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Can you tell whether someone has the Holy Ghost? William Branham had several opinions on this. | Can you tell whether someone has the Holy Ghost? William Branham had several opinions on this. | ||
=You can't tell= | =You can't tell= | ||
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'''''There's not a way in the world for you to know it. That's right. There's not a way in the world for you to know it.''' God is the Judge; we are not to judge. See? <ref>William Branham, 54-0103M - Questions And Answers #1, para. 152</ref> | '''''There's not a way in the world for you to know it. That's right. There's not a way in the world for you to know it.''' God is the Judge; we are not to judge. See? <ref>William Branham, 54-0103M - Questions And Answers #1, para. 152</ref> | ||
=Yes, you can tell= | =Yes, you can tell or at least William Branham could= | ||
I have many Anglican friends who has the Holy Ghost. I have many Methodists… I just helped lead four hundred Lutherans to the baptism of the Holy Ghost. See? And so there's a whole Bethany College received the Holy Ghost at one time. So, see, it—it's not a—an organization, it's an experience for anybody that wishes it.<ref>William Branham, 62-0727 - We Would See Jesus, para. 8</ref> | |||
59-1216 WHAT.IS.THE.HOLY.GHOST_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN V-4 N-2 WEDNESDAY_ | |||
31You let me talk to a man two minutes ; I can tell you whether he's received the Holy Ghost or not. So can you. It separates them; It's a Mark; It's a Sign. And the Holy Spirit is a Sign | |||
=Well, you can tell by the fruits of the Spirit= | |||
I have | 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? | ||
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Rev. William Marrion Branham | Rev. William Marrion Branham | ||
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30 It's what I was trying to say last night, that spirit can be baptized into that Spirit and still not be a Christian. See? You're living right off of the same Life, but the fruits you bear tells what you are. See? That's right. See? They can do all the signs, and pray for the sick, and heal the sick, and open eyes, and cast out devils, and--and do all these things, living right off of the same Life that's in there, but still it's a lemon. See? That's right. "The fruits, you're known," Jesus said. And so then we find out... | 30 It's what I was trying to say last night, that spirit can be baptized into that Spirit and still not be a Christian. See? You're living right off of the same Life, but the fruits you bear tells what you are. See? That's right. See? They can do all the signs, and pray for the sick, and heal the sick, and open eyes, and cast out devils, and--and do all these things, living right off of the same Life that's in there, but still it's a lemon. See? That's right. "The fruits, you're known," Jesus said. And so then we find out... | ||
=The evidence of the Holy Spirit is believing William Branham= | |||
Why did William Branham constantly point to himself as the only way to receive the Holy Spirit? In the end, that's where he ended up. Not the fruits of the Spirit, not simply believing and accepting the Spirit of Christ as was promised to all believers. You have to believe William Branham. Is that really scriptural? | |||
''Who has the fruit of the Spirit there? See? There you are. See, not fruit of the Spirit, not speaking in tongues, not shouting. 22 You say, "Then, Brother Branham, what is the evidence? What is the evidence?" The vindication of the Word in the hour.<ref>William Branham, 64-0213 - Then Jesus Came And Called, para. 21</ref> | |||
''And there it is. You CAN'T claim that manifestation is the evidence of being Spirit-born, Spirit-filled. No sir. '''I will admit that true manifestation is the evidence of the Holy Spirit doing mighty acts, but it is NOT the evidence of the individual being Spirit-filled, even though that individual has an abundance of those manifestations'''. The evidence of receiving the Holy Ghost today is just the same as it was back in the day of our Lord. '''It is receiving the Word of truth for the day in which you live.''' Jesus never did stress the importance of the Works as He did the Word. He knew that if the people got the WORD the works would follow. That is Bible.<ref>William Branham, An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages - Chapter Five - The Pergamean Church Age, para. 169-2</ref> | |||
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