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"the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." | "the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for fall have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." | ||
- Romans 3:22-25 | - Romans 3:22-25 | ||
=Quotes of William Branham= | |||
50 That's right. That's good. People just coming up and coming down the aisles. In this little group this afternoon many are gathering around the altar here. Come on up if you're really thirsting. Have you been bit by the devil? You really want to serve God. You want that thirst in you. You want it satisfied. If you do, come on, it's the time. Or have you got to a place where you've been so seared and so hard and callous till nothing can touch you no more? Then you cross between this: between life and death. Now, remember, if I be a servant of God, God will speak that I tell the truth. There's people that actually believe that they are right, and they're wrong. "There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof is the ways of death." If you haven't been borned again of the Spirit of God, and your whole desire is to love every day, every hour, every minute of the day when you're awake, and you're on the bed, you're praising Him, and your love is for Him; and the things of the world, all this modern stuff is all dead to you, you better take your place at the altar. | |||
57-0630 - Thirsting For Life | |||
Rev. William Marrion Branham | |||
http://table.branham.org | |||
79 Do you women that stood here just a few minutes ago with this little boy along, and you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and you want to accept Him as your Saviour, you believe that He's called you to this altar tonight? Raise up your hands if you believe that it was Jesus Christ that called you. Raise up the… God bless you. That's right. | |||
60-0606 - To Whom Would We Go? | |||
Rev. William Marrion Branham | |||
http://table.branham.org | |||
''Now, somebody, in here, feels the effect of that message. Now, just while you're waiting just a moment. While I… See, there's no… I know it's right, and '''I do believe in altar calls''', people come up and confessing and so forth like that. But In the Scripture it was as many as believed on Him. See? As many as believed. It might be somebody in here that's been halfway seeking the Holy Spirit, run around or some sinner that doesn't know God, and just maybe went and made three or four trials, and didn't—just kindly unconcerned. That message is sinking right down in their heart right now, ever who it is. This would be the hour for you.<ref>William Branham, 60-0309 - Why?, para. 61</ref> | |||
''I don't say this (say those things) to be indifferent, but sometimes under anointing you know things that you wouldn't—you'd be daresn't to tell the people. Then sometimes under anointing something will slip out (You see?), and you won't notice it. And one of the things that I believe was said (that last Sunday) that might cause someone—when I mentioned that '''I never did believe in altar calls.''' See? I want to say that and clear that so you'll understand. | |||
''There never was an altar call made in all the Bible. There's no such a thing in the Scripture. Nowhere down through the ages was it made till the Methodist age, about two hundred years ago. See? Altar calls are when people come up and try to persuade and pull people, "Come on, John. You know, they… Your mother died, praying for you. Come on, John." That's not conviction, friends. No. Them—them kind, I—very seldom you ever hear one that ever goes very far. And in that you get everything. That's the reason the church is all muddled up the way it is today is because of such things.<ref>William Branham, 61-1119 - Perfect Strength By Perfect Weakness, para. 3-5</ref> | |||
69 Lord, help us, will You please? May each one of our lives be a tree, or something that will bring such conviction to the sinner and the unbeliever, that people, they might see the way of the Lord and enter into the joys of the Lord. Grant it, Father. Bless us in our feeble efforts together. We thank You for this wonderful time of fellowship, this grand breakfast. And, Father, we feel that we have just… Our souls and our bodies are fed by the goodness of God. Be with us, now, as we go further to go into more meeting, and be with us tonight, '''and may something be done that'll cause sinners to come quickly to the altar to be saved'''. May the sick be healed. And those without the Holy Spirit, may they be baptized into the body of Christ. Grant it, Lord. We commit ourselves to You. | |||
62-0621B - The Path Of Life | |||
Rev. William Marrion Branham | |||
http://table.branham.org | |||
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