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If someone claims to have a message from God telling us what we ought to do, '''we need never assume that it is sin to disobey such a message unless it can be confirmed by the application of Scripture itself to our situation'''.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 131–133.</ref> | If someone claims to have a message from God telling us what we ought to do, '''we need never assume that it is sin to disobey such a message unless it can be confirmed by the application of Scripture itself to our situation'''.<ref>Wayne A. Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Leicester, England; Grand Rapids, MI: Inter-Varsity Press; Zondervan Pub. House, 2004), 131–133.</ref> | ||
=What William Branham taught= | |||
William Branham initially appeared to believe in the doctrine of the sufficiency of scripture: | |||
:''And I said, "Well brother, I want to tell you something." I said, "I'm not a prophet. It is—that's what people say." But I said, "I—that's," I said, "I'm just His servant." But now, '''you don't need a prophet to straighten you out; you just need the word of God."''' .<ref>William Branham, 55-0311 - The Seal Of The Antichrist, para. 30</ref> | |||
However, he later changed his mind and stated that the church needed a scriptural sign (which is not taught in the Bible): | |||
:The church needs a Scriptural sign, Truth, in this last days. It needs something.<ref>William Branham, 63-0731 - There Is Only One Way Provided By God For Anything, para. 155</ref> | |||
This progressed to a rather than simply needing to focus on the Bible, we needed a prophet (hint... William Branham): | |||
:''Will there ever rise somebody among us, who can preach the Word and tell the Truth, and God vindicate it and prove to the people that He is the same yesterday, today, and forever? We don't need a seminary. We don't need a theologian. We need a prophet. That's right. God promised it, too. <ref>William Branham, 64-1212 - The Harvest Time, para. 283</ref> | |||
A prophet (hint... William Branham) was needed to interpret the word. Scripture was not sufficient in itself, we needed a prophet to get it right: | |||
:''What we need today. Let me close, in saying this. Now I'm going to close. What we need today is another true prophet. Amen. We need a man for the Word of God to come to. Yes, brother. He'd be rejected and run out, and cast out, but he'd sure blast a hole. He, he could. Yeah. He'd sure as throw such Seeds till the Elected would find It. Uh-huh. That's right. '''We need a prophet. We need a man who the right interpretation of the Word comes to, that God speaks through him and vindicates the Word, to make It true. That's what we need.''' And, brother, we are promised one, according to Malachi 4, "To restore." What? "The Faith of the people, back to the Bible." We're promised one. He'll do it.<ref>William Branham, 62-0513M - The Way Of A True Prophet Of God, para. 342</ref> | |||
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