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::If gifts and callings truly are without repentance (which was the title of the sermon in which William Branham said this comment), then drinking and smoking have nothing to do with the operation of the gifts. Second, Jesus told the people that it didn't matter what went into them, it mattered what came out of them. Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?” (Matthew 15:12 NLT) | ::If gifts and callings truly are without repentance (which was the title of the sermon in which William Branham said this comment), then drinking and smoking have nothing to do with the operation of the gifts. Second, Jesus told the people that it didn't matter what went into them, it mattered what came out of them. Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?” (Matthew 15:12 NLT) | ||
*January 30, 2013 | |||
::He was born into a poor family, and never had a formal education. He saw that God’s condition for salvation was so simple, it was “Only Believe” on the Lamb of Calvary. He received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and began preaching the full Gospel. When he prayed for the sick, they were healed. When he prayed for the dead, they raised to life. He sent a prayer handkerchief to King George V, and prophesied over a man named David Du Plessis. Crowds thronged to hear him preach, and many were turned away. His travels took him to places that included the west coast of the United States, Switzerland, Finland, India and South Africa. He was known as a man of great faith. | |||
::His name was Smith Wigglesworth. | |||
*February 1, 2013 | |||
::Malachi 4:4-6 says to remember the law of Moses just before it talks about the coming of Elijah and a curse. | |||
::You know that Jesus remembered the law of Moses, because every time he said “It is written” while in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-10), he referring back to the book of Deuteronomy. After Jesus was tempted, John the Baptist’s ministry came to a close as he was thrown in jail (Matthew 4:11). Jesus then died for us, to redeem us from the curse of the law. The Apostle Paul says in Galatians 3:13 that Jesus did this by hanging on a tree – another reference back to the book of Deuteronomy. | |||
::If you remember the law of Moses, the total fulfillment of Malachi 4:4-6 make sense through the actions of Jesus Christ. | |||
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::Read more about why his beliefs are heretical at http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Fred_Sothmann | ::Read more about why his beliefs are heretical at http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Fred_Sothmann | ||
*January 31, 2013 | |||
::Some people have challenged us, saying, "If Brother Branham’s doctrine was wrong, how come no-one corrected Brother Branham while he was alive?" Here are three people who did confront William Branham: | |||
#Rev. William Booth-Clibborn: "it was Reverend Booth-Clibborn...and we were discussing something. And I had the opposite side to him, and he looked around at me, he said, "You just don't know your Bible." (William Branham, April 25, 1961) | |||
#Rev. Gordon Lindsay: “Brother Lindsay said, ‘I told him, "you’re not a teacher, so don’t try to teach."’ He was a preacher and a good one at that, and he had marvelous manifestations of the Holy Spirit in his ministry. …I said, ‘You don’t know the Bible, and you’re confusing folks. Leave the Bible teaching to the teachers.'’’ (http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Hagin_Prophecy) | |||
#Rev. Ern Baxter: “Branham saw himself as a teacher of some kind of “in” truth. …I urged him not to say some things in public. As long as we worked together he refrained. One of the reasons for my leaving him was that he was starting to say some seriously wrong things. (http://en.believethesign.com/index.php/Ern_Baxter) | |||
:Here is the testimony of three ministers, all with one unified message for Brother Branham: you don’t know your Bible. If you believe that no-one stood up against Brother Branham and tried to correct him, you don’t know his life story. That is the reason that Owen Jorgensen called his fifth book on the Life of William Branham, “The Teacher And His Rejection”. | |||
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::William Branham used the word “cataract” in his recorded sermons 119 times prior to the sermon “The Patmos Vision”, and all in reference to blindness. He then used the word “cataract” in reference to a waterfall 5 times in the sermon “The Patmos Vision”. After this sermon he used the word cataract in reference to a waterfall 3 times, and in reference to a blindness 17 times. William Branham also used the phrase “bubbling brook” only once in all of his recorded sermons – in the sermon “The Patmos Vision”. What does this mean? It means that this word was not in his vocabulary before he read and preached Clarence Larkin’s interpretation on the meaning of “the voice of many waters” in the book of Revelation. | ::William Branham used the word “cataract” in his recorded sermons 119 times prior to the sermon “The Patmos Vision”, and all in reference to blindness. He then used the word “cataract” in reference to a waterfall 5 times in the sermon “The Patmos Vision”. After this sermon he used the word cataract in reference to a waterfall 3 times, and in reference to a blindness 17 times. William Branham also used the phrase “bubbling brook” only once in all of his recorded sermons – in the sermon “The Patmos Vision”. What does this mean? It means that this word was not in his vocabulary before he read and preached Clarence Larkin’s interpretation on the meaning of “the voice of many waters” in the book of Revelation. | ||
: | ::This is one example of many of how William Branham’s greatest “Revelations” actually came from a modern Baptist theologian. | ||
*January 29, 2013 | |||
::According to William Branham, the light in each church age waned like an eclipse of the moon. The first age had the full light, Thyatira had 4/7ths of the light of Ephesus, and darkness came at the end of Laodicea. William Branham also taught that the third seal represented the "dark ages", a time when the church died, and its light had gone out. Like a seed in the garden, it then began to grow again in the age of Sardis, until it was restored back to its former health in Laodicea. | |||
::So did the light of the Church go out in the Dark Ages, or at the end of Laodicea? If the teachings on the Seals is correct, then shouldn't the total eclipse have happened during Thyatira? If the light came back with Luther, and got stronger with Wesley, then the stages of the eclipse as represented by the Church Ages doesn't make sense. | |||
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::The scripture in the Bible that says, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22) is immediately preceded by the command, "Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." (Ephesians 5:21). Later on in this chapter, Paul talks about how a husband should love his wife, "even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25). Jesus Christ won the Church by love, as demonstrated by his sacrifice. If you are a husband, are you following this example? | ::The scripture in the Bible that says, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord" (Ephesians 5:22) is immediately preceded by the command, "Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God." (Ephesians 5:21). Later on in this chapter, Paul talks about how a husband should love his wife, "even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it" (Ephesians 5:25). Jesus Christ won the Church by love, as demonstrated by his sacrifice. If you are a husband, are you following this example? | ||
*January | *January 27, 2013 | ||
:: | ::“God…wants all people to be saved and to know the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:3b-4, New Century Version) | ||
*January 28, 2013 | |||
::How do you know you are disciple of Jesus? | |||
::A disciple of Jesus Christ will believe on Jesus Christ (John 2:11), follow Jesus’ teachings (John 8:31), bear much fruit (John 15:8), love others (John 13:35), deny himself and follow Jesus on a path of suffering (Matthew 16:24), send relief to others (Acts 11:29), and be filled with joy and the Holy Ghost (Acts 13:52). | |||
:: | ::Now that you know what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, “…will you also be his disciple?” (John 9:27b) | ||
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*December 6, 2012 | *December 6, 2012 | ||
::Message Ministers – are they credible? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDUm1KFC2A | ::Message Ministers – are they credible? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcDUm1KFC2A | ||
*January 24, 2013 | |||
::Did the men travelling with Paul the Apostle hear the voice that spoke with him? Lets look at the scriptures: | |||
#"The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one." (Acts 9:7 ESV) | |||
#"Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me." (Acts 22:9 ESV) | |||
::Based on these scriptures, it is clear that the men travelling with Paul heard a voice, but did not understand it. The perceived problem with this scripture, which has been presented by Voice of God Recordings as a defense of the errors with William Branham's prophecies, is based on a loss of understanding of the meaning of Old English words used in the King James Version. This argument is a smokescreen. | |||
::Another example is in the Book of Revelation, which says, "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches." The word 'hear' could refer to the way you would hear a trumpet sound, or to the way you would discern a song the trumpet is playing. That is why the NLT translates this phrase as "Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.” | |||
::The big question with these scriptures are, do you understand what you hear? | |||
*January 26, 2013 | *January 26, 2013 | ||