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=What did William Branham teach?= | =What did William Branham teach?= | ||
William Branham taught that: | William Branham taught that if you obey the law this means you are not under the law: | ||
:'''''What does Paul mean by freedom and liberty in Christ? What way is freedom from law?''' | |||
:''Well, you’re not bound by law. Say, for instance, here’s the same thing; I’ll explain in the natural way, quickly. For instance, out here it says, go down the street, thirty miles an hour is all the faster you can go. All right now. Now if I go down the street forty miles an hour, I’m condemned by the law. But if I go down the street just thirty miles an hour, I’m not under the law. See? That’s freedom in Christ (see?), the same thing. You’re not bound by the law as long… '''If I don’t steal, lie, smoke, commit adultery, any of those things there, I’m not bound by no law.''' See? I’m free from the law; I’m in Christ.<ref>William Branham, 64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3, para. 229-230</ref> | |||
This makes no sense. He is stating that obedience to the law means you are free from the law. But is this what scripture teaches? | |||
He also taught in 1963 that Jesus came to magnify the law: | |||
:''God ever says anything, He can never change it. He always magnifies it, not change it. The law was magnified, not changed. Magnified! "'Whosoever commits adultery shall be guilty of death,' but whosoever," now magnified, "looketh upon a woman to lust after her!" He never changed the commandment. He magnified it.''<ref>63-0728, Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed</ref> | :''God ever says anything, He can never change it. He always magnifies it, not change it. The law was magnified, not changed. Magnified! "'Whosoever commits adultery shall be guilty of death,' but whosoever," now magnified, "looketh upon a woman to lust after her!" He never changed the commandment. He magnified it.''<ref>63-0728, Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed</ref> | ||
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William Branham used this concept of the magnification of the law, among other things, '''to bring Old Testament law into the church'''. But the question is - '''Does the Bible support this?''' | William Branham used this concept of the magnification of the law, among other things, '''to bring Old Testament law into the church'''. But the question is - '''Does the Bible support this?''' | ||
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Jesus NEVER states that he came to magnify the law. | Jesus NEVER states that he came to magnify the law. | ||
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''If you fail, come back to this tape again. I don't know how much longer I'll be with you. Remember, this is the Truth, of THUS SAITH THE LORD. It's the Truth. '''It's the Scripture'''.<ref>William Branham, 63-0728 - Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed, para. 210</ref> | ''If you fail, come back to this tape again. I don't know how much longer I'll be with you. Remember, this is the Truth, of THUS SAITH THE LORD. It's the Truth. '''It's the Scripture'''.<ref>William Branham, 63-0728 - Christ Is The Mystery Of God Revealed, para. 210</ref> | ||
''So, as long as I’m in Christ, I’m free from the law. See? I’m above the law because I’m in His grace. He’s put that confidence in me, that I won’t do anything that’s wrong, or He wouldn’t have give me that grace. That’s what He does to you the same way. We’re in His grace.<ref>William Branham, 64-0417 - Then Jesus Came And Called, para. 15</ref> | |||
'''''What does Paul mean by freedom and liberty in Christ? What way is freedom from law?''' | |||
:''Well, you’re not bound by law. Say, for instance, here’s the same thing; I’ll explain in the natural way, quickly. For instance, out here it says, go down the street, thirty miles an hour is all the faster you can go. All right now. Now if I go down the street forty miles an hour, I’m condemned by the law. But if I go down the street just thirty miles an hour, I’m not under the law. See? That’s freedom in Christ (see?), the same thing. You’re not bound by the law as long… '''If I don’t steal, lie, smoke, commit adultery, any of those things there, I’m not bound by no law.''' See? I’m free from the law; I’m in Christ.<ref>William Branham, 64-0830M - Questions And Answers #3, para. 229-230</ref> | |||
=References= | =References= | ||