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However, there are also those in the message who have not truly accepted Christ’s sacrifice but rather are resting on William Branham’s message for their salvation. We have even talked to a number of people who were raised in message churches and had no concept of the true message of salvation through the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary. Salvation is not found in the Message, Salvation is found only in Jesus Christ. | However, there are also those in the message who have not truly accepted Christ’s sacrifice but rather are resting on William Branham’s message for their salvation. We have even talked to a number of people who were raised in message churches and had no concept of the true message of salvation through the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary. Salvation is not found in the Message, Salvation is found only in Jesus Christ. | ||
It should also be said that those who are Christians in the Message...aren't on a great diet for spiritual growth. | ==The problem of spiritual immaturity== | ||
It should also be said that those who are Christians in the Message...aren't on a great diet for spiritual growth. This is what Paul said: | |||
:''But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human?<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), 1 Co 3:1–4.</ref> | |||
People that point to a man or believe that following a man like William Branham provides a higher level of spirituality are, at best, spiritually immature. | |||
The hallmark of spiritual maturity is to follow Christ and not a man. That is what Paul is saying. | |||
=The Many Problems with Wiliam Branham's message= | =The Many Problems with Wiliam Branham's message= | ||