said, “Away with such a Fellow.” Heavens couldn't receive Him because...?... He was a sinner.
Oh, what a Saviour! Coming from glory and becoming that for me. So rejected by His own, that “He came to His own, His own received Him not.” No place to be born, no place to die. What did the world want? What could they do but cast Him into hell. But there was Somebody who loved Him. “I'll not leave His soul in hell, neither will I suffer Him to see corruption.” But He raised Him up from the grave, and He come forth on Easter morning, triumph. Hallelujah! Broke every...?... and every fear and everything, rose again and stands alive today, forevermore.
His presence is here, He's at this place this morning of worship. He meets where ever two or three are gathered together...?... all I have. He know that the very promises He made in the Bible, “The things that I do, shall you also. I'll be with you to the end of the world.” The poor, rejected, despised people of this world can still have His presence with us. “I'm a...?... I'm a...?...” always, all present, all powerful, everywhere at all times. How He made a way of escape, in every hour of—of trouble. “I'm a very present Help in the time of trouble,” He said.
Now, this morning He lives. He's with us today, we may be just a little church today. We may be just a little, old boarded up tabernacle here, not very much to look at; but there's never a place too humble, but what He will come to. He's alive today among the living. He's not dead, but He's alive. And He lives among the living.
Sinner friend today, if you're dead in sin and trepasses, why not live? Why do you stay in death? Why—what have you gained by staying in death? Why not come to life? Why not live today with Him? Live, great blessed hope, that even death itself separates you from your loved ones, can never stain or mar or take away anything from. What a blessed hope. What a wonderful thing that we have today, because of His resurrection. And He lives, and we live with Him, and someday He will come, and we'll go with Him. For, said, “Go tell my disciples and Peter that I go before them into Galilee.”
He always goes before us to make a way. Where there is no way, He said, “I am the Way. I'm the resurrection, I'm the Life.” And may today, as we gather here today... You love Him?
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He lives?
He lives within my heart.
Isn't that marvelous? How many has this blessed hope this morning, will you raise your hand? Sure. Is there one here without the hope, that would say, “Brother Preacher, this morning, you in this congregation, knowing that I'm assembled with you here on the resurrection morning, and yet, there is not immortal Life resting within me, and this hope doesn't lie within my bosom. I'd like for you all to remember me today in prayer that this will be the resurrection in me, that my soul will be resurrected into this marvelous hope knowing that someday I must press a dying pillow and must be buried in a cemetery somewhere, in the graveyards, or out in the sea, or wherever it may be my lot to fall; but I want to have that hope. I raise my hand and ask you to pray for me”? Is there a person? Would you raise your hand that's without…? I suppose you're all Christians then. That's wonderful. Let's…
I believe today, after the returning back, coming back, I believe that God Almighty will send the Lord Jesus here to this platform today, and will prove to you beyond a shadow of doubt that Jesus is alive and among people today. Amen. I know He is right here now. Amen. He's here. He lives. We see Him. We…He said to Thomas, “How much greater is their reward who has never seen Me and yet can believe.” Amen. He's wonderful.
Now, let's sing this. Give us a chord, Sister Gertie, on that, He Lives. I just like to hear that sing this morning. Oh, we see the sorrows and the toils and what the price was, but now, just think, it's all over. Hallelujah. Daylight has come. Sheol is finished. Hades is no more. Death is for a principality. All darkness is faded away. We live. Amen. We live and He lives. He lives, and we live in Him. Amen. All together now:
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
And He walks with me and He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask…how I know…?
Come on now.
…He lives within my heart.
Everyone, loud as you can now:
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
And He walks with me, He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know He…?
Hold up your hand now.
…He lives within my heart.
Shake hands with somebody sitting next to you and say, “Praise the Lord.” You're all Christians. You're a fellow citizen. Oh, my. Doesn't that make you feel good? Past all forgotten, it's all over. Who did it? He lives, He did it. Who did? Christ. Let's sing it again, now, top our voice.
He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! (All fears gone!)
…with me and He talks with me along life's narrow way.
He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know…? (Light up now.) He lives within my heart.
Oh, my. Isn't that wonderful? Somehow, another, that just has a special ring this morning to me. Your voices all blending together, sounds so beautiful. Did you notice it? Just seem like it's really coming from the depths of your heart.
The cares of the past is gone now. The resurrection has been proven. Jesus has risen from the dead, and He lives, and I live with Him. Amen. He appears to us, and talks to us along the way; shows us visions, things that's passed, and things that will come. He heals our sickness and He gives us joy. He gives us peace. And when death stares in the face, we holler, “I'll fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” How I love that! “Oh, death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory? I'm going from victory on to victory.” Is death a victory? Absolutely, death is a victory. Amen. Death is a victory now, not a sadness. It's, well, it's a victory. Amen. I've…
Paul said, “Leaving those things behind, I press to the mark of the high calling.” Amen. When they was fixing to cut his head off, and beheaded there at Rome, he said, “I've fought a good fight, I've finished the course, I've kept the Faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a—a crown of righteous, the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me at His appearing: not only me, but all those who love His appearing.”
You love to see Him come today? Would you love to see Him? And when we meet Him in peace, just think, be standing there, these old vile bodies. May…they may be young and youthful, but they're going to get old. The gray hairs and the…and teeth gone, and eyesight dim, shoulders dropped over. But just beyond this veil here, there stands a brand-new man. When this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we step right into the new one, like that. [Brother Branham snapped his fingers—Ed.] Sure. For, He lives; we live, also. And we live in this blessed hope.
If He could take our faces this morning, and pull the veil back and show us, it wouldn't be faith no more, then. We just believe it now. And we feel, from the other World, the echoes of Glory moving back into our souls, indicating, “It's true! It's true! Press on to the mark of the high calling!” What a wonderful time! Amen. Oh, He's so real!
Now, folks, it's almost time for services to close. And we want you to get your breakfast, slip back now for—for the continuation of the service. I hit around the borders of it today, I'll…and hit the resurrection. But this morning, in about couple hours; I want to go home and shut myself away for prayer now, for I—I pray that God will give us a real, real prayer line today. And—and then I want to preach, after a while, about a couple hours from now, on the ascension, what He did when He went up. We see what He did here with the price, now we want to see what He did when He went up, and what God did by Him, and what He is today.
May the Lord bless you, is my prayer. Everybody feeling the resurrection? Do you just feel the resurrection in your heart?
All right. Let's bow our heads for prayer. Brother Neville, I wonder if you'd dismiss us, in a word of prayer, if you would, while we have our heads bowed. God bless you, brother.
E-2 Pot să văd în acea dimineaţă devreme când Marta şi Maria s-au dus la mormânt. Veneau pe lângă deal după o noapte... Gândiţi-vă la inima acelei biete mame. Copilul ei tot timpul, când ea a fost... când Acesta s-a născut, ei au spus că Acesta era un Copil nelegitim, că Acesta în mod absolut nu aparţinea lui Iosif, şi-şi El era, sau, El era al lui Iosif, şi ei erau ... Copilul s-ar fi născut în afara sfintei căsătorii. Ea a avut de trecut prin toate astea, şi prin, toate, ,,situaţia cu privire la copilul tău," şi cum El a fost respins, şi dispreţuit, şi scuipat, şi totuşi El l-a revendicat. Şi ea, cumva, cu inima ei tremurândă, a spus, ,,Dumnezeu mi¬a adus acel Copil, cum este posibil?" Văzându-L acolo în acel important ceas crucial.
E-3 Ea se gândea cu siguranţă, când s-au dus să-I pună o coroană de spini pe cap, şi L-au bătut până când Sângele I se vedea prin spate, L-au dezbrăcat de sus până jos şi toate aceste lucruri; ea se gândea cu siguranţă că în orice clipă El va arunca acea cruce jos şi se va întoarce, Işi va da cu piciorul de pământ (pământul se va cutremura de la un capăt la altul) şi va proclama Cine era El. Dar El a murit acolo, ca un biet, răufăcător învins, atârnat pe cruce.
E-4 El a murit în dizgraţie. Vedeţi imaginea desigur, cu bucata de pânză în jurul Lui, asta era greşit. Ei L-au dezbrăcat complet de toate hainele, doar pentru ... şi L-au făcut de ruşine în faţa lumii şi tot ce au putut, şi L-au bătut în cuie pe cruce.
Şi acolo El părea că stătea neajutorat. Stând drept, pământul nu-L voia, Cerul nu-L putea avea, El era un păcătos. O, vai! Dacă v-aţi da numai seama, doar gândiţi-vă, pământul nu-şi voia Creatorul. Cerul nu-L putea primi pentru că El avea păcatul pământului asupra Lui. Nu aveau nici măcar un loc... vorbiţi de un loc unde să se nască, El nu avea un loc unde să moară. Aşa este. Pământul nu L-a vrut. L-au respins, au spus, ,,La moarte cu un astfel de om." Cerul nu Îl putea primi pentru că El era deja, El era un păcătos.
Şi acolo El părea că stătea neajutorat. Stând drept, pământul nu-L voia, Cerul nu-L putea avea, El era un păcătos. O, vai! Dacă v-aţi da numai seama, doar gândiţi-vă, pământul nu-şi voia Creatorul. Cerul nu-L putea primi pentru că El avea păcatul pământului asupra Lui. Nu aveau nici măcar un loc... vorbiţi de un loc unde să se nască, El nu avea un loc unde să moară. Aşa este. Pământul nu L-a vrut. L-au respins, au spus, ,,La moarte cu un astfel de om." Cerul nu Îl putea primi pentru că El era deja, El era un păcătos.
E-5 Oh, ce-ce Izbăvitor! Venind din Slavă şi devenind asta pentru mine. Atât de respins de Ai Săi, încât, ,,El a venit la Ai Săi, Ai Săi nu L-au primit." El, fără un loc să se nască, fără un loc să moară. Ce voia lumea cu El? Ce puteau să facă în afară decât să-L arunce în iad.
Dar a fost Cineva Care L-a iubit. ,,Eu nu-I voi lăsa sufletul în locuinţa morţilor, nici nu-L voi lăsa Eu să vadă putrezirea." Ci El L-a înviat din mormânt şi El a ieşit în dimineaţa de Paşte, triumfător. Aleluia! A rupt orice legătură şi orice frică şi orice, a înviat din nou şi rămâne viu astăzi, pentru totdeauna.
Dar a fost Cineva Care L-a iubit. ,,Eu nu-I voi lăsa sufletul în locuinţa morţilor, nici nu-L voi lăsa Eu să vadă putrezirea." Ci El L-a înviat din mormânt şi El a ieşit în dimineaţa de Paşte, triumfător. Aleluia! A rupt orice legătură şi orice frică şi orice, a înviat din nou şi rămâne viu astăzi, pentru totdeauna.
E-6 Prezenţa Lui este aici, El este în acest loc de închinare în această dimineaţă. El se întâlneşte oriunde sunt doi sau trei adunaţi împreună. Ştiţi ce inimă fericită am, să ştiu că aceleaşi făgăduinţe pe care El le-a făcut în Biblie, ,,Lucrurile care le fac Eu, le veţi face şi voi. Eu voi fi cu voi până la sfârşitul lumii." Oamenii sărmani, respinşi, dispreţuiţi ai acestei lumi pot avea încă Prezenţa Lui cu noi. Omnipotent, omniprezent întotdeauna, atotprezent, atotputernic, pretutindeni şi în orice moment. Cum a făcut El o cale de scăpare, în orice ceas de necaz. ,,Sunt un Ajutor care este întotdeauna prezent în vreme de necaz," El a spus.
E-7 Acum, în această dimineaţă, El trăieşte. El este cu noi astăzi. Poate că astăzi suntem doar o biserică mică, poate că suntem doar un mic tabernacol vechi, acoperit cu scânduri, aici, nu mare lucru de privit; dar nu există niciodată un loc prea smerit, la care El să nu vină. El este viu astăzi printre cei vii. El nu este mort, ci El este viu. Şi El trăieşte printre cei vii.
E-8 Prietene păcătos, astăzi, dacă eşti mort în păcat şi fărădelegi, de ce să nu trăieşti? De ce rămâi în moarte? De ce... ce ai câştigat rămânând în moarte? De ce nu vii la viaţă? De ce să nu trăieşti astăzi cu El? şi cu această mare nădejde binecuvântată, pe care nici măcar moartea însăşi, despărţindu-te de cei dragi ţie, nu va putea niciodată să o păteze sau să o strice sau să îi ia ceva?
Ce nădejde binecuvântată. Ce lucru minunat pe care îl avem astăzi, datorită învierii Sale. Şi El trăieşte, şi noi trăim cu El, şi într-o zi El va veni, şi noi vom merge cu EL Căci, a spus, ,,Duceţi¬vă şi spuneţi ucenicilor Mei şi lui Petru că Eu voi merge înaintea lor în Galileea."
Ce nădejde binecuvântată. Ce lucru minunat pe care îl avem astăzi, datorită învierii Sale. Şi El trăieşte, şi noi trăim cu El, şi într-o zi El va veni, şi noi vom merge cu EL Căci, a spus, ,,Duceţi¬vă şi spuneţi ucenicilor Mei şi lui Petru că Eu voi merge înaintea lor în Galileea."
E-9 El merge întotdeauna înaintea noastră ca să facă o cale. Acolo unde nu există nici o cale, El a spus, ,,Eu sunt Calea. Eu sunt Învierea, Eu sunt Viaţa." Şi poate că, astăzi, cum ne adunăm aici... Voi Îl iubiţi?
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
El merge cu mine, El vorbeşte cu mine, pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu că El trăieşte;
El trăieşte în inima mea.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
El merge cu mine, El vorbeşte cu mine, pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu că El trăieşte;
El trăieşte în inima mea.
E-10 Nu este minunat? Câţi au această nădejde binecuvântată în această dimineaţă, vreţi să ridicaţi mâna? Sigur. Este cineva aici fără nădejde, care ar vrea să spună, ,,Frate Predicator, în această dimineaţă, voi cei din această adunare, ştiind că eu m-am adunat cu voi aici în dimineaţa învierii, şi totuşi, nu există o Viaţă nemuritoare care să se odihnească în mine, şi această nădejde nu se află în pieptul meu. Aş dori ca voi toţi să vă amintiţi de mine astăzi în rugăciune pentru ca aceasta să fie învierea în mine, ca sufletul meu să fie înviat în această minunată nădejde, ştiind că într-o zi trebuie să apăs pe o pernă muribundă şi trebuie să fiu îngropat într-un cimitir pe undeva, în cimitire, sau în mare, sau oriunde îmi va fi sortit să cad; dar eu vreau să am această nădejde. Ridic mâna şi vă rog să vă rugaţi pentru mine"? Există vreo persoană? Vreţi să ridicaţi mâna care este fără... ? Presupun că sunteţi toţi Creştini atunci. Asta este minunat. Haideţi...
E-11 Cred că astăzi, după întoarcerea înapoi, revenind înapoi, cred că Dumnezeu Atotputernic Îl va trimite pe Domnul Isus aici astăzi, pe această platformă, şi vă va dovedi fără nicio umbră de îndoială că Isus este viu şi printre oameni astăzi. Amin. Ştiu că El este chiar aici, acum. Amin. El este aici. El trăieşte. Noi Il vedem. Noi... El i-a spus lui Toma, ,,Cu cât mai mare este răsplata celui care nu M-a văzut niciodată şi totuşi poate crede." Amin. El este minunat.
E-12 Acum, să cântăm asta. Dă-ne un acord, Soră Gertie, la aceea, El Trăieşte. Îmi place să aud asta cântând în această dimineaţă. Oh, noi vedem durerile şi osteneala şi care a fost preţul, dar acum, doar gândiţi-vă, totul s-a terminat. Aleluia. A venit lumina zilei. S-a terminat cu Locuinţa morţilor. Iadul nu mai există. Moartea este pentru o căpetenie. Tot întunericul a dispărut. Noi trăim. Amin. Noi trăim şi El trăieşte. El trăieşte şi noi trăim în El. Amin. Toţi împreună acum:
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
Şi El umblă cu mine şi El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Tu întrebi... cum ştiu eu... (Haideţi acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
Toată lumea, cât de tare puteţi acum.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
Şi El merge cu mine, El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu că El ... (Ridicaţi mâna acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
Şi El umblă cu mine şi El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Tu întrebi... cum ştiu eu... (Haideţi acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
Toată lumea, cât de tare puteţi acum.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi!
Şi El merge cu mine, El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu că El ... (Ridicaţi mâna acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
E-13 Daţi mâna cu cineva care stă lângă voi şi spuneţi, ,,Lăudă Domnului." Sunteţi cu toţii Creştini. Sunteţi concetăţeni. Oh, Doamne. Nu vă face asta să vă simţiţi bine? Tot trecutul uitat, totul s-a terminat. Cine a făcut-o? El trăieşte, El a făcut-o. Cine a făcut-o? Cristos. Să cântăm din nou, acum, cu voce tare.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi! (Toate temerile au dispărut!)
... cu mine şi El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu ... (Înflăcăraţi-vă acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, Isus Cristos trăieşte astăzi! (Toate temerile au dispărut!)
... cu mine şi El vorbeşte cu mine pe drumul îngust al vieţii.
El trăieşte, El trăieşte, mântuirea să o împărtăşească!
Mă întrebi de unde ştiu ... (Înflăcăraţi-vă acum.)
El trăieşte în inima mea.
E-14 Oh, Doamne. Nu este minunat? Într-un fel, sau altul, asta doar are un sunet special în această dimineaţă pentru mine. Vocile voastre îmbinate toate împreună, sună atât de frumos. Aţi observat? Pare că vine cu adevărat din adâncul inimii voastre.
E-15 Grijile trecutului au dispărut acum. Învierea a fost dovedită. Isus a înviat din morţi, şi El trăieşte, şi eu trăiesc cu EL Amin. El ni se arată, şi ne vorbeşte de-a lungul drumului; ne arată vedenii, lucruri care au trecut şi lucruri care vor veni. El ne vindecă bolile şi El ne dă bucurie. El ne dă pace. Şi când moartea ne priveşte în faţă, noi strigăm, ,,Nu mă voi teme de nici un rău, căci Tu eşti cu mine." Cât îmi place asta! ,,O, moarte, unde îţi este boldul? Mormântule, unde îţi este biruinţa? Eu merg din biruinţă în biruinţă." Este moartea o biruinţă? Absolut, moartea este o biruinţă. Amin. Moartea este o biruinţă acum, nu o tristeţe. Este, ei bine, este o biruinţă. Amin. Am...
E-16 Pavel a spus, ,,Lăsând aceste lucruri în urmă, alerg spre ţinta chemării înalte." Amin. Când se pregăteau să-i taie capul, şi să-l decapiteze acolo la Roma, el a spus, ,,M-am luptat o luptă bună, mi-am isprăvit alergarea, am păzit Credinţa: De acum mă aşteaptă o-coroană a neprihănirii, pe care Domnul, Judecătorul cel drept, mi-o va da la arătarea Lui: nu numai mie, ci şi tuturor celor care iubesc arătarea Lui."
E-17 Vă place să-L vedeţi venind astăzi? [Adunarea spune, „Da." – Ed.] V-ar place să-L vedeţi? Şi când Îl vom întâlni în pace, gândiţi-vă, stând acolo, aceste trupuri vechi şi ticăloase. Poate că ... poate sunt tinere şi tinereşti, dar vor îmbătrâni. Părul cărunt şi ... şi dinţii căzuţi, şi vederea slăbită, umerii aplecaţi. Dar chiar dincolo de acest văl de aici, se află un om nou-nouţ. Când acest cort pământesc va fi dizolvat, noi păşim direct în cel nou, aşa. [Fratele Branham pocneşte din degete – Ed.] Sigur. Căci, El trăieşte; trăim şi noi. Şi noi trăim în această speranţă binecuvântată.
E-18 Dacă El ar putea să ne ia feţele în această dimineaţă, şi să dea vălul la o parte şi să ne arate, atunci nu ar mai fi credinţă. Noi doar credem acum. Şi simţim, din cealaltă Lume, ecourile Slavei care se întorc în sufletele noastre, indicând, ,,Este adevărat! Este adevărat! Apăsaţi spre semnul înaltei chemări!" Ce timp minunat! Amin. Oh, El este atât de real!
E-19 Acum, oameni buni, este aproape timpul să încheiem serviciile. Şi vrem să vă luaţi micul dejun, să vă strecuraţi înapoi acum pentru-pentru continuarea serviciului. Am atins în jurul marginilor astăzi, eu voi... şi voi lovi spre înviere. Dar în această dimineaţă, peste vreo două ore; vreau să mă duc acasă şi să mă închid pentru rugăciune acum, pentru că eu-mă rog ca Dumnezeu să ne dea un real, real rând de rugăciune astăzi. Şi¬şi apoi vreau să predic, după un timp, cam peste două ore de acum, despre înălţare, despre ce a făcut El când S-a înălţat. Noi vedem ce El a făcut aici cu preţul, acum vrem să vedem ce El a făcut când S-a înălţat, şi ce a făcut Dumnezeu prin El, şi ce este El astăzi.
