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==What William Branham taught== | ==What William Branham taught== | ||
William Branham initially taught that the | William Branham always taught that the baptism of the Holy Spirit was a "third work of grace" in a Christian's life, following justification and sanctification. | ||
Although he may have believed it early in his ministry, none of his recorded sermons indicate that he believed that the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit was speaking in tongues. Rather, he initially taught that the evidence of the Holy Spirit's work in a Christian was love. He later changed this to a belief that it was the fruit of the Spirit as outlined in Galatians 5:22-23. | |||
However, starting in 1964, William Branham began teaching that the evidence of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life was that they received the Word for the age in which they lived. This was William Branham's indirect way of saying that if you didn't believe his message, you did not have the Holy Spirit. | |||
==What the Bible teaches== | ==What the Bible teaches== | ||
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. | |||
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ga 5:22–23. | |||
==Details of William Branham's teaching== | ==Details of William Branham's teaching== | ||