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[[Image:Jim Jones and WMB.jpg|thumb|250p|William Branham holds meetings with [[Jim Jones]]]] | [[Image:Jim Jones and WMB.jpg|thumb|250p|William Branham holds meetings with [[Jim Jones]]]] | ||
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Some people refer to the followers of William Branham as "Branhamites" or members of the Branham cult. But is the message really a cult?<br> | Some people refer to the followers of William Branham as "Branhamites" or members of the Branham cult. But is the message really a cult?<br> | ||
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=What is a cult?= | =What is a cult?= | ||
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The following video is a look at interracial marriages from a Biblical perspective by John Piper: | The following video is a look at interracial marriages from a Biblical perspective by John Piper: | ||
<mediaplayer width='800' height='600'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= | <mediaplayer width='800' height='600'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoQsu3os-c</mediaplayer> | ||
=The message is in addition to the Bible= | =The message is in addition to the Bible= | ||
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As a result of the above, '''it is clear that "message believers" are members of a cult.''' | As a result of the above, '''it is clear that "message believers" are members of a cult.''' | ||
=Quotes of William Branham= | |||
Based on William Branham's own words, the message as it currently exists is a cult: | |||
:''But if you've sold your inheritance, if you sold out and done these things… What am I saying? Return back. If you joined up with some cult that tries to keep you away from fellowship with other brethren, leave the thing. This is jubilee. Amen. I feel religious. Return. Return. This is jubilee. Don't let it pass by. Remember, don't let it pass by.<ref>William Branham, 62-1122 - Return And Jubilee, para. 71</ref> | |||
William Branham appeared to be afraid that people would think that he was starting a cult: | |||
:''There had to come forth, must come forth; God ordained it so, that there must come forth, them Seven Seals must be opened. It was supposed to be done in this Laodicean age. And I think, beyond any shadow of doubt… Not as we brag; we have no brag, only on Jesus Christ; none of us. We only brag on Jesus Christ. But we are thankful with the… for the privilege of knowing by any… beyond any shadow of doubt, God has chose us in this last days, and has proven it by the signs in the Heavens and in the earth; and every one of them coming right straight back to the Word, to prove that it's so, this age that we live in, the Message and how It is. We're not a cult. We're not a bunch of fanatics. We are servants of God, that's been called by the Holy Ghost. You'll have all kinds of names tacked to you, but that don't mean it's so.<ref>William Branham, 65-1031M - Power Of Transformation, para. 125 </ref> | |||
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