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Remember: just because one performs miracles, even inside a church, does not mean God is working. We should be more on guard inside the church than we would like to think. In 1 Corinthians 4:6, we are told no to go beyond what in written. If one contradicts the apostolic writings and teachings, then they are false (2 Cor.11:14). Those who go beyond the word having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. Isa.8:16” bind up the testimony (of the Prophets) seal the law among my disciples”. (Moses) vs. 20 “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because their is no light in them.” This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things in the near future and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah. | Remember: just because one performs miracles, even inside a church, does not mean God is working. We should be more on guard inside the church than we would like to think. In 1 Corinthians 4:6, we are told no to go beyond what in written. If one contradicts the apostolic writings and teachings, then they are false (2 Cor.11:14). Those who go beyond the word having God speak to them directly with new revelation, become puffed up with self-deception. There is something called humility that is practiced when one adheres to the same standard that everyone else does. Isa.8:16” bind up the testimony (of the Prophets) seal the law among my disciples”. (Moses) vs. 20 “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because their is no light in them.” This standard distinguishes a believer from an unbeliever. The test of the prophet was his conformity to the word of God, he condemns sin, he comforts the brethren, and he speaks of things in the near future and later than his life. A prophet, like an apostle, not only functioned as a gift, but as an office. A prophet would declare God's will for his generation, addressing idolatry or lukewarmness. We see this personified in John the Baptist who warned and rebuked the people preparing the for the Messiah. | ||
==Where William Branham's visions and prophecies failed== | |||
#[[The Tent Vision]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[William Branham and Billy Graham|What did William Branham prophesy about Billy Graham?]] Did the prophecy come to pass? (this is either a failed prophecy or William Branham lied about the prophecy). | |||
#[[Proof of the Prophetic|Did William Branham make any '''REAL''' prophecies?]] '''(We can't find any ''before the fact'' prophecies on any tape!)''' | |||
#[[The Municipal Bridge Vision|Why did William Branham say that the municipal bridge vision was fulfilled when it clearly wasn't?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Brown Bear Vision|Why did William Branham say "Thus Saith The Lord" that he would shoot a large brown bear, when he didn't?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Vision of the Meetings in South Africa|Why did the vision that William Branham had of the meetings in south Africa fail to be fulfilled?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#'''[[Prophecy#William Branham's SevenNine Visions of 1933|The <strike>Seven</strike> Ten Prophecies of 1933]]''' | |||
##[[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Why did William Branham prophecy that America would start World War 2?]] '''(Prophecy Changed/Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Mussolini invades Ethiopia|Was Mussloni's invasion of Ethiopia really his last invasion?]] '''(Prophecy Changed/Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Hitler and WWII|Why did William Branham's prophecy of Hitler change over time?]] '''(Prophecy Changed)''' | |||
##[[Russia and the three ...isms|Did Facism, Nazisim and Communism really unite into Communism?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[The Egg-shaped Car|Did the prophecy of egg-shaped come from William Branham's visit to the 1933 World's Fair?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Driverless Cars|Was William Branham's prophecy of a driverless car based on a Disney TV program?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Morality|Are women really going to wear a fig leaf apron and go topless?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Women's Suffrage|Did women elect the wrong person or was it the men's vote?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy/Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[Rise of a Woman in America|Why did William Branham state that the prophecy of the rise of the cruel woman in America was already fulfilled?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
##[[America in Ashes|Why did William Branham change his prophecy of the destruction of America?]] '''(Prophecy Changed)''' | |||
#[[Destruction of Los Angeles|Why is Los Angeles still above water if Billy Paul is an old man?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Seventh Angel is on the Earth at Christ's Coming|Was William Branham's death before the Rapture a failed prophecy?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Racial Violence in America|Why did William Branham state that Martin Luther King, Jr. would cause the death of millions, when this didn't happen?]] '''(Not a prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Marilyn Monroe Vision|Was William Branham's vision of Marilyn Monroe's death accurate?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Prophecy of the Cloud|Why did William Branham change the vision of the angels appearing?]] '''(Prophecy Changed)''' | |||
#[[1977|Why did William Branham predict that the USA would be destroyed by 1977?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Nikita Khrushchev|Was the meeting of Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight Eisenhower the fulfillment of Daniel chapter 2?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Destruction of the Vatican|Will Russia destroy the Vatican?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Man and the moon|Why did William Branham say that man would never land on the moon... but the communists might?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[World Council of Churches|Was the prophecy of the World Council of Churches accurate?]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Plum and Apple Trees|If the vision of the Plum and Apple Trees was from God, why did William Branham change his mind about it in 1965?]] '''(Prophecy Changed)''' | |||
#[[Fulfillment of Prayer for Great Men of the World|Did William Branham ever pray for "kings, monarchs, potentates, and great men of the world."]] '''(Failed Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Alaska Earthquake|Was the prophecy of the 1964 Alaska earthquake made after the fact?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Third Pull|What is the Third Pull? Was it prophetic?]] '''(too vague to qualify as a bona fide prophecy)''' | |||
#[[New Albany Prophecy|Did William Branham really prophecy where he would live?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Ohio River flood of 1937|Why did William Branham mention the Ohio river flood years before he told of his prophecy without saying anything about it?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Florida under water|Is Florida going under as well?]] '''(Ambiguous prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Did William Branham prophesy his own death?]] '''(This was not a prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Heavenly Vision|Why did William Branham's original commissioning vision disappear?]] '''(This vision was abandoned by William Branham)''' | |||
#[[Was the birth of Joseph Branham foretold]]? '''(Ambiguous prophecy)''' | |||
#[[The Death of Florence Shakarian|Was the death of Florence Shakarian prophesied before she died?]] '''(Ambiguous prophecy)''' | |||
#[[Santa Rosa prophecy about William Branham|Was William Branham's ministry foretold in a Santa Rosa church?]] '''("After the Fact" Prophecy)''' | |||
==William Branham applied the Deuteronomy 18:20-22 test to himself== | ==William Branham applied the Deuteronomy 18:20-22 test to himself== | ||