Condensed List of Issues with the Message: Difference between revisions
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*[[The Municipal Bridge Vision]] | *[[The Municipal Bridge Vision]] | ||
*[[The Brown Bear Vision]] | |||
*[[The Vision of the Meetings in South Africa]] | |||
*[[Heavenly Vision|His Commission by a Heavenly Vision]]''' | *[[Heavenly Vision|His Commission by a Heavenly Vision]]''' | ||
*[[Prophecy of the Cloud]] | *[[Prophecy of the Cloud]] | ||
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*[[1933 Ohio River Experience|The Voice on the Ohio River in 1933]] | *[[1933 Ohio River Experience|The Voice on the Ohio River in 1933]] | ||
*[[The Man from Windsor]] | *[[The Man from Windsor]] | ||
*[[The Rock Where Moses Stood|God moved the rock that Moses stood on to the Arizona desert in 1964]] | |||
=Doctrinal Issues= | =Doctrinal/Biblical Issues with William Branham's Message= | ||
*[[Water baptism]] | *[[Water baptism]] | ||
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*Tithes goes to the ministers | *Tithes goes to the ministers | ||
*Can't use tithes to build a church | *Can't use tithes to build a church | ||
*God's three Bibles. | |||
*For a person to be qualified for the ministry, they have to marry a virgin. | |||
*Mixed Race Marriages. | |||
*For a women to have long hair is not good enough; it must be uncut (i.e. no trimming of split ends). | |||
*If your wife cuts her hair, you can divorce her. God doesn't even hear her prayer. | |||
*[[Marriage and Divorce|A man can remarry after divorce but a woman can't]] | |||
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=Other Issues Relating to William Branham's Message= | |||
*[[Hagin Prophecy|Kenneth Hagin's Prophecy]] | |||
*The sun revolves around the earth | |||
*Enoch built the Great Pyramid | |||
*The Earth has four corners | |||
==Doctrinal/Biblical Issues Taught by Message Churches= | |||
These doctrines were not specifically taught by William Branham (or at least we have not found quotes yet) but are widely held by Message ministers/believers and are taught in message churches. | |||
*The doctrine of progressive revelation | |||
*Your Pastor will take you through. | |||
*The Message is our Absolute. In other words - ''William Branham said it, I believe it, that settles it.'' | |||
*The Pastor is our Absolute or Your Pastor in his Office is always right. | |||
*Diminishing the Life and Ministry of Jesus Christ of two thousand years ago, as a result of Promoting the Jesus Christ of Today. | |||
*The focus on the message, removes the focus from the bible. | |||
*Rapturing Faith in on the Tapes. | |||
*Don't question. Don't argue. Don't Debate. Don't Discuss. Just give them a message book. | |||
*If they're Seed... | |||
*The church is the wife, the husband is the pastor | |||
*The KJV is the only inspired translation of the Bible. | |||
*"programs" are of the devil, so no-one does anything to help others through the church. | |||
*Missions are for people overseas, not the homeless down the street. | |||
*It's OK to preach against other churches who don't have the mighty revelation. | |||
*Deacons are glorified ushers (and no longer redistribute wealth to the poor) | |||
*There's no higher order to reveal the Word than a prophet. - The following is a quote of Luke Gibson - "that is an elementary teaching in this message and a close look at the scriptures will declare God always reveals His Word by prophets (Amos 3:7)" | |||
*Education is of the devil... but I know more than other Christians. | |||
*Everyone outside the message is foolish virgin | |||
=Things that William Branham taught message believers don't believe= | |||
There are a few things that William Braham taught that followers of William Branham simply do not believe in any practical sense. | |||
*[[The Importance of a Right Spirit]] | |||