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:''Now, watch that pattern. I’m taking a lot of time, but look! '''Judas Iscariot followed those same tracks. He was justified by believing on the Lord Jesus and then accepting Him as his personal Saviour. He was sanctified and give power to cast out spirits; put his name on the Lamb’s Book of Life.''' But when it come to Pentecost and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, the fullness of the Word, he showed his colors. That’s exactly what the Canaan spies did; that’s exactly what Esau done.<ref>64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3, para. 289</ref> | :''Now, watch that pattern. I’m taking a lot of time, but look! '''Judas Iscariot followed those same tracks. He was justified by believing on the Lord Jesus and then accepting Him as his personal Saviour. He was sanctified and give power to cast out spirits; put his name on the Lamb’s Book of Life.''' But when it come to Pentecost and the baptism of the Holy Ghost, the fullness of the Word, he showed his colors. That’s exactly what the Canaan spies did; that’s exactly what Esau done.<ref>64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3, para. 289</ref> | ||
=What does the Bible actually say about Judas?= | |||
In John 6:70, Jesus says | In John 6:70, Jesus says | ||
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In light of this knowledge, we can look at the specific claims that William Branham's made about Judas. | In light of this knowledge, we can look at the specific claims that William Branham's made about Judas. | ||
==Did Judas perform miracles?== | ==Did Judas perform miracles?== | ||
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William Branham is simply making an assumption and then uses that assumption as part of the basis for his doctrine - [[False Anointed Ones at the End Time]]. | William Branham is simply making an assumption and then uses that assumption as part of the basis for his doctrine - [[False Anointed Ones at the End Time]]. | ||
== | ==Was Judas' name on the Lamb's Book of Life== | ||
William Branham assumes that Judas was part of the seventy-two. This is an incorrect assumption. | |||
While Jesus does state in reference to the seventy-two - "do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven"<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Lk 10:20.</ref>, this reference is not to the Twelve. | |||
We do know that Jesus stated that Judas was a Devil. | |||
William Branham's interpretation that Judas name was on the Lamb's Book of Life. The Bible does not state this. | |||
==Was Judas sanctified?== | |||
In John 17, Jesus prays: | |||
:''While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. <ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jn 17:12.</ref> | |||
:''I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Jn 17:15–21.</ref> | |||
And in John 18, we read: | |||
Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Jn 18:8–9.</ref> | |||
Jesus makes it clear in his prayer that Judas is already lost. Judas is not included in Jesus prayer because Jesus is praying for those that are not lost. That is why he singles out Judas as being lost. But John also says that Jeus fulfiled his prayer that he had not lost one. This also makes it clear that Judas was not one of the ones given to Jesus by the Father. | |||
William Branham defines sanctification: | |||
:'' | :''The word sanctification means, “to be cleaned and set aside for service.”<ref>54-0516 - Questions And Answers (Law Having A Shadow</ref> | ||
The word "sanctify" means to be set free from sin. | |||
Judas was someone who stole funds while he was with Jesus. He was of the Devil. He was never sanctified regardless of what William Branham believed. | |||
=Questions= | |||
*If Judas had the gift of healing, how can William Branham's healing ministry be evidence that he was Elijah the prophet? | *If Judas had the gift of healing, how can William Branham's healing ministry be evidence that he was Elijah the prophet? | ||
*If Judas fell for money, does it matter that Voice of God Recordings had $110,000,000 in assets when they filed their 2011 tax return? Does it matter that Sarah Branham wrote a letter disclosing that her father was independently wealthy when he passed away, despite his 'backwoods' demeanor? | *If Judas fell for money, does it matter that Voice of God Recordings had $110,000,000 in assets when they filed their 2011 tax return? Does it matter that Sarah Branham wrote a letter disclosing that her father was independently wealthy when he passed away, despite his 'backwoods' demeanor? | ||