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William Branham taught that there is a church natural and a church spiritual. Is this correct? What does the Bible teach on this issue? | |||
=William Branham's teachings= | |||
William Branham, over the course of his ministry (see quotes below), taught the following about the church natural: | |||
#Israel was the church natural and the New Testament church is the church spiritual | |||
#The Bible teaches that you can't separate the church natural from the church spiritual | |||
#Lot in Sodom typed the church natural | |||
#Cain was a type of the church natural, while Able typed the church spiritual. | |||
#God won't bless the church spiritual until it pulls away from the church natural | |||
#Esau was a type of the church natural | |||
#Judas was a type of the church natural | |||
#The church natural is a carnal church | |||
#The church natural is intellectual | |||
#Billy Graham preached to the church natural as did Oral Roberts | |||
#The church natural is made up of people that "steal, cheat, lie, smoke, drink, gamble..." | |||
#The church natural preaches a social gospel | |||
#Denominational churches are the church natural | |||
#If you are born again, you are in the church spiritual. | |||
#The church natural is the lukewarm church | |||
#The lukewarm church and the five foolish virgins are synonymous. | |||
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''But look, '''the church natural, it's just the church carnal'''.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN 60-0221</ref> | ''But look, '''the church natural, it's just the church carnal'''.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN 60-0221</ref> | ||
''Remember, as long as they were associated together, the church natural and the church spiritual, they never did get the blessing. Jacob was never blessed until he separated hisself from Esau. And Abraham was never blessed until he separated himself from Lot.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD JEFF.IN 60-0221</ref> | ''Remember, as long as they were associated together, the church natural and the church spiritual, they never did get the blessing. '''Jacob was never blessed until he separated hisself from Esau.''' And Abraham was never blessed until he separated himself from Lot.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD JEFF.IN 60-0221</ref> | ||
''...'''the church natural persecuting the church spiritual. Now, we find out then that Judas pretending to be a brother, a brother''', and that headed up and finally come to a climax.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN V-13 N-7 SUNDAY_ 60-0221</ref> | ''...'''the church natural persecuting the church spiritual. Now, we find out then that Judas pretending to be a brother, a brother''', and that headed up and finally come to a climax.<ref>HEARING.RECOGNIZING.ACTING.ON.THE.WORD.OF.GOD_ JEFF.IN V-13 N-7 SUNDAY_ 60-0221</ref> | ||
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''And now, today, as we see the '''church natural, in your intellectual gospel, going further and further away from the Word, in social gospel'''; we find that the women of the world, on the streets, members of such, is carrying themselves in the same atmosphere. You can't tell them. They've lost all sense of common decency, the people have. See? And that's the way the church has. And you can see it going straight to the ecumenical council, just as certain as anything in the world, and right into Rome as hard as it can go, see, 'cause it's prophesied. And there she is. That's her behavior.<ref>THE.INVISIBLE.UNION.OF.THE.BRIDE.OF.CHRIST_ SHP.LA 65-1125</ref> | ''And now, today, as we see the '''church natural, in your intellectual gospel, going further and further away from the Word, in social gospel'''; we find that the women of the world, on the streets, members of such, is carrying themselves in the same atmosphere. You can't tell them. They've lost all sense of common decency, the people have. See? And that's the way the church has. And you can see it going straight to the ecumenical council, just as certain as anything in the world, and right into Rome as hard as it can go, see, 'cause it's prophesied. And there she is. That's her behavior.<ref>THE.INVISIBLE.UNION.OF.THE.BRIDE.OF.CHRIST_ SHP.LA 65-1125</ref> | ||
That is when even '''the lukewarm church and the five foolish virgins''' will appear. He will separate the sheep from the goats. When He comes He will take over the kingdom, for it is His, and with Him will be the thousands times ten thousands, His Bride, who come to minister to Him. Glory! Oh, it is now or never. Repent before it is too late. Wake up from amongst the dead and seek God to be filled with His Spirit or you will miss eternal life. Do it now while there is time.<ref>PATMOS.VISION - CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.2</ref> | |||
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