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William Branham relates a story about a man who came into the prayer line at meetings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  He was there not to get healed but to expose William Branham as a fraud.  He 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 condemned the man to suffer from the sicknesses that he had written on the card.


=Problems with the Story=
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There are several problems with the story as it develops and changes over time:
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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==How did William Branham know the man was not being truthful?==
=Problems with the Story=


William Branham indicated that he knew of the man's deception because:
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.


*There were no vibrations to indicate he had a disease (1950).
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.
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with a man in a red suit and a woman in a green dress (1953)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man and woman in a "dotted" dress. (1954)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony with a blue suit and woman sitting in a corner. (1956)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony with a blue suit. (1956)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in a grey suit and a woman standing looking down on the 2 men. (1957)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in a grey suit and a blonde woman sitting with them. (1957)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a gray suit and his wife.  (1958)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in audience and his wife. (1958)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a gray suit. (1961)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a black suit and both their wives. (1962)
*He had a vision which showed the man planning his deception with another man in the balcony wearing a blue suit and both their wives. (1963)


==What happened to the man?==
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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.''
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|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'''.''
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|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'''.''
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|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'''. ''
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|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. ''
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|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.''
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|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'''.''
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|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'''.''
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|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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According to William Branham, the result of the man's deception were as follows:
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]]?


*The man fell down screaming and asked for forgiveness (1950)
Why would William Branham need to exaggerate the story to such a degree if it was really God who revealed the deception?
*A man in the audience screamed and the diseases on the prayer card came on the man in the prayer line. (1953)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he was assumed to be dead. (1954)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man remained bedridden to that time. (1956)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he ran screaming from the building.  William Branham indicated he never heard what happened to the man subsequently. (1956)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and he died a year later. (1957)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and William Branham received a letter from some people that the man was in serious condition. (1957)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died 6 months later from cancer.  (1958)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man. They carried him out paralyzed and he remained paralyzed until that time. (1958)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died about 6 weeks later. (1961)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man and the man died about 6 weeks later. (1962)
*The diseases on the prayer card came on the man. (1963)


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]]?
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?
 
Why would William Branham need to exagerate the story to such a degree if it was really God who performed the miracle?


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: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.


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=Video Script=
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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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