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==What independent observers said== | =The biblical pattern= | ||
Followers of the message believe William Branham to be the greatest prophet since Paul and one of the greatest prophets that ever lived. If this is the case then one would expect that his healing ministry would be similar to that of Jesus or Paul. | |||
It is clear that in Jesus ministry, everyone was healed that Jesus prayed for. We read this in a number of passages in the Gospels: | |||
Matthew4:23-24: | |||
:''And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Mt 4:23–24.</ref> | |||
Matthew 8:16: | |||
:''That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Mt 8:16.</ref> | |||
Mark 6:56: | |||
:''And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Mk 6:56.</ref> | |||
Luke 6:17-19: | |||
:''And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all. <ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Lk 6:17–19.</ref> | |||
Acts 10:38: | |||
:''God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 10:38.</ref> | |||
It is also clear that everyone that the apostles prayed for were healed as well: | |||
Acts 5:16 | |||
:''The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 5:16.</ref> | |||
Acts 28:9: | |||
:''And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2016), Ac 28:9.</ref> | |||
==What independent observers said about William Branham== | |||
Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry. '''In 1947''', a minister in Saskatchewan, '''Rev. Alfred Pohl''', stated that many who Branham pronounced as healed later died.<ref>Carl Dyck, ''William Branham: The Man and His Message'', Saskatoon, 1984, ISBC 0-919847-00-5</ref> | Controversy surrounded Branham right from the start of his public ministry. '''In 1947''', a minister in Saskatchewan, '''Rev. Alfred Pohl''', stated that many who Branham pronounced as healed later died.<ref>Carl Dyck, ''William Branham: The Man and His Message'', Saskatoon, 1984, ISBC 0-919847-00-5</ref> | ||
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:''...it must be admitted that his sermons were not merely simple, but often naive as well, and that by contrast to what he claimed, '''only a small percentage of those that sought healing were actually healed'''." | :''...it must be admitted that his sermons were not merely simple, but often naive as well, and that by contrast to what he claimed, '''only a small percentage of those that sought healing were actually healed'''." | ||
=What William Branham said= | |||
''There was, we was having day service. And '''there was just hundreds of people coming in the line, being healed.''' | ''There was, we was having day service. And '''there was just hundreds of people coming in the line, being healed.''' | ||