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William Branham pointed to himself as the only way to truly understand scripture but all he did was to create confusion and to create division within the body of Jesus Christ. | William Branham pointed to himself as the only way to truly understand scripture but all he did was to create confusion and to create division within the body of Jesus Christ. | ||
The church doesn't need the message of William Branham or any other message | The church doesn't need the message of William Branham or any other message. What we do need is to focus on the message that is contained in scripture as Jude emphasizes: | ||
:''Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was '''once for all delivered to the saints'''. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jud 3–4.</ref> | :''Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was '''once for all delivered to the saints'''. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jud 3–4.</ref> | ||