许多年前,一个在北卡长大的帅小伙决定把自己的生命献给主耶稣,为神所用。因着他的顺服,神就大大的使用了他。
他一生向大约2.15亿的人传达了的耶稣基督的福音,主持了四百多次布道大会,去过多于185个国家和地区传福音;触动了亿万人的心灵和生命。
今天,美国人称这位神的忠心仆人为"美国人民的牧师",为他回天家的旅程致以最崇高的敬意。
神的忠心仆人,"美国人民的牧师",葛培理的葬礼
美东时间3月2日中午12
点开始安葬仪式,神的忠心仆人葛培理被安葬北卡夏洛特葛培理图书馆东侧的祈祷花园,他躺在爱妻的身旁。
他的墓碑上这样写道:
Billy Graham
November 7, 1918 - February 21, 2018
PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
John 14:6
(翻译如下:)
葛培理
1918/11/7---2018/2/21
主耶稣基督福音的传道人
约翰福音14:6
约翰福音14:6是这样讲的: 耶稣说:“我就是道路、真理、生命。若不借着我,没有人能到父那里去。
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这是爱妻路德的墓碑
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葛培理的孙子们接灵(从华盛顿首府运回)
美国总统川普和副总统佩斯到北卡夏洛特参加了葛培理的葬礼,以及家人、亲朋好友和来自世界各地的大约二千多人参加,设在一个帐篷里的葬礼以记念葛培理的福音布道事工是从1949年洛杉矶的大帐篷布道会开始的。
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著名基督徒音乐家 Michael W. Smith 和 Gaither合唱团在葬礼上唱圣歌
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儿女们回忆父亲和母亲,都是美好的!
牧师祷告求神恩膏葛培理的儿子葛福临,接过福音的火炬,继续为主做工!
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葛福临说:"我父亲一生都在讲天堂;他写了关于天堂的书;今天他已经到了天堂。如果他今天还可以对我们讲话的话,他一定会说:将来的某一天,你也会到天堂吗?"
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一首奇异恩典伴送着葛培理的灵柩到祈祷花园他爱妻的身边
那首每次布道大会最后呼召人们归向上帝时唱的歌: Just
As I Am 今天也唱这首歌。这首歌同时两天前在国会山美国总统和参众两院议员在国会山吊唁葛培理时唱过,这是歌词:
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Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
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Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.......
美国国会山的悼念活动
‘A Happy Instrument in the Hands of His Creator’: Billy Graham
Honored in U.S. Capitol
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A military honor guard carefully places Billy Graham’s casket upon
the catafalque that was originally constructed for President
Abraham Lincoln.
美国三军将士将葛培理的灵柩轻轻地放在当初为林肯总统建造的墓台上
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On Wednesday, Feb. 28, one week after his death, Billy Graham's
body lay in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Only four civilians
have been honored in this way.
美国历史上只有4个平民得到这样的敬重
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美国国会降半旗,悼念上帝忠心的仆人葛培理牧师
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美国国会参众两院议员们迎接葛培理的灵柩
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川普总统向"美国人民的牧师"说再见
川普总统说:"在这里,我们不由而衷的记得美国是一个由祷告支撑的国家,今天我们在这里为我们的国家祷告,祈求主在这片土地上兴起更多的象葛培理一样的人,向神的宝贝儿女们传播爱和希望的信息。"
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美国总统、副总统和参众两院的议长在国会山吊唁仪式上
众议院议长Ryan说:"这里躺着的是美国人民的牧师,他之所以伟大,不是因为他是谁,而是因为那位他尽心、尽力、尽意所事奉的主!"
参议院议长McConnell说:"葛培理牧师每到之处,都传播着同一个美好的信息:上帝爱你。"
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Billy Graham’s great-granddaughter, 4-year-old Margaret Lynch,
reaches out to touch his casket.
葛培理4岁的重孙女说再见
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From one end of the block to the other, you couldn’t see the end of
the line. One week after Billy Graham’s death, thousands stood
outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., waiting to
pay their respects to a simple man with a
simple message.
"我只讲一个信息:耶稣基督来了,祂(为我们)死在十字架上,祂又复活了。祂要我们为自己的罪而悔改,凭着信心接受祂为救主。如果我们这样做,我们所有的罪都将被宽恕。"
--葛培理
(2005年6月在纽约法拉盛,是葛培理最后的一次布道会)
This Sunday, March 4, at 7 p.m. (ET), FOX
Broadcasting Company will
air a very special film honoring the revered evangelist
titled Billy
Graham: An Extraordinary Journey.
这个星期天, 3月4号晚上7:00(美东时间),Fox
News 将播放一个纪念葛培理牧师的专题节目:"葛培理: 非凡的旅程"
将心和灵放置何处,不仅影响今生的福乐,而且决定永生的福乐!
图片和资料来自BGEA,版权归原创。
https://billygraham.org/