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Is there evidence of William Branham's failed | Is there evidence that any of William Branham's visions failed or that his prophecies weren't valid? Is there proof that he lied? | ||
Message followers often tell us that they will not look at the evidence because they have been called to "only believe". | Message followers often tell us that they will not look at the evidence because they have been called to "only believe". | ||
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=Evidence related to William Branham's claim that he was a prophet= | =Evidence related to William Branham's claim that he was a prophet= | ||
William Branham clearly | William Branham clearly claimed to be a prophet: | ||
:''To my precious dear brothers and sisters (See?), all of you, as a servant of God… I never said this before in the wor-… in—in this church, I've never said, but '''as a prophet of the Lord, I say to you''', "This is the Light; walk ye in It."<ref>61-0813 - Faith</ref> | :''To my precious dear brothers and sisters (See?), all of you, as a servant of God… I never said this before in the wor-… in—in this church, I've never said, but '''as a prophet of the Lord, I say to you''', "This is the Light; walk ye in It."<ref>61-0813 - Faith</ref> | ||
The scriptural test of a prophet is | Furthermore, he believed that he was [[William Branham's View of Himself#He said he was an Old Testament Prophet in the New Testament|a prophet in the Old Testament sense]]. | ||
The scriptural test of a prophet in the Old Testament is detailed in Deuteronomy 18: | |||
:''But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?’—18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Dt 18:20–22.</ref> | :''But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the LORD?’—18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2005), Dt 18:20–22.</ref> | ||