Credinţă
Faith
Data:
61-0813
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Durată:
28 minute
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Traducere:
VGR
numai românescJeffersonville, Indiana, S.U.A.
E-1 Dar tu trebuie să foloseşti credinţa în Dumnezeu, ca să o faci să lucreze. Vedeţi? Astfel tu ai propria ta înviere înlăuntrul tău. Învierea ta zace înlăuntrul tău, în duhul tău.
E-1 When you've got to use faith in God to make it work. See? So you got your own resurrection inside of you.
Your resurrection lays inside of you, in your spirit. Now you know, when Jesus died on the cross, His soul descended into hell and preached to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in long suffering in the days of Noah. His body went into the grave. But before He died, He committed His Spirit into the hands of God: "Into the hands... Into Thy hands commend My Spirit." So you see, His Spirit went to God; His Soul went to hell; His body went to the grave. Now, that Spirit that was in Him was the Spirit of God. And that Spirit in sundry times and divers manners anointed the prophets to bring the message to the people. In the last days through Christ, and now in these days here through the Gospel...
Your resurrection lays inside of you, in your spirit. Now you know, when Jesus died on the cross, His soul descended into hell and preached to the souls that were in prison, that repented not in long suffering in the days of Noah. His body went into the grave. But before He died, He committed His Spirit into the hands of God: "Into the hands... Into Thy hands commend My Spirit." So you see, His Spirit went to God; His Soul went to hell; His body went to the grave. Now, that Spirit that was in Him was the Spirit of God. And that Spirit in sundry times and divers manners anointed the prophets to bring the message to the people. In the last days through Christ, and now in these days here through the Gospel...
E-2 Acum, voi ştiţi, când Isus a murit pe cruce, "Sufletul Lui a coborât în iad şi a predicat sufletelor care erau în temniţă, care nu s-au pocăit în zilele de îndelungă răbdare a lui Noe." Trupul Lui a mers în mormânt. Dar, înainte ca El să moară, El şi-a predat Duhul Lui în mâinile lui Dumnezeu. În mâna... "În mâinile Tale Îmi predau Duhul." Astfel, voi vedeţi, Duhul Lui a mers la Dumnezeu; sufletul Lui a mers în iad; trupul Lui a mers în mormânt.
E-2 Now, when we receive Christ into our hearts, there's all that we have need of. There's Eternal Life. Now, Christ could not come back until three days was fulfilled, because His Spirit was behind a screen, like a bar, like this, that He could not cross over that bar, because it was a spoken Word of God that He was to lay in the grave for three days and three nights.
Now, He could not come back until that three days and nights was up. Then when three days and nights was up, His Spirit was loosed; It went directly to His Soul, and His Soul came back, and picked up the body, and fulfilled what He said: "I have power to lay my Life down; I have power to take it up again. I have power."
Now, He could not come back until that three days and nights was up. Then when three days and nights was up, His Spirit was loosed; It went directly to His Soul, and His Soul came back, and picked up the body, and fulfilled what He said: "I have power to lay my Life down; I have power to take it up again. I have power."
E-3 Acum, acel Duh care a fost în El a fost Duhul lui Dumnezeu. "Acel Duh, în timpuri diverse şi în feluri diferite, i-a uns pe profeţi, să aducă Mesajul la oameni; în zilele din urmă, prin Cristos; şi acum, în aceste zile aici, prin Evanghelie." Acum, când noi îl primim pe Cristos în inima noastră, acolo este tot ce avem noi nevoie. Acolo este Viaţă Eternă.
E-3 Now, each one of you have power the same way, because you are sons and daughters of God. And the very Spirit that's in you this morning, the Holy Spirit that's in you this morning, that same Holy Spirit will raise you up. So you have power to raise yourself back up.
When you die, your soul will go into to--the--under the altar of God, not in... right in the presence of God. Now, your spirit will go to God, but you cannot come back. You remember in the Bible it said the spirit--the souls under the altar crying, "Lord, how long, how long?" They could not return until the Scripture's fulfilled. And like Christ could not return till the Scripture's fulfilled.
Then after the--all has been done, all the suffering's over, and the brethren has suffered the same things, where we've suffered like they suffered and so forth... Then on that day you'll know exactly where you're buried. Your spirit will be turned loose from God and will come to the soul.
When you die, your soul will go into to--the--under the altar of God, not in... right in the presence of God. Now, your spirit will go to God, but you cannot come back. You remember in the Bible it said the spirit--the souls under the altar crying, "Lord, how long, how long?" They could not return until the Scripture's fulfilled. And like Christ could not return till the Scripture's fulfilled.
Then after the--all has been done, all the suffering's over, and the brethren has suffered the same things, where we've suffered like they suffered and so forth... Then on that day you'll know exactly where you're buried. Your spirit will be turned loose from God and will come to the soul.
E-4 Acum, Cristos nu a putut veni înapoi până nu au fost împlinite trei zile. Deoarece, Duhul Lui a fost în spatele unui paravan, ca o bară, ca aceasta, că El nu a putut să treacă peste acea bară, deoarece aceasta era Cuvântul vorbit al lui Dumnezeu, că, "El trebuia să zacă în mormânt timp de trei zile şi trei nopţi." Acum, El nu putea veni înapoi până nu s-au terminat acele trei zile şi nopţi. Atunci când s-au terminat trei zile şi nopţi, Duhul Lui a fost dezlegat. Acesta a mers direct la sufletul Lui, şi sufletul Lui a venit înapoi şi şi-a luat trupul, şi a împlinit ce a spus El. "Eu am putere să-Mi dau viaţa. Eu am putere s-o iau iarşi. Eu am putere."
E-4 Now, the soul is that part of you who knows and understands, your intelligence. You remember the vision I had not long ago, or the little translation and went into that place and saw those people? Now, your spirit will come back to that body, and that--that kind of a body, the soul, which is a body that does not have to eat and so forth. "If this earthly tabernacle be dissolved, we have one already waiting," a celestial body. And with that spirit, and that soul, and celestial body, you'll raise up again this natural body for that great millennium. See?
You have the power in you now to do that. Now, but that power that you have in you now could make a new world. God doesn't have little weak spots and big heavy spots that's powerful. The least little touch of God is omnipotent. See? The least little touch of God... So you know...
So I'm trying to get you in the faith now.
You have the power in you now to do that. Now, but that power that you have in you now could make a new world. God doesn't have little weak spots and big heavy spots that's powerful. The least little touch of God is omnipotent. See? The least little touch of God... So you know...
So I'm trying to get you in the faith now.
E-5 Acum, fiecare din voi aveţi putere, în acelaşi fel, pentru că voi sunteţi fii şi fiice de Dumnezeu. Şi tocmai Duhul care este în voi, în dimineaţa aceasta, Duhul Sfânt care este în voi în dimineaţa aceasta, chiar acelaşi Duh Sfânt vă va învia. Astfel, voi aveţi putere să vă înviaţi înapoi.
E-5 You know that something has happened to you as a Christian. Do you know it? You used to ride down yonder in the muck with all of the muck, and sin, and drinking, and gambling, and--and things of the world. Well, as soon as you believe that Christ forgive your sins, you raised up above that stuff. See? Now you're riding up here (see?) above all of it. Why? Because that you believe that you are a Christian. Then when you accepted Christ and the Holy Spirit came to you, then you have faith in the Holy Spirit to give you power to ride above that kind of a life of sin.
Well now, the only thing you have to do to ride higher into healing is just have more faith, just keep pushing it out (See?), and there you are.
Now, if you're sick and you're not a Christian, become a Christian right now so that that healing power will come in you by becoming a Christian, and that will give you faith to ride above sin; it'll give you faith.
And everything that you have need of in this journey is right in you now. And the only thing you have to do is have faith in God that pushes that good things out of you, which is in you by the Holy Spirit. Do you understand clearly now?...?... You got the...?...
Well now, the only thing you have to do to ride higher into healing is just have more faith, just keep pushing it out (See?), and there you are.
Now, if you're sick and you're not a Christian, become a Christian right now so that that healing power will come in you by becoming a Christian, and that will give you faith to ride above sin; it'll give you faith.
And everything that you have need of in this journey is right in you now. And the only thing you have to do is have faith in God that pushes that good things out of you, which is in you by the Holy Spirit. Do you understand clearly now?...?... You got the...?...
E-6 Când muriţi, sufletul vostru se va duce în... sub altarul lui Dumnezeu, nu în... direct în Prezenţa lui Dumnezeu. Acum, duhul vostru se va duce la Dumnezeu, dar nu puteţi veni înapoi. Reţineţi, în Biblie, A spus că duhul... "Sufletele de sub altar, strigă, 'Doamne, până când, până când?'" Şi ei nu se puteau întoarce până nu se împlinesc Scripturile, şi, aşa cum Cristos, nu se putea întoarce până nu se împlinesc Scripturile. Atunci, după ce, toată aceea s-a făcut, toată suferinţa s-a sfârşit, şi fraţii au suferit aceleaşi lucruri, sau noi am suferit cum au suferit ei, şi aşa mai departe; atunci, în ziua aceea, voi veţi şti exact unde sunteţi îngropaţi, duhul vostru va fi dezlegat de la Dumnezeu şi va veni la suflet.
E-6 I believe Billy told me last night, called me and said, "Come in this morning, especially for one person, come thinking we're having services this week of those Seven Seals." And they brought a sick child; I believe.
And if you're here now, sir, remember, you cannot... Your--your faith will have to go for that child if it's--if it's a little infant child.
But now, let me take another Scripture, if it's all right just a minute... Just remember.
Now, in the gospel we read over in the 16th chapter, I believe, of the Acts, where that Paul and Silas was in prison one night. And they'd been beaten, because they cast a devil spirit out of a fortune-telling girl. And it was a... and she... Her masters had got angry about it and beaten them, put them in the inner prisons. And then when they did that, while Paul and Silas was praying, and God sent an earthquake and shook the jail down.
And if you're here now, sir, remember, you cannot... Your--your faith will have to go for that child if it's--if it's a little infant child.
But now, let me take another Scripture, if it's all right just a minute... Just remember.
Now, in the gospel we read over in the 16th chapter, I believe, of the Acts, where that Paul and Silas was in prison one night. And they'd been beaten, because they cast a devil spirit out of a fortune-telling girl. And it was a... and she... Her masters had got angry about it and beaten them, put them in the inner prisons. And then when they did that, while Paul and Silas was praying, and God sent an earthquake and shook the jail down.
E-7 Acum, sufletul este acea parte din tine care ştie şi înţelege, inteligenţa ta. Vă amintiţi vedenia care am avut-o nu de mult, sau micuţa transmutare, am mers în acel loc şi i-am văzut pe oamenii aceia? [Adunarea zice, "Amin." – Ed.] Acum, duhul tău va veni înapoi la acel trup, şi acel-acel fel de trup, sufletul, care este un trup care nu trebuie să mănânce şi aşa mai departe. "Dacă acest cort pământesc se dizolvă, noi avem unul care deja aşteaptă," un trup ceresc. Şi cu acel duh, şi acel suflet şi trup ceresc, tu vei învia din nou acest trup natural pentru acel mare Mileniu. Vedeţi? Tu ai puterea în tine acum, să faci aceea, acum. Dar, acea putere pe care o ai în tine acum, ar putea să facă o lume nouă. Dumnezeu nu are puncte mici, slabe; şi puncte mari, grele care sunt puternice. Cea mai mică atingere a lui Dumnezeu este omnipotentă, vedeţi, cea mai mică atingere a lui Dumnezeu. Astfel, voi ştiţi.
Astfel eu încerc să vă pun în credinţă acum.
Astfel eu încerc să vă pun în credinţă acum.
E-7 The Philippian jailer, being a centurion (which to lose his, his prisoners was to be... His own life would have to pay for the prisoner's.), he pulled his sword and was going to commit suicide, when Paul run forth and said, "Do yourself no harm; we're all here!"
And this centurion ha... They'd--some impression they'd had about Paul and them. They might have sung hymns; they might have testified or done something. But whatever it was, they knowed that they were holy men. They knowed there was something different about those men, because quickly he asked, "What must I do to be saved? What must I do to be saved?"
Now, Paul said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou and thy house shall be saved."
And this centurion ha... They'd--some impression they'd had about Paul and them. They might have sung hymns; they might have testified or done something. But whatever it was, they knowed that they were holy men. They knowed there was something different about those men, because quickly he asked, "What must I do to be saved? What must I do to be saved?"
Now, Paul said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou and thy house shall be saved."
E-8 Tu şti că ceva ţi s-a întâmplat, ca un Creştin. Şti tu? [Adunarea zice, "Amin." – Ed.] Tu obişnuiai să umbli jos aici în murdărie, cu toată murdăria şi păcatul, şi băutura, şi jocul de noroc, şi-şi lucruri ale lumii. Ei bine, de îndată ce ai crezut că Cristos ţi-a iertat păcatele, tu te-ai ridicat deasupra acelui lucru. Acum tu mergi sus aici, înţelegi, deasupra la toată aceasta. De ce? Pentru că tu crezi că eşti un Creştin. Atunci când l-ai acceptat pe Cristos, şi Duhul Sfânt a venit la tine, atunci tu ai credinţă în Duhul Sfânt, care îţi dă putere să mergi deasupra acelui fel de viaţă de păcat.
E-8 Well now, if believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, that don't mean that his salvation would save the house, but if he's got enough faith in God for his own salvation, he can have the same faith for his house; and his house will have to come in. See? It's the same thing.
Same as Job did, as I said the other night down in Georgia at a meeting. I said Job... He said, "Now, I don't know if my children have sinned. But what if they have sinned?"
And Job had one thing to do to be righteous, that was offer a burnt offering. He said he would offer the burnt offering if his children had sinned, then they would be forgiven of their sin. And it was a good thing that father done it. That's a good thinking father. We need more of those kind of fathers today.
And Job offered the burnt offering. That's before his tragedy set in. But when his children was all killed, and his sheep all destroyed, and all that he had, taken, he's setting on the ash heap in back of his house, scraping himself with a piece of crock...
Same as Job did, as I said the other night down in Georgia at a meeting. I said Job... He said, "Now, I don't know if my children have sinned. But what if they have sinned?"
And Job had one thing to do to be righteous, that was offer a burnt offering. He said he would offer the burnt offering if his children had sinned, then they would be forgiven of their sin. And it was a good thing that father done it. That's a good thinking father. We need more of those kind of fathers today.
And Job offered the burnt offering. That's before his tragedy set in. But when his children was all killed, and his sheep all destroyed, and all that he had, taken, he's setting on the ash heap in back of his house, scraping himself with a piece of crock...
E-9 Bine, acum, singurul lucru ce-l ai de făcut, să mergi mai înalt în vindecare, e doar să ai mai multă credinţă, doar-doar continuă să o împingi afară. Înţelegeţi? Şi iată-vă. Acum deci tu eşti bolnav, şi nu eşti un Creştin, să devi un Creştin chiar acum, aşa ca acea putere de vindecare să vină în tine, prin a deveni un Creştin. Şi aceea îţi va da credinţă să mergi deasupra păcatului. Aceasta îţi va da credinţă. Şi tot ce ai tu nevoie, în această călătorie, este chiar în tine acum. Şi singurul lucru ce-l ai de făcut este să ai credinţă în Dumnezeu, care împinge lucrurile acelea bune afară din tine, care sunt în tine, prin Duhul Sfânt. Înţelegeţi voi clar acum? Aţi priceput? [Adunarea zice, "Amin." – Ed.]
E-9 Did you notice, after the days of his tragedy, when God begin to restore to him again, where he had ten thousand cattle or so forth, He restored double: and it's doubled his sheep, and doubled everything. But did you notice... And God also gave Job his seven children. Did you ever think where they were at? That burnt offering stood for them. They were saved in glory waiting for him to come. He's with them today.
"Thy and thy house shall be saved!" See?
Now, Job had one thing to do to be righteous, was to offer the burnt offering. You have one thing to do to be righteous; that's have faith in God. For by faith are you saved; by faith are you healed; by faith you get every thing that you have. See? It's by faith, that you believe it.
Now, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thy and thy house shall be saved!
"Thy and thy house shall be saved!" See?
Now, Job had one thing to do to be righteous, was to offer the burnt offering. You have one thing to do to be righteous; that's have faith in God. For by faith are you saved; by faith are you healed; by faith you get every thing that you have. See? It's by faith, that you believe it.
Now, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thy and thy house shall be saved!
E-10 Cred că Billy mi-a spus, seara trecută, m-a sunat şi a spus, "Vino înăuntru, în dimineaţa aceasta, vino în special pentru o persoană, gândind că avem servicii în săptămâna aceasta, despre acele Şapte Peceţi." Şi ei au adus un copil bolnav, eu cred. Şi dacă eşti aici acum, domnule, ţine minte, tu nu poţi... A ta-credinţa ta va trebui să meargă pentru acel copil, dacă este-dacă este un micuţ, copil prunc.
E-10 Now, sir, if you got the baby here to be prayed for, you believe yourself. I'm here to put my faith with yours. And we'll believe together that God will heal that baby... You see, we got in us the power to do that. You've got in you the power to do it. Every Christian's got the power to do it.
But now, if we can just get... That power is controlled by a law, as I have often said. It's like gravitation controls water, because it's a law. Gravitation controls water.
The sun is controlled by the--by the earth, the turn of the earth. The--you can't just make the sun do one thing another, say, "I believe I want to sleep a little longer to... Hold off a hour!" It won't do it. See? Because there's a law. And if you'll work according to that law, well then, everything will be all right. If you'll go to bed in time, you can wake up in time. And if you a...
But now, if we can just get... That power is controlled by a law, as I have often said. It's like gravitation controls water, because it's a law. Gravitation controls water.
The sun is controlled by the--by the earth, the turn of the earth. The--you can't just make the sun do one thing another, say, "I believe I want to sleep a little longer to... Hold off a hour!" It won't do it. See? Because there's a law. And if you'll work according to that law, well then, everything will be all right. If you'll go to bed in time, you can wake up in time. And if you a...
E-11 Dar acum să iau o altă Scriptură, dacă este în regulă, doar un moment. [Fratele Neville răspunde, "Mergi drept înainte, frate. Amin." – Ed.]
E-11 Like we got the... Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, Lake Huron, and all those Great Lakes is up here. We got tens of thousands times thousands of acres of ground out in Nevada, and California, and Arizona, and New Mexico, that's burning up for that water, of land that would raise anything. You could feed the whole world out there, if you only had this water up here down there. And it wouldn't bother that, because it's spring fed. Just as soon as it goes out, it just comes up to its level again, 'cause gravitation holds it there.
Well now, if you can work according to the law of gravitation, you can take all those Great Lakes, and water that whole country out there, and feed the whole world. Nobody'd be hungry. But you can't set here and say, "Yeah, I see it, sure!" You got to go do it.
Well now, if you can work according to the law of gravitation, you can take all those Great Lakes, and water that whole country out there, and feed the whole world. Nobody'd be hungry. But you can't set here and say, "Yeah, I see it, sure!" You got to go do it.
E-12 Doar reţineţi, acum, în Evanghelii, noi citim acolo în al 16- lea capitol, eu cred, din Fapte, unde că Pavel şi Sila erau în închisoare într-o noapte. Şi au fost bătuţi pentru că au scos un duh de drac dintr-o fată ghicitoare. Şi era... Şi, ea, stăpânii ei s-au mâniat privitor la aceasta. Şi i-au bătut, i-au pus în închisoarea din interior. Şi atunci când au făcut asta, în timp ce Pavel şi Sila se rugau, şi Dumnezeu a trimis un cutremur de pământ şi a zguduit închisoarea.
E-12 Well that's the same way it is by the law of God. The law of God is faith. And we got faith here this morning to heal any sickness, to do anything. But it's controlled by a law, and that law is faith. God's law is faith. Jesus said, "Whatsoever things you desire when you pray, if you can believe you receive it, you can have it." There you are. So it's the faith that controls it. And faith is given to us just as we have need of. Now, we have to... God lots some of us some faith, some another faith. It isn't some great supernatural power that you have, because when you become a Christian, you--you already have the power, but you lack faith in the operating that power.
E-13 Temnicerul Filipin, fiind un sutaş, care, să-şi piardă a lui¬prizonierii lui, trebuia să plătească cu viaţa lui pentru prizonieri. El şi-a scos sabia şi urma să se sinucidă, când Pavel a alergat înainte şi a spus, "Să nu-ţi faci nici un rău. Noi suntem toţi aici."
E-13 So now, this morning when you come to be prayed for, remember, the Bible has said this, and this is true: James 5:14: "If there be any among you sick, let them call the elders of the church, let them anoint them with oil, and pray over them. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick and God shall raise him up." It's a promise if you'll believe it.
Therefore (you see?), healing is allotted to the individual. It was in the days of Jesus of Nazareth. He could not heal people against their--against their own faith. He said, "I can, if you believe. If you believe that I'm able to do this, I can do it. If you can believe it."
So, some people throw the--throws the power of healing into some other evangelist. It's not that; the power of healing's in you. It's in you. They just put the cart before the horse. The evangelist doesn't have power to heal. It's the Holy Spirit that has power to heal. And you have the Holy Spirit. That's the little tree that you are. And all the things that you have need of is in you. So therefore, you just start drinking from God's promise, saying, "It's the Truth! God said He'd heal me. By His stripes I am healed!" There you are. You know what you do? You start pushing out healing; that's all. See! And then others can see what you have.
Therefore (you see?), healing is allotted to the individual. It was in the days of Jesus of Nazareth. He could not heal people against their--against their own faith. He said, "I can, if you believe. If you believe that I'm able to do this, I can do it. If you can believe it."
So, some people throw the--throws the power of healing into some other evangelist. It's not that; the power of healing's in you. It's in you. They just put the cart before the horse. The evangelist doesn't have power to heal. It's the Holy Spirit that has power to heal. And you have the Holy Spirit. That's the little tree that you are. And all the things that you have need of is in you. So therefore, you just start drinking from God's promise, saying, "It's the Truth! God said He'd heal me. By His stripes I am healed!" There you are. You know what you do? You start pushing out healing; that's all. See! And then others can see what you have.
E-14 Şi acest sutaş avea, se spune, ceva impresie ce ei aveau despre Pavel şi ceilalţi. Ei poate au cântat imnuri. Ei poate au mărturisit, sau au făcut ceva. Dar, orice a fost, ei au ştiut că erau oameni sfinţi. Ei ştiau că era ceva deosebit privitor la acei oameni. Pentru că, repede, a întrebat, "Ce trebuie să fac ca să fiu mântuit? Ce trebuie să fac ca să fiu mântuit?"
E-14 Now what it's... Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen. Now, when I set that little tree out, I don't see the apples. But they're in there. That little tree knows they're in there. So, he just starts drinking, pushing and pushing, 'cause he knows, "It's in me. I'll get it out there after a while. Give me a little time." Just give me a little time. He just keeps drinking, "I know--I know the apples are in me, and I'll bring them up after a while." And first thing you know, here they come. Here come the apple, because he believed that they're in him. And if you believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is in you to heal you, there you are, just keep pushing. See?
You have faith. You can't see the results right away; you don't see it.
You have faith. You can't see the results right away; you don't see it.
E-15 Now (See?) James justified Abraham by his works. Paul justified Abraham by his faith. What do we say then between the two? Abraham was speaking on what--I mean, Paul was speaking on what God saw in Abraham. And James was speaking on what people saw in Abraham. See? Now see? Therefore, God knowed that before the baby come, that Abraham had faith. And Abraham proved it to God by acting like he--that the baby was going to come when he was sterile. He had no children, and his wife's womb was dead, and he was sterile. But yet he knowed in there somewhere was the baby. You see, he kept drinking the promise, leaning on God's great El Shaddai, the breast, leaning there, drinking, knowing that God would give it to him; knowed that it was a promise, that He had to do it. And we're the children of Abraham. So let's lean onto His promise and hold there, knowing that God will do it. He said so.
You believe it now. Then let the sick line up over here on one of the sides or the other, that wants to be prayed for, and we'll get the Elder here and anoint them in oil. I'll pray over them, and we'll believe that God will make everyone of them well. If thou canst believe.
Teddy, where are you at?...?... Come around on this right hand side. That's good. And it--I want you to play, "Only Believe."
And while they're coming, let's us bow our heads, the rest of the audience, and let's be in prayer for these people who are coming.
You believe it now. Then let the sick line up over here on one of the sides or the other, that wants to be prayed for, and we'll get the Elder here and anoint them in oil. I'll pray over them, and we'll believe that God will make everyone of them well. If thou canst believe.
Teddy, where are you at?...?... Come around on this right hand side. That's good. And it--I want you to play, "Only Believe."
And while they're coming, let's us bow our heads, the rest of the audience, and let's be in prayer for these people who are coming.
E-16 Bine, acum, dacă a crede în Domnul Isus Cristos... Aceea nu înseamnă că mântuirea lui i-ar mântui casa. Dar dacă el are suficientă credinţă în Dumnezeu pentru propria lui mântuire, el poate avea aceeaşi credinţă pentru casa lui. Şi casa lui va trebui să vină înăuntru, vedeţi, acelaşi lucru.
E-16 Our heavenly Father, we bring to You this morning, in the Name of Jesus Christ, these poor, sick, suffering humanity, that's in this terrible disastrous condition. I believe You, Lord. I--I know that Your Words are true. They are so true. They cannot fail, because they are God's eternal and everlasting Word. They are all powerful like God is, because they are a part of Him. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelled among us." Now, we believe that, Lord, with all our hearts, with all of our souls, with all that's inside of us. We believe it.
And I've tried in a simple childlike way to present it to the people, that they might understand and know that the power of God lays within them. If they can only have their faith and follow God's orders... That's how they were saved. They come and repented of their sins and was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible, of Acts 2, and then Peter said that ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, then it--here He come, just exactly, because It's God's Word made manifest.
Well now, the same thing, Father, we know is true when we anoint the sick with oil and pray over them. The prayer of faith shall save the sick; God shall raise him up. God, may each one leave this altar, around this place this morning, so happy and rejoicing in knowing that God will heal them: go and be made well. For we commit them to Thee now in the Name of Jesus Christ; may each one be healed and catch the vision, what it means: like Abraham called those things which are not as though they were.
No matter what the results is, that has nothing to do with faith. Results is nothing; faith's already took a hold. And faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. God, make it sink deep in their hearts, for they're needy people. I go as your humble servant to stand here, along with the other servants, and pray God put in our hearts for these sick people. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
And I've tried in a simple childlike way to present it to the people, that they might understand and know that the power of God lays within them. If they can only have their faith and follow God's orders... That's how they were saved. They come and repented of their sins and was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, according to the Bible, of Acts 2, and then Peter said that ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, then it--here He come, just exactly, because It's God's Word made manifest.
Well now, the same thing, Father, we know is true when we anoint the sick with oil and pray over them. The prayer of faith shall save the sick; God shall raise him up. God, may each one leave this altar, around this place this morning, so happy and rejoicing in knowing that God will heal them: go and be made well. For we commit them to Thee now in the Name of Jesus Christ; may each one be healed and catch the vision, what it means: like Abraham called those things which are not as though they were.
No matter what the results is, that has nothing to do with faith. Results is nothing; faith's already took a hold. And faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. God, make it sink deep in their hearts, for they're needy people. I go as your humble servant to stand here, along with the other servants, and pray God put in our hearts for these sick people. We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
E-17 La fel cum a făcut Iov, aşa cum am spus seara trecută, jos în Georgia, la o adunare. Am spus, "Iov, a spus, 'Acum, nu ştiu dacă copiii mei au păcătuit, dar ce-i dacă ei au păcătuit?'" Şi Iov a avut un singur lucru de făcut, să fie neprihănit, aceea era, să ofere o jertfă de ardere. El a spus că va oferii jertfa de ardere, dacă copiii lui au păcătuit, atunci ei vor fi iertaţi de păcatul lor. Şi a fost un lucru bun care l-a făcut acel tată. Acela-i un tată cu gândire bună. Noi avem nevoie de mai mulţi taţi de felul acela astăzi. Şi Iova oferit jertfa de ardere. Aceea era înainte ca tragedia lui să aibă loc.
E-17 Somebody said Brother Estel Beeler was in the building. Now I believe there's another minister here that led in prayer this morning. We would like to ask all the ministers here, whatever you are, if you'd come up here and stand around this altar with us just a moment. Won't you please, brethren. And...?... Brother Ben, thank you. Come right up and stand around here around the altar here, so we can have prayer with these people, lay hands on them.
Now, as they play the song, and the ministers are taking their place here, so we, each one, can lay hands upon the sick...
Now, as they play the song, and the ministers are taking their place here, so we, each one, can lay hands upon the sick...
E-18 Dar când toţi copiii lui au fost omorâţi, şi toate oile lui nimicite, şi tot ce avea, a fost luat, el şedea pe mormanul de cenuşă în spatele casei lui, scărpinându-se cu un ciob de oală.
E-18 Let's see coming down across the mountain yonder. I see a Man coming Who wasn't any different from any other man. He was just an ordinary Man, kinda small in body, rather frail. As we see Him look, His eyes, down upon a--a scene taking place down in the valley. It was His apostles; they had a boy down there that had epilepsy. And no doubt but what they were saying, "Heal him, Lord; heal him." But you see, just saying, "Heal him, Lord, heal him." won't do it. That just won't do it. There's got to be something behind that "Heal him, Lord; heal him." And if I can get you to believe that, and believe that with all your heart, you're going to be healed. If I can get you to really see the vision.
Now, look at those disciples standing there, maybe shaking him, maybe pushing him...?... "Believe it, brother; believe it. Hallelujah. Believe it. Heal him, Lord; heal him." But the devil stayed right there, because he couldn't find enough faith there to make him leave.
But here comes One down across the hill, and as soon as that devil recognized that that was a little different from that other man... Now, that's the kind of men we want to be along here...?... Just not come for a show, but come in love of our God, to know that we've been commissioned to go do this. This is our commission.
Now, look at those disciples standing there, maybe shaking him, maybe pushing him...?... "Believe it, brother; believe it. Hallelujah. Believe it. Heal him, Lord; heal him." But the devil stayed right there, because he couldn't find enough faith there to make him leave.
But here comes One down across the hill, and as soon as that devil recognized that that was a little different from that other man... Now, that's the kind of men we want to be along here...?... Just not come for a show, but come in love of our God, to know that we've been commissioned to go do this. This is our commission.
E-19 Aţi observat, după zilele tragediei lui, când Dumnezeu a început să-i restituie din nou? Unde el avea zece mii de vite, şi aşa mai departe, El a restituit dublu. Şi i-a dublat oile, şi a dublat totul. Dar aţi observat voi? Şi Dumnezeu i-a dat lui Iov şi pe cei şapte copii ai lui. V-aţi gândit vreodată unde au fost ei? Acea jertfă de ardere a stat pentru ei. Ei au fost mântuiţi, în Slavă, aşteptând ca el să vină. El este cu ei astăzi. "Tu şi casa ta veţi fi mântuiţi." Vedeţi? Acum, Iov avea un singur lucru de făcut, ca să fie neprihănit, era să ofere jertfa de ardere.
E-19 Then we go up there to the father. I think this is where this song was written from, composed of the words. He said, "Lord, have mercy upon my son, 'cause he's variously vexed with a devil." Said, "It throws him in the fire and pines away..." and so forth. He said, "I brought him to Your disciples, but they couldn't heal him. But I--I thought..."
He said, "I can if you will believe." Not, "I have the power within Me." He said, "to do it, if you can believe that." Would God let these cancer ridden people that's setting here this morning, that's been ridden--bedridden with cancer, and leukemia, and sickness, and afflictions... Would God heal them and pass you by? He's not like that. No. See? Now, He doesn't fail. "I can if you'll believe." What did He say?
For all things are possible,
Only believe. (Now, Brethren, climb up here.)
Now just:
Only believe, Only believe,
[Brother Branham speaks, but not able to understand what is said.-Ed.]... lay hands upon...?...
All right. Everybody in the audience, with your head bowed now. Everybody be in prayer.
Only... (Lord, have mercy I pray and heal these people through Jesus Christ's Name.)...?...
In the name of Jesus of Nazareth...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
So many along the line, watching them, seeing their reaction of how they were... see how they react on a action. See, there's such a thing as an action. They raised and come forward. And another thing, is how they react on that action that they have made. After they have come to the place to believe that when they're prayed for they'll be healed, then watch the reaction of their action.
He said, "I can if you will believe." Not, "I have the power within Me." He said, "to do it, if you can believe that." Would God let these cancer ridden people that's setting here this morning, that's been ridden--bedridden with cancer, and leukemia, and sickness, and afflictions... Would God heal them and pass you by? He's not like that. No. See? Now, He doesn't fail. "I can if you'll believe." What did He say?
For all things are possible,
Only believe. (Now, Brethren, climb up here.)
Now just:
Only believe, Only believe,
[Brother Branham speaks, but not able to understand what is said.-Ed.]... lay hands upon...?...
All right. Everybody in the audience, with your head bowed now. Everybody be in prayer.
Only... (Lord, have mercy I pray and heal these people through Jesus Christ's Name.)...?...
In the name of Jesus of Nazareth...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
So many along the line, watching them, seeing their reaction of how they were... see how they react on a action. See, there's such a thing as an action. They raised and come forward. And another thing, is how they react on that action that they have made. After they have come to the place to believe that when they're prayed for they'll be healed, then watch the reaction of their action.
E-20 Tu ai un singur lucru de făcut, ca să fi neprihănit, acela este, să ai credinţă în Dumnezeu. Căci, prin credinţă eşti mântuit, prin credinţă eşti vindecat, prin credinţă obţii tot ce ai. Vedeţi? Este prin credinţă, că tu o crezi. Acum, "Crede în Domnul Isus Cristos, şi tu şi casa ta veţi fi mântuiţi."
E-20 Now, our Pastor has got a good message for us, I'm sure, this morning. One thing I'd like to comment on just a moment. Was a Catholic girl standing there along the altar. A few days ago she was at my house, her and her husband. And I've knowed her husband for some time. And--and there was something about while we were setting on a private interview. That's where we have the visions. That's where we... I used to have it here in the church, but it just taken up the morning and so forth...
And so it was in this... I never said nothing, because she being a girl, and another thing, always reared in the Catholic Church and so forth... But she went to speak for her mother. And during that time, I saw a vision of her mother: told her what her mother's trouble was, and described her, and how her mother looked. Of course she was the judge of that, whether it was right or not. I never seen her mother in my life. She knows that.
And the girl this morning came to the altar here and stood to make a confession and accept Christ as her Saviour. She did that at the altar this morning.
And Brother Neville, not knowing, anointed her in oil, (how--how God works), anointed her in oil for the sick. But watch the moving of the Holy Spirit. Now, being as she was anointed (really not sick), but anointed, see how its just two or three words like, "She stood as a Christian, now." after she has become a--what we believe to be a Christian. Now she said, "Would you pray for my mother? She's sick." That was the same one. So the anointing oil was applied to her...?... told her that (See?) someone being just saved... Christ stood for all of us. He stands for all.
And as soon as this girl becomes a Christian, then she wants to stand for somebody too; showing that the Spirit of Christ comes within us when we are really saved. Now, that's really fine. I--I certainly appreciate that; that fine Christian spirit of believing. Now, just remember...
And so it was in this... I never said nothing, because she being a girl, and another thing, always reared in the Catholic Church and so forth... But she went to speak for her mother. And during that time, I saw a vision of her mother: told her what her mother's trouble was, and described her, and how her mother looked. Of course she was the judge of that, whether it was right or not. I never seen her mother in my life. She knows that.
And the girl this morning came to the altar here and stood to make a confession and accept Christ as her Saviour. She did that at the altar this morning.
And Brother Neville, not knowing, anointed her in oil, (how--how God works), anointed her in oil for the sick. But watch the moving of the Holy Spirit. Now, being as she was anointed (really not sick), but anointed, see how its just two or three words like, "She stood as a Christian, now." after she has become a--what we believe to be a Christian. Now she said, "Would you pray for my mother? She's sick." That was the same one. So the anointing oil was applied to her...?... told her that (See?) someone being just saved... Christ stood for all of us. He stands for all.
And as soon as this girl becomes a Christian, then she wants to stand for somebody too; showing that the Spirit of Christ comes within us when we are really saved. Now, that's really fine. I--I certainly appreciate that; that fine Christian spirit of believing. Now, just remember...
E-21 Acum, domnule, dacă tu ai copilul aici să se facă rugăciune pentru el, să crezi, tu însuţi. Eu sunt aici ca să pun credinţa mea cu a ta, şi noi vom crede, împreună, că Dumnezeu va vindeca acel copil.
E-21 Now, to this young lady; she's here somewhere. And to another Catholic lady that came by, and... I'd like to say these words just before I turn the service to our pastor (See?), is this...
Now, the Catholic Church was one time like this church. If you'll go back and read the Bible, which we believe... And you know that the Catholic Church was the first church. That is true. But it got away from its teachings. This was the teaching of the Catholic Church. But you see, they got six hundred and something-another books that popes and so forth has written that's just as holy to them as this Bible.
So see what this is. You haven't changed; what you've done, you just been converted. See? Now if you take...
Now, the Catholic Church was one time like this church. If you'll go back and read the Bible, which we believe... And you know that the Catholic Church was the first church. That is true. But it got away from its teachings. This was the teaching of the Catholic Church. But you see, they got six hundred and something-another books that popes and so forth has written that's just as holy to them as this Bible.
So see what this is. You haven't changed; what you've done, you just been converted. See? Now if you take...
E-22 Voi vedeţi, noi avem în noi puterea ca să facem asta. Voi aveţi în voi puterea să o faceţi. Fiecare Creştin are puterea să o facă. Dar acum dacă noi putem doar să obţinem... Acea putere este controlată de o lege.
E-22 'Course, I guess maybe some of you...?... this morning is women. There might be some Catholic men setting in here. If you'll go back to the history of the churches... You might ask your priest: "The action of these apostles in the Bible here, wasn't that the way that--was that the early Catholics? They'll tell you, "Yes!" And that's true. They were.
Now, they... Look what kind of a religion they had. They met in little simple places. They never said, "Hail Marys" or, "Our Fathers." That's a tradition of the church. What did they say? They praised God; they screamed; they cried.
Now, they... Look what kind of a religion they had. They met in little simple places. They never said, "Hail Marys" or, "Our Fathers." That's a tradition of the church. What did they say? They praised God; they screamed; they cried.
E-23 Aşa cum adeseori am spus, este cum gravitaţia controlează apa, pentru că este o lege. Gravitaţia controlează apa.
E-23 Looky here in Acts 2, when the a--holy apostle Peter, and James, and John, and all were together; the Bible said they spoke in tongues. And they screamed, and even act so--and so filled with the Spirit until they act like they were drunk. And even to the outside world asked, "Are not all these drunks?"
And then Peter, the apostle, the holy Saint Peter, when he stood up and he said, "Men and brethren, these men are not drunk, but they're filled with the Spirit as the--as the Bible said they was."
Now, that was the early Catholic Church, according to their teaching. Now you see, after about two hundred years, the dignified begin to get into the church. Then what did they do? They made their first organization at the Nicean Council, A.D. 606. They made their...
And when the Nicean Council was held at Nicaea, Rome, they begin to get all the great dignitaries in. And they just formed a church. They made a church.
After that, it broke four or five times. They went in--they went from that to the bishop, from the bishop to a pope. And from that there come the Greek Orthodox and different ones, till they just broke it up to where you see it today. It's just in all kinds of breakups.
And then Peter, the apostle, the holy Saint Peter, when he stood up and he said, "Men and brethren, these men are not drunk, but they're filled with the Spirit as the--as the Bible said they was."
Now, that was the early Catholic Church, according to their teaching. Now you see, after about two hundred years, the dignified begin to get into the church. Then what did they do? They made their first organization at the Nicean Council, A.D. 606. They made their...
And when the Nicean Council was held at Nicaea, Rome, they begin to get all the great dignitaries in. And they just formed a church. They made a church.
After that, it broke four or five times. They went in--they went from that to the bishop, from the bishop to a pope. And from that there come the Greek Orthodox and different ones, till they just broke it up to where you see it today. It's just in all kinds of breakups.
E-24 Soarele, este controlat de-de către... sau pământul, învârtirea pământului. Tu nu poţi doar face ca soarele să facă un lucru, apoi să spui, "Eu cred că vreau să dorm puţin mai mult. Opreşte-te o oră." Acesta nu o va face, vedeţi, pentru că există o lege. Dacă vei lucra în acord cu acea lege, ei bine, atunci, totul va fi în regulă. Dacă te duci la culcare la timp, te poţi trezi la timp. Şi dacă tu...
E-24 But what we're trying to do, my Catholic friend. See, we are Catholic too. We are the early beginning Catholic. And the church that they call us now, mostly, we're referred to as Pentecostal, because we believe in the Pentecostal blessing. That's where the Catholic Church was organized.
And in our organizations of Pentecost today, If it--if this world would stand five hundred years longer, this Pentecostal organization would be more formal than the Roman Catholic Church is today. It's just getting farther away, same way. And when you organize, you make a lodge out of it. And then you just become lodge, and members, and unconverted soul.
To my precious dear brothers and sisters (See?), all of you, as a servant of God... I never said this before in the wor--in--in this church...?... But as a prophet of the Lord, I say to you, "This is the Light; walk ye in It."
And in our organizations of Pentecost today, If it--if this world would stand five hundred years longer, this Pentecostal organization would be more formal than the Roman Catholic Church is today. It's just getting farther away, same way. And when you organize, you make a lodge out of it. And then you just become lodge, and members, and unconverted soul.
To my precious dear brothers and sisters (See?), all of you, as a servant of God... I never said this before in the wor--in--in this church...?... But as a prophet of the Lord, I say to you, "This is the Light; walk ye in It."
E-25 Aşa cum avem Lacul Superior, Lacul Ontario, Lacul Huron, şi toate acele Lacuri Mari sus aici. Noi avem zeci de mii de mii de acri de pământ afară în N evada, şi California, şi Arizona, şi New Mexico, care ard, după apa aceea, de pământ care ar creşte orice. Aţi putea hrăni întreaga lume, acolo afară, dacă doar aţi avea această apă, aici sus, jos acolo. Şi nu ar deranja aceea, pentru că este alimentată de izvor. Chiar de îndată ce se duce afară, doar vine sus chiar la nivel din nou, pentru că gravitaţia o ţine acolo. Bine, acum, dacă puteţi lucra conform cu legea gravitaţiei, voi puteţi lua toate aceste Lacuri Mari şi uda întregul ţinut acolo afară, şi să hrăniţi întreaga lume, nimeni nu va fi flămând. Dar nu puteţi sta aici şi să spuneţi, "Da. Eu văd aceasta. Sigur." Tu trebuie să mergi să o faci.
E-26 Ei bine, aceea-i la fel cum este cu legea lui Dumnezeu. Legea lui Dumnezeu este credinţa. Şi noi avem credinţă aici, în dimineaţa aceasta, să vindecăm orice boală, să facem orice. Dar aceasta este controlată de o lege, şi acea lege este credinţa. Legea lui Dumnezeu este credinţa. Isus a spus, "Orice lucruri doriţi voi, când vă rugaţi, dacă voi puteţi crede că le primiţi, voi le puteţi avea." Iată-vă. Astfel, credinţa este cea care o controlează, şi credinţa ne este dată doar aşa cum avem nevoie de ea. Acum, noi trebuie să... Dumnezeu ne împarte la unii din noi ceva credinţă, la unii altă credinţă. Aceasta nu este vreo putere mare supranaturală care o aveţi. Deoarece, când tu devi un Creştin, tu-tu deja ai puterea, dar îţi lipseşte credinţa de a opera acea putere.
E-27 Deci acum, dimineaţa aceasta, când veniţi să se facă rugăciune, amintiţi-vă, Biblia a spus aceasta. Aceasta este adevărat. Iacov 5:14, "Dacă vor fi unii printre voi, bolnavi, ei să cheme pe bătrânii bisericii. Ei să-i ungă cu untdelemn, şi să se roage peste ei. Rugăciunea de credinţă va salva pe cel bolnav, şi Dumnezeu îl va ridica." Aceasta este o promisiune, dacă o veţi crede. De aceea, vedeţi, vindecarea este dată la persoană.
E-28 Aceasta a fost în zilele lui Isus din Nazaret. El nu i-a putut vindeca pe oameni împotriva lor-împotriva propriei lor credinţe. El a spus, "Eu pot, dacă voi credeţi. Dacă credeţi că Eu sunt în stare să fac aceasta, Eu o pot face." Dacă voi puteţi să o credeţi!
E-29 Deci, unii oameni aruncă-aruncă puterea de vindecare în ceva alţi, evanghelişti. Nu este asta. Puterea de vindecare este în voi. Aceasta este în voi. Ei doar pun căruţa înaintea calului. Evanghelistul nu are putere să vindece.
E-30 Duhul Sfânt este acela care are putere să vindece, şi voi aveţi Duhul Sfânt. Acela este pomuleţul care sunteţi voi, şi toate lucrurile de care aveţi nevoie sunt în voi. Astfel, de aceea, voi doar începeţi să beţi din promisiunea lui Dumnezeu, zicând, "Acesta-i adevărul. Dumnezeu a spus că El mă va vindeca. 'Prin rănile Lui eu sunt vindecat."' Iată-vă. Voi ştiţi ce faceţi? Voi începeţi să împingeţi afară vindecarea, asta-i tot. Vedeţi? Şi atunci, alţii pot să vadă ce aveţi voi.
E-31 Acum ce este aceasta, "Credinţa este substanţa lucrurilor nădăjduite; dovada lucrurilor nevăzute."
E-32 Eu aş putea pune acel pomuleţ afară. Eu nu văd merele, dar ele sunt înăuntru acolo. Acel pomuleţ ştie că sunt înăuntru acolo. Astfel el doar începe să bea, împinge şi împinge, căci el a ştiut, "Aceasta este în mine. Eu le voi pune afară aici după o vreme. Daţi-mi puţin timp. Doar păstraţi-mă puţin timp." El doar continuă să bea. "Da, eu ştiu că merele sunt în mine. Eu le voi aduce sus, după o vreme." Şi primul lucru ce-l ştiţi, iată-le că vin. Aici vin merele, pentru că el a crezut că ele erau în el.
E-33 Şi dacă tu crezi că puterea Duhului Sfânt este în tine, să te vindece, poftim. Doar continuă să împingi. Vedeţi? Tu ai credinţă. Tu nu poţi vedea rezultatele imediat. Tu nu le vezi.
E-34 Acum, vedeţi, Iacov l-a justificat pe Abraham prin faptele lui. Pavel l-a justificat pe Abraham prin credinţa lui. Ce spunem noi atunci, între cei doi? Abraham vorbea despre ce... Vreau să spun, Pavel a vorbit despre ce a văzut Dumnezeu în Abraham. Şi Iacov a vorbit despre ce au văzut oamenii în Abraham. Vedeţi? Acum, vedeţi?
E-35 De aceea, Dumnezeu a ştiut că, înainte să vină copilul, că Abraham avea credinţă. Şi Abraham i-a dovedit lui Dumnezeu, prin a se comporta de parcă (el) căci copilul urma să vină când el era steril. El nu avea copii. Pântecele nevestei lui era mort, şi el era steril. Dar, totuşi, el a ştiut, "Înăuntru acolo pe undeva era copilul." Voi vedeţi, el a continuat să bea promisiunea, sprijinindu-se pe marele El-Shaddai al lui Dumnezeu, Pieptul. Sprijinindu-se acolo, bând, ştiind că Dumnezeu îl va da lui; a ştiut că aceasta era o promisiune, şi El a trebuit s-o facă.
E-36 Şi noi suntem copiii lui Abraham. Deci să ne sprijinim de promisiunea Lui, şi să stăm acolo, ştiind că Dumnezeu o va face. El a spus aşa. Voi o credeţi acum? [Adunarea zice, "Amin." – Ed.]
E-37 Atunci cei bolnavi să se alinieze pe aici pe o parte sau pe cealaltă, pentru care vor să se facă rugăciune. Şi dacă îl aducem pe bătrân aici şi să-i ungă cu untdelemn, eu mă voi ruga peste ei, şi vom crede că Dumnezeu îi va face pe fiecare din ei bine. "Dacă tu poţi crede."
E-38 Teddy, unde eşti? Vino roata pe această parte la dreapta. Asta-i bine. Şi eu vreau ca să cânţi Crede Numai.
E-39 Şi în timp ce vin ei, doar să ne aplecăm capetele, restul audienţei, şi să fim în rugăciune pentru aceste persoane care vin.
E-40 Tatăl nostru Ceresc, noi Îţi aducem, în dimineaţa aceasta, în Numele lui Isus Cristos, această omenire suferindă, bolnavă, suferindă care sunt în această stare teribilă, dezastruoasă. Eu Te cred, Doamne. Eu-eu ştiu că Cuvintele Tale sunt adevărate. Ele sunt aşa de adevărate! Ele nu pot da greş, pentru că ele sunt Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu Etern şi veşnic. Ele sunt toate atot¬puternice, cum este Dumnezeu, pentru că Ele sunt o parte din El. "La început era Cuvântul, şi Cuvântul era cu Dumnezeu, şi Cuvântul era Dumnezeu. Şi Cuvântul a devenit trup şi a locuit printre noi." Acum noi credem, asta, Doamne, cu toată inima noastră, cu tot sufletul nostru, cu tot ce este înlăuntrul nostru. Noi credem aceasta.
E-41 Şi am încercat, într-un fel simplu, de copil, să-l prezint la oameni, ca ei să poată înţelege şi să ştie că Puterea lui Dumnezeu zace înlăuntrul lor. Dacă ei pot numai să aibă credinţa lor şi să urmeze poruncile lui Dumnezeu.
E-42 Aşa au fost ei mântuiţi. Au venit şi s-au căit de păcatele lor, şi au fost botezaţi în Numele lui Isus Cristos, conform acestei Biblii, Fapte 2. Şi atunci Petru a spus, că, "Voi veţi primi darul Duhului Sfânt." Şi iată-L că vine, chiar exact, pentru că Acesta este Cuvântul lui Dumnezeu manifestat.
E-43 Bine, acum, tot la fel, Tată, noi ştim că este adevărat, când îi ungem pe bolnavi cu untdelemn, şi ne rugăm peste ei. "Rugăciunea de credinţă îi va salva pe bolnavi. Dumnezeu îi va ridica." Dumnezeule, fie ca fiecare să plece de la acest altar, în jurul acestui loc în dimineaţa aceasta, aşa de fericiţi şi bucuroşi, în a şti că Dumnezeu i-a vindecat. "Să meargă, şi să fie sănătoşi." Căci noi îi predăm Ţie acum, în Numele lui Isus Cristos.
E-44 Fie ca fiecare să fie vindecat, şi să prindă viziunea, ce înseamnă aceasta. "Cum Abraham, a numit lucrurile acelea, care nu sunt, de parcă ele erau." Nu contează care este rezultatul, aceea nu are nimic de-a face cu credinţa. Rezultatele nu sunt nimic. Credinţa deja a luat control. "Şi credinţa este substanţa lucrurilor nădăjduite, şi dovada lucrurilor nevăzute." Dumnezeule, fie ca aceasta să pătrundă adânc în inimile lor, căci ei au nevoie de Tine.
E-45 Eu merg ca slujitorul Tău umil, să stau aici împreună cu alţi slujitori, şi ne rugăm Dumnezeule să pui în inimile noastre pentru aceste persoane bolnave. Noi o cerem în Numele lui Isus. Amin.
E-46 Cineva a spus că Fratele Estle Beeler a fost în clădire. Şi eu cred că este un alt lucrător aici, care a condus în rugăciune, în dimineaţa aceasta. Ne-ar place să le cerem tuturor lucrătorilor de aici, oriunde se află, dacă aţi vrea să veniţi sus aici şi să staţi în jurul acestui altar cu noi, doar un moment, un pic, vă rog, fraţilor. Şi bărbaţii... Frate Ben, îţi mulţumesc. Vino drept sus şi stai aici în jur, în jurul altarului aici, aşa ca să putem avea rugăciune cu aceste persoane, să punem mâinile peste ei.
E-47 Acum, aşa cum ei cântă cântarea. Şi lucrătorii îşi iau locurile aici, aşa ca noi, fiecare, să punem mâinile peste bolnavi.
E-48 Să vedem, venind în jos pe munte acolo. Eu văd un Om venind, nu a fost cu nimic deosebit de vreun alt om. El a fost doar un Om obişnuit, cumva mic la trup, cam plăpând. Cum Îl vedem noi privind, ochii Lui în jos asupra unei-unei scene având loc jos în vale. Au fost apostolii Lui. Ei aveau un băiat jos acolo, care avea epilepsie, şi fără îndoială că ei spuneau, "Vindecă-l, Doamne! Vindecă-1!"
E-49 Dar, vedeţi voi, doar să spună, "Vindecă-l, Doamne, vindecă- 1," nu o va rezolva. Aceea doar nu o va rezolva. Acolo trebuie să fie ceva în spatele aceleia, "Vindecă-l, Doamne, vindecă-l." Vedeţi? Şi dacă vă pot face să credeţi asta, şi să credeţi asta cu toată inima voastră, voi o să fiţi vindecaţi, dacă vă pot face ca într¬adevăr să vedeţi viziunea.
E-50 Acum priviţi, acei ucenici stând acolo, poate îl scuturau, poate împingeau mai tare. "Crede aceasta, frate! Crede aceasta! Aleluia! Crede aceasta! Vindecă-l, Doamne! Vindecă-l!" Dar diavolul a stat chiar acolo, pentru că el nu a putut găsi credinţă suficientă acolo ca să-l facă să plece.
E-51 Dar aici vine Unul jos peste deal. Şi imediat ce acel diavol a recunoscut că acela era puţin diferit de ceilalţi oameni... Vedeţi?
E-52 Acum, acela-i felul de oameni care vrem să fie pe acolo, ca Domnul nostru Isus. Da. Nu să vină doar ca un spectacol, ci să vină, să iubească pe Dumnezeul nostru, să ştie că noi am fost însărcinaţi să mergem să facem aceasta. Aceasta este însărcinarea noastră.
E-53 Atunci, când El a păşit sus către tatăl. Mă gândesc că aceasta este de unde s-a scris această cântare, compusă din Cuvânt. El a spus, "Doamne, ai milă de fiul meu, căci el este tare muncit de un drac." A spus, "Îl aruncă în foc, şi îl prăpădeşte, şi aşa mai departe." A spus, "L-am adus la ucenicii Tăi, dar ei nu l-au putut vindeca. Dar eu-eu-eu m-am gândit..."
E-54 El a spus, "Eu pot, dacă vei crede. Acum, Eu am Puterea în Mine," a spus El, "să o fac, dacă poţi crede asta."
E-55 Ar lăsa Dumnezeu ca persoane împovărate de cancer care şed aici în dimineaţa aceasta, care sunt ţintuite, ţintuite la pat cu cancer, şi leucemie, boală, mâhnire, i-ar vindeca Dumnezeu şi să vă ocolească pe voi? Probabil că nu. Nu. Vedeţi? Acum, El nu dă greş. "Eu pot, dacă tu crezi." Ce a spus El?
Căci toate lucrurile sunt posibile, numai...
Acum, Frate Tyler, vino sus... ? ...
Acum doar crede numai, crede numai,
Căci toate lucrurile sunt posibile, numai...
Acum, Frate Tyler, vino sus... ? ...
Acum doar crede numai, crede numai,
E-56 Acum, aşa cum mă rog, vreau ca tu să-ţi pui mâinile peste oameni. Orice au ei nevoie... ? ... şi mergi drept în jos pe rând.
E-59 Doamne, ai milă, mă rog, şi vindecă aceste persoane, prin Numele lui Isus Cristos. Amin.
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E-60 [Fratele Branham şi lucrătorii se roagă şi îşi pun mâinile peste cei bolnavi, aşa cum Fratele Neville îi unge cu ulei. Porţiune goală pe bandă – Ed.]
E-61 Aşa de mulţi, de-a lungul rândului, urmărindu-i, pentru a vedea reacţia lor de cum erau ei, să-i văd cum reacţionează asupra unei acţiuni. Vedeţi? Există un astfel de lucru ca o acţiune, ei s-au ridicat şi au venit înainte. Un alt lucru, este cum reacţionează ei la acţiunea aceea care au făcut-o ei. După ce ei au ajuns la punctul să creadă, care, când se roagă pentru ei, ei să fie vindecaţi, atunci să urmăriţi reacţia acţiunii lor.
E-63 Mi-ar place să comentez un moment asupra unui lucru, era despre o fată Catolică stând acolo pe la altar. Cu câteva zile în urmă ea a fost în casa mea, ea şi soţul ei. Şi eu l-am cunoscut pe soţul ei de câtva timp. Şi-şi acolo era ceva pe acolo în timp ce noi eram aşezaţi la un interviu privat.
E-64 Acolo este unde noi am avut viziunea. Acolo-i unde noi... Eu obişnuiam să o am aici în biserică, dar doar am ocupat dimineaţa, şi aşa mai departe. Şi aşa aceasta a fost înăuntru acolo.
E-65 Eu nu am spus nimic, pentru că ea era o fată, un alt lucru, întotdeauna crescută într-o biserică Catolică, şi aşa mai departe. Dar ea a mers să vorbească pentru mama ei. Şi în decursul acelui timp, am văzut o vedenie despre mama ei. I-am spus care era necazul mamei ei, şi am descris-o, şi cum a arătat mama ei. Desigur, ea era judecătoare cu privire la aceea, dacă aceasta era corect sau nu. Nu am văzut-o niciodată pe mama ei, în viaţa mea. Ea ştie asta.
E-66 Şi fata, dimineaţa aceasta, a venit aici la altar şi a stat, să facă o mărturisire, şi să-l accepte pe Cristos ca Salvatorul ei. Ea a făcut aceea la altar, dimineaţa aceasta.
E-67 Fratele Neville, fără să ştie, a uns-o cu ulei. Cum-cum lucrează Dumnezeu! A uns-o cu ulei, pentru bolnavi. Dar urmăriţi mişcarea Duhului Sfânt. Acum, fiindcă ea a fost unsă, nu bolnavă de fapt, dar unsă. Vedeţi cum aceasta face ca totul să se termine cu bine? Ea a stat ca o Creştină acum, după ce a devenit ceea ce noi credem a fi o Creştină. Acum, ea a spus, "Vrei să te rogi pentru mama mea? Ea este bolnavă." Aceea este aceeaşi. Astfel uleiul de uns a fost aplicat devreme. M-am gândit, cât de potrivit, că, vedeţi, ca cineva să fie doar salvată. Cristos a stat pentru noi toţi. El stă pentru toţi. Şi de îndată ce această fată devine o Creştină, atunci ea vrea să stea pentru cineva, de asemenea, arătând că Duhul lui Cristos vine în lăuntrul nostru când suntem într-adevăr salvaţi. Acum, aceea este foarte bine. Eu-eu cu certitudine apreciez asta, acel spirit minunat Creştin de credinţă. Acum, doar reţineţi.
E-68 Acum, la această doamnă tânără, ea este aici pe undeva, şi la o altă doamnă Catolică care a veni pe aici. Şi mi-ar place să spun aceste cuvinte, doar înainte de a preda serviciul la păstorul nostru, vedeţi, este aceasta. [Fratele Neville zice, "Amin." – Ed.]
E-69 Acum, biserica Catolică a fost o dată ca această biserică. Dacă veţi merge înapoi şi citiţi Biblia, care noi o credem, şi voi ştiţi că Biserica Catolică a fost prima Biserică. Asta-i adevărat. Dar s-a îndepărtat de la Învăţăturile Acesteia. Aceasta a fost învăţătura bisericii Catolice. Dar, vedeţi voi, ei au şase sute şi ceva de alte cărţi care papii şi aşa mai departe le-au scris, care sunt tot atât de sfinte pentru ei ca această Biblie.
E-70 Deci, vedeţi, ce este aceasta, voi nu v-aţi schimbat. Ce aţi făcut voi, doar aţi fost convertite. Vedeţi? Acum dacă luaţi... Desigur, eu bănuiesc că poate unii din voi, cele două, dimineaţa aceasta, erau femei. Ar putea să fie nişte bărbaţi Catolici aşezaţi aici.
E-71 Dacă veţi merge înapoi la istoria bisericii, dacă aţi putea să-1 întrebaţi pe preotul vostru, "Acţiunea acestor apostoli în Biblie aici, a fost aceea calea care... Erau aceia Catolicii timpurii?" El va spune, "Da." Şi asta-i adevărat. Ei erau. Acum, ei, uitaţi-vă ce fel de religie aveau ei. Ei se întâlneau în loc mic, simplu. Ei nu au spus, "Ave Maria" sau "A tatălui nostru." Aceea este o tradiţie a bisericii. Ce au spus ei? L-au lăudat pe Dumnezeu. Au strigat. Au plâns.
E-72 Uitaţi-vă aici în Fapte 2, când sfântul Apostol Petru, şi Iacov, şi Ioan, şi toţi erau împreună. Biblia a spus că ei vorbeau în limbi. Şi au ţipat, şi chiar au acţionat aşa-aşa de umpluţi cu Duhul până se comportau de parcă erau beţi, şi chiar până când lumea de afară a întrebat, "Nu sunt toţi aceştia beţi?"
E-73 Şi atunci Petru, apostolul, sfântul Sfânt Petru, când el s-a ridicat, şi a spus, "Bărbaţi şi fraţi, aceşti oameni nu sunt beţi, dar ei sunt umpluţi cu Duhul," cum-cum Biblia a spus că ei erau. Acum, aceea a fost biserica Catolică timpurie, conform cu învăţătura lor.
E-74 Acum, voi vedeţi, după vreo două sute de ani, demnitarii au început să intre în biserică. Atunci ce au făcut ei? Ei au făcut prima lor organizaţie la Consiliul din Nicea, A.D. 606. Ei şi-au făcut... Când Consiliul din Nicea a fost ţinut la Nicea, Roma, ei au început să-i primească pe toţi marii demnitari înăuntru, şi ei doar au format o biserică, şi au făcut o biserică.
E-75 După aceea, aceasta s-a rupt de patru sau cinci ori. Au mers¬au mers de la aceea, la episcop; de la episcop, la un papă. Şi de la aceea, de acolo vine Ortodoxa Greacă şi cele diferite, până când ele doar s-au rupt, până unde o vedeţi astăzi. Ea este doar în tot felul de rupturi.
E-76 Dar ce încercăm noi să facem, prietenul meu Catolic, vezi, noi suntem catolici, de asemenea. Noi suntem cei timpurii, catolici începători. Şi biserica care ei ne numesc acum, în mare parte, se referă la noi ca penticostali, pentru că noi credem în binecuvântarea penticostală.
E-77 Acolo este unde biserica Catolică a fost organizată. Şi în organizaţiile noastre de Penticostali, astăzi, dacă-dacă lumea aceasta ar mai sta încă cinci sute de ani, această organizaţie Penticostală ar fi mai formală decât cum este biserica Romano Catolică astăzi. Ea doar devine şi mai îndepărtată, la fel. Şi când ei se organizează, ei fac o lojă din aceasta. Şi atunci ei doar devin lojă, şi membri, şi suflete neconverite.
E-78 Către preţioşii mei, fraţi scumpi şi surori, către voi toţi. Ca un slujitor al lui Dumnezeu, eu niciodată nu am spus aceasta înainte, în lume, în această biserică, niciodată nu am spus. Dar ca un profet al Domnului, eu vă spun, "Aceasta este Lumina. Voi să umblaţi în Ea." [Adunarea se bucură şi spune, "Amin." – Ed.]
