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However, starting in 1964, William Branham began teaching that the evidence of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life was that they received the Word for the age in which they lived. This was his way of saying that '''if you didn't believe what William Branham taught and believed him to be a prophet of God, you did not have the Holy Spirit.''' | However, starting in 1964, William Branham began teaching that the evidence of the Holy Spirit in a believer's life was that they received the Word for the age in which they lived. This was his way of saying that '''if you didn't believe what William Branham taught and believed him to be a prophet of God, you did not have the Holy Spirit.''' | ||
==What message ministers teach== | |||
When asked whether people needed William Branham's message to be saved, one message pastor responded: | |||
:''“You can be saved without believing Brother Branham. You need Christ to be saved. In Acts 19, the Ephesians needed Paul and his teaching to be filled with the Holy Ghost. That’s the way I believe it for today. You need Bro Branham’s message to be filled with the Holy Ghost.” | |||
But the Ephesians did not need Paul. The Holy Spirit had already been poured out and was available to ALL who believed. | |||
Acts 8:14-17 | |||
:''When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God’s message, they sent Peter and John there. 15 As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit. 16 The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015), Ac 8:14–17.</ref> | |||
Acts 10:44–46 | |||
:''Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who were listening to the message. 45 The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too. 46 For they heard them speaking in other tongues and praising God. <ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015), Ac 10:44–46.</ref> | |||
Acts 11:15–18 | |||
:''15 “As I began to speak,” Peter continued, “the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as he fell on us at the beginning. 16 Then I thought of the Lord’s words when he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015), Ac 11:15–17.</ref> | |||
=The traditional Pentecostal understanding= | =The traditional Pentecostal understanding= | ||