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However, with our biases on the table, we will attempt to address Tim Pruitt's defense of William Branham.
However, with our biases on the table, we will attempt to address Tim Pruitt's defense of William Branham.
==Deuteronomy 18:20-22 did not apply to William Branham==
A true Prophet must be 100% accurate.  There is absolutely no margin for error.
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 states:
:''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, '''that same prophet shall die'''.  And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, '''if the word does not come to pass or come true''', that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. '''You need not be afraid of him.''' (emphasis added)<ref>Deuteronomy 18:20-22</ref>
It is clear that William Branham considered himself to be an Old Testament prophet and that as a result he was not subject to the judgment of the church.  He also stated the test in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 applied to him:
:''“Let one speak and two or three judge,” said Paul. Now, those are the spirits of the gifts that’s in the Church. '''But the only person that has a right to say, THUS SAITH THE LORD, is an a vindicated prophet'''. '''You never seen anybody judging Isaiah, or Jeremiah, or those people.''' They were prophets, foreordained and borned in the world to be prophets.<ref>William Branham, 50-0405 - Expectation, para. 16</ref>
:''Prophets are foreordained. They’re prophets. Now, there’s a gift of prophecy in the church... But there’s a lot of difference between a prophet and a prophecy... '''But a prophet, like the Old Testament prophet, ''they had the Word of the Lord. The translation was right to them. And they were known, because the Bible said, “If there be one among you spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord, will make Myself known unto him, speak to him in visions, and reveal Myself in dreams. '''And if what this man says comes to pass, then hear him, for I’m am with him. If it doesn’t, then don’t hear him.''' I’m not with him. Don’t fear him.”<ref>William Branham, 61-0205E - Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever, para. 12</ref>
In excusing the failure of William Branham, Tim Pruitt argues:
:''William Branham could miss visions that the Lord had given him, and because of disobedience cause them not to be fulfilled as promised and would feel the need to repent before God and his church asking God for pardon of his stupidity.
But the Bible does not provide for such an excuse.
==How to discount a failed prophecy in one sentence==
William Branham's story of the miraculous municipal bridge vision was one of his reasons that we should accept him as a "vindicated prophet."  The [[The Municipal Bridge Vision|clear failure of this prophecy has also been well documented]].  if you are unfamiliar with the research on this important failed prophecy, please [[The Municipal Bridge Vision|click here]].
Tim Pruitt completely ignores the importance of this failed prophecy with one sentence:
:''Can you imagine discounting any man’s ministry over a story of a bridge as remembered by 5 or 6 year old?


==Belief in the message is required to properly believe the Bible==
==Belief in the message is required to properly believe the Bible==
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:''William Branham could get in the permissive will of God and for his disobedience, God would correct him severely. His wife and baby would die because he listened to others instead of God. In South Africa, he listened to preachers and asked for the permissive will of God and would suffer the consequences of getting an Ameba and almost dying from the sickness.
:''William Branham could get in the permissive will of God and for his disobedience, God would correct him severely. His wife and baby would die because he listened to others instead of God. In South Africa, he listened to preachers and asked for the permissive will of God and would suffer the consequences of getting an Ameba and almost dying from the sickness.


==Deuteronomy 18:20-22 did not apply to William Branham==
A true Prophet must be 100% accurate.  There is absolutely no margin for error.
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 states:
:''But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, '''that same prophet shall die'''.  And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’ — when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, '''if the word does not come to pass or come true''', that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. '''You need not be afraid of him.''' (emphasis added)<ref>Deuteronomy 18:20-22</ref>
It is clear that William Branham considered himself to be an Old Testament prophet and that as a result he was not subject to the judgment of the church.  He also stated the test in Deuteronomy 18:20-22 applied to him:
:''“Let one speak and two or three judge,” said Paul. Now, those are the spirits of the gifts that’s in the Church. '''But the only person that has a right to say, THUS SAITH THE LORD, is an a vindicated prophet'''. '''You never seen anybody judging Isaiah, or Jeremiah, or those people.''' They were prophets, foreordained and borned in the world to be prophets.<ref>William Branham, 50-0405 - Expectation, para. 16</ref>
:''Prophets are foreordained. They’re prophets. Now, there’s a gift of prophecy in the church... But there’s a lot of difference between a prophet and a prophecy... '''But a prophet, like the Old Testament prophet, ''they had the Word of the Lord. The translation was right to them. And they were known, because the Bible said, “If there be one among you spiritual or a prophet, I, the Lord, will make Myself known unto him, speak to him in visions, and reveal Myself in dreams. '''And if what this man says comes to pass, then hear him, for I’m am with him. If it doesn’t, then don’t hear him.''' I’m not with him. Don’t fear him.”<ref>William Branham, 61-0205E - Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever, para. 12</ref>
In excusing the failure of William Branham, Tim Pruitt argues:
:''William Branham could miss visions that the Lord had given him, and because of disobedience cause them not to be fulfilled as promised and would feel the need to repent before God and his church asking God for pardon of his stupidity.
But the Bible does not provide for such an excuse.


==When is an exaggeration so extreme as to become a lie?==
==When is an exaggeration so extreme as to become a lie?==
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:''This is why we all should proclaim the Bible as our absolute and that William Branham was not God but a prophet and as a prophet he was human as was Elijah, Moses, or any other Biblical prophet.
:''This is why we all should proclaim the Bible as our absolute and that William Branham was not God but a prophet and as a prophet he was human as was Elijah, Moses, or any other Biblical prophet.


=Tim Pruitt's original article=
=Tim Pruitt's original article=
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