John 16:13: Difference between revisions

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:''When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.  All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), John 16:13–15</ref>
:''When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.  He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.  All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), John 16:13–15</ref>


William Branham took these words out of context and twisted them to mean that the Holy Spirit could speak through William Branham to lead the church into the truth (and away from the plain teaching of scripture).
William Branham took these words out of context and twisted them to point to himself.  Branham inferred that the Holy Spirit was speaking through him to lead the church into the truth (and away from the plain teaching of scripture).
 
How do you tell which person is being led properly by the Holy Spirit?  Or why would the Spirit lead people in completely opposite spiritual directions?  The problem is that they are taking this scripture out of context.


=What the Bible teaches=
=What the Bible teaches=