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Can you tell if someone has the Holy Spirit?: Difference between revisions
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=Yes - you can tell by the fruits of the Spirit= | =Yes - you can tell by the fruits of the Spirit= | ||
You see, that's the reason I have different with the move of the Pentecostal brethren in that manner that they say, "If a man speaks in tongues, he has the Holy Ghost." I different. That's no sign he's got the Holy Ghost. See? I've heard devils speak with tongues just as fast as they could, drink blood out of a human skull, and call on the devil. 245 I've seen Indians take snakes and wrap around them in the—in the—in the rain dance out there in Arizona, hold their hands up like that, and run right around; the witch doctor come out lancing himself, and lay a pencil down, and it write in unknown tongues and give the interpretation. So, see? So don't—don't tell me that. No, I'm too old for that. See? So… The—the fruit of the Spirit is the… Jesus said, "By their fruits (not tongues or emotions, but) by their fruits ye shall know them." So that is the fruit of the Spirit. It's God unfolding Himself in humility, sweetness, and every day the same. It's something about a man that stays right with the Word, every time that he sees the Word, he punctuates it with an "Amen," no matter what the other people say. That's… He believes it. You see? | In 1963, it was clear that William Branham believed that the presence of the fruits of the Spirit indicated whether a person had the Holy Spirit or not: | ||
:''You see, that's the reason I have different with the move of the Pentecostal brethren in that manner that they say, "If a man speaks in tongues, he has the Holy Ghost." I different. That's no sign he's got the Holy Ghost. See? I've heard devils speak with tongues just as fast as they could, drink blood out of a human skull, and call on the devil. 245 I've seen Indians take snakes and wrap around them in the—in the—in the rain dance out there in Arizona, hold their hands up like that, and run right around; the witch doctor come out lancing himself, and lay a pencil down, and it write in unknown tongues and give the interpretation. So, see? So don't—don't tell me that. No, I'm too old for that. See? So… The—the fruit of the Spirit is the… Jesus said, "By their fruits (not tongues or emotions, but) by their fruits ye shall know them." So that is the fruit of the Spirit. It's God unfolding Himself in humility, sweetness, and every day the same. It's something about a man that stays right with the Word, every time that he sees the Word, he punctuates it with an "Amen," no matter what the other people say. That's… He believes it. You see? | |||
63-0317M - God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same | 63-0317M - God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same | ||
Rev. William Marrion Branham | Rev. William Marrion Branham | ||