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=Conclusion?=
=Conclusion?=


While William Branham stated that Sodom was destroyed because of sexual immorality, that's not the whole picture.  And when ridicules denominational churches for preaching down in Sodom, that is where the church is supposed to be - preaching against sin and standing up to the pride, gluttony and laziness as well as sexual immorality.
While William Branham stated that Sodom was destroyed because of sexual immorality, that's not the whole picture.  He missed the context of Luke 17:30 which clearly aligns more with the passage in Eziekiel.


Jesus prayed:
Jesus prayed:


:''I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. '''I do not ask that you take them out of the world''', but that you keep them from the evil one.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 17:14–15.</ref>
:''I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. '''I do not ask that you take them out of the world''', but that you keep them from the evil one.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jn 17:14–15.</ref>
So the church is in the world but is not of the world.  That is our calling.


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