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Those that follow the message of William Branham are so fixated on the negative and on themselves, that they have effectively altered Jesus’ message of love into one of hate for those Christians that do not believe the message. | Those that follow the message of William Branham are so fixated on the negative and on themselves, that they have effectively altered Jesus’ message of love into one of hate for those Christians that do not believe the message. | ||
The Bible has a very simple test as to whether a person is a Christian or not - Do they love? | The Bible has a very simple test as to whether a person is a Christian or not - Do they love? But what do we see in the message? | ||
=The clear test of the Biblical Christianity= | =The clear test of the Biblical Christianity= | ||
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=What we see in the message= | =What we see in the message= | ||
==Reaction to questions== | |||
==How are those that leave treated?== | |||
Most individuals that leave William Branham's message are not contacted after they leave by either the church leadership or those in the congregation. If those in the message really think that those who fall away from the message are lost, one has to wonder why there is generally no attempt to go after them. Didn’t Jesus talk about leaving the ninety-nine sheep grazing on the hillside to go and look for the lost sheep? One wonders what kind of Christians those in the message are when they don’t even make a half-hearted attempt to go after those that have left. | Most individuals that leave William Branham's message are not contacted after they leave by either the church leadership or those in the congregation. If those in the message really think that those who fall away from the message are lost, one has to wonder why there is generally no attempt to go after them. '''Didn’t Jesus talk about leaving the ninety-nine sheep''' grazing on the hillside to go and look for the lost sheep? One wonders what kind of Christians those in the message are when they don’t even make a half-hearted attempt to go after those that have left. | ||
Another evidence of a lack of love is a church's response to the poor, or a catastrophe. When disaster strikes, | Another evidence of a lack of love is a church's response to the poor, or a catastrophe. When disaster strikes, what we here is - "Thank God no believers were hurt", rather than an outpouring of love for those that were hurt? When the poor come into your church, do you lead them to the deacon (the policeman of message churches) or help them yourself? When the poor don't come to your church, do you find it easy to ignore their problems? | ||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||
:''wherever you're from, we're all one in Christ Jesus, every one of us. God don't love one any more than He does the other one. He doesn't love me any more than He loves you. He doesn't love you any more than He loves me. So there we are; we're all one together in Christ Jesus. 23 And let's live like that. Let's live that every day before the world, and they'll see. That's the way you'll lift Jesus up to the world. Let others see Jesus in you. You're written epistles read of all men.<ref>William Branham, 47-1123, The Children Of Israel, para. 22</ref> | :''...wherever you're from, we're all one in Christ Jesus, every one of us. God don't love one any more than He does the other one. He doesn't love me any more than He loves you. He doesn't love you any more than He loves me. So there we are; we're all one together in Christ Jesus. 23 And let's live like that. Let's live that every day before the world, and they'll see. That's the way you'll lift Jesus up to the world. Let others see Jesus in you. You're written epistles read of all men.<ref>William Branham, 47-1123, The Children Of Israel, para. 22</ref> | ||
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:''You'll love those who doesn't love you. That's really a good sign of Christianity: when you can, from your heart, love those who does not love you. Love the unloveable. 110 Jesus said, "If you just do favors for those that do favors for you, well, the publicans do the same thing." But, see, you must be kind to those who are unkind to you. Do good for those that would do evil to you. Always remember that. Keep that before you, that God is watching you. Remember, God was good to you when you were evil to Him. "While you were yet sinners, Christ died for you."<ref>William Branham, 63-1114, Influence, para. 109</ref> | :''You'll love those who doesn't love you. That's really a good sign of Christianity: when you can, from your heart, love those who does not love you. Love the unloveable. 110 Jesus said, "If you just do favors for those that do favors for you, well, the publicans do the same thing." But, see, you must be kind to those who are unkind to you. Do good for those that would do evil to you. Always remember that. Keep that before you, that God is watching you. Remember, God was good to you when you were evil to Him. "While you were yet sinners, Christ died for you."<ref>William Branham, 63-1114, Influence, para. 109</ref> | ||
:''For if you love those just who love you, as we shook one another's hands, as dearly beloved in the Lord, that's good, but can you also love the unlovable? That's the thinking man's Filter. That's the Spirit of Christ in you, loving those who don't love you, then you have the reward of God. But, now, if you do it as a duty, you still haven't got the thinking man… You're only up in the second cycle. But it's from your heart you really love him, then you're breathing through the thinking man's Filter. And It satisfies a holy man's taste, that you know, from your heart you forgive everybody, everything, no matter what taken place. Isn't He wonderful?<ref>William Branham, 65-0822E, A Thinking Man's Filter, para. 198</ref> | :''For if you love those just who love you, as we shook one another's hands, as dearly beloved in the Lord, that's good, but can you also love the unlovable? That's the thinking man's Filter. That's the Spirit of Christ in you, loving those who don't love you, then you have the reward of God. But, now, if you do it as a duty, you still haven't got the thinking man… You're only up in the second cycle. But it's from your heart you really love him, then you're breathing through the thinking man's Filter. And It satisfies a holy man's taste, that you know, from your heart you forgive everybody, everything, no matter what taken place. Isn't He wonderful?<ref>William Branham, 65-0822E, A Thinking Man's Filter, para. 198</ref> | ||