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<div style="border-bottaom:2px #B87333 solid; text-align:left; padding:1px; margin:1px;"><font color='#800000' size='+1'>'''Was William Branham Honest? (Part 2)'''</font>  </div>


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William Branham relates a story about a man (possibly [[Ernest Fandler]]) who came into the prayer line at meetings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  According to Branham, the man was not in the prayer line to be prayer for but rather to expose William Branham as a fraud.  As the story is told, the man had written several illnesses on his card which he did not have, hoping that William Branham would refer to the illnesses that he had on the card, thus demonstrating his gift to be fraudulent.  As William Branham tells it, he knew by his gift of healing that there was nothing wrong with the man.  He then condemned the man to suffer from the sicknesses that he had written on the card.
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|'''[[L’homme de Windsor]]''' <br> En Francais.   
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=Problems with the Story=


The first time that William Branham relates the story on tape was in 1950.  in telling the story he states that the man asked for forgiveness and found it.  He repeats the story another 11 times from 1953 to 1963 but the story changes over time; eliminating the forgiveness that the man found and replacing it with judgment, illness, paralysis and death.
Here is the way the story evolved over time highlighting what William Branham said was revealed to him regarding the man's deception and his punishment.  If you would like to read the full version of each story, they are below in full.
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! style="width: 20%"|Date
! style="width: 35%"|The Deception
! style="width: 35%"|The Punishment
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|January 10, 1950
|''And I took a hold of his hand. There was no vibrations.''
|''"…is there '''forgiveness''' for me?" There was.''
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|May 8, 1953
|''I seen a vision break… seen him setting at a table with a green scarf hanging over it, with a man with …a blue suit …a woman … with a green dress…''
|''"The disease that you put on that prayer card will be on you the rest of your life." And it is.''
|-
|September 2, 1954
|''…seen him setting at a table with another man... And a woman was standing there with a dotted dress…''
|''"Now, the things …on your prayer card, is on you. You have it now…"  Far as I know, the man's in eternity today, '''dead'''.''
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|March 7, 1956
|''…man setting up there in the balcony with the red tie on, blue suit? You and him set together last night a table, had a green cover over it. And a woman set over in the corner.''
|''And the man's laying '''bedfast to this day'''.''
|-
|December 9, 1956
|''… you set with your wife and a man that's in this building tonight with a red tie on and a blue suit…''
|''”What you put on your prayer card, you have."  And '''screaming, he run from the building'''.  …I '''don't know what ever happened'''.''
|-
|December 7, 1957
|''…a woman standing, looking down on two men. One of them went on a gray suit with a red tie.''
|''”The thing that you put on your prayer card…, is on you now.” The man '''died about a year later'''. ''
|-
|June 30, 1957
|''"You're a Church of Christ minister… You're the one exposed."  And just then the man setting up there; he said, "Mr. Branham, I'm the guy that was with him." Said, "That's my wife setting right here, was with him."''
|''"The things that you put on your card, you have. Both cancer and TB." …But the last time I heard him, '''I never heard no more, just a letter from some of the people, that he was in a serious condition'''. ''
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|February 8, 1958
|''"You're a preacher, and that man setting right there with that gray suit on in the balcony is the one that was with you last night. …and you told your wife …That fellow raised up there and said, "Brother Branham, that's the truth. I was right there with him."''
|''"Now, what was on your prayer card you have." He '''died about six months later''' with a cancer. ''
|-
|March 30, 1958
|''”You're a certain denominational church." Called who he was, and I said, "Last night you set with your wife, and that man there with the red tie on…''
|''And I said, "Now, what you put on your prayer card, you have." …They took him out '''paralyzed''', and he's still paralyzed.''
|-
|February 12, 1961
|''That man setting right yonder in the balcony with the red tie on and the gray suit, you was in his house the other night…''
| ''And I said, "Because that you have said, and put that on your prayer card, now you have it." And he '''died about six weeks afterwards'''.''
|-
|January 24, 1962
|''You belong to a certain church. Last night you set with that man right up there with a red suit on--with a red tie and black suit. And that's his wife setting right over on this corner, and your wife.''
| ''I said, "The things that you got on your card is upon you." He '''died about six weeks after that'''.''
|-
|November 24, 1963
|''You're a church of Christ preacher. You belong to the church of Christ…  And that man setting up there with that blue suit on, and your wife and his wife setting there…
|''I said, "Sir, you put ''''TB and cancer'''' on that card, and '''now you have it'''. It's yours now."
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If the story was true, wouldn't you assume that the closest story to the truth would be the first time the story was told, similar to that of the story relating to [[Congressman Upshaw]]?
Why would William Branham need to exaggerate the story to such a degree if it was really God who revealed the deception?
Was the point of William Branham telling the story to instill fear in the people?  Was he trying to place himself on the same level by paralleling with  the apostle Peter in Acts 5?


=Quotes=
=Quotes=
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:Then when he come in and put that on a prayer card down, he come walking up. I said, "Good evening, sir."
:Then when he come in and put that on a prayer card down, he come walking up. I said, "Good evening, sir."
:He said, "Howdy do."
:He said, "Howdy do."
:And I took a hold of his hand. There was no vibrations. I looked at him; I seen him and two men, standing in a room across a table making that up.
:And I took a hold of his hand. '''There was no vibrations.''' I looked at him; I seen him and two men, standing in a room across a table making that up.
:I said, "Why would you purpose in your heart to try to deceive somebody?" I said, "God is apt to strike you dead right now."
:I said, "Why would you purpose in your heart to try to deceive somebody?" I said, "God is apt to strike you dead right now."
:'''And he fell down on the floor and begin to screaming to the top of his voice.''' He said, "God, have mercy on me."
:'''And he fell down on the floor and begin to screaming to the top of his voice.''' He said, "God, have mercy on me."
:I said, "Why would you do that, friend?"
:I said, "Why would you do that, friend?"
:He said, "Brother Branham, I--I thought it was just make-up. I--I--I honestly, is there forgiveness for me?"
:He said, "Brother Branham, I--I thought it was just make-up. I--I--I honestly, '''is there forgiveness for me?'''"
:...?...
:'''There was.'''
 
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'''GOD.COMMISSIONING.MOSES  JONESBORO.AR 53-0508'''
'''GOD.COMMISSIONING.MOSES  JONESBORO.AR 53-0508'''
:Here not long ago, there was an impostor slipped in the line, goes to a great church. We was at Windsor, Ontario. We had eighty-five hundred the first night in the meeting. Long about end of the meeting, there was a man come to the platform, fine looking fellow, dressed in a gray suit and a red tie. He come up there. I was so weak; them visions just weaken me. He come up, he said, "I want to be healed, Rev. Branham." And I just took a hold of his hand to see if it... what was. I said, "You haven't any disease, brother."
:Here not long ago, there was an impostor slipped in the line, goes to a great church. We was at Windsor, Ontario. We had eighty-five hundred the first night in the meeting. Long about end of the meeting, there was a man come to the platform, fine looking fellow, dressed in a gray suit and a red tie. He come up there. I was so weak; them visions just weaken me. He come up, he said, "I want to be healed, Rev. Branham." And I just took a hold of his hand to see if it... what was. I said, "You haven't any disease, brother."
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:And a man up in the audience screamed out, said, "That's the truth, preacher. I was the one was with him." And here he come, that man fell and grabbed me by the trouser leg like that.
:And a man up in the audience screamed out, said, "That's the truth, preacher. I was the one was with him." And here he come, that man fell and grabbed me by the trouser leg like that.
:I said, '''"The disease that you put on that prayer card will be on you the rest of your life." And it is.'''
:I said, '''"The disease that you put on that prayer card will be on you the rest of your life." And it is.'''
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SOUTH.AFRICA.TESTIMONY  NEW.YORK.NY  54-0902'''
'''SOUTH.AFRICA.TESTIMONY  NEW.YORK.NY  54-0902'''
:Many... It was right down here perhaps that night at Windsor, Ontario, I believe it was. Well, that minister come to the platform under another name, act like he was sick, come up there and had something... He thought it was mental telepathy, that some of the ushers, or someone picked up the prayer cards and read it to me, mental telepathy, like you'd read sins and everything that they'd done, and where they'd been and everything from a prayer card. And then those things just foretold years and weeks and months...
:Many... It was right down here perhaps that night at Windsor, Ontario, I believe it was. Well, that minister come to the platform under another name, act like he was sick, come up there and had something... He thought it was mental telepathy, that some of the ushers, or someone picked up the prayer cards and read it to me, mental telepathy, like you'd read sins and everything that they'd done, and where they'd been and everything from a prayer card. And then those things just foretold years and weeks and months...
:And I... anywhere you want to... You know my address. There's never been one time that It's ever failed to be perfect, just the way it says. 'Cause It can't be nothing else; it's just God. See? Not your brother, I'm a long ways from being perfect. But He is perfect. That's right. He is perfect; I'm not.
:And I... anywhere you want to... You know my address. There's never been one time that It's ever failed to be perfect, just the way it says. 'Cause It can't be nothing else; it's just God. See? Not your brother, I'm a long ways from being perfect. But He is perfect. That's right. He is perfect; I'm not.
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:Brother, I said, '''"Now, the things that you put on the plat--on your prayer card, is on you. You have it now."''' That was right. He fell down, grabbed a hold of my pants leg. I said, "Sir, that's between you and God, not me." I said, "That's between you and God."
:Brother, I said, '''"Now, the things that you put on the plat--on your prayer card, is on you. You have it now."''' That was right. He fell down, grabbed a hold of my pants leg. I said, "Sir, that's between you and God, not me." I said, "That's between you and God."
:'''Far as I know, the man's in eternity today, dead.''' See? Now, you can't play church. You're not dealing with some little petty something; you're talking to Almighty God, so you got to be reverent and sincere. If I should stand here for the--till this time tomorrow afternoon, ex... reciting, pledge, instance, like that, it would never like cover it. Why, it could be an encyclopedia of books wrote on what I have seen the Lord Jesus do. No wonder He said, "The things that I do shall you, and greater," more of it shall you do.
:'''Far as I know, the man's in eternity today, dead.''' See? Now, you can't play church. You're not dealing with some little petty something; you're talking to Almighty God, so you got to be reverent and sincere. If I should stand here for the--till this time tomorrow afternoon, ex... reciting, pledge, instance, like that, it would never like cover it. Why, it could be an encyclopedia of books wrote on what I have seen the Lord Jesus do. No wonder He said, "The things that I do shall you, and greater," more of it shall you do.
 
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'''BLIND.BARTIMAEUS  CHICAGO.IL  56-0407'''
'''BLIND.BARTIMAEUS  CHICAGO.IL  56-0407'''
:You remember that night at that--over there in Toronto, Canada, when that minister come to the platform, and he thought it was a mental telepathy. So he said, "What it is, if the person writes what they got on the prayer card," now imagine, writing their sin on...?... All right. Said, "Then he transfers it to... The usher picks up the prayer card, holds the prayer card, and meditates, and transfers it to them." And he come in the prayer card--in there with a whole lot of stuff on his prayer card, he had, TB, and a lot of things.
:You remember that night at that--over there in Toronto, Canada, when that minister come to the platform, and he thought it was a mental telepathy. So he said, "What it is, if the person writes what they got on the prayer card," now imagine, writing their sin on...?... All right. Said, "Then he transfers it to... The usher picks up the prayer card, holds the prayer card, and meditates, and transfers it to them." And he come in the prayer card--in there with a whole lot of stuff on his prayer card, he had, TB, and a lot of things.
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:And the man grabbed me by the pant's leg, he said, "Pray for me, Brother Branham."
:And the man grabbed me by the pant's leg, he said, "Pray for me, Brother Branham."
:I said, "That's between you and God now. It's out of my hands. He's done spoke it. That's you now." '''And the man's laying bedfast to this day.'''
:I said, "That's between you and God now. It's out of my hands. He's done spoke it. That's you now." '''And the man's laying bedfast to this day.'''
 
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'''JEHOVAH.JIREH  BROOKLYN.NY  56-1209E'''
'''JEHOVAH.JIREH  BROOKLYN.NY  56-1209E'''
:Here some time ago when that minister... You was over here at a place just across the river from--in Windsor, Ontario. Was there anybody here was in the Windsor meeting that night when that man come to the platform and? See? I don't think there is as I see.
:Here some time ago when that minister... You was over here at a place just across the river from--in Windsor, Ontario. Was there anybody here was in the Windsor meeting that night when that man come to the platform and? See? I don't think there is as I see.
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:And he said, "Oh, pray, pray for me that I..." And he was a preacher.
:And he said, "Oh, pray, pray for me that I..." And he was a preacher.
:And I said, "I have nothing to do with that. You cursed yourself. So you have what you put on the prayer card." '''And screaming, he run from the building. There it was. I don't know what ever happened. See?'''
:And I said, "I have nothing to do with that. You cursed yourself. So you have what you put on the prayer card." '''And screaming, he run from the building. There it was. I don't know what ever happened. See?'''
 
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'''BLIND.BARTIMAEUS  LIMA.OH  57-0127E'''
'''BLIND.BARTIMAEUS  LIMA.OH  57-0127E'''
:Remember that man that night, up here across on the Canadian line. They went up there and put on his prayer card a whole lot of things that he had, TB and everything, and walked up here. I said, "There's nothing wrong with you."
:Remember that man that night, up here across on the Canadian line. They went up there and put on his prayer card a whole lot of things that he had, TB and everything, and walked up here. I said, "There's nothing wrong with you."
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:And he belonged to a certain denominational church that I would not call the name. And when he come back, and the vision left, I said, "Why has the devil put in your heart to do this?" Why I said, "Man, aren't you ashamed of yourself being a preacher? And last night you set with your wife and another man, which is setting right there in the balcony, setting in there with that red tie on in the gray suit. And you set in a room last night, and said that you'd go over and write so-and-so on your prayer card...?... thought the usher was...?... to me, mental telepathy."
:And he belonged to a certain denominational church that I would not call the name. And when he come back, and the vision left, I said, "Why has the devil put in your heart to do this?" Why I said, "Man, aren't you ashamed of yourself being a preacher? And last night you set with your wife and another man, which is setting right there in the balcony, setting in there with that red tie on in the gray suit. And you set in a room last night, and said that you'd go over and write so-and-so on your prayer card...?... thought the usher was...?... to me, mental telepathy."
:I said, "Now, the...?... And grabbed...?... on the platform by my pants and '''I said, "The thing that you put on your prayer card, TB and so forth, is on you now." The man died about a year later.''' That was the...?... Many of you's heard that. How many's heard it, let's see your hands. Many of you out there. Certainly. We're not playing church. It's the Holy Spirit. You be reverent.
:I said, "Now, the...?... And grabbed...?... on the platform by my pants and '''I said, "The thing that you put on your prayer card, TB and so forth, is on you now." The man died about a year later.''' That was the...?... Many of you's heard that. How many's heard it, let's see your hands. Many of you out there. Certainly. We're not playing church. It's the Holy Spirit. You be reverent.
 
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'''THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE  CHICAGO.IL  57-0630'''
'''THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE  CHICAGO.IL  57-0630'''
:And so one time in a meeting, it was in Canada, way up here in... I can never think of that city across from Detroit, Windsor, Ontario. And there was a--a man slipped into the meeting. And he thought it was a telepathy. And he put on his prayer card, on the back of it, "I have so many diseases," and things like that. There wasn't nothing wrong with him. And when he come up to the platform, he happened to be in the part of the line, probably just going through praying for the sick. And he said, "Could you tell me what's wrong with me?" And Brother Baxter started passing him on.
:And so one time in a meeting, it was in Canada, way up here in... I can never think of that city across from Detroit, Windsor, Ontario. And there was a--a man slipped into the meeting. And he thought it was a telepathy. And he put on his prayer card, on the back of it, "I have so many diseases," and things like that. There wasn't nothing wrong with him. And when he come up to the platform, he happened to be in the part of the line, probably just going through praying for the sick. And he said, "Could you tell me what's wrong with me?" And Brother Baxter started passing him on.
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:And just then the man setting up there; he said, "Mr. Branham, I'm the guy that was with him." Said, "That's my wife setting right here, was with him."
:And just then the man setting up there; he said, "Mr. Branham, I'm the guy that was with him." Said, "That's my wife setting right here, was with him."
:'''And I said, "The things that you put on your card, you have. Both cancer and TB."''' And he fell down on the platform. '''But the last time I heard him, I never heard no more, just a letter from some of the people, that he was in a serious condition.''' So we're not playing church.
:'''And I said, "The things that you put on your card, you have. Both cancer and TB."''' And he fell down on the platform. '''But the last time I heard him, I never heard no more, just a letter from some of the people, that he was in a serious condition.''' So we're not playing church.
 
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'''THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH  SOUTH.BEND.IN  58-0208'''
'''THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH  SOUTH.BEND.IN  58-0208'''
:Oh, how many was at the Wednesday meeting to see that fellow that run to the platform, that thought it was a telepathy and there taken that trouble. There, one man back there was.
:Oh, how many was at the Wednesday meeting to see that fellow that run to the platform, that thought it was a telepathy and there taken that trouble. There, one man back there was.
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:That fellow raised up there and said, "Brother Branham, that's the truth. I was right there with him."
:That fellow raised up there and said, "Brother Branham, that's the truth. I was right there with him."
:'''I said, "Now, what was on your prayer card you have." He died about six months later with a cancer.''' Uh-huh, uh-huh.
:'''I said, "Now, what was on your prayer card you have." He died about six months later with a cancer.''' Uh-huh, uh-huh.
 
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'''CHRIST.KNOCKING.AT.THE.DOOR  MIDDLETOWN.OH  58-0330E'''
'''CHRIST.KNOCKING.AT.THE.DOOR  MIDDLETOWN.OH  58-0330E'''
:How many was at the Windsor meeting to see that critic, that preacher? They packed him out paralyzed, and he's still paralyzed. Come on the platform, thought it was some kind of a psychology, and wrote on his card that it was such and such and such. Come up on the platform, the Holy Spirit said, "You are lying. You put on your prayer card down there a certain thing. You put TB and all this stuff on there. Now, because you've done it... You're a certain denominational church." Called who he was, and I said,"Last night you set with your wife, and that man there with the red tie on, set with you at a table with a green thing pulled over the table." '''And I said, "Now, what you put on your prayer card, you have."''' And this man run down there, so I...
:How many was at the Windsor meeting to see that critic, that preacher? They packed him out paralyzed, and he's still paralyzed. Come on the platform, thought it was some kind of a psychology, and wrote on his card that it was such and such and such. Come up on the platform, the Holy Spirit said, "You are lying. You put on your prayer card down there a certain thing. You put TB and all this stuff on there. Now, because you've done it... You're a certain denominational church." Called who he was, and I said,"Last night you set with your wife, and that man there with the red tie on, set with you at a table with a green thing pulled over the table." '''And I said, "Now, what you put on your prayer card, you have."''' And this man run down there, so I...
:Said, "God be merciful, Brother Branham, that is the truth." '''They took him out paralyzed, and he's still paralyzed.'''
:Said, "God be merciful, Brother Branham, that is the truth." '''They took him out paralyzed, and he's still paralyzed.'''
 
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'''JEHOVAH.JIREH LONG.BEACH.CA  61-0212M'''
'''JEHOVAH.JIREH LONG.BEACH.CA  61-0212M'''
:Like a fellow come in the prayer line, put a... He thought it was telepathy, 'cause he wrote it on a prayer card. He wrote on there he had TB, and everything. He come in the line, said, he said, "How do you do?"
:Like a fellow come in the prayer line, put a... He thought it was telepathy, 'cause he wrote it on a prayer card. He wrote on there he had TB, and everything. He come in the line, said, he said, "How do you do?"
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:And that man screamed out and said, "That is the living truth," setting up in the platform like that.
:And that man screamed out and said, "That is the living truth," setting up in the platform like that.
:'''And I said, "Because that you have said, and put that on your prayer card, now you have it." And he died about six weeks afterwards.'''
:'''And I said, "Because that you have said, and put that on your prayer card, now you have it." And he died about six weeks afterwards.'''
 
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'''HAVE.NOT.I.SENT.THEE  PHOENIX.AZ  62-0124'''
'''HAVE.NOT.I.SENT.THEE  PHOENIX.AZ  62-0124'''
:The night before there there'd been a--a man come which belonged to a certain denomination. He come up there, and he'd wrote on his prayer card, "I have TB, so-and-so," and all like that. He thought it was a telepathy. So they handed the prayer card to the usher as he come up on the platform. The man come up there and I said, "There's nothing wrong with you."
:The night before there there'd been a--a man come which belonged to a certain denomination. He come up there, and he'd wrote on his prayer card, "I have TB, so-and-so," and all like that. He thought it was a telepathy. So they handed the prayer card to the usher as he come up on the platform. The man come up there and I said, "There's nothing wrong with you."
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:He said, "Uh, huh. That's what you think. I got healed down there."
:He said, "Uh, huh. That's what you think. I got healed down there."
:I thought, "What's the matter with this man?" I turned and looked again. There was a vision broke before him. I said, "You deceiver. You belong to a certain church. Last night you set with that man right up there with a red suit on--with a red tie and black suit. And that's his wife setting right over on this corner, and your wife. And you set by a table that had a green cloth around it, and you made up that you was coming here to do that to prove that this was a mental telepathy." '''I said, "The things that you got on your card is upon you." He died about six weeks after that.''' Don't you never do that.
:I thought, "What's the matter with this man?" I turned and looked again. There was a vision broke before him. I said, "You deceiver. You belong to a certain church. Last night you set with that man right up there with a red suit on--with a red tie and black suit. And that's his wife setting right over on this corner, and your wife. And you set by a table that had a green cloth around it, and you made up that you was coming here to do that to prove that this was a mental telepathy." '''I said, "The things that you got on your card is upon you." He died about six weeks after that.''' Don't you never do that.
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THREE.KINDS.OF.BELIEVERS  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-6  63-1124E'''
'''THREE.KINDS.OF.BELIEVERS  JEFF.IN  V-3 N-6  63-1124E'''
:Many of you remember up there that night when that man come out on the platform. He thought that there was a mental telepathy of reading the prayer cards, and how he thought he had it right then. Brother, he--he was sure he had it. And he come around. He belonged to a church that don't believe in--in--in these, in the Gospel, the full Gospel. And he come up on the platform. I was tired. They was fixing to take me away.
:Many of you remember up there that night when that man come out on the platform. He thought that there was a mental telepathy of reading the prayer cards, and how he thought he had it right then. Brother, he--he was sure he had it. And he come around. He belonged to a church that don't believe in--in--in these, in the Gospel, the full Gospel. And he come up on the platform. I was tired. They was fixing to take me away.
:That was at Windsor, Ontario. In there, come right across from--from United States there, right across from Detroit, at Windsor, the big auditorium.
:That was at Windsor, Ontario. In there, come right across from--from United States there, right across from Detroit, at Windsor, the big auditorium.
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:And he grabbed me by the pants leg, he said, "I didn't..."
:And he grabbed me by the pants leg, he said, "I didn't..."
:I said, "I can't help. You go right ahead. That's up between you and God. You wrote your doom right on your card." And that got him. That was all of it.
:I said, "I can't help. You go right ahead. That's up between you and God. You wrote your doom right on your card." And that got him. That was all of it.
=Video Script=
William Branham tells the story of a man from Windsor, Canada who attended a Branham campaign meeting.  He got a prayer card, wrote on it a number of diseases that he did not have and then got in a prayer line to see whether William Branham’s discernment was real or not.  William Branham first related this story on tape in early 1950.
:''…he come walking up. I said, "Good evening, sir." He said, "Howdy do."
:''And I took a hold of his hand. There was no vibrations. I looked at him; I seen him and two men, standing in a room across a table making that up.
:''I said, "Why would you purpose in your heart to try to deceive somebody?" I said, "God is apt to strike you dead right now."
:''And he fell down on the floor and begin to screaming to the top of his voice. He said, "God, have mercy on me."
:''I said, "Why would you do that, friend?"
:''He said, "Brother Branham, I--I thought it was just make-up. I--I--I honestly, is there forgiveness for me?"
:''There was.''  MOSES HOUSTON.TX 50-0110
The apostle John said that “This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven.”
We serve a God of mercy, a God of Grace, a God of Forgiveness.  William Branham recognized this and this story is a perfect example of how God freely offers forgiveness when a sinner repents.
However, the story changed dramatically over the years to increasingly reveal the power of William Branham and the severity of his God of judgment and punishment.  Over four and a half years later, he retells the story again, dramatically changing it from its original version…
:''And after while, then it broke to a vision. And I seen him setting at a table with another man. And they were setting. And a woman was standing there with a dotted dress on. And there was a green thing hanging over the table, like this. And they had made up together that it was mental telepathy, and they was going to prove it from the platform. And that was revealed and told him who he was and what church he belonged to.
:''Brother, I said, "Now, the things that you put on the plat--on your prayer card, is on you. You have it now." That was right. He fell down, grabbed a hold of my pants leg. I said, "Sir, that's between you and God, not me." I said, "That's between you and God."
:''Far as I know, the man's in eternity today, dead.''  SOUTH.AFRICA.TESTIMONY NEW.YORK.NY 54-0902
Why did God change in this story from a saviour full of compassion for the sinner to a God of wrath, ready to strike down those who dared to question the Prophet of God?
The first time he told the story, William Branham indicates that man was forgiven. 
Why did the story change?  And why did it keep on changing?
:''And the man grabbed me by the pant's leg, he said, "Pray for me, Brother Branham."  I said, "That's between you and God now. It's out of my hands. He's done spoke it. That's you now." And the man's laying bedfast to this day.''  BLIND.BARTIMAEUS CHICAGO.IL 56-0407
:''And screaming, he run from the building. There it was. I don't know what ever happened. See?'' JEHOVAH.JIREH BROOKLYN.NY 56-1209E  
:''The man died about a year later.''  BLIND.BARTIMAEUS LIMA.OH 57-0127E  
:''But the last time I heard him, I never heard no more, just a letter from some of the people, that he was in a serious condition. So we're not playing church.'' THIRSTING.FOR.LIFE CHICAGO.IL 57-0630  
:''He died about six months later with a cancer.'' THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH SOUTH.BEND.IN 58-0208  
:''They took him out paralyzed, and he's still paralyzed.'' CHRIST.KNOCKING.AT.THE.DOOR MIDDLETOWN.OH 58-0330E  
:''And he died about six weeks afterwards.'' JEHOVAH.JIREH LONG.BEACH.CA 61-0212M
Can you see why we are a bit puzzled by the multiple endings to this story?
We will never know for sure what really happened or whether it happened at all, but the God of forgiveness certainly sounds more like the Jesus Christ we read of in the Gospels.
Why did the God of wrath become more important that a compassionate saviour?
Why did William Branham feel that it was necessary to make up all of the various endings to this story?
Was it to put fear into people’s hearts?  A fear designed to prevent people from questioning the man who held himself out as God’s prophet?
Can we really believe anything that he had to say?
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