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Do You Now Believe? (54-0725)
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All things are possible, only believe;
Only believe, only believe,
All things are possible, only believe.
Shall we bow our heads just a moment. Our kind Heavenly Father, we are grateful to Thee tonight, for this great time of fellowship in Chicago with Thy people. We thank Thee above all things for the Lord Jesus Christ, Who has made this possible through His sovereign grace. And we pray that You'll bless the Brother Bose, and his church, and all the churches that are cooperating with us here, all the visiting members of the body of Christ. And even to the sinner, tonight, may they be blessed and saved this night. Grant that many sick people will be healed because of the Presence of our Lord Jesus. And we pray, Father, that You'll watch over all of us as we separate tonight, going to our different homes and places of duty in the harvest field here on earth.And perhaps, before I can return to Chicago, many, many hard battles lay ahead. I pray that You'll help us, Lord. And remember me, my Father, that--that You'll bless me and help me to speak to Thy people the kind words of our Lord Jesus. And now, may this be a great meeting tonight because of the Presence of the Lord Jesus, for we ask it in His Name. Amen.
E-2 It would be hard for me to express my feelings and gratitude towards the Philadelphian Church, and Brother Bose, and all those who have been cooperating and helping in this meeting, and to all the laity, the members of other churches who's come in, packed the auditorium out, helped us pay the finance and all. We're so happy for that. May the Lord bless you abundantly. And I know He will. He promised that He would. And I know that He will.
E-3 Now, Chicago has been on my heart for a long time. And I noticed across the countries where other great meetings in California and different parts of the country, but Chicago in the full Gospel ranks has been left out to an extent, a few churches here, struggling. And I hope that our heavenly Father in His grace, because that you given me the welcome back, that someday will let me come to Chicago for several weeks, to stay for a great meeting here in Chicago, that the Lord will just bless. Just the time we get started, it's time to stop, go somewhere else. On the return, I don't aim to do that. I want to stay till the Lord says, "It's time to move somewhere else," and then I can catch and be with more people. E-4 I thank you all. God bless you all. If I've left out anyone, I didn't mean to. Even to the stage hands, they've all been real kind; shake my hand when I come in at night and very nice and kind. God bless them and bless this school, let us have this auditorium. We just thank God for a open door yet in America, where the Gospel can be preached in the power and demonstration of the Spirit. May the Lord bless them greatly.
E-5 Now, there isn't time for speaking tonight. I'm just going to read the Scripture and have prayer, God willing. E-6 Now, in the Scripture, the 2nd chapter of Luke. And before I read this, though, I'd forgot to make mention of these other ministering brother. Brother Huckstra here--I... He's been a bosom friend of mine for years. I remember the first time I met Brother Huckstra. In Indianapolis, Indiana, there was a boy dying with polio in the iron lung. And I went into the upper room of the man's house and prayed. The Lord came down and give a vision and said to--what was the matter with the boy--to take him the communion, because one time he'd been refused to take the communion on account of his age. And they had no communion at this house, so I went to Brother Huckstra's, and he furnished the communion. I take it and give it to the boy in the iron lung and pronounced the blessings of God on him and the boy's living in Indianapolis today. We thank the good Lord for His mercy for that. E-7 Brother Ekberg here... Well, to my way of thinking, his--his singing is sublime. And how I appreciate such wonderful singing. A--my heart is going to Brother Ekberg, that Almighty God will deliver him from this thing that's bothering him now. I can't see a voice like that, silent... and just a young man. I believe that He will find... If we never have a prayer for him in this building, I believe that Brother Ekberg will find that he is going to be a well man. I believe it.
E-8 In the Gospel according to Saint Luke, I want to read about two places or three in the Scripture. The 28th verse:
Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; the same... was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he would not see death, before he'd seen the Lord's Christ.
And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when they brought--the parent brought... the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now letteth... thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
For my eyes have seen thy salvation,
This was Simeon, waiting for the consolation of the Holy Spirit which was to be given to him and to see the Christ.
E-9 Now, also it is written over in the Acts of the Apostles, the 2nd chapter and the 22nd verse:
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by... signs and wonders, and miracles, which God did by him... as you your all-self also know.
E-10 And then Jesus, in the 7--16th chapter of Saint John, the disciples had always wondered why He taught in a round about way in parables. And the 16th chapter and the--the 29th verse we read:
His disciples said unto Him, Lo, now speakest Thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
Now we are sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou comest forth from God.
Jesus answering them, Do you now believe?
And that's my question to the church tonight: Do you now believe Jesus the same yesterday, today and forever?
E-11 On earth we found Him and has pictured Him to you through the week... This is not a--a some church theology; it's the Scriptures that we're speaking: that our Lord Jesus Christ came to earth and was Jehovah God in-veiled in flesh in order to take away sin and sickness from the earth. God was in Christ reconcile the world to Himself. He said, "A... I came from God; I go to God. A little while and the world will see Me no more. Yet ye shall see Me, for I'll be with you, even in you, to the end of the world." Now, He promised that. He promised His disciples the things that He did, the disciples would do also to the end of the world, even more things than He did. E-12 Now, we notice what kind of a person He was. Many people has a wrong conception of Christ. They think that He was more like a totem pole or something, and people went along and touched Him and so forth and was made well. If they had faith, they was made well. But Jesus plainly was not a Fellow to boast and say, "Bring me this sick person and I'll heal them." Jesus plainly said that He did nothing except His Father showed Him first what to do. We all believe He was full of mercy and compassion, do we, all of us? We believe that the very heart of God was in Him. He had mercy and compassion on the people. But let's watch and see how loving and compassionate He was.
E-13 He passed through a pool called Bethesda one day. Now, there laid multitudes of impotent folk: lame, halt, blind, and withered. And here come that merciful Lord Jesus, moving right among those people, seemingly with no compassion at all. Moved by the crippled, blind, withered, halt, till He found a man laying on a pallet, a little bed, laying on the floor somewhere. And He said, "Will thou be made whole?" E-14 Now, here's Jesus' answer concerning it, in the 19th verse. He said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise. The Father worketh and I worketh hitherto." In other words, Jesus did not do anything while He was here on earth, in the way of performing signs and wonders, until He saw the Father show Him a vision on what to do. Chase back down the Bible with the prophets and find out if it wasn't this same thing. We have had the wrong the wrong slant. Even the flesh of Jesus Christ couldn't glory in the Presence of God, because He said, "It's not me that doeth the works; It's My Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works."
E-15 And we notice Him, when He was here on earth, when His ministry begin to bloom into it's very beginning, there was a man by the name of Philip got converted. He went and found his friend, Nathanael, and he said, "Come." He found Nathanael under a tree and he said, "Come, see a... Who we have found: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph."
E-16 And one day there was a man came up to Him; He knew his name. He said, "Your name is Simon, but you will be called Peter from hence forth. E-17 Now, one little thing: There was some disciples one day, who were marveling; they loved Him. Perhaps many of the same kind here tonight, but after they had knowed He was dead, they were sad as they went on the road to Emmaus. And a Man come out and walked along, a Man dressed like other men, no different. He just looked like other men. And He walked with them for awhile. He begin to speak to them. And they noticed that His speech was, kinda made people listen to Him. And as He walked along... and when He got them inside, the world closed out, He done something a little different than what ordinary men does, and by this, they recognized that it was the Lord Jesus. He is... Their eyes were opened, knowing that He alone could do it this way. And they rushed back to the city from where they come, and they said, "Did not our hearts burn within us as we walked along the road." E-18 And my sincere prayer to you, my audience tonight, and the citizens of the Kingdom of heaven, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ, as I contend that He has risen from the dead, lives in His church tonight, doing the same thing, I pray that He will do something a little different for you tonight, a little different from what the regular church you go to or something, that He will make Hisself known to you, that when you leave tonight, you'll say, "Did not our hearts burn within us, for He made Hisself known to us. The way He did tonight is the same way He did when in the Bible days. God grant it to each one of you. May there not be a feeble one among us when this service is over. There, I see two wheelchairs setting here. And I--I--I trust that they'll be walking. I now... I trust that God will bless us the exceedingly abundantly.
E-19 Now, just one word of prayer: Father, in the Name of Thy Son, the Lord Jesus, may this service be taken into Thy care, just at this time, for a special blessing. Thanking You for all has happened, and I pray that You'll now anoint Your servant and anoint this audience, every servant in here. And may God get glory out of the service, for we ask it in the Name of Thy beloved Child, the Lord Jesus. Amen.
E-20 Now, there is the strangers in our gates; you never been to one of the services before, I just ask you to be real reverent, be quiet, don't move around. Just be--be studying. There'll be many here on the platform that will have prayer cards to be prayed for. There'll be many who does not have prayer cards to be prayed for. I ask you to do the same thing the woman with the blood issue did. I ask you to do the same thing that the blind man at the gate, perhaps a city block away from Jesus when He passed, so that the wall to the road was quite a distance. And thousands of people gathered in there and this poor man screaming, his faith stopped Jesus. He turned around and healed the blind man. Jesus will do the same thing for you tonight. He will--you--you'll--you can touch Him with the feeling of your infirmities, for He's the High Priest of your confession, setting there at the right hand of the Father, making intercessions upon your confession. I pray tonight that you'll be healed and saved from your sins.
E-21 Is it... Comes on radio casts and things just merely to get your address to keep billing you. I don't mean that slandery or any, but I have no radio broadcast. I have nothing, and I just want to help you. See? So if you need a prayer cloth, just write me, and I'll send it to you if you don't get yours.
E-22 All right, now, I believe we called to 10, is that right? Now, let's go to... You haven't got them all yet? All right, V-1 to 10. Now, there's somebody maybe deaf [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]...?... Now, to Him Who's able to keep us and bless us, I wonder if once more while they're--the ushers are helping keep the line in position down there, if you would sing with me, "Only Believe." Instead of singing, "Only Believe," let's sing, "Lord, I Believe." All right, every one together. And I wonder while we do this, if a little testimony that we are believers, to the man that's standing next to us, every believer kinda raise up your hand like this and let's sing it together, "Lord, I believe." All right, brother.
Lord, I believe, Lord, I believe,
All things are possible, Lord, I believe;
Lord, I believe, Lord, I believe,
All things are possible, Lord I believe.
E-23 You're missing some? There's several of them missing. We hope that you get into the lines now, anyone... We called to how many? From 1 to 25, and if they are here, while, they are welcome to take their position in the--the line if they are here. Here... Did you have a prayer card, lady? You have one? All right.
E-24 Now, give me your attention now. Realizing, Christians, that positionally standing here. And if there's anyone in this building that I know... I know--that I know of... I'm not sure; I think this is Mr. and Mrs. Peterson setting here and Mr. and Mrs. Stadsklev setting here. And as far as I know that's all that I know in the building, looking around--outside of Brother Joseph, my son, and the brethren setting here. But the Lord Jesus Christ knows every one of you in the balcony, every one here. He knows you all. Now, if He will come tonight and manifest Hisself...
E-25 Those without prayer cards, raise up your hands, that wants to be prayed for, raise up your hand, everywhere in the building, the balcony and ev... Well, it's just a massive... Well, you just keep believing; just believe with all your heart. Now, may the Lord Jesus bless and add to our gathering together tonight. Now, I will call the--the patient, if you will.
E-26 Remember, friends, that there--in there, there's critics; in there, there's believers. And I'm here tonight as your brother, the believer, trying to represent the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrected power. And this... lights this a way, and we know what it means. You pray for me. E-27 Now, what would our Lord Jesus (to you people for your first time), what would our Lord Jesus do if He was standing here? As far... If she needs healing... I don't know what her trouble's is, but if she needs healing, He would tell her, "I have already done that." When He died at Calvary, He healed every sick person in the world. Do you believe that? That's Scripture. He saved every sinner when He died at Calvary. The only thing you have to do now is to accept your salvation, your healing, from Him. As far as me healing or doing... I could not. It's just a gift as a seer to foresee what has been and see what will be.
E-28 Now, if the woman knows that I know nothing of her, and if the Lord Jesus was standing here, He would talk to her like He did the woman at the well. You notice, He said, "Bring Me a drink."
E-29 Now, the woman standing here, we've never met before in life; we're just strangers. I just want to talk to you, lady. And I just want you to relax yourself and stand here. And it's a little hard, 'cause when you turn, there's people all around, and every one's a spirit. Every spirit moving in... Now, see, we don't deal with the flesh; it's spirit alone.
E-30 Now, now, the Angel of God that you see in the picture is here now. He is here now at the platform. And in the Name of Jesus Christ I take this meeting in my control for the glory of God and for the proof of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. E-31 All right, would you bring your patient. Be reverent, just as reverent as you can be. Do you love the Lord Jesus? How do you do, sir. Yeah. Would you come just a little closer. I might speak to you. You're conscious that something is going on. That is, sir, the--the anointing of the Holy Spirit. You--you're conscious of that. You know that something is going on. And that isn't to hurt you, my brother. That is to do you good; that's to help you. And seeing we men here, has met on earth. And you are a believer. I--your spirit... And you believe me. Your spirit is welcome.
E-32 Now, that would be the same thing like our Lord Jesus said to Philip. When he come up, He knew he was a believer--or Nathanael, rather. Now, the next thing is, what would our Lord Jesus reveal to us tonight, that would help you? Now, I'm--I trust that He will do it. And in doing so, will you believe then? You are conscious, sir, that something's going on. There's a--a feeling like you haven't felt before. It's a awe, sacred feeling.
E-33 You believe that, do you sir? I believe that. You are suffering, my brother... I have noticed you with an examination over the heart. You have heart trouble. If that--you have heart trouble. And that is true. They've announced you of having heart trouble. It's a bad case of it, blocking in the heart.
E-34 Have faith, don't doubt. Just believe that all things are possible to them that believe. Do you believe that? Have faith in God, and you shall have what you've ask for, if you just believe and have faith. That's all you need to do is to say that you are a believer and you have faith in the Lord Jesus. Now, be reverent, you shall see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ. E-35 Would you come, sir. I suppose we are strangers to each other. You're conscious that you're standing in the presence of something besides your brother? That's the Lord Jesus Christ in His resurrected power. Sir, you are a very sick man. You've been attending doctors, and they've examining you. And I hear one tell you that you have between six months and two years to live, because you are dying with cancer. That is the truth. You believe me as God's prophet or His servant? You believe if I would ask God along with His church, that you would get well? I hear someone... Your--your name is--is Glen, and your last name is Hill. And you live at 2647 Melvin Ave... Something like that... Me--Mel--Melver or Me-- [The patient pronounces it Menarr, for Brother Branham--Ed.] Avenue, Chicago. Is that true? Return to your home now, shouting and praising God. Satan, I condemn you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, come out of the man... and make him well, through Jesus Name.
E-36 Brother Ekberg, put a band around your leg tonight, a string, the one that's swollen. Measure your limb. And in seventy-two hours, put the same band around it and cut off how much it's shrunk and bring it to me in California for a testimony. Amen...?... E-37 Setting right there, sir... I see a vision. It's a man that's got a back trouble. And come... You're Norwegian also. And your back is bothering you, and you was hurt. And you were on water in a boat when you were hurt. When I spoke that to that woman, something happened to you. Move yourself up and down like this. Your back is healed. Go home; Jesus Christ makes you well. Have faith in God. Be reverent now; don't move.
E-38 You believe? With all your heart...? Do you believe me to be His servant? You're suffering with a something that's... It's--it's a growth. And that growth is in the head, up through the nose, here. That is true. Come near. Do you believe that the Lord Jesus will take the life from that, and they'll shrink and go away? In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, grant this blessing to the woman for God's glory. Amen. God bless you, sister. Go happy and rejoicing and be well. You believe with all your heart? E-39 That demon... The Lord God of heaven, Who created the heavens and earth, Who knows all things, Who made man in His own image... When the lady was healed with the skin eruption... There sets a lady right straight up here with a black dress on, setting high in the balcony; that struck her. She's had a skin disease, setting right up behind these posts like. Lady, with the black dress on, setting there with that skin disease, eczema on your body, stand up. Jesus Christ heals you the same time He healed this woman here. You are healed. I see the Angel of the Lord standing above her now in a whirl of Light. God bless you, my sister; your faith has saved you.
E-40 How do you do, sister. (Is this the patient?) You believe? You're up for an operation: female trouble. Do you believe the Lord Jesus will heal you from that female condition? Come here just a moment.
E-41 You also suffer with the same. You have been to some doctors. They've given you an examination. And that examination he tells you that you must have an operation. And the operation... The entire female section must be taken out. But do you believe that Jesus Christ will make you well? You've been thirsting for God. You been hungering for a close walk. It hasn't been but just a day or two ago till you were praying for this thing. That is... I'm not reading your mind; that's the truth. You believe, that right now that Spirit that's on you, that's on me and on you, has healed you of this female trouble? You accept it right now with all your heart? Will you seek God till He pours out the Holy Spirit upon you, if He will heal you without your operation, will you do it?
E-42 You have a heart trouble, setting right there at the end of the row. You want God to heal you? The one right behind you there, also a rectal trouble. You believe that the Lord Jesus will make you well? If you do it, you may receive your healing now, and rise and be made well through Jesus Christ the Son of God. Have faith; don't doubt. Believe with all your heart and God will bring it to pass.
E-43 You believe with all your heart? It's your blood, diabetes. It would be good to get away from that old insulin and stuff, and not have to take it. How many here's suffering with diabetes, stand to your feet right now, and be healed at the same time. Here it is. This is what God's wanting to do: heal you all. Stand to your feet right now, every person with diabetes. E-44 Do you believe me to be His prophet? Do you believe me as His servant, that God can reveal to me your trouble at this time? You're suffering with a female trouble. It's pretty bad too, 'cause it's an abscess; it has a drainage. It's on the left side where your pains come. It's an ovary that's abscessed. Every person in here that's got a female trouble, raise to your feet at this time for the defeat of the enemy right now, in a defeat. Thou demon, come out of every one of these women. I adjure thee, by the living God, you're exposed. Leave the woman right now, through Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. God bless you. Go rejoicing and being happy. Amen. This is it!
E-45 You believe me to be His servant? If God will reveal to me and expose the disease of your body... He don't want it: Satan don't want me to do that, because God is getting victory now, everywhere. I see you getting away from a table. You got stomach trouble. It's a ulcerated stomach; it's bothered you for some time. You can't eat stuff, especially greases and things. It gives you... Sometimes you think you have heart trouble; it smothers you when you lay down. It's gas in the stomach. It isn't a heart trouble; it's gas on the stomach. E-46 Moving up close to me now comes a spirit of death: black, hideous. The veil is parting back. I see a woman examine... It's--it's a cancer. It's come to take your life. Jesus Christ come to give you life. Who do you believe tonight, the Lord Jesus? Every cancer sufferer in the building stand to their feet at this time for the defeat of one of the archenemies of the human race. Will you stand to your feet? Thou demon called cancer, you might hide from the doctor, but you can't hide from God. You're exposed. Come out of these people. In the Name of Jesus Christ you are defeated. Amen. Go on your road.
E-47 I have never noticed this before, but the pressure that's a raising in the building when prayer is made, the pressure leaves if--if He heals. I've never seen it like this before. Pressure...
E-48 You believe that that condition that left you standing there--anemic condition--you believe it left you while you were standing there at the--believing at that time? In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ I condemn the enemy and ask that it goes in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. Go rejoicing, sister, thanking God for His goodness and His mercy.
E-49 All right, bring your--bring your patient. You believe with all your heart that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, will make you well standing here?
E-50 Bow your heads just a moment will you? Reverent. Almighty God, a deaf spirit moving over this woman... It's the enemy's business to do this: cause her to be killed. But Thou art here to deliver her. Faith cometh by hearing, hearing of the Word. She cannot... she cannot hear; how could faith come? I ask that You deliver the woman. Come out of her, Satan. I adjure thee to leave the woman, in the Name of Jesus Christ, leave her. E-51 Would you come, lady? You believe with all your heart? You believe me to be His servant? If God will reveal to me your trouble, will you accept your healing? It's in your back. Is that right? Jesus Christ can make you whole now. Do you believe that? Father, in the Name of Thy Son, the Lord Jesus, I condemn this devil that's bound this woman. You laid your hand on one that had been bound for many years and loosed her. And I do likewise tonight to this woman in Jesus Christ's Name. Amen. Go on your road rejoicing, sister and be made well for God's glory.
E-52 All right. You believe, sir, with all your heart? How many in here believes right now for your healing? This would be a marvelous time for everybody to be healed. I'm going to ask you to do something.
E-53 There she is, up out of the--up out of the chair. The power of God... I seen the woman in a vision going without the chair. There she is. Let's say, "Praise be to God." Afflicted, twisted, and years, setting in a wheelchair, she rises in the Name of Jesus Christ. There's a out--there she stands healed and well. |
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