Sermon Texts (Adding Now)
Sermon Texts Beginning With B
Be Of Good Cheer (54-0721)
| Be Of Good Cheer (54-0721) |
|
|
E-1 Shall we bow our heads just a moment. Our kind heavenly Father, we are so happy tonight, because that we have this fellowship together, and Thou has gathered us together. This wonderful singing, it's just thrilled our hearts, "The Mighty Conqueror." We're so happy to know that He is here tonight to rent every veil that stands between us and He. God, I pray that You'll take every veil of darkness away from the eyes of the people tonight, and may it be rent in twain that they may see the Lord Jesus in His power.
E-2 It's indeed been a privilege to me tonight. I've come early to listen to this wonderful singing. Usually I don't do this. And--and enjoyed the ministry of my Brother Bosworth: his preaching, his teaching, he's... He was teaching this Gospel when I was a--probably before I was borned. And I... Does me good to hear him, how he can still tie Satan up in the Scriptures and...
E-3 Now, tonight we have some handkerchiefs here, that some of the brethren come back and asked me that I'd missed them for a few nights. I wish to pray for them at this time, pray over them. Some people might think that this was just a superstition, but it isn't. It's a--it's a Scripture. In Acts the 19th chapter the sick and the afflicted got the many to visit of... Saint Paul could not make the visit, so he just taken handkerchiefs or aprons off of his body.
E-4 How many would like to know where, to my opinion, Paul got that idea? Would you like to know? Do you remember when the Shunammite woman, when her child had died, and she went to see the prophet Elijah? And Elijah said, "Take this staff and lay it on the child." Elijah knew, that whatever he touched while the blessing of God was on him, that it was blessed. But now, to get the woman to believe that, that was another thing. But he taken the staff--the servant did, and laid on the baby, but the woman's face--faith wasn't in the staff, it was in the prophet. And she wouldn't leave him until he went and laid his body on the dead child and it come to life again. E-5 Recently I was just--happened to think of this as it comes to my mind... I sent one to Germany to a woman had been, I believe some fifteen, eighteen years in a wheelchair with arthritis. And they read her instructions on what to do. And she did as the instructions said, and she pinned it on her underneath garment. And she said, "Now, devil, get out of here." She just got up out of the chair and went walking across the floor. That was all of it, so that was just what it takes. That kind of a faith will do it: "Now, devil, you get out of here." E-6 So just that simple little faith is what many theologians doesn't have, men who know... Scholarships has been given to them from the Scriptures, and yet, with not that much faith as that poor little simple housewife had. That's what it takes to stop God though. Many couldn't stop Him in the day, but blind Bartimaeus at the gate, blind, beggar, poor, setting at the gateside, His faith stopped the Lord Jesus right on His march to Calvary and got what he asked for. E-7 Now tonight, I wish to pray for these handkerchiefs that they'll be blessed of God, not because that I would lay my hands on them, but that because the Lord Jesus has given the commission and that's why we pray. And to all you here, these goes to some old mother and dad somewhere and some little sick child. What if it was yours? Now, let's be sincere and all of us bow our heads, and sincerely, silently, I want you to pray with me.
E-8 Our kind heavenly Father, as our hearts goes out for the needy, and thinking many of these handkerchiefs here, perhaps, represent maybe an old blind daddy somewhere tonight... There may be one here for a mother, just at the point of death, or maybe some little sick baby, some in a hospital. We don't know where they go, Father, but Thou does know. And seeing the people's faith... And now, we're taught in the Bible that they brought to Saint Paul handkerchiefs or aprons, and he had taken from his body... And evil spirits went out of the people, and sickness departed from them.
E-9 And Lord, as these little tokens are laid upon the sick, we're taught that one time God had promised the children of Israel to go to the promised land. And on their road, the Red Sea got in the way. We're told by a writer, that God looked down through that Pillar of Fire, and the Red Sea got scared and moved back, and Israel passed over towards the promised land.
E-10 Now, the Lord bless each, tonight. I'm not going to speak. My time's already up. I'm going to read a Scripture, give a little testimony, and go right to the prayer line. This... Brother Bosworth did the preaching for me and I'm thankful. In the 27th chapter of the Acts, it reads like this:
But after a long absence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this great loss.
But now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:... lo, God has given thee all them that sail with thee.
Wherefore, sirs, be of a good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
E-11 I think of that--that early church, of the power that they had. Fourteen days and nights with no--no consolation nowhere, and all hopes that they'd ever be saved was gone, even to Paul, perhaps down in the gallery praying, and come running forth on the deck, and said, "Sirs, be of a good cheer, for there stood by me tonight, the Angel of God, and said, 'Don't fear Paul. You're to be brought before Caesar,' he said, 'and there'll be no loss of any man's life.'" He saw a vision of the ship being wrecked on the shore, and he said, "Wherefore, sirs, be of a good cheer: for I believe God; it'll be just as it was shown unto me."
E-12 And now, Christian friends, for this word think: the same God, the same Angel, the same Holy Spirit is right in this building tonight, and does the same thing night after night (See?), the evidence of the resurrected Lord Jesus, taking the ministry to all parts of the world.
E-13 And I remember some time ago, he and Brother Julius sailed away to Africa for some services. His heart went to the colored people of Africa when he seen their conditions and so forth. He--he heart longed to go to them. So he returned. And he was over on the West Coast. And he was making kind of a preparation for my coming over there. I had no idea that he'd went to the--over to the east coast of Durban, for there was my center hold, where the--Brother Bosworth...
E-14 I remember the expression on Brother Bosworth's face (that day when after the altar call and so many had accepted Christ), taken his glasses from his face and wiping the tears from his eyes. I remember the--the effects it had on us all. You don't know what a feeling it was for thirty thousand souls to come to Jesus Christ at one time; it was breath-taking. Never nothing like it in the world's history at any time or any place: thirty thousand souls. E-15 And after Brother Bosworth returning, one night in my home I was... Our love is so close together. And in my home, I was--been ministering to the people, and I told my wife, "Just tell the rest of them..." It was on a Saturday night. I said, "Tell them to just go to the church for Sunday morning. And honey," I said, "I'm so tired." (She's setting there in the balcony somewhere now, listening.) I said, "I'm so tired, I can hardly stand up." I said, "Would you just tell them to come Sunday morning." I said, "I'm getting plumb nervous. It's just so many coming and going." And so after we finished up, it was about eight o'clock, and that was all. So we got in the car and took the two little children and went riding.
E-16 I was going way down below New Albany, riding along, and all at once while I was riding along, the windshield looked like there was a fog came to the windshield. When I see this in daylight at a distance, it looks like kind of a pillar of--of fog or something, and it struck. And I drove quite a little bit unconscious. And after while she kept talking to me, and she wondered why I didn't answer her. And when I come to myself, I'd clumb around some real close cliffs like that, perfectly unconscious, in a vision. And then when I stopped, I said, "Sweetheart, something's happened to Brother Bosworth." I said, "I seen him get off of a train and look up towards, like that, and just lay down. And they put him on a stretcher and is taken him to a hospital or something. He's in serious condition. The Holy Spirit wants me to stop and pray for him right now."
E-17 And I said, "Lady, do... Can you tell me when that telegram was--left Durban?"
E-18 "Wherefore, sirs, be of a good cheer: I believe God." What God says, God will do. Shall we pray.
E-19 And I pray that You'll send the Holy Spirit, the immortal Angels from the celestial realms of glory, and may they take their positions tonight at every row in this building. In the balcony, on the floor, on the platform, may they speak to the people's hearts as a messengers, ministering spirits, sent from the Presence of God.
E-20 Tonight, I have felt tonight like that we would have a wonderful night in the services. I pray that it will be in a... I see our Sister, and Brother Wood, and them here, and Brother Beeler.
E-21 Now, is Billy here? I--I forgot. What--what was the prayer cards you give out? "S's?" Well, usually we call up about fifteen of them, and bring them to the platform, and pray for them. We start somewhere along, get somewhere... About a hundred cards out there in the letter "S." Now, in the a balcony... Maybe perhaps many strangers here tonight. We want you to know, friends, that we're only trying to serve the Lord Jesus and trying to help someone.
E-22 I want to ask the audience, the sick sufferers everywhere: if Jesus was standing here tonight with this suit that He gave me, wearing this, could He save you tonight? No, sir, He could not. Jesus could not save you tonight. He has already done that. You--you were saved when Jesus died at Calvary. The sin problem was settled then. It'll never do you any good until you accept it. You can accept it tonight, but you were saved when Jesus died for you. And was He wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes we were healed? Well, He couldn't heal you tonight, could He? He's already healed you. You have to accept it tonight. See?
E-23 Well now, if He was here though, and He would--He would stop... Maybe there'd be something in your life, that... Or He'd do something would try to bring faith up, that so that you could be healed. Don't you believe that? Now what... What is gifts and callings? They are without repentance; is that right? Does the Scripture teach that gifts and callings are without repentance?. That's right. You can't make yourself something you're not.
E-24 When Jesus Christ, He was a--He was a Son of God, all the way from the garden of Eden, the woman's Seed. Is that right?
E-25 Now to see vision--to see vision is something that has to come from God.
E-26 Now, God does deal in dreams, doesn't He? He said in the last days, that old people would dream dreams. Well, He dealt with King Nebuchadnezzar. He dealt with many others, Joseph in the Bible, with dreams and so forth.
E-27 Now, if you notice, the subconscious is where you live. That's where you, yourself live. That's the reason people, it's hard for them to have faith. Up here, first, they say," Yes, I got faith," but down in here something says, "but it's not for you." E-28 Now, if you get that man up there to say, "forward," this man down here say, "Forward," you'll go forward. If you can get God to say, "I'm the Lord that healeth thee," this first conscious said, "I am the Lord that healeth thee," and the subconscious said, "I am the Lord that healeth thee," you're going forward. But when God says, "I'm the Lord that healeth thee," and the subconscious said--or this conscious said, "I believe it's so," and the subconscious said, "Are you quite sure?" Then you're not going anywhere. You're just run around in circles. See? You've got to get both--all working together, here, here, and there, all in harmony. Then you can move forward; there's nothing can stand in your way then; you're moving forward.
E-29 Now on this subconscious, when this outer conscious becomes inactive, this conscious becomes active to a dreamer. Now, let's give just a little illustration. Here's the first conscious. Here's the normal man, his subconscious. When this one is active--inactive at nighttime when he's asleep, then this one's active.
E-30 Now, but a seer, or prophet... Now, I'll admit there's gift of prophecy that goes in a church, but that's not a prophet. A prophet's borned. See? Now, he must be from childhood up and every word right. See?
E-31 Many times people who does that are considered neurotics. Did you ever think of the great poet that gave America some of it's best folk songs, Stephen Foster. I stood by the place and the desk he wrote, "Old Kentucky Home." The man would go under inspiration; he'd write those songs. When he would come out, he'd be lost; he wouldn't know what to do. He'd drink. And finally he called a servant, and took a razor, and committed suicide.
E-32 Look at Jonah, the prophet. After receiving inspiration to keep him alive in the whale's belly, and preach with such inspirations till a city, size of St. Louis, that didn't right from left hand, repented. And then went, and after the Spirit left him, he set under a little gourd tree and prayed, God let him die. E-33 Now, the Holy Spirit is here. He just now come, or at least to the anointing. You might not believe that, but if I'm telling the truth, God will testify of the truth. Someday at the judgment you'll see that I have told the truth. The Lord bless you now. (And get some... Is this the... )
E-34 Now, how do you do, lady. Now, this lady here... As far as I know the lady I have never seen her in... Are we strangers? We are perfect strangers. I do not know you; never seen you, know nothing of you. We're just... You just come up here; that's all. But God knows you, doesn't He? You're conscious that something's going on. It's the--the Holy Spirit. It's kind of... E-35 Now, if I was anything that I could do to help her, I'd do it. She's perhaps standing here sick. She may be in a need of something, wanting to come ask me to pray for her. I do not know. He does, but God can reveal it to me. And it would be just the same as He revealed it to His Son, the Lord Jesus, when He stood, talked to the woman at the well. He--it could be the same thing. But now, talking to her, may He reveal to me what or something of--for you, or would reveal anything that would be secret to me, that you know of, Would accept then, Him? You would? "Course He is your Saviour; you are a Christian, 'cause... E-36 You want to know how I feel that? Just as soon as that anointing come down on you, I--I felt a real welcome feeling. I know it was a... That you're a Christian. And I tell you... It's--It's around you. You're having nervous spells, getting nervous. You're extremely nervous aren't you? And then, another thing, you're bothered with a--a bowel condition, kind of a constipation like in bowel. That's because of nervousness. And you're a--are--are hungering and thirsting. You're--you're wanting a--a--a spiritual lift in your life to bring you up to... And by... You're a minister yourself; you're a woman preacher. That's right. And you're from a city like Marion in Indiana, Marion City, something on that order, Indiana What He said. Isn't that right? Yeah. God bless you, come here.
E-37 Dear heavenly Father, I pray that You'd bless our sister, and may she go and be healed as I ask in Jesus Christ's Name. Grant it, Lord, Amen.
E-38 Praise the Lord. [Someone has a conversation with Brother Branham--Ed.] (All right, you're... Oh... oh, I... What was I... Sixty.) All right, who's got L-70 then, prayer card L-70? Would you raise up your hand, L-70? Coming? All right. E-39 How do you do, lady. Do you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be the Son of God? You believe me to be His servant? Of course we're strangers to one another. I--I don't know you, but God does know you, doesn't He? Will... And do you believe that He will grant to you the--the blessings that you're asking for? You believe it. And now, if God will reveal by His supernatural power to me what your trouble is, will you accept Jesus as your Healer? You are suffering with something wrong in your limbs. It's a varicose vein. Isn't that right? And another thing, you have husband, and that husband is suffering with arthritis, isn't that right? You go lay your hands on him as I lay on you, and in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, may you both be healed. Amen. Go on your road, rejoicing and being happy. Let's say, "Thanks be to God." [The audience says, "Thanks be to God." --Ed.] E-40 You want to get over that spinal trouble, setting there, lady? You believe that God has healed you? Yes, you... Uh-huh. It just left you then, your spinal trouble. You were praying to be healed, and God heard your prayer. So you're healed now of this spinal trouble.
E-41 Would you come, lady. Suppose we're strangers to each other? [The lady answers, "No," and explains to Brother Branham--Ed.] Oh, my, she said that she prayed--I prayed for her for a tumor one time, and she's got it in alcohol now. Let's say, "Praise the Lord."
E-42 All right. If you will come, bring the lady. Now, be reverent as you can. Have faith. You think that sinus has left you, sister, you... setting there on the end of the row? You believe that God made you well? All right, stand up and say, "I accept my healing." God bless you now. You can go home and be over it. Your faith saved you. God bless you. E-43 How do you do. Are--are you two coming together? Would you come near, just a moment? Do you believe me to be God's servant? We are strangers to each other? We have never seen before as I know of; we're strangers to each other. Do you believe that you're in His august Presence? You're husband and wife. And you've come from a distance. I see you've come by ship. You come overseas of water. And you come from a land that's great high mountains, Switzerland. And you are suffering with heart trouble. And you have had a vision from the Lord as, and you're a minister. And then the vision... The Lord told you in the vision to come here to see me, and me to lay my hands on you, and your ministry would be increased. Come forward for your blessing. E-44 Almighty God, Jehovah, Who made the heavens and earth and appeared in the way. And over the seas has come these people. Let Thy Presence, Lord, be great upon these people and may they receive now of Thy blessings, as Thy humble servant lays hands in obedience to the commandments of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I send them to their homelands with the desire of their heart. Amen. You shall have what you have asked for. God bless you as you go. God bless you.
E-45 All right, next. Let's call a group of them. What was that... L? S's. Let's call from 85 to 100, S-85-100 and take the last part there. Just line up over here on this side, if you will, and get the people just coming a little a... If they will have faith, have love, have compassion, pray one for the other, that the Lord Jesus may bless you and give you an exceeding abundantly of His love and of His power, is my sincere prayer.
E-46 Now, His Presence is here with us, so let's be reverent. God is in His holy temple. Let the world, let the earth be silent and let His blessings be upon you all. Be constantly in prayer saying, "God have mercy on me and save me from this awful, untoward generation that we're living in, and this terrible destruction that's soon coming. There's a coming a time soon, when even there won't be even a leaf left on a tree. There won't be even a high place left in America. There won't be one building left but what'll be swept to the ground.
E-47 Our heavenly Father, seeing the condition in the people tonight, feeling Your power, as it's moving in the way of great needy people are coming, getting saved, healed, may this great lovely nation of ours, be spared a little longer, and send us that which we have longed for, the old fashion revival again. Hear my prayer, my Father, I pray Thee through Jesus, the Son of God. Amen.
E-48 I'd see the heads upon the people... hands up as it... Little lady, setting there suffering with headaches. She has them continually. You just got healed then, sister, so you can stand up now. And by the way, the lady setting next to you, I see her in a vision. She's crippled with--it's arthritis; she can't get out of bed. Raise up; you're healed sister. Stand up, the arthritis is gone now. You can go home and be well. Lord Jesus, bless them I pray. Amen. It's your faith that does it, Christians. It isn't me; it's your faith that's pulling it.
E-49 Would you come, lady. I want to ask you a question, as a Christian believer, the very moment that I said something to that lady, a strange feeling struck you, didn't it, because you had arthritis too. You were both healed at the same time. It left you. You can go off the platform, now just go on off like there's nothing wrong with you. Let's say, "Praise the Lord."
E-50 Would you believe with all your heart. You're nervous, upset. You got a stomach trouble that bothers you, and now, that's a little ulcer in your stomach, but it's gone now. You can go. You're healed. Your faith has saved you, sister. God bless you. Go in...
E-51 Your trouble's in your back, isn't it? You believe that Christ heals you now? In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, grant this, Father, Amen. Go Sister; your faith has made you whole.
E-52 Now, lady, would you come here, just a moment. I want to talk to you just a moment. Do you believe me to be God's servant? You see, more you talk to people when you contact their life, more you know of them. And I... if I would talk long, the first things... You are here to see me from another country. You have come about... long ways, two thousand miles or more. And you're suffering with a tumor, and you're...
E-53 Almighty God, in the Name of Jesus, the Son of God, we condemn these demons that binds these people and may they go and be healed in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. |
||||||
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|