PrĂ©dication Câest Moi / 60-1124 / Shreveport, LA, USA // SHP | 54 minutes |
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Câest MoiIt Is I |
E-1 Jâaimerais, si vous le voulez, que nous prenions Matthieu, chapitre 14. Nous voulons lire lĂ juste une portion qui nous servira de base pour parler pendant quelques minutes avant que nous appelions la ligne de priĂšre. Il nây a pas longtemps, mon fils a distribuĂ© des cartes de priĂšre aux gens pour que nous puissions les aligner, et prier pour eux dâici peu. Allons maintenant dans Matthieu, chapitre 14, et commençons au verset 22.
AussitĂŽt aprĂšs, il obligea les disciples Ă monter dans la barque et Ă passer avant lui de lâautre cĂŽtĂ©, pendant quâil renverrait la foule. Quand il lâeut renvoyĂ©e, il monta surâsur la montagne, pour prier Ă lâĂ©cart; et, comme le soir Ă©tait venu, il Ă©tait lĂ seul.
La barque, déjà au milieu de la mer, était battue par les flots; car le vent était contraire. A la quatriÚme veille de la nuit, Jésus alla vers eux, marchant sur la mer.
Quand les disciples le virent marcher sur la mer, ils furent troublĂ©s, et dirent: Câest un fantĂŽme!
Et, dans leur frayeur, ils poussĂšrent des cris.
JĂ©sus leur dit aussitĂŽt: Rassurez-vous, câest moi; nâayez pas peur!
Et si je devrais lâintituler, jâaimerais prendre comme titre: Câest Moi.
| E-1 I would if you wish to turn with me to Matthew the 14th chapter. We want to read just a portion here, for a little setting, of just a few minutes talk before we call the prayer line. And my son gave out some prayer cards awhile ago to the people that we might line them up and pray for them in a little bit. Turn now to Matthew the 14th chapter, and let's begin at the 22nd verse:
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
And when He had sent the multitudes away, he went into a--into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with the waves: for the wind was contrary.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
But straightway Jesus spake unto them saying, Be of a good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
And if I should call it a text, I would like to take the text, "It is I."
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E-2 Ăa devait ĂȘtre vers le coucher du soleil quand, de son dos large, bien bĂąti et musclĂ©, ce grand pĂȘcheur sâest mis Ă pousser lâavant de la petite barque dans lâeau. Et tel que je peux le voir, alors quâil la dirige vers lâautre cĂŽtĂ© de la mer, il est le seul Ă monter Ă bord, et presque au milieu de la barque, il met son siĂšge Ă cĂŽtĂ© de son frĂšre AndrĂ©, et sâassied. Et la barque Ă©tant propulsĂ©e par la force musculaire, ils ont commencĂ© Ă plonger leurs rames dans lâeau, provoquant de petites vagues qui ondulaient sur la mer.
Et bien sĂ»r, la foule qui se tenait debout sur le rivage Ă©tait simplement... a eu le souffle coupĂ© cet aprĂšs-midi-lĂ quand elle a vu des miracles et des signes se faire par ces gens. Presque tout IsraĂ«l se rĂ©jouissait en ces jours-lĂ . Et comme ils Ă©taient sur le rivage, des milliers de gens agitaient les mains, leur faisant au revoir, et sâempressaient Ă retourner comme la plupart des gens le feraient Ă un groupe de ministres qui a sĂ©journĂ©, travaillĂ© et agi au milieu des gens, tel quâils avaient vu cela se faire en ce jour-lĂ ...
| E-2 It must have been about the time the sun was going down when the big, brawny, muscle back of the big fisherman begin to push the little boat's bow into the water. And as I can see him, as he pointed it across the sea, climbed aboard himself, and about the middle of the boat taken his seat by the side of Andrew, his brother, set down. And it was man propelled, and they begin to dip their oars into the water, as it made it's little waves crossing over the sea.
And of course, the multitudes standing on the bank was just simply, their breath was take--took from them that afternoon, when they would seen great signs and wonders by these people. Most Israel was rejoicing in those days. And as they stood on the bank, thousands of people waving their hands, and bidding them farewell, and hurry back as most people would after a group of ministers had been, and done, and acted in the midst of the people, like they had seen done that day...
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E-3 Je peux me reprĂ©senter de temps en temps un homme soulever sa rame et lâagiter en guise dâau revoir, et des gens sur le rivage en train dâagiter leurs mouchoirs et tout alors que la petite barque commençait Ă se diriger vers lâautre cĂŽtĂ© de la mer.
Quelque temps aprĂšs, du rivage on ne pouvait plus les voir; et les gens commençaient Ă retourner chacun chez lui dans lâĂ©tonnement. Disons quâil y a eu un petit moment de silence. Personne ne disait rien, câĂ©tait dĂ©jĂ le crĂ©puscule. Cela a dĂ» ĂȘtre le jeune Jean, Ă©tant le plus jeune du groupe, qui a arrĂȘtĂ© de ramer pour essuyer la sueur du visage, puis qui a dit: «Enfants dâAbraham et frĂšres, nous pouvons donc ĂȘtre rassurĂ©s que nous ne sommes pas en train de suivre une espĂšce de fanatique; cet Homme est rĂ©ellement ce quâIl dit ĂȘtre. Il nâest pas un fanatique ni un faux prophĂšte comme beaucoup de nos concitoyens le croient aujourdâhui.»
Et il a ajoutĂ©: «Je me souviens quand je nâĂ©tais quâun petit garçon, cette jolie IsraĂ©lite quâĂ©tait ma mĂšre me prenait sur ses genoux et me racontait les histoires de lâAncien Testament, comment nos ancĂȘtres ont Ă©tĂ© amenĂ©s dans ce pays par de grands prophĂštes de lâancien temps.» Combien il aimait entendre lâhistoire dâElie et de la Sunamite, et de la maniĂšre dont lâenfant avait Ă©tĂ© ramenĂ© Ă la vie! Ma mĂšre me racontait, disant: «ChĂ©ri, une fois, Dieu Ă©tait avec Son peuple, et celui-ci ne manquait de rien. Lâune des glorieuses histoires quâelle me racontait, qui mâavait impressionnĂ©, câĂ©tait celle dans laquelle Dieu avait nourri Son peuple dâautrefois, quand ils en sont arrivĂ©s Ă manquer le pain; alors quâils Ă©taient dans la ligne du devoir pendant quâils venaient de la Pal...dâEgypte pour la Palestine. Et quand ils nâavaient plus de pain pour leurs enfants, quâils nâavaient rien avec quoi voyager, plus de nourriture, Dieu JĂ©hovah avait fait pleuvoir du ciel du pain dĂ©jĂ cuit, et gracieusement, par Ses Anges, le dĂ©posait au sol chaque nuit. Et notre peuple sortait chaque nuit ramasser cela, câĂ©taitâcâĂ©tait trempĂ© dans du miel, et cela avait bon goĂ»t. Et pendant quarante ans, sans interruption, le grand JĂ©hovah Dieu a nourri notre peuple, car celui-ci Ă©tait dans la ligne du devoir.»
| E-3 I can imagine every once in a while, to see one man leave go of his oar, and wave back, and someone on the bank waving, and their handkerchiefs and so forth, as the little ship begin to get on it's way across the sea.
After while, perhaps, they were plumb out of sight from the shore, as the multitudes begin to wander back towards their homes. Let's think, it was quite awhile of silence; no one said anything. Twilight set in. It must have been the young John, being the younger of the group, that stopped oaring, and wiped the perspiration from his face, and said, "Children of Abraham, and brethren, we can rest assure, now, that we are not following some kind of a fanatic, that this Man is just what He says He is. He is not no fanatic, as many of our people believe today, neither is He a false prophet."
"I can remember" and he'd say, "when I was just a little boy, when my pretty Hebrew mother used to take me on her lap, and tell me the stories of the Old Testament, how our ancient people was brought to this land, and of the great prophets of old." How he liked to hear the story of Elijah, and the Shunammite woman, with bringing the little baby back to life. "How my mother would tell me, 'Darling, one time, God was with His people, and they lacked for nothing.' Then one of the great stories, that she used to tell me, that was breathtaking, was how that God fed His ancient people, when they come to the place they had no bread, yet standing in the line of duty, on their way from Pal--from Egypt to Palestine. And when they had no bread for their children, they had nothing to travel by, no more food, that God, Jehovah, rained bread out of the heavens, already cooked, and politely, by His Angels, laid it up on the ground every night. And how our people would go out and get this, and it was--had been dipped in honey, and how it would--tasted, and for forty years without ceasing, great Jehovah God fed our people, because they were in the line of duty."
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E-4 Il a dĂ» dire ceci: «Eh bien, mes frĂšres, pour moi aujourdâhui, cette histoire nâest pas quelque chose de nouveau. Quelque part, cet Homme a quelque chose Ă voir avec JĂ©hovah, car pendant quâIl se tenait lĂ , moi, jâai grimpĂ© sur une pierre derriĂšre Lui, et je Lâai vu prendre ces cinq petits gĂąteaux et nĂ©anmoins nourrir Son peuple affamĂ©. Il y a en Lui quelque chose qui Le rapproche de Dieu, le CrĂ©ateur, car seul Dieu... Je me posais des questions et jâai demandĂ© Ă maman: âComment Dieu sây Ă©tait-Il pris pour avoir au Ciel toute cette farine et nourrir le peuple pendant quarante ans? OĂč a-t-Il trouvĂ© assez dâabeilles pour faire le miel dans lequel Il plongeait cette manne?â Et ma mĂšre disait: âFiston, Dieu est le CrĂ©ateur.â Mes frĂšres, cela nâa-t-il pas embrasĂ© vos coeurs aujourdâhui quand nous avons vu ce mĂȘme Dieu, avec des mains humaines, tenir de petits gĂąteaux? Jâai grimpĂ© et Lâai observĂ© pendant quâIl en brisait un et le donnait. Je nâavais jamais vu cela se faire, pas une seule fois. Jâai vu cela se faire plus de cinq mille fois cet aprĂšs-midi, quand deux mains mortelles ont créé du pain, cuit du poisson, et ont nourri plus de cinq mille personnes. Je nâavais jamais Ă©tĂ© aussi sĂ»r comme je le suis aujourdâhui que cet Homme vient de Dieu.»
| E-4 "And now, brethren," he must have said this, "that didn't it bring that story anew to me today. This Man is associated somewhere with Jehovah, for when He stood there, and I climbed up on that rock behind Him, and seen Him take those five biscuits, still feed His hungry people. There's something about Him that's associated with God, the Creator, 'cause only God... I've wondered and say to mother, 'How could God get all that flour up in heaven to feed the people for forty years? Where could He find enough bees to make honey to dip all that manna in honey.' And my mother would say, 'Sonny, God is a Creator.' And brethren didn't that make your hearts burn today, when we seen that same God with human hands, take biscuits? I climbed up and looked at Him as He broke one, handed it out. I never seen it happen only one time; I seen it happen more than five thousand times this afternoon, when two mortal hands created bread and cooked fish, and fed more than five thousand people. I wouldn't be as sure today that this Man is from God."
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E-5 Ensuite, ça a dĂ» ĂȘtre Simon Pierre qui a dit: «Il y a des annĂ©es, quand mon pĂšre et moi... Beaucoup dâentre vous, mes frĂšres, avez connu mon pĂšre, vous savez quâil Ă©tait un homme pieux. Il Ă©tait un... lâhomme le plus strict de notre dĂ©nomination. Il Ă©tait un pharisien. En tant que pharisiens, nous croyons que Dieu signifie chaque Parole. Nous devons nous en tenir Ă cette Parole. Mon pĂšre Ă©tait un grand homme, strict. Il croyait que Dieu tient Sa Parole.»
«TrĂšs souvent, je me suis souvenu que pendant quâil mâemmenait tard la nuit, quand notre partie de pĂȘche Ă©tait terminĂ©e, et quâil tenait mes petits muscles, les tirait, il disait: âSimon, tu es aussi fort que du fer.â Alors, il tirait mes cheveux en arriĂšre, me serrait contre sa poitrine pendant que je le caressais et regardais ses yeux que ternissait lâĂąge. Il disait: âSimon, assieds-toi. Jâaimerais te parler juste un peu. Je deviens vieux, Simon, et un jour je vais devoir partir. Je vais devoir te laisser ma barque et mes filets. Tu auras aussi Ă pĂȘcher sur cette mer comme je lâai fait. Et tu frĂ©quenteras probablement la mĂȘme synagogue que moi. Et tous les jours de ma vie, jâai essayĂ© dâinculquer dans ton petit coeur de Juif que je mâattends Ă la Venue dâune Personne qui me semble pour lâinstant plus Ă©loignĂ©e que jamais, mais peut-ĂȘtre quâIl viendra en ton temps, Simon. Et sâIl ne vient pas dans ton jour, apprends cela Ă ton fils. Il y aura beaucoup de clinquants dans ces jours-lĂ , mais Simon, souviens-toi toujours de ce que le prophĂšte a dit, car nous, en tant quâIsraĂ©lites, nous croyons nos prophĂštes. Et le prophĂšte Moise a dit que quand ce Messie viendrait, Il serait un ProphĂšte comme lui. Eh bien, Il ne sera pas un Ă©ducateur. Il ne sera pas un grand thĂ©ologien, mais Il sera un ProphĂšte. En effet, Moise a dit: âLe Seigneur, votre Dieu, vous suscitera un prophĂšte comme moi.â Et nâoublie pas cela, quand tu verras ce Messie venir, ce sera cela le signe que câest Lui, car Il sera un... le Dieu ProphĂšte. Il sera Dieu sous la forme dâun prophĂšte, et câest Ă cela que tu le sauras.»
| E-5 Then it must have been Simon Peter; he said, "Years ago, when my father and I, and many of you brethren knowed my father, knowed that he was religious man. He was a--the stricter of our denomination. He was a Pharisee. We believed, as Pharisees, that God means every Word. We must keep that Word. My father was a great, strict man. He believed that God kept His Word."
"Many times have I thought since then, that when he would take me in the late of the evening, when our fishing was over, and grab my little muscle and pull it up, and say, 'Simon, you're as strong as iron,' then stroke my hair back and hug me to his bosom, when I would pat him, and look at his eyes dimming in age, he'd say, 'Simon, set down. I want to talk to you just a little bit. I'm getting old, Simon, and someday I'm going to have to leave. I'm going to have to leave my boat and my nets with you. You too will seine this sea, as I have done. And you too will probably attend the same synagogue that I have. And I've tried to instill in your little Jewish heart that all the days of my life, I've looked for One to come, but He looks to be farther away now than ever, but perhaps, He will come in your day, Simon. And if He doesn't come in your day, you teach your son. There will be much tinsel in those days, but Simon always remember what the prophet said, for we as Israelites believe our prophets. And the prophet Moses said, 'That when this Messiah would come, that He would be a prophet like him.' Now, He will not be an educator. He will not be some great theologian, but He will be a prophet. Because Moses said, 'The Lord, your God, shall raise up a prophet liken unto me.' And you remember when you see this Messiah come, that'll be the sign that it's Him, because He will be a--the God prophet. He will be God in a form of a prophet, and by that you'll know.'"
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E-6 «Et aprĂšs que mon frĂšre AndrĂ© est allĂ© Ă ces rĂ©unions, il mâa dit quâil y avait un GuĂ©risseur venant de la GalilĂ©e, qui guĂ©rissait les malades par la priĂšre. Oh! Je nâavais pas tellement considĂ©rĂ© cela, et il mâa persuadĂ© dâaller Ă©couter cet Homme appelĂ© JĂ©sus de Nazareth. AndrĂ© avait dĂ©jĂ cru en Lui comme Ă©tant le Messie, mais quant Ă moi, jâĂ©tais collĂ© Ă mes filets de pĂȘche. Et alors, un jour, jâai assistĂ© Ă la rĂ©union. Et quand jâai laissĂ© ma barque et que je suis descendu lĂ oĂč Il Ă©tait sur le rivage, je suis passĂ© devant Lui; alors quâIl ne me connaissait pas, Ses yeux ont brillĂ© et ont semblĂ© scruter chaque coin de mon Ăąme, et Il mâa dit: âTon nom est Simon, et tu es le fils de Jonas.â Alors tout lâenseignement de mon papa est passĂ© devant moi comme un Ă©clair. CâĂ©tait vraiment ce Messie-lĂ , parce quâIl Ă©tait un Dieu-ProphĂšte, non seulement Il me connaissait par mon nom, mais Il connaissait aussi mon pieux et brave pĂšre, car Il a dit: âTu es le fils de Jonas.â Depuis ce jour-lĂ , je Lâai suivi sans un doute dans mon esprit, peu importe ce que le monde dit Ă Son sujet, ce que notre peuple dit. Quant Ă moi, depuis cette heure-lĂ , câest Lui le Messie.»
| E-6 "And when my brother Andrew went down to these meetings and told me that there was a Healer from Galilee, a healing the sick people by prayer. Oh, I never thought much about it, and he persuaded me to go down and listen to this One called Jesus of Nazareth. Andrew had already believed on Him as the Messiah, but to me, I stuck with my fish nets. And then, one day, I attended the meeting. And when I left my boat and went down the bank to where He was, and walked into His Presence, without Him knowing me, His eyes turned like lights seeming to search every corner of my soul, and said to me, 'Your name is Simon, and you're the son of Jonas.'"
"Then all my daddy's teaching flashed before me. This truly was that Messiah, because He was a God-prophet, not only did He know me by name, but He knowed that godly old father of mine, for He said, 'You are the son of Jonas.' From that day, I followed Him without one doubt in my mind. No matter what the world says about Him, what our people says, to me, He, since that hour He's been the Messiah."
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E-7 Jean a dit: «Quand je Lâai vu, Ă partir dâun rĂ©cit biblique, sâidentifier aujourdâhui en crĂ©ant le pain et le poisson, jâai compris quâIl devait ĂȘtre le Messie en question. Il devait LâĂȘtre.»
Alors lĂ , Ă lâarriĂšre, je pense, Ă la poupe de la barque (la barque voguait dans lâentre-temps, câĂ©tait le crĂ©puscule) et comme on le dirait aujourdâhui, ils Ă©taient en train de reprendre le souffle aprĂšs avoir ramĂ© dur. Ou ça a dĂ» ĂȘtre Philippe qui a dit: «Mes frĂšres, vous auriez dĂ» ĂȘtre avec moi. AprĂšs que je Lâai vu ce jour-lĂ se tenir lĂ et te dire, Ă toi Simon, que tu tâappelais Simon (et quâIl changeait ce nom en Pierre comme nous tâappelons maintenant), parler de ton pĂšre que je connaissais, jâai Ă©tĂ© alors tellement convaincu que je voulais en parler Ă tout le monde.»
| E-7 John said, "When I seen Him out of a Bible story, associate Himself today with creating bread and fish, I know He had to be that Messiah. He must be."
Then right back, I would believe, towards the stern of the boat, the boat was floating at this time, because twilight was setting in, and they were, what we would call today, catching their wind from their hard pulling on the oars. It must have been Philip that said, "Brethren, you should have been with me. After I seen Him that day, stand there and tell you, Simon (that your name was Simon, and He changed it to Peter, which we call you now.), speak of your father, who I knew, I was so convinced then that I wanted to tell everybody."
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E-8 Et vous savez, les amis, pour terminer notre petit drame, il y a quelque chose Ă ce sujet. Lorsque vous ĂȘtes une fois convaincu que câest la vĂ©ritĂ©, vous ne pouvez pas garder silence; vous ĂȘtes obligĂ© dâen parler Ă quelquâun. Il y a quelque chose qui ne vous laisse pas tranquille. Il sâagit de la vie, et vous voulez que tout le monde le sache.
| E-8 And you know friends, to stop in our little drama, there's something about it, when you once get convinced that it's truth. You can't hold your peace. You've got to tell somebody about it. There's something that you just can't keep still about. It's life, and you want everybody to know it.
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E-9 Et il a ajoutĂ©: «Vous savez, jâavais un ami, qui est maintenant notre frĂšre, un bien-aimĂ© dans le Seigneur, NathanaĂ«l, et il Ă©tait Ă quelques quinze miles [24 kilomĂštres] de lĂ oĂč se tenaient les services, et jâai marchĂ©, et ai contournĂ© la montagne. Finalement, je suis arrivĂ© chez lui et jâai frappĂ© Ă la porte. Son aimable Ă©pouse est venue Ă la porte, et je lui ai demandĂ© oĂč se trouvait NathanaĂ«l.»
Elle a répondu: «Philippe, il se promÚne dans les jardins.»
«Et je suis sorti dans les jardins, et jâai entendu quelquâun lĂ -bas sous un arbre. Et il priait comme ceci: âO Grand JĂ©hovah, nous avons sans cesse dĂ©sirĂ© ardemment voir le temps oĂč Tu nous enverrais la dĂ©livrance. Ne veux-Tu pas nous envoyer laâla dĂ©livrance maintenant? De la mĂȘme maniĂšre que Tu envoyas MoĂŻse quand Ton peuple Ă©tait en difficultĂ©, envoie-nous du secours maintenant.â»
«Et jâĂ©tais tellement transportĂ© que je ne lui ai pas dit que ce secours Ă©tait dĂ©jĂ venu, et jâavais mĂȘme oubliĂ© de lui en dire davantage quand il sâest relevĂ© de ses genoux. Jâai dit: âViens voir Celui que nous avons trouvĂ©, le Messie, JĂ©sus de Nazareth, le Fils de Joseph.â Je nâai pas eu le temps de lui en dire davantage. La chose me tenait tellement Ă coeur quâil me fallait le dire tout haut.»
Câest ce qui se passe quand Dieu sâempare dâun coeur et que celui-ci est vraiment convaincu. Vous ne pouvez tout simplement pas rester tranquille; vous devez en parler Ă quelquâun. Vous ne pouvez pas garder cela cachĂ©. Allumer une bougie et la placer sous un boisseau ne fait aucun bien. Vous devez laisser votre lumiĂšre briller.
| E-9 And he said, "You know, I had a friend, our brother now, beloved in the Lord, Nathanael, and he was some fifteen miles away from where the services was going on, and I took a foot around the mountain. Finally, I come to his house, and knocked at the door, and his lovely wife a--came to the door, and I asked where Nathanael was."
"And she said, 'Philip, he's taking a stroll out in the gardens.'"
"And I went out into the gardens, and I heard someone over there under a tree. And he was praying like this, 'Oh, great Jehovah, we have longed and longed for the time that You'd send us deliverance. Won't You please send the--the Deliverer now? As You sent Moses when You're people were in trouble, send us help now.'"
"And I was so carried away to tell him that help had come, that I even forgot to say very much when he got up off his knees. I said, 'Come, see Who we have found, the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph.' I just couldn't take time to tell him anything else. It was so on my heart; I just had to burst it out."
That's the way when God gets a hold of a heart and really convinced. You just can't keep still; you've got to tell somebody. You can't keep this hid. Lighting a candle and putting it under a basket does no good. You've got to let your light shine.
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E-10 Et il en est arrivĂ© rapidement au problĂšme et a dit: «Viens voir Celui que nous avons trouvĂ©, JĂ©sus de Nazareth. Et bien sĂ»r, vous les frĂšres, vous savez que NathanaĂ«l a toujours Ă©tĂ© un vĂ©ritable thĂ©ologien. Et il a dit: âEh bien, attends juste une minute, Philippe. Je te connais depuis bien des annĂ©es, et jeâje me suis toujours fait une idĂ©e sur toi, comme quoi tu es un homme bien, sain dâesprit et raisonnable. Mais, ne me dis pas que tu tâes laissĂ© emporter par lâenthousiasme et un excĂšs de zĂšle, et que tu tâes Ă©garĂ© avec un prophĂšte fanatique comme on lâappellerait. Sâil y avait un Messie, ne penses-tu pas que le souverain sacrificateur lâaurait su? Ne penses-tu pas quâIl serait venu Ă notre dĂ©nomination pour nous en parler?â»
Mais vous savez, comme il en Ă©tait en ce temps lĂ , il en est de mĂȘme aujourdâhui. Si Dieu envoie quelque chose, cela doit venir Ă notre dĂ©nomination, sinon celaâcela nâest pas vrai. Mais gĂ©nĂ©ralement, Dieu lâenvoie en dehors de toutes les dĂ©nominations et confond tout le monde, ceux qui cherchent et sâattendent Ă quelque chose.
| E-10 And he come quickly to the point, and said, "Come, see Who we have found, Jesus of Nazareth. And of course, you brethren know that Nathanael always was quite a theologian. And he said, 'Now, wait just a minute, Philip. I've knowed you for many years, and I--I have thought you to be a good sane, sound man. But now, you don't mean that you've gone off on some tantrum, or some deep end, and have got lost out here with some fanatical prophet so called. If there was to be any Messiah, don't you think that the high priest would know about it? Don't you think that He would come to our denomination and tell us about it?'"
But you know, as it was then, so is it today. Something that God sends, it must come to our denomination, or it--it just isn't right. But God usually sends it out of every denomination, and confuses the whole crew, to those who are looking and waiting for something.
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E-11 Il a donc dit: «Je lui ai rappelĂ© lâhistoire, et il a dit: âEh bien, Philippe, tu sais, rien de bon ne pourrait sortir de Nazareth.â»
Et Philippe lui a donnĂ©, je pense, la meilleure rĂ©ponse que jâaie jamais entendue. «Ne reste pas Ă la maison pour critiquer, viens et vois de toi-mĂȘme.»
Câest bien lorsque les gens disent que le Saint-Esprit nâagit pas aujourdâhui parmi le peuple, et quâil sâagit tout simplement de lâĂ©motion. Je pense que la meilleure rĂ©ponse est:» Venez et voyez de vous-mĂȘme. Voyez ce qui se passe.»
Quand les hommes de toutes les couches sociales, les mauvais, les ivrognes, toutes les filles de trottoir, et tout, auront Ă©tĂ© redressĂ©s, lavĂ©s par le Sang de JĂ©sus-Christ et rendus saints, ce qui nĂ©cessite plus que la psychologie ouâou plutĂŽt la thĂ©ologie humaine ou... cela nĂ©cessite plutĂŽt la puissance, la puissance rĂ©gĂ©nĂ©ratrice du Saint-Esprit pour changer lâĂąme dâun homme, son esprit, sa façon de vivre.
| E-11 So he said, "I quoted him the story, and he said, 'Now, Philip, you know there's nothing good could come out of Nazareth.'"
And Philip, I think, gave him the best answer I ever heard. "Don't stay at home and criticize, come, see for yourself."
That's a good thing, when people say that the Holy Spirit isn't moving among the people today, that that's emotion. I think the best answer is, "Come, see for yourself. See what takes place."
When men of all walks of life, wicked, drunkard, all streetwalkers, and everything are straightened up and cleansed by the Blood of Jesus Christ and made saints, that takes more than psychology, or--or human theology, or--it takes the power, the regenerating power of the Holy Ghost to change a man's soul, his mind, his way of living.
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E-12 Et il a poursuivi: «NathanaĂ«l sâest apprĂȘtĂ©, mes frĂšres.» Et la petite barque, bien sĂ»r, se laissait pousser tout du long, alors quâil commençait Ă faire sombre. Et il a dit: «NathanaĂ«l a traversĂ© la contrĂ©e, et je lui avais parlĂ© de toi, Simon. Et je lui ai demandĂ© de se souvenir de toi, que nous achetions de temps en temps du poisson chez toi, et mĂȘme chez ton pĂšre, que tu nâĂ©tais pas un homme cultivĂ©, que tu nâĂ©tais mĂȘme pas en mesure dâapposer ta signature sur un reçu pour les poissons; mais que tu avais assez de connaissance pour reconnaĂźtre qui Ă©tait le Messie; en effet, tu savais que Dieu avait promis quâil y aurait un signe du Messie, et tu lâas cru. Etâet quand je lâai amenĂ© dans la PrĂ©sence de notre Seigneur bĂ©ni, et que je me suis approchĂ© de la ligne oĂč Il priait pour les malades, dĂšs quâIl a regardĂ© NathanaĂ«l en face, cela sâest rĂ©pĂ©tĂ©, Il a dit: âVoici un IsraĂ©lite dans lequel il nây a point de fraude.â»
«Et cela a tellement Ă©tonnĂ© NathanaĂ«l quâil a demandĂ©: Rabbi, dâoĂč me connais-Tu?» En dâautres termes: Tu ne mâas jamais vu de Ta vie. Comment sais-Tu que je suis IsraĂ©lite?
Eh bien, Il ne lâaurait pas reconnu par la maniĂšre dont il Ă©tait habillĂ©, car, en Palestine, la majoritĂ© des gens sâhabillaient de la mĂȘme façon, jamais. Ils ont le teint mĂąt. Et ils portaient la barbe, les turbans, les robes, et ainsi de suite. Il a donc su quâil Ă©tait un IsraĂ©lite:» Voici un IsraĂ©lite dans lequel il nây a aucune fraude.»
Il Lui a demandĂ©: «DâoĂč me connais-Tu, Rabbi?»
Il a dit: «Avant que Philippe ne tâappelĂąt, quand tu Ă©tais sous lâarbre, Je tâai vu.»
«Cela rĂ©gla la chose. A partir de ce jour-lĂ , mes frĂšres, vous savez tous que NathanaĂ«l est devenu un croyant loyal, il est tombĂ© sur sa face et a dit: âRabbi, Tu es le Fils de Dieu. Tu es le Roi dâIsraĂ«l.â»
| E-12 And he said, "Nathanael made ready, brethren." And the little boat, of course, drifting along, getting dark. And he said, "Nathanael made his way across the country, and I told him about you, Simon. And told him that he remembered you, that how we had bought fish from you time after time, and even from your father, that you was not an educated man, that you couldn't even sign a slip for a receipt for the fishes. But that you did know enough to know that that was the Messiah, because you knowed God had promised that would be the sign of the Messiah, and you believed it. And--and when I brought him into the Presence of our blessed Lord, and I walked up in the line to where He was praying for the sick, as soon as He looked into the face of Nathanael, it repeated again, He said, 'Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile.'"
"And it astonished Nathanael in such a way, he said, 'Rabbi, when did You ever know me?' In other words, 'You never seen me in Your life. How did You know that I was an Israelite?'"
Now, He would not of knowed it by the way he was dressed, because the Palestinian people dressed a great deal alike, never--kind of a dark complected. And they wore beards, and their turbans, and their robes, and so forth. So He knowed He was an Israelite: "Behold, an Israelite in whom there is no guile."
He said, "When did You know me, Rabbi?"
He said, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the tree, I saw you."
"That settled it. From that day on, brethren, you all know that Nathanael has been a staunch believer, because he fell on his face and said, 'Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel.'"
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E-13 «Ses miracles et Ses prodiges nous ont Ă©tonnĂ©s. Et nous le savons par Son oeuvre et par ce quâIl dit, car ce quâIl annonce sâaccomplit. Il nâest pas ce genre de personne qui se contente de raconter des choses; câest un Homme qui dĂ©montre ce dont Il parle.» Comme nous sommes heureux aujourdâhui du fait quâIl continue Ă accomplir ce quâIl dit dans Sa Parole!
Jâai eu Ă tenir le Coran dâune main et la Bible de lâautre devant des milliers de MahomĂ©tans, et jâavais dit: «Tous deux ne peuvent pas ĂȘtre vrais, car ils se contredisent lâun lâautre. Que Celui qui parlera, accomplira et fera ce que Lui a promis quâIl ferait, que Celui-lĂ soit Dieu: que Celui qui tiendra Sa Parole...» Car, si jamais Il Ă©tait Dieu, Il est encore Dieu. Il ne peut pas changer, parce quâIl estâIl est immortel. Et Il est infini, omniscient, omniprĂ©sent, et Il ne peut pas changer. Il est tout autant le Dieu infaillible ce soir quâIl lâĂ©tait alors, et Il sera toujours le mĂȘme. Il ne peut jamais changer ce quâIl est, car Il est parfait; par consĂ©quent, vous pouvez ĂȘtre rassurĂ© que quand Il dit quelque chose dans Sa Parole, vous y misiez votre vie comme quoi câest la vĂ©ritĂ©.
Parce que si jamais Dieu est appelĂ© sur la scĂšne pour prendre une dĂ©cision, Sa dĂ©cision est parfaite. Il ne peut jamais retourner dans un autre Ăąge et dire: «Je mâĂ©tais trompĂ©.» En effet, nous, nous pouvons faire cela, parce que nous sommes limitĂ©s, et nous commettons des erreurs, mais Lui est infini, et Il ne peut faire des erreurs. Par consĂ©quent, si Dieu avait Ă©tĂ© appelĂ© en scĂšne pour un homme qui avait Ă©tĂ© perdu dans le jardin dâEden, et quâIl avait pris des dispositions pour que cet homme soit sauvĂ©, et quâIl lâa sauvĂ©, et sur cette mĂȘme base, ces mĂȘmes dispositions, par le Sang dâune victime innocente, Dieu sauvera chaque pĂ©cheur qui vient Ă Lui.
Si un homme sâapproche de Lui en Ă©tant malade, et veut ĂȘtre guĂ©ri, et que lâaide des mĂ©decins sâavĂšre inefficace et tout le reste; si on appelle Dieu en scĂšne et quâIl guĂ©risse cet homme sur base de sa foi en Lui, pour la personne suivante, Dieu agira de la mĂȘme maniĂšre. Si ce nâest pas le cas, Il sâĂ©tait alors trompĂ© la premiĂšre fois. Voyez? Il ne peut donc pas ĂȘtre GuĂ©risseur une premiĂšre fois, et ne pas ĂȘtre GuĂ©risseur [la deuxiĂšme fois.] Il ne peut pas ĂȘtre un Dieu de miracles pour un jour, et ne pas ĂȘtre un Dieu de miracles le jour suivant. En effet, il est dit dans la Bible: «Il est le mĂȘme hier, aujourdâhui, et Ă©ternellement.» Il est toujours Dieu. Et si vous adoptez une bonne attitude mentale vis-Ă -vis de nâimporte quelle promesse de Dieu... Quand vous lisez cela dans la Bible, câest la vĂ©ritĂ©, peu importe combien essaient de renvoyer cela dans un autre Ăąge, que câest du passĂ©, ou pour un Ăąge qui est Ă venir. Il nâa jamais dĂ©clarĂ© quâIl Ă©tait le JâĂ©tais, Il est le JE SUIS, toujours.
| E-13 "His signs and wonders has astonished us. And we know by His action, and what He says, because it comes to pass what He says. He's not a man that just talks about something; He's a Man that produces what He talks about." How glad we are today, that He still does what He talks about in His Word.
I've held the Koran in one hand and the Bible in the other one before thousands times thousands of Mohammedans, and say, "They both can't be right, because they're contrary one to the other. And let the One that will speak, and perform, and do what He said He would do, let that be the One that's God, let the One that keeps His Word... For if He ever was God, He's still God. He cannot change, because He is--He's immortal. And He's infinite, omniscient, omnipresent, and He cannot change. He's the infallible God, and just as much tonight as He was then, and always will be the same. He can never change from what He is, 'cause He's perfect; therefore, you can rest assure that when He says anything in His Word, lay you life that that's truth.
Because if God is ever called on the scene to make a decision, His decision is perfect. He can never go back in another age, and say, "I was mistaken." Because we can do that, because we are finite, and we make mistakes, but He's infinite, and cannot make a mistake. So therefore, if God was called on the scene for a man that was lost in the garden of Eden, He made a preparation for that man to be saved, and saved him. And on that same basis, that same preparation, in the shed blood of an innocent victim, God will save every sinner that comes to Him.
If a man come to Him sick and wanted healing, he was past the aid of doctors and so forth, and God called on the scene, and He healed that man on the basis of his faith in Him, when the next man's called, God will act the same way. If He didn't, then He acted wrong when He acted the first time. See? So He cannot be a Healer once, and not a Healer again. He cannot be a God of miracles one day, and not a God of miracles in the next day. For the Bible said, "He's the same yesterday, today, and forever." He's still God. And if you'll take the right mental attitude towards any promise... When you read it in the Bible, it's the truth, no matter how many tries to put it on another age, it's in the past, or a age that's in the future. He never did declare He was the "I was," He's the I AM, always.
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E-14 Eh bien, ou ça a dĂ» ĂȘtre presque Ă ce moment-lĂ que AndrĂ©, qui Ă©tait assis Ă cĂŽtĂ© de Simon... Et ce soir, si nous tous ensemble... Si je disais: «Jâaimerais avoir le tĂ©moignage dâune personne qui a Ă©tĂ© sauvĂ©e par Sa grĂące.» Eh bien, nous devrions terminer le service Ă deux heures du matin. Tout le monde aimerait dire ce quâil sait de Lui, sâil Lâa jamais connu. Oh! Il y a quelque chose Ă ce sujet qui fait que vous voulez en parler Ă tout le monde, car vous savez de quoi vous parlez. Il ne sâagit pas dâune foi mĂ©langĂ©e, dâune foi partielle en quelque chose; il sâagit de ce qui sâest passĂ© quand vous avez reçu Christ comme votre Sauveur et que le Saint-Esprit est entrĂ© dans votre vie, vous savez quâil sâest passĂ© quelque chose, vous Ă©tiez lĂ , et câĂ©tait Ă vous que cela est arrivĂ©. Si jamais vous avez Ă©tĂ© guĂ©ri par la puissance de Dieu, rien au monde ne pourrait sortir cela de votre esprit. On ne pourrait pas ĂŽter cela de vous parce que vous connaissez la vĂ©ritĂ©.
| E-14 Now, it must have been about that time that Andrew setting by the side of Simon... And we altogether, if tonight, I'd say, "I'd like to have a testimony of somebody who was saved by His grace." Why, we'd have to stop the service at two o'clock in the morning. Everybody wants to say what they know about Him, if you've ever knowed Him. Oh, there's something about it that you want to tell everybody, because you know what you're talking about. It's not some mixed up, halfway, belief in something; it's something when you have received Christ as your Saviour, and the Holy Spirit's come into your life, you know something happened, for you was there, and it was you that it happened to. If you've ever been healed by the power of God, there's not nothing in the world could ever take that out of your mind. They could not explain it away, because that you know.
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E-15 Je pense que toute personne qui sort pour prĂȘcher lâEvangile ne devrait pas y aller avant dâavoir eu une expĂ©rience personnelle du baptĂȘme du Saint-Esprit. Je crois que câĂ©tait cela la condition que JĂ©sus leur avait donnĂ©e, disant: «Restez dans la ville de JĂ©rusalem jusquâĂ ce que vous soyez revĂȘtus de la puissance, alors vous serez Mes tĂ©moins Ă JĂ©rusalem, en JudĂ©e, en Samarie, Ă Shreveport, en Louisiane», pour ainsi dire comme cela. JâespĂšre que cela ne semble pas sacrilĂšge, mais vous savez ce que je veux dire par lĂ .
Personne... Peu importe combien vous ĂȘtes bien instruit, peu importe combien vous ĂȘtes calĂ© en ce qui concerne la Bible, le diable est deux fois plus calĂ© que vous. Oui, il pourrait La tordre et vous faire ressembler Ă Ned dans ses premiĂšres lectures, sâil le veut bien. Il le peut assurĂ©ment. Mais si vous avez dĂ©jĂ fait une expĂ©rience et que vous avez rencontrĂ© Dieu face Ă face, il nây a pas assez de dĂ©mons en enfer pour ĂŽter cela de vous, parce que vous savez de quoi vous parlez.
| E-15 I think every person that goes out to preach the Gospel, should never go until they have a personal experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. I believe that was the qualification that Jesus gave them: "Tarry at the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power, then you shall be witnesses of Me, in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and Shreveport, Louisiana," as it would read like that. I hope that don't sound sacrilegious, but you know what I mean by it.
No person, no matter how well you're educated, how smart you are in the Bible, the devil's twice as smart as you are. Yes, sir. He could twist it and make you look like Ned in the first reader, if he wants to. He certainly can. But if you've ever got an experience and met God face to face, there isn't enough devil's in hell to take it away from you, because you know what you're talking about.
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E-16 MoĂŻse, avec toute sa formation, il pouvait mĂȘme enseigner la thĂ©ologie aux Egyptiens. Il nâest pas retournĂ© en Egypte; et Dieu ne lâa pas envoyĂ© rĂ©viser ses mathĂ©matiques ou sa stratĂ©gie de la guerre. Il ne lâa jamais envoyĂ© pour quâil obtienne un autre titre universitaire, car Il lâa rencontrĂ© prĂšs dâun buisson ardent sur un terrain sacrĂ©, derriĂšre le dĂ©sert, et lâa fait passer par une expĂ©rience que lâon ne peut ĂŽter de lui par des explications. MalgrĂ© toute sa thĂ©ologie, il avait commis une erreur, et il a fui Dieu, mais quand il a rencontrĂ© Dieu face Ă face, quelque chose lui est arrivĂ© en sorte quâil Ă©tait prĂȘt Ă retourner en Egypte. Peu importe les circonstances, il sâest mis en route, parce quâil avait eu une expĂ©rience. Il savait de quoi il parlait. Il en est ainsi de chaque croyant qui a reçu le Saint-Esprit.
Par consĂ©quent, je dis ce soir que ces disciples dans cette petite barque, Ă©taient comme nous le serions ici ce soir; chacun de nous aimerait parler Ă quelquâun et partager avec lui son expĂ©rience. Nous aimerions lui raconter cela en dĂ©tails. Câest ainsi quâils Ă©taient.
| E-16 Moses in all of his training, he could even teach the Egyptians theology. He didn't go back down to Egypt, and God didn't send him back to brush up on his mathematics or his war strategy. He never sent him back down to take another degree in college. For He met him by a burning bush on the sacred sands behind the desert, and give him an experience that you couldn't explain it away from him. With all of his theology, he'd made a mistake, and he was a running from God, but when he met God face to face, something happened to him that he was ready to go back to Egypt. No matter what the circumstances was, he was on his road, because he had an experience. He knowed what he was talking about. That's the way with every believer that's received the Holy Ghost.
Therefore, I say tonight, them disciples in that little ship, was like we'd be here tonight: All of us wants to tell somebody, give an experience. We'd like to tell it in detail. That's the way they were.
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E-17 AprĂšs, ça a dĂ» ĂȘtre le tour dâAndrĂ©. Il ne pouvait plus rester tranquille. Ils avaient tirĂ© les rames dans le bateau, probablement quâĂ ce moment-lĂ , il flottait. Il commençait Ă faire sombre, et il a dit: «Mes frĂšres, que pourrions-nous donc dire de tout ceci? Vous souvenez-vous quand nous sommes allĂ©s Ă JĂ©richo, Il a dit quâil fallait quâIl passe par la Samarie. Et nous nous sommes demandĂ© pourquoi il fallait quâIl passe chez les Samaritains. Mais quand Il est arrivĂ© dans la ville, et quâIl sâest assis au puits, Il nous a envoyĂ©s Ă la ville chercher de la nourriture. Et quand nous sommes revenus, vous vous en souvenez (chacun de nous en est tĂ©moin), nous nous sommes approchĂ©s et nous Lâavons entendu parler, et nous Ă©tions tous Ă©tonnĂ©s de ceci: que notre Seigneur soit en train de parler Ă une femme du genre de celle qui Lui parlait. Toutefois nous avons suivi la conversation quand elle... Nous nous sommes mis Ă suivre [la conversation] derriĂšre le buisson ou derriĂšre le mur, quand Il lui a dit: âFemme, apporte-moi Ă boire.â»
«Et elle a rĂ©pondu: âIl nâest pas de coutume que vous les Juifs, vous demandiez un service Ă un Samaritain, Ă une femme de la Samarie. Nous connaissons une sĂ©grĂ©gation. Nous nâavons pas de relations les uns avec les autres.â»
Mais Il lui a dit: «Si tu connaissais Celui qui te parle...»
| E-17 So it must have been Andrew next. He just couldn't keep still any longer. They'd done pulled the oars in the boat, and probably it was a float then. The dark was setting in, and he said, "Brethren, what could we all say to this? Do you remember the time that we were going to Jericho, and He said, 'He had need to go by Samaria.'? And we wonder why would He go up around those Samaritans. But when He came to the city, and He sat down at the well, and sent us away into the city to get some food. And when we come back, do you remember (all of us are witness of this), we came up close, and heard Him speaking, and we were all marveling at this, our Lord would talk to a woman like was talking to Him. But we heard the conversation when it--we broke into listen behind the bush or behind the wall, when He told her, said, 'Woman, bring me a drink.'"
"And she said, 'It's not customary for you, Jews, to ask a Samaritan, a woman of Samaria a favor. We have segregation. We have no dealings with each other.'"
"But He said to her, 'But if you knew Who were talking to you.'"
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E-18 Oh! Câest cela! «Si tu connaissais Celui qui te parle.» Je suis sĂ»r que si chaque pĂ©cheur qui est ici sentait la PrĂ©sence et lâatmosphĂšre qui viennent du fait que nous sommes assis ensemble ce soir dans les lieux cĂ©lestes en JĂ©sus- Christ, et cette petite sensation qui te dit: «Si tu connaissais Celui qui te parle, tu devrais avoir cette expĂ©rience. Il se peut que ces gens aient raison, câest...» Vous avez des pensĂ©es dans votre coeur. Câest Dieu qui parle, si seulement vous saviez Qui câĂ©tait.
«Si tu connaissais Celui qui parle, tu Mâaurais demandĂ© Ă boire. Et Je te donnerais des eaux que tu ne viendrais pas puiser ici.»
Et elle a dit: «Le puits est profond, et Tu nâas rien pour puiser avec, et ainsi de suite.»
Mais JĂ©sus a dit: «Les eaux que Je donne sont la Vie, elles jaillissent, câest la Vie Ăternelle.»
Et ensuite, le sujet a pris la forme dâun dĂ©bat religieux, oĂč il Ă©tait question de lâĂ©glise que lâon devrait frĂ©quenter. Elle a dit: «Vous dites: nous devons tous aller Ă JĂ©rusalem. Et notre pĂšre, Jacob, qui a creusĂ© ce puits, y a abreuvĂ© son bĂ©tail et sa famille, etâet nous adorons sur cette montagne, et toi, tu dis: âA JĂ©rusalem.â»
Et Il a rĂ©pondu immĂ©diatement: «Ce ne sera ni sur cette montagne, ni Ă JĂ©rusalem. Mais Dieu est Esprit. Ceux qui Lâadorent doivent Lâadorer en Esprit et en VĂ©ritĂ©; lâEsprit et la VĂ©ritĂ©.»
Et ensuite Il a dit... quand Il a contactĂ© son esprit et a trouvĂ© ce quâĂ©tait son problĂšme; Il a dit: «Va chercher ton mari, et viens ici.» [Espace vide sur la bande N.D.E.]
«Qui es-Tu?»
Et Il a dit: «Je le suis, Moi qui te parle.»
Il ne fallait pas en dire plus, elle Ă©tait convaincue que câĂ©tait le Messie promis dans lâAncien Testament. [Espace vide sur la bande N.D.E.] Elle a oubliĂ© toutes les choses du monde, elle a laissĂ©... elle a mĂȘme laissĂ© (lĂ ) sa cruche dâeau posĂ©e lĂ , elle a couru dans la ville, et elle a dit:» Venez voir un Homme qui mâa dit tout ce que jâai fait. Ne serait-ce point le Messie?» Et les hommes de la ville ont cru en Lui, Ă cause du tĂ©moignage de la femme.
| E-18 Oh, there it is. "If you knew Who was talking to you." I'm sure if every sinner in here, feeling the Presence and the atmosphere of setting together tonight in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, and that little feeling that's telling you, if you knew Who that was talking to you: "You ought to have this experience. Maybe those people are right; it's..." You're thinking in your heart. That's God talking, if you only knew Who it was.
"If you knew Who it was talking, you'd ask Me for a drink. And I'd give you waters that you don't come here to draw."
And she said, "The well is deep, and you have nothing to draw with, and so forth."
But He said, "The waters that I give is life, springing up, Everlasting Life."
And then the question come about through a religious debate, where you should go to church at. Said, "You say, we ought to all go to Jerusalem, and our father, Jacob, dug this well, and let his cattle drink from it, and his family, and--and we worship in this mountain, and you say, 'At Jerusalem.'"
And quickly He said, "Neither in this mountain, nor at Jerusalem. But God is a Spirit; they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and the truth--Spirit and truth."
And He said then, when He contacted her spirit and found what her trouble was; He said, "Go get your husband, and come here." [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]
"Who art Thou?"
And He said, "I'm He, that speaks with you."
No more needed to be said, she was convinced that that was the Messiah that was promised by the Old Testament. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] She forgot all the things of the world, let--even left her water pot setting there, run into the city, and said, "Come, see a Man, that told me the things that I've done. Isn't this the very Messiah?" And the men of the city believed on Him, because of the woman's testimony.
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E-19 Je me demande si les hommes de Shreveport veulent croire en Lui ce soir. Si, Ă©tant le mĂȘme hier, aujourdâhui, et Ă©ternellement, Il venait au Life Tabernacle et quâIl faisait les choses quâIl a faites alors, je me demande si nous serions tellement convaincus au point que nous pourrions dire Ă nos voisins et aux gens: «Venez voir un Homme qui mâa dit ce que jâai fait, nâest-ce pas le Messie?» Je me demande alors si on pouvait donc dire: «Vraiment, Celui-ci est le Messie. Il sâagit de ce Saint-Esprit dont ils parlent et que le monde appelle du fanatisme, il est prouvĂ© que câest le mĂȘme Messie, ayant les mĂȘmes signes, les mĂȘmes prodiges, la mĂȘme puissance, ainsi que la mĂȘme dĂ©livrance.» Je me demande si on pouvait le dire. Ce serait une plus grande protection que tous les hangars de bombes quâon peut avoir. Câest vrai. Ce serait une expĂ©rience de lâEnlĂšvement.
| E-19 Wonder if the men of Shreveport would believe on Him tonight, if He being the same yesterday, today, and forever, would come to the Life Tabernacle, and would do the things that He did then? I wonder if we would be so convinced, that we could tell our neighbor, and tell the people, "Come, see a Man, Who's told me the things that I've done, isn't this the Messiah?" Wonder then, if it could be told then that, "Truly this is the Messiah. It's this Holy Spirit that they're talking about. That the world calls a fanaticism, it's proved to be the same Messiah, with the same signs, and the same wonders, and the same power, and the same deliverance." Wonder if it could be said like that. It would mean more protection than all the bomb shelters you could get. That's right. It'd be a rapturing experience.
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E-20 Oh! Ils Ă©taient tous convaincus. Cela a dĂ» ĂȘtre vers cette heure-lĂ , oĂč il commençait Ă faire sombre, et Satan les a vus seuls, sans JĂ©sus. Eh bien, câest exactement ce que le diable veut: voir lâEglise sans Christ. Peu mâimporte ce quâest votre nom, si votre nom est Ă©crit en lettres dorĂ©es: «Nous sommes la sainte Ă©glise; nous sommes ceci.» Ce nâest pas une sainte Ă©glise; il nâexiste pas de sainte Ă©glise. Il nâexiste pas de sainte montagne, de sainte relique, ni mĂȘme de peuple saint. Il sâagit du Saint-Esprit dans les gens; câest ce qui constitue la partie sainte: le Saint-Esprit.
Vous direz: «Oh! Câest un saint homme.» Ce nâest pas un saint homme; câest le Saint-Esprit dans lâhomme. En quelque sorte, jâai toujours Ă©tĂ© en dĂ©saccord avec cette expression: «Les Actes des apĂŽtres.» Ce ne sont pas des actes des apĂŽtres; câĂ©taient des hommes. CâĂ©taient les actes du Saint-Esprit dans les apĂŽtres qui ont produit la grande victoire.
| E-20 Oh, they were all convinced. It must have been about that time, it got dark, and Satan saw them alone without Him. Now, that's just what the devil wants, is to see the church without Christ. I don't care what your name is, how much your name's in gold letters, "We are the holy church; we are this." It's not holy church; there's no such a thing as holy church. There's no such a thing as holy mountain, holy relics, or even holy people. It's Holy Ghost in the people what makes the holy part: Holy Spirit.
Say, "Oh, he's a holy man." He's not a holy man; it's the Holy Ghost in the man. I always kinda different with the saying, "The Acts of the apostles." That isn't the acts of the apostles; they were men. It was acts of the Holy Spirit in the apostles, that brought forth the great victory.
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E-21 Et lorsque Satan a vu la petite Ă©glise sans Christ, il a alors dit: «Voici mon occasion. Voici le temps oĂč je leur prĂȘcherai comment blasphĂ©mer contre moi.» Et il a commencĂ© Ă souffler de son souffle, un orage sur la mer.
Et le petit bateau a failli sombrer, peut-ĂȘtre, dans la... lĂ en GalilĂ©e; les vagues Ă©taient si fortes quâils allaient presque sombrer au fond de la mer. Et peut-ĂȘtre que sur chaque vague brillante, chaque fois quâil y avait un Ă©clair, le diable criait lĂ et disait: «Je les ai eus maintenant; comme ils sont allĂ©s sans Lui.»
| E-21 And when Satan seen the little church without Christ, then he said, "This is my opportunity. This is the time when I'll teach them how to blaspheme me." And he begin to blow with his breath, a storm down on the sea.
And the little boat was just about to sink, perhaps, in the--Galilee there; the waves was so heavy they went almost to the bottom. And perhaps, on every gleaming wave, and every lightning time that flashed, the devil would laugh out there, and say, "I got them now, because they've gone away without Him."
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E-22 Jâai une fois dit quelque chose en rapport avec cela, et quelquâun mâa corrigĂ© aprĂšs. Il a dit: «Mais FrĂšre Branham, câest Lui qui les a contraints Ă sâen aller sans Lui.»
Jâai dit: «Oui, mais ils ont mal fait en le faisant.» Jâai dit...
LorsquâElie et ElisĂ©e, câĂ©tait lĂ un type de Christ vis-Ă -vis de lâEglise... ElisĂ©e a eu une double portion de lâEsprit: «Ces choses que Je fais, vous les ferez aussi et vous en ferez des plus grandes. Lorsque cet habit qui Ă©tait sur lui, le Saint-Esprit qui Ă©tait sur lui, est descendu sur lâEglise... En effet, Il Ă©tait juste un seul Homme. LâĂ©glise est universelle. «Vous en ferez davantage car Je mâen vais au PĂšre.» Et ElisĂ©e en savait Ă ce sujet, Ă©tant un prophĂšte, plus que lâĂ©glise aujourdâhui. Elie a dit, lorsquâil y avait eu un rassemblement, il lui a Ă©tĂ© dit: «Reste ici. Le Seigneur mâa appelĂ© lĂ de lâautre cĂŽtĂ©, je monte lĂ Ă lâĂ©cole des prophĂštes.»
Mais ElisĂ©e, comme lâĂ©glise devrait le faire aujourdâhui, a dit: «LâEternel est vivant, je ne te quitterai point.» Car il avait un objectif Ă lâesprit, et ses motifs Ă©taient certainement corrects.
Lorsquâil est arrivĂ© Ă lâĂ©cole des prophĂštes, il a dit: «Reste ici, le Seigneur mâa appelĂ© au Jourdain.» Il a dit: «LâEternel vit dans ton Ăąme et ne meurt jamais, je ne te quitterai point.» Il ne pouvait pas le quitter; il est restĂ© bien Ă cĂŽtĂ© de lui; ses deux yeux fixĂ©s sur lui, et il sâaccrochait Ă lui.
Câest ce que lâĂ©glise doit faire aujourdâhui. Peu importe ce qui vient ou ce qui sâen va, accrochez-vous Ă Lui. Si lâĂ©glise se refroidit, peu importe ce qui arrive, accrochez-vous Ă la main immuable de Dieu. Accrochez-vous au Calvaire, et restez lĂ . Câest ainsi quâon peut recevoir quelque chose de Dieu. Accrochez-vous-y, ne laissez pas le diable vous secouer pour vous en Ă©loigner.
Ces disciples auraient dit: «OĂč que Tu ailles, jâirai.»
| E-22 I said something about that one time, and someone corrected me afterwards. Said, "But Brother Branham, He constrained them to go away without Him."
I said, "Yes, but they done wrong by doing so." I said...
"When Elijah and Elisha, which was a type: Christ to the church... Elisha taken a double portion of the Spirit, "These things that I do shall you do, and greater than this shall you do." When the cloak that was on him, the Holy Spirit was on him, falls upon the church... 'Cause He was just one Man. Church is universal. "More than this shall you do for I go to the Father." And Elisha knowed more about that, being a prophet, than the church does today. Elijah said, when there was a gathering, said, "You stay here. The Lord's called me yonder. I'm going up to the school of the prophets."
But Elisha, like the church ought to be today, "As the Lord God lives, I'm not going to leave you." For he had an objective in his mind, and his motives was certainly right.
When he got to the school of prophets, he said, 'You stay here; the Lord's called me to Jordan.'
He said, "As the Lord lives in your soul and never dies, I'm not going to leave you." He couldn't leave him; he stayed right by him, both eyes on him, holding to him.
That's what the church has got to do today. No matter what comes or goes, hold onto Him. If the church cools off, no matter what takes place, hold to God's unchanging hand. Get a hold of Calvary, and stay there. That's the way to get something from God. Hold to it, don't let the devil shake you away.
Them disciples would say, "Where You go, I go."
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E-23 Câest comme Ruth vis-Ă -vis de Naomi, la Moabite: «Que ton peuple soit mon peuple; oĂč tu mourras, je mourrai. LĂ oĂč tu seras enterrĂ©e, je serai aussi enterrĂ©e, lĂ oĂč se trouve ton Dieu, je... Il sera mon Dieu. Je resterai avec toi.» Et câest ainsi quâelle a gagnĂ© Boaz. Câest ainsi que lâĂ©glise gagne Christ. Sans tenir compte de ce que le monde a Ă dire, mĂȘme sâils disent que vous ĂȘtes allĂ©s Ă lâextrĂȘme, vous avez fait ceci et cela, tenez-vous-en Ă Christ. Accrochez-vous Ă Lui, Tenez-vous-en Ă la chose.
| E-23 Like a--a Ruth to Naomi, the Moabite. "Let your people be mine; where you die, I'll die. Where you're buried, I'll bury. Where your God is, I--that'll be my God. I'm going to stay with you." That's the way she won Boaz. That's the way the church wins Christ. Regardless, of what the world's got to say, saying you've went off on the deep end, you've done this, that, or the other, stay with Christ. Hold onto Him. Stay with it.
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E-24 Satan a vu cela. Je crois quâil voit cela aujourdâhui. Il nous a bĂ©nis. Et, oh! la la! lorsquâau dĂ©but la PentecĂŽte a commencĂ© Ă tomber, il y a quarante ans ou plus, quelles glorieuses rĂ©unions nous avions! Mais vous savez, nous nous sommes engagĂ©s dans de grands programmes de construction: il nous faut avoir des Ă©coles, des sĂ©minaires et des choses pour nos pasteurs, afin quâils tiennent des discours plus Ă©loquents, quâon leur enseigne Ă ĂȘtre des docteurs, et faire dâeux des surveillants gĂ©nĂ©raux, des docteurs en thĂ©ologie, ainsi que tous ces grands noms. Satan a vu tout cela. Et maintenant, la mer est en furie.
Il voit que lâĂ©glise est engagĂ©e dans de grands programmes de construction, ou une espĂšce de trĂšs grand bĂątiment comme cela, et nous sommes sortis sans Lui, nous sommes devenus classiques, empesĂ©s. Ce dont nous avons encore besoin aujourdâhui, câest du retour dâun rĂ©veil Ă lâancienne mode, dâune puissance du Saint-Esprit dans lâĂ©glise. Dieu sait que câest ce dont nous avons besoin dans toutes les Ă©glises, mais nous devenons classiques, nous aimons agir comme le reste des Ă©glises, le reste... Vous ĂȘtes un peuple particulier, un sacerdoce royal, une nation sainte, un peuple appelĂ© Ă sortir et sĂ©parĂ©. Dieu sait que ce quâil nous faut; câest le retour du Saint-Esprit dans lâĂ©glise. MĂȘme si nous avons dĂ»... Peu importe ce que nous avons dĂ» faire, ne Le laissez point. Restez avec Lui.
| E-24 Satan saw that. I believe he sees today. He blessed us. And oh, my, when Pentecost first begin to fall forty years ago or more, what great meetings we had. But you know, we got in such a building program: We had to get schools, and seminaries, and things for our pastors, so they'd have more eloquent speech, teach them to be doctors, and make them general overseers, and doctors of divinity, and all these great big names. Satan saw all that. And now the sea's troubled.
He sees the church has gone on to a big building programs, or some kind of a great big out like that, and went off without Him, getting classic, starchy. What we need today is an old fashion revival, a power of the Holy Spirit again, back in the church. God knows we need that in all the churches, but we go off on classics, want to act like the rest of the churches, the rest... You are a peculiar people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a separated and called out. God knows that we need the church back with the Holy Spirit again. Even if we had to--no matter what we had to do, just don't leave Him. Stay with Him.
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E-25 Parfois ça signifie beaucoup. Des fois, cela vous coĂ»te quelque chose. Tout ce qui ne vous coĂ»te rien, ça ne vaut pas la peine dâĂȘtre acquis. On doit payer pour toutes les grandes choses. La raison pour laquelle nous adorons aujourdâhui... La libertĂ© des religions en ce jour dâactions de grĂące a coĂ»tĂ© le sang de beaucoup dâAmĂ©ricains, des millions dâAmĂ©ricains. Ăa vaut quelque chose. Et si ça vaut quelque chose, ça vaut la peine quâon puisse mourir. Et cette religion que nous avons, cette religion de la PentecĂŽte, le Saint-Esprit qui est sur nous, nous ramĂšne un JĂ©sus-Christ ressuscitĂ©, vivant aprĂšs mille-neuf-cents ans, ça vaut tout notre temps, nos efforts, et tout ce que nous faisons; ça vaut tout pour nous.
«Toi, source de tout mon réconfort», a dit Fanny Crosby. «Plus que la vie pour moi. Qui ai-je sur terre à part Toi, ou au Ciel à part Toi. Ne me passe pas, Î Doux Sauveur.» Certainement, nous avons besoin de retourner et nous accrocher à Lui.
| E-25 Sometimes it means a lot. Sometimes it costs you something. Anything that doesn't cost you something, isn't worth having. All great things has to be paid for. The reason we're worshiping today, freedom of religion in this Thanksgiving Day, this cost the blood of a many American, millions of them. It's worth something. And if it's worth something, it's worth dying for. And this religion that we have, this pentecostal, Holy Spirit that set on us, bring back to us a resurrected Jesus Christ alive after nineteen hundred years, is worth all of our time, and our efforts, and everything that we do; it's worth all to us.
"Thou, the stream of all my comforts," said Fanny Crosby. "More than life to me. Whom have I on earth beside Thee, or whom in heaven but Thee. Pass me not, oh, gentle Saviour." Certainly, we need back and hold to Him.
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E-26 Les disciples ont bien vu quâils avaient perdu tout espoir. Nous sommes presquâau mĂȘme point aujourdâhui. Toutes nos grandes et magnifiques Ă©glises qui coĂ»tent des millions de dollars, nos Nations Unies et des Nations Unies dâEglises, ainsi que des bĂątiments des Ă©glises qui coĂ»tent des millions de dollars, et ainsi de suite comme cela, une seule petite bombe atomique balayera toute la chose. Câest vrai. «Mais, oh! venez acheter de Moi, a dit JĂ©sus, de lâhuile, du vin, de lâor Ă©prouvĂ© par le feu.» Lorsque le monde sera complĂštement en feu, jâai besoin de quelque chose qui rĂ©sistera Ă ce moment-lĂ . Jâai besoin de quelque chose du:
Rocher des Ăąges, fendu pour moi,
Laisse-moi me cacher en Toi,
(Laisse-moi me cacher en Toi.)
Je pense que câĂ©tait Charles Wesley, lorsquâil marchait par-lĂ , un orage est survenu et un petit oiseau a volĂ© et est entrĂ© jusque dans son sein. Il essayait de recevoir lâinspiration pour un cantique. Et il lâa pris dans sa petite cabane et lâa tenu jusquâĂ ce que lâorage soit passĂ©. Lorsquâil est sorti, il a portĂ© le petit oiseau sur son doigt et lâa laissĂ© sâenvoler, alors il a Ă©crit ce cantique. «Cache-moi dans le Rocher des Ăąges.»
| E-26 The disciples seen that all hopes was gone. We're just about at that place today. All of our great, fine, million dollar, UN's and UN's of churches, and million dollar church buildings, and so forth like that, one little atomic bomb will sweep the whole thing away. That's right. "But oh, come buy from Me," said Jesus, "oil, wine, gold tried in the fire." When the world's all on fire, I want something that'll stand then. I want something: Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee. Let me hide in Thee.
Charles Wesley, I believe, when he was walking along, and a storm coming up, and a little bird flew into his bosom. He was trying to get inspiration for a song. And he took it in his little cabin, and held it until the storms was passed. When he went out, held it on his finger, and it flew away then he wrote that song. "Hide Me In The Rock Of Ages."
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E-27 Eh bien, lorsquâil a donc vu... Ils ont vu que... Satan a commencĂ© Ă souffler son poison. Et il a commencĂ© Ă les troubler. La petite barque a Ă©tĂ© presque renversĂ©e.
Et je me demande ce soir dans notre petite barque, pendant que nous sommes en train de naviguer sur lâocĂ©an sombre de la vie, si peut-ĂȘtre Satan a troublĂ© votre voyage, sâil a mis un cancer sur vous, sâil vous a donnĂ© lâamour du monde (et que vous ĂȘtes Ă©loignĂ© de Dieu), et quâil vous a troublĂ© quelque part... Les ennuis sont survenus, tout espoir de vivre est parti. Mais vous savez, comme il en Ă©tait Ă ce moment-lĂ , il en est de mĂȘme Ă prĂ©sent. JĂ©sus nâĂ©tait pas allĂ© trop loin. Je crois quâIl est montĂ© sur la colline la plus haute quâil y avait dans le pays, ainsi Il... Pus vous montez, plus loin vous voyez. Il est montĂ© au sommet de la colline, ainsi Il pouvait les observer. Toutes les fois quâils avaient des ennuis, Il se tenait lĂ -haut en train de les observer.
| E-27 Now, then when he saw--they saw that, Satan begin to blow his poison breath. And he begin to upset them. The little ship was just about gone.
And I wonder tonight in our little bark as we're sailing over life's solemn main, if maybe, Satan has upset your voyage, put a cancer on you, give you a love of the world (You've gone away from God.), upset you somewhere. Trouble's come in; all hopes of ever living is gone. But you know, as it was then, so is it now. Jesus hadn't gone too far. I believe He climbed the highest hill there was in the country, so He... Higher you go the farther you can see. He climbed up to the top of the hill, so He could watch them. All the time the trouble was coming on, He was setting up there watching them.
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E-28 Et je vous dis... lorsquâIl... quâon Lâa mis Ă mort dans la ville de JĂ©rusalem et quâon Lâa enseveli dans un tombeau empruntĂ©, mais le matin de PĂąques, Il est ressuscitĂ©, Il a commencĂ© Ă monter. Il est montĂ© au-delĂ de la lune et des Ă©toiles jusquâĂ ce quâIl sâest assis Ă la droite de la MajestĂ© divine dans le lieu cĂ©leste.
«Et Son oeil est sur les passereaux, je sais quâIl mâobserve», a dit le poĂšte.
Et je vois ce jour approcher, ce jour dont le prophÚte a dit: «Il viendra un jour, dans les derniers jours, qui ne serait ni nuit ni jour, un jour sombre.» Mais Il a dit: «Au temps du soir la lumiÚre paraßtra.»
Eh bien, les lumiĂšres... le soleil sâĂ©lĂšve Ă lâest. Il se couche Ă lâouest. Le s-o-l-e-i-l. Et le F-i-l-s aussi est venu Ă lâest chez le peuple oriental, Il a fait briller le rĂ©veil de la PentecĂŽte. Des signes et des prodiges de Sa rĂ©surrection ont Ă©tĂ© manifestĂ©s parmi eux. Les oeuvres quâIl a faites, eux aussi les ont faites. Il leur a dit dans Saint Jean 14.7, je crois que câest ça, Il a dit: «Celui qui croit en Moi, les oeuvres que Je fais, il les fera aussi. Encore un peu de temps et le monde ne Me verra plus, mais vous, vous Me verrez (âvousâ, lâEglise, le croyant). Vous Me verrez.»
Il a promis quâIl serait toujours avec eux jusquâĂ la fin du monde. «Je ne vous laisserai ni ne vous abandonnerai jamais. Allez par tout le monde et prĂȘchez la Bonne Nouvelle.» JusquâoĂč? «Par tout le monde.» Comment... Ă qui? «à toute la crĂ©ation. Voici les miracles qui accompagneront ceux qui auront cru.» Il est toujours le mĂȘme Christ.
| E-28 And I tell you--when He--they killed Him in the city of Jerusalem and buried Him in a borrowed tomb, but on Easter morning when He come forth, He started climbing. He climbed on beyond the moon and the stars until He set down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. "And His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me," said the poet.
And I see this day approaching when the prophet said, "There'd come a day in these last days, that it wouldn't be night nor day, just dismal." But he said, "It shall be light in the evening time."
Now, the lights--the sun rises in the east. It sets in the west, the s-u-n. And the S-o-n also came in the east on the Eastern people, shined out a pentecostal revival. Signs and wonders of His resurrection appeared among them. The works that He did, they did also. He told them in Saint John 14:7, I believe it is, He said, "He that believeth on Me, the works that I do, shall he do also. A little while, and the world won't see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me ('Ye,' the church, the believer.). Ye shall see Me."
He promised that He'd be with them always even to the end of the world. "I'll never leave you or forsake you. Go ye in all the world and preach the Gospel." How far? "All the world." How--who to? "Every creature. These signs shall follow them that believe." He's still the same Christ.
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E-29 Puis, un jour est alors apparu; il y a eu un jour qui passait, une pĂ©riode de temps, un jour sombre, comme ça se passe ici en Louisiane et dans lâArkansas, partout dans la contrĂ©e, il y a du brouillard. On ne peut pas voir le soleil, pourtant nous savons que le soleil donne sa lumiĂšre. Nous avons eu assez de lumiĂšre pour former des dĂ©nominations; nous avons eu assez de lumiĂšre pour adhĂ©rer aux Ă©glises; nous avons eu assez de lumiĂšre pour Lâaccepter comme Sauveur, mais le prophĂšte a dit: Le soleil brillerait dans les derniers jours, dans les derniĂšres heures. Au temps du soir la lumiĂšre paraĂźtra.
Maintenant, le soleil se couche; il sâest levĂ© sur le peuple oriental, et il est en train de se coucher sur le peuple occidental. Et le mĂȘme soleil qui a brillĂ© Ă lâest se couche Ă lâouest. De mĂȘme quâil se lĂšve Ă lâest, de mĂȘme il se couche Ă lâouest, le mĂȘme soleil. Et nous vivons dans les derniers jours oĂč on est arrivĂ© dans un jour oĂč le mĂȘme Fils, le mĂȘme F-i-l-s, la mĂȘme puissance du Saint-Esprit est en train de descendre sur le peuple occidental comme câĂ©tait descendu sur le peuple oriental, manifestant la mĂȘme lumiĂšre de lâEvangile; non pas des thĂ©ologies, pas adhĂ©rer aux Ă©glises... aux organisations, ni dâadhĂ©sion, mais une puissance de lâĂ©vidence de la rĂ©surrection et de Sa puissance de guĂ©rison, des miracles et des prodiges tĂ©moignant de Sa PrĂ©sence parmi nous dans les derniers jours. Au temps du soir la LumiĂšre paraĂźtra. Nous y sommes; nous sommes arrivĂ©s.
| E-29 Then there come a day then; there's been a day passing by, a period of time, a dismal day, like it gets down here in Louisiana and Arkansas, all over the country, foggy. Can't see the sun, yet we know the sun's giving light. We've had enough light to make denominations; we've had enough light to join church; we've had enough light to accept Him as Saviour, but the prophet said, "The sun would shine in the last days, in the last hours. It shall be light in the evening."
Now, the sun's setting; it rose on the Eastern people, and it's setting on the Western people. And the same sun that shined on the east, sets on the west. As it rises on the east, it sets on the west, the same sun. And we're living in the last days, that when the day has come to where the same Son, the same S-o-n, the same power of the Holy Spirit is falling on the Western people like it fell on the Eastern people, showing the same Gospel light; not theologies, not church jo--organizations, not joining, but a power evidence of the resurrection and His power of healing, and signs, and wonders of Him being among them in the last days. It'll be light in the evening time. We're here; we've arrived.
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E-30 Lâest est allĂ© trĂšs loin; la civilisation est venue de lâest et sâest dirigĂ©e Ă lâouest. Nous sommes Ă la cĂŽte Ouest maintenant. Si nous allons plus loin, nous allons de nouveau retourner Ă lâest. Nous sommes au temps de la fin. Les bateaux sâĂ©croulent. Les civilisations sâĂ©croulent. Les Ă©glises se disloquent.
Ce cantique qui a Ă©tĂ© Ă©crit il y a des annĂ©es: «Les nations se disloquent; IsraĂ«l se rĂ©veille.» Câest une nation Ă part entiĂšre, maintenant. IsraĂ«l est dans sa patrie.
Les signes que les prophÚtes ont prédits.
Les jours des Gentils sont comptés,
EncombrĂ©s dâhorreurs,
Reviens, Î dispersé, vers les tiens.
Ce nâest pas le temps de se refroidir; câest le temps de se rĂ©chauffer. Câest le temps des rĂ©unions de priĂšre. Nous entrons dans lâĂąge de LaodicĂ©e. Câest le temps de venir Ă Dieu, câest le temps pour un rĂ©veil.
Quand jâai rencontrĂ© frĂšre Lyle lĂ -bas, il y a quelque temps, il a dit: «FrĂšre Branham, il y a le signe dâun rĂ©veil dans chaque rĂ©union ici, maintenant.» GrĂąces soient rendues Ă Dieu! Câest ce que nous voulons. Ă Seigneur, envoie la puissance maintenant mĂȘme. Nous voulons un rĂ©veil, non pas adhĂ©rer aux Ă©glises, mais un rĂ©veil; rĂ©veille ce qui est en nous.
| E-30 The East has gone so far; civilization has come from the east going west. We're on the west coast now. If we go any farther, we'd be back east again. We're at the end time. The boats are crumbling. Civilizations are crumbling. Churches are breaking.
That song that was wrote years ago, "Nations are breaking; Israel is awakening." She is a nation now of her own. Israel's in her homeland. "The signs that the prophets foretold. The Gentile days numbered with horrors encumbered, return, oh dispersed, to your own." This is no time to cool off; this a time to warm up. This is a time for prayer meetings. We're entering the Laodicean age. It's time to come to God, time for a revival.
When I met Brother Lyle back there awhile ago, and he said, "Brother Branham, there's sign of a revival in every meeting here now." Thanks be to God. That's what we want. Oh Lord, send the power just now. We want a revival, not a joining of churches, but a revival. Revive what's in us.
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E-31 Ces disciples... Ne commettons pas la mĂȘme erreur quâils ont commise. Pendant quâils avaient perdu tout espoir, ils pensaient quâils ne pouvaient plus jamais avoir de rĂ©veil, quâils ne reverraient plus jamais JĂ©sus dans la vie, pendant quâils Ă©taient lĂ . Mais juste Ă lâheure la plus sombre, quand ils avaient perdu tout espoir, JĂ©sus venait vers eux en marchant sur lâeau. Il marche, venant vers nous aujourdâhui, Il marche sur les eaux: Apocalypse 17.15 dit: «Lâeau que tu as vue est abondante, et ce sont des foules de gens.»
Quand nous voyons JĂ©sus-Christ, le Fils de Dieu ressuscitĂ©, en train de marcher, dâoeuvrer parmi Son peuple, faisant les mĂȘmes choses quâIl a faites lĂ dans le passĂ©... Ces disciples et que sais-je encore Lâont reconnu comme Ă©tant le Messie. Cela a remuĂ© leurs coeurs. Cela devrait remuer nos coeurs. Mais ne commettons pas lâerreur quâils ont commise sur la mer de GalilĂ©e cette nuit-lĂ .
La seule Chose qui pouvait les aider, la seule Chose qui pouvait les sauver, la seule Chose qui pouvait les dĂ©livrer, ils avaient peur de Cela, et ils pensaient que câĂ©tait un fantĂŽme. Câest tout Ă fait vrai. Ne commettons pas la mĂȘme erreur. SâIl veut... Lui qui est omniprĂ©sent par Son omnipotence. Celui qui connaĂźt et qui entend maintenant, si seulement Il marche parmi Son peuple ce soir, si seulement Il fait les choses quâIl a faites alors, afin que vous puissiez voir que cet Evangile que nous prĂȘchons nâest pas une thĂ©ologie faite de mains dâhommes, que ce nâest pas une thĂ©orie faite de mains dâhommes, mais câest la puissance de la rĂ©surrection de JĂ©sus-Christ marchant parmi Son peuple. Ne craignez pas cela. Câest la seule chose qui peut vous aider.
| E-31 Those disciples... Let's not make the same mistake that they made. While all hopes is gone, they thought they could never have a revival anymore, they'd never see Jesus in life anymore, while they were here. But right at the darkest hour, when all hopes is gone, He come walking to them on the water. He's walking to us today, walking on water: Revelations 17:15 says, "The water which thou sawest is thickness and multitudes of the people."
When we see Jesus Christ, the resurrected Son of God walking, working among His people, doing the same things that He did back there... Those disciples and so forth, recognized Him to be the Messiah. It stirred their hearts. It should stir our hearts. But let us not make the mistake that they did on the Galilean sea that night.
The only thing that could help them, the only thing that could save them, the only thing that could deliver them, they was afraid of It, and they thought it was a spook. That's exactly right. Don't let us make the same mistake. If He will, He Who's omnipresent by being omnipotent. He that knows and hears now, if He will only walk among His people tonight, if He will only do the things that He did then, that you might see that this Gospel that we're preaching, is not a man-made the--theology, it's not a man made theory, but it's a power of the resurrection of the Jesus Christ walking among His people. Don't be afraid of it. It's the only thing that can help you.
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E-32 Quand vous entendez les gens dire: «Les jours de miracles sont passĂ©s. Le Saint-Esprit nâest pas comme Il Ă©tait.» Ne croyez pas cela. Christ est ressuscitĂ© des morts; Il est vivant ce soir. Ma priĂšre est quâIl marche parmi nous ce soir, et quâIl accomplisse... quâIl guĂ©risse les malades, et quâIl fasse les mĂȘmes choses quâIl a faites alors, en nous montrant quâIl est avec nous, quâIl est le mĂȘme. «Nâayez pas peur, Câest Moi.»
Oh! Vous direz: «Cetâcet homme a un esprit puissant. Cette femme a...» Ce nâest pas cela; ce nâest pas de la psychologie. Tous ces gens sont des gens ordinaires. Et peu importe combien Christ pourrait mâoindre, Il doit vous oindre aussi pour que vous croyez cela. «Il ne pouvait pas faire beaucoup de miracles Ă cause de lâincrĂ©dulitĂ© des gens de Sa propre ville.» Il doit vous oindre de la mĂȘme façon quâIl mâoint. SâIl vient ce soir et nous oint tous, oh! câest ce que jâaimerais voir, lâonction du Saint-Esprit dans lâĂ©glise, sur les gens, Christ. Alors les gens diront...
| E-32 When you hear people say, "The days of miracles is past. The Holy Spirit isn't like It used to be." Don't you believe that. Christ raised from the dead; He lives tonight. My prayer is that He will walk among us tonight, and perform, and heal the sick, and do the same things He did then, showing us that He's with us, that's He is the same. "Be not afraid, It's I."
Oh, say, "That--that man has a powerful mind. That woman has..." It's not that; it's not no psychology. All these people are ordinary people. And no matter how much Christ would anoint me, He's got to anoint you too to believe it. "Many miracles He cannot do because of their unbelief in His own city." He's got to anoint you the same as He anoints me. If He will come tonight and anoint us all, oh, that's what I want to see, is the anointing of the Holy Spirit in the church, upon the people, Christ. Then the people will say...
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E-33 Paul a dit... Le grand saint Paul a dit: «Si parmi vous, tous parlent en langues et que personne nâen donne lâinterprĂ©tation, sâil survient des hommes du peuple, alors les hommes du peuple sortiront et diront: âVous ĂȘtes tous fous.â» En dâautres termes, vous ĂȘtes toquĂ©s, tous parlent en langues et personne nâen donne lâinterprĂ©tation. Mais il est dit: «Sâil y a un prophĂšte, et que celui qui prophĂ©tise rĂ©vĂšle le secret du coeur, alors ils tomberont par terre et diront: âVraiment Dieu est avec vous.â»
Cela a toujours Ă©tĂ© le moyen par lequel le peuple de Dieu reconnaĂźt le prophĂšte. La Bible a dit lĂ dans le passĂ©... Dieu a dit: «Sâil y a quelquâun parmi vous, un homme qui est spirituel, un prophĂšte, Moi le Seigneur, Je Me rĂ©vĂ©lerai Ă lui. Et si ce quâil dit sâaccomplit, alors Ă©coutez-le.» Câest la raison pour laquelle ces Juifs de ce jour-lĂ seront sans excuse, car ils avaient vu ce que MoĂŻse avait annoncĂ© sâaccomplir en JĂ©sus-Christ. Ce quâEsaĂŻe avait annoncĂ©, ce que lâAncien Testament avait annoncĂ©, Ă©tait confirmĂ© en JĂ©sus-Christ. Et Il Ă©tait le ProphĂšte, et Il disait la vĂ©ritĂ©, et Dieu a manifestĂ© Son signe. Mais bien sĂ»r, nous savons quâils ont dĂ» ĂȘtre aveuglĂ©s, sinon nous nâaurions pas eu de chance. Mais ils ont Ă©tĂ© aveuglĂ©s afin que nous puissions avoir une chance.
| E-33 Paul said, the great Saint Paul said, "If there be all among you, speak with tongues and none interpret, if the unlearned come in, then the unlearned will go out and say, 'You're all mad.'" In other words, crazy, all speaking with tongues and no one to interpret. But said, "If there be a prophet, and the prophesier makes known the secret of the heart, then they'll fall down and say, 'Truly God is with you.'"
For it's always been to God's people, that the prophet they notice. The Bible said back there, God said, "If there be a man among you who is spiritual, a prophet, I the Lord will make Myself known to him. And what he says, if it comes to pass, then hear him." That's the reason those Jews of that day will be without an excuse, 'cause they seen what Moses said come to pass in Jesus Christ. What Isaiah said, what the Old Testament said, was vindicated in Jesus Christ. And He was the prophet, and He told the truth, and God showed His sign. But 'course, we know that they had to be blinded, because we wouldn't have had a chance. But they were blinded that we might have a chance.
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E-34 Si donc la souche Ă©tait sainte, et que nous soyons de la vigne greffĂ©e, nous ferions mieux de faire attention Ă la façon dont nous marchons. Ne soyons pas des enfants de la nuit; marchons pendant le jour. Et si le Saint-Esprit vient ce soir, Lui qui a ressuscitĂ© JĂ©sus dâentre les morts, Il a promis, disant: «Encore un peu de temps, et lâincrĂ©dule ne Me verra plus; mais vous, vous Me verrez, car Je (et âjeâ est un pronom personnel), Je serai avec vous, mĂȘme en vous jusquâĂ la fin du monde (la consommation). Je serai avec vous, mĂȘme en vous jusquâĂ la fin du monde. Et les choses que Je fais, vous les ferez aussi.» Nâest-ce pas lĂ une promesse? Câest une promesse, mais va-t-elle marcher? Câest ça la chose. Si ça marche, alors le tout marche. SâIl peut prouver quâIl est vivant, et Il peut prouver quâIl est vivant, si vous Le laissez le prouver en vous, et que je Le laisse le prouver en moi, le prouver Ă vous, et vous me le prouver, quâIl est vivant, alors Il marche parmi Son peuple ce soir, au milieu des eaux comme Il lâa fait alors. Nâayons pas peur de Lui, mais croyons-Le. Inclinons la tĂȘte maintenant pour un mot de priĂšre.
| E-34 So if the stump was holy, and we be grafted vine, we'd better watch how we walk. Let us be not children of the night; let's walk in day. And if the Holy Spirit will come tonight, raised up Jesus from the dead, He promised. "A little while, and the unbeliever will see Me no more, yet ye shall see Me, for I (and 'I' is a personal pronoun), I will be with you, even in you to the end of the world (the consummation). "I'll be with you, even in you to the end of the world. And the things that I do, shall you do also." Isn't that a promise? It's a promise, but will it work? That's it. If that works, then it all works. If He can prove He's alive, and He can prove He's alive, if you'll let Him prove it in you, and I let Him prove it in me, that to you, and you to me, that He's alive, then He's walking among His people tonight in the midst the water like He did then. Let's not be afraid of Him, but let's believe Him. Let's bow our heads now for a word of prayer:
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E-35 Ă Seigneur, Toi qui as ramenĂ© JĂ©sus dâentre les morts et qui Lâas prĂ©sentĂ© Ă lâEglise pour quâIl dĂ©clare Lui-mĂȘme quâIl est le mĂȘme hier, aujourdâhui, et Ă©ternellement. Nous sommes si heureux que, dans le monde entier, nous ayons vu le paĂŻen entrer dans les rĂ©unions avec une idole dans la main, le sorcier avec tous ses charmes essayant de les jeter, nous lâavons vu ĂȘtre paralysĂ©, engourdi par le Saint-Esprit; nous avons vu leâlâadorateur natif paĂŻen casser son idole par terre et dire: «Que ce Dieu-lĂ soit mon Dieu !» Le Dieu de puissance, Tu es JĂ©hovah, le Dieu de puissance, le Dieu de miracles.
Dans notre propre patrie, nous sommes si heureux, Seigneur, de voir mĂȘme des Ă©rudits et des docteurs avoir faim et soif. Oh! Tu as dit: «Heureux ceux qui ont faim et soif, car ils seront rassasiĂ©s.» Et de savoir aujourdâhui que de grands hommes voient la lumiĂšre jaillir.
Ă Dieu, aujourdâhui, nous sommes contents de voir IsraĂ«l revenir dansâdans sa patrie, une nation; la vieille Ă©toile de David Ă six branches qui flotte lĂ -bas; ces Juifs qui retournent en disant quâils ne sont pas revenus pour mourir dans la patrie, mais quâils sont revenus voir le Messie.
Ă Dieu, nous savons donc que nos jours sont comptĂ©s. Nous surveillons seulement comme NoĂ© avait surveillĂ© Enoch, et il sut, immĂ©diatement aprĂšs quâEnoch Ă©tait parti, que le jugement allait frapper le monde. Quand nous voyons lâarche des Juifs ĂȘtre encore prĂ©parĂ©e, nous savons que lâenlĂšvement est proche. Nous attendons, PĂšre.
| E-35 O Lord, Who brought again Jesus from the dead, and has presented Him to the church to declare Himself the same yesterday, today, and forever. We are so happy that around the world, that we have seen the heathen come into the meetings with a idol in their hand, the witch doctor with all of his spells trying to throw them, and see him stand paralyzed, numbed by the Holy Spirit; see the--the native heathen worshiper break his idol on the ground and saying, "Let that God be my God." The God of power, You're Jehovah, the God of power, the God of miracles.
In our own homeland, we're so glad, Lord, to see even scholars and teachers hungering and thirsting. Oh, You said, "Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst, for they shall be filled." And to know today that great men are seeing light is breaking forth.
O God, we're glad, today, to see Israel coming in--into her homeland, a nation, the old six point star of David flying yonder, them Jews returning, saying, "They never come back to die in the homeland, but they came to see the Messiah."
God, we know then, that our days are numbered. We're watching just as Noah watched Enoch, and knowed immediately after Enoch come, the judgment was going to strike the earth. When we see the ark of the Jew being prepared again, we know that the translation is at hand. We're waiting, Father.
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E-36 Et nous prions ce soir dans ce petit groupe [de gens] que Tu nous as donnĂ©s, et qui se sont tenus debout lĂ au point que beaucoup de leurs membres leur font mal... Je Te prie de les rĂ©compenser, Seigneur, ce soir. BĂ©nis-les. Que ces femmes et ces hommes qui sont malades et qui ont amenĂ© leurs petits enfants ici, sâasseyent maintenant mĂȘme et sachent queâque toute lâarmure de Dieu est surnaturelle. Il nây a rien de naturel; elle est complĂštement surnaturelle. Câest pourquoi, pour ĂȘtre un chrĂ©tien, nous devons croire au surnaturel, car «la Foi est une ferme assurance des choses quâon espĂšre, une dĂ©monstration de celles quâon ne voit pas.» Et lâarmure de Dieu, câest lâamour, la joie, la foi, la paix, la patience, la bĂ©nignitĂ©, la douceur, la bontĂ©, la patience, le Saint-Esprit. Toutes ces choses sont invisibles, mais elles sont rĂ©elles; elles ne meurent pas. Elles demeurent Ă©ternellement.
Nous savons que nous aimons nos bien-aimĂ©s, nos petits enfants, au point que nous pourrions les prendre dans nos bras, et les embrasser, les presser contre nous, et pourtant, nous ne pouvons pas nous sentir satisfaits. Nous voulons faire entrer dans leurs Ăąmes ce quâil y a dans nos Ăąmes. Nous regardions le monde quand je venais aujourdâhui, jâai vu lâherbe mourir, les arbres mourir, et je me suis dit: «Oui, Seigneur, je suis en train de mourir, et le monde entier est en train de mourir.»
SĂ»rement, il y a quelque part un monde qui vit. RĂ©glons notre boussole et notre ancre ce soir, et naviguons au loin comme nous levons lâancre du port de ce monde, pour nous envoler loin dans la foi en Celui qui a donnĂ© la promesse.
| E-36 And we pray tonight in this little group, that You have given us, that stood there till many of their limbs are aching, I pray that You'll reward them, Lord, tonight. Bless them. Those women and men who are sick and got their little children here, may they just settle down right now and know that--that the whole armour of God is supernatural. There's nothing natural; it's all supernatural. Therefore, to be a Christian we must believe the supernatural, because "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." And the armour of God is love, joy, faith, peace, long-suffering, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience, the Holy Spirit. All those are unseen, but they are real; they do not die. They live forever.
We know that we love our love ones, till we could put them in our arms, our little children, and hug them, and squeeze them, and yet, we can't feel satisfied. We want to draw our souls into their souls. We look upon the earth as coming down today, and seeing the grass dying, the trees dying, and I thought, "Yes, Lord, and I'm dying, and the whole world's a dying." Surely, there's one world somewhere that lives. Let us set our compass and our anchor tonight, and sail away as we loose from the harbor of this earth, to fly away in faith to Him Who gave the promise.
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E-37 Maintenant, PĂšre, on mâa demandĂ© de faire uneâune ligne de priĂšre ce soir, afin que les gens Te voient apparaĂźtre et accomplir les oeuvres dont nous venons de parler. Tu as dit: «Si quelquâun croit en Moi, les oeuvres que Je fais, il les fera aussi. Et ces miracles accompagneront ceux qui auront cru.» Et Ă ceci les disciples ont reconnu quâil y avait un Messie, et câĂ©tait lĂ Son signe. Et Tu as dit: «Ce qui arriva du temps de NoĂ© et du temps de Lot...» Et nous nous rendons compte quâau temps dâAbraham, il y avait un Billy Graham moderne qui Ă©tait descendu Ă Sodome, qui avait prĂȘchĂ© lâEvangile et qui avait fait sortir Lot, lâĂ©glise naturelle. Mais quant Ă cette Ă©glise spirituelle, Abraham, Sara, il y avait un Homme qui est restĂ© avec eux, qui a manifestĂ© le signe du surnaturel, alors quâIl avait Son dos tournĂ© Ă la tente, et Il avait dit: «OĂč est Sara, ta femme?» Comment avait-Il su quâAbraham avait une femme? Il a dit quâIl Ă©tait un Ă©tranger. Abraham a rĂ©pondu: «Dans la tente derriĂšre Toi.» Et Il lui a dit quâIl le visiterait au temps de la vie, et Sara Ă lâintĂ©rieur de la tente a ri dans son coeur. LâAnge a dit: «Pourquoi a-t-elle ri?» CâĂ©tait un signe, juste un peu avant que le monde ne soit brĂ»lĂ©.
Tu as dit: «Ce qui arriva en ce jour-lĂ arrivera en ce jour-ci.» Ă Dieu, Tu as encore des anges. Et nous savons que cet Ange a Ă©tĂ© manifestĂ© dans la chair humaine, et aussitĂŽt aprĂšs, Il a disparu de devant Abraham, et Abraham Lâavait appelĂ© Elohim, Dieu.
| E-37 Now, Father, it's been asked that--that I would have a prayer line tonight, that the people might see You come forth and perform the works that we just talked about. You said, "If a man believes on Me, the works that I do, he will do also. And these signs shall follow them that believe." And this the disciples knowed that there was a Messiah, and that was His sign. And you said, "As it was in the days of Noah, and in the days of Lot..." And we realize that when the days of Abraham, that there was a modern Billy Graham went down into Sodom and preached the Gospel and brought out Lot, the church natural.
But that church spiritual, Abraham, Sarah, there was One Who stayed with them Who showed the sign of the supernatural. When He had His back turned to the tent, He said, "Where is Sarah, thy wife?" How'd He know that he had a wife? He said He was a stranger. Said, "In the tent behind you." And He told him He would visit him, according to the time of life, and Sarah, inside the tent laughed, within her heart, and the Angel said, "Why did she laugh?" That was a sign. Just a little bit before the world was burned.
You said, "As it was in that day, so will it be in this day." God, You still have Angels. And we realize that Angel was manifested in human flesh, for soon He disappeared in the presence of Abraham, and Abraham called Him, "Elohim." God.
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E-38 Maintenant, Seigneur, viens dans notre chair et sanctifie-nous ce soir et manifeste les mĂȘmes signes que Tu manifestas Ă Sodome, afin que sâil y a un incroyant qui se tient debout ici, ou qui est assis quelque part, il voie que nous sommes au temps du feu. Car il y avait du feu au temps de Lot, quand cet Ange sâĂ©tait fait connaĂźtre. Envoie-Le ce soir, PĂšre. Nous nous abandonnons Ă Ton Saint-Esprit. QuâIl fasse les choses que JĂ©sus a faites, comme Il lâavait fait avant Sa crucifixion. Et ensuite, quand Il a fait cela, devant ClĂ©opas et lâautre disciple, pendant quâIl Ă©tait enfermĂ© dans une piĂšce avec eux, alors quâils Ă©taient en route pour retourner chez eux, ils ont dit: «Nos coeurs ne brĂ»laient-ils pas au dedans de nous quand Il nous parlait en chemin?» Car Il avait fait quelque chose comme ce quâIl a fait avant Sa crucifixion, et ils ont su que câĂ©tait le Seigneur ressuscitĂ©.
Maintenant, PĂšre, accomplis les mĂȘmes choses parmi nous ce soir, dont ces disciples parlaient dans la petite barque, les choses dont nous avons parlĂ© ce soir. Beaucoup descendront la rue disant: «Nos coeurs ne brĂ»laient-ils pas au dedans de nous, comme Il nous parlait en chemin?» Nous le demandons au Nom de JĂ©sus. Amen.
| E-38 Now, Lord, come to our flesh and sanctify us tonight and show the same signs that You showed at Sodom, that if there be unbeliever, a standing here, or sitting somewhere, that they might see that we're at the time for the fire. For it was fire in the days of Lot, when this Angel made Itself known. Send Him tonight, Father, we yield ourself to Your Holy Spirit. May He do the things that Jesus did, like He did before His crucifixion. And then, when He did that, before Cleopas and another disciple, when He had them shut in a room, as they went on the road home, they said, "Did not our hearts burn within us, as He talked to us along the road?" Because He did something like He did before His crucifixion, they knowed that He was the resurrected Lord.
Now, Father, do the same things tonight among, us that those disciples were talking about in the little ship, that we talked of tonight. Many will go down the street saying, "Did not our heart burn within us, as He talked to us along the road?" We ask it in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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