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William Branham used a boxcar analogy to teach that a person wasn't sealed in (filled with the Holy Ghost or truly born again) until all of the loose stuff in the boxcar was packed tightly (sanctification).  Then, when God sees that you mean business and that your prayer life is right - you don't smoke, wear shorts ( ___________ fill in the blank here with your personal weakness) - then, and only then, can you be born again.  
William Branham used a boxcar analogy to teach that a person wasn't sealed in (filled with the Holy Ghost or truly born again) until all of the loose stuff in the boxcar was packed tightly (sanctification).  Then, when God sees that you mean business and that your prayer life is right - you don't smoke, wear shorts ( ___________ fill in the blank here with your personal weakness) - then, and only then, can you be born again.  


The burden was placed on our shoulders instead of Christ, and essentially makes the cross of non effect, and presents a different gospel.
The burden was placed on our shoulders instead of Christ, and essentially makes the cross of non-effect, and presents a different gospel.
 
This "second work of grace" is something that he took from the Holiness movement and which was clearly laid out in Keswick theology.


===Filled with the Holy Spirit===
===Filled with the Holy Spirit===