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#"''You are not even fit to be foolish virgins, so what is left? Hell.''" | #"''You are not even fit to be foolish virgins, so what is left? Hell.''" | ||
'''That certainly isn't the spirit of Christ.''' In fact, those that say such things are in danger of condemning themselves, as Jesus said that “''God will judge you in the same way as you judge others, and he will apply to you the same rules you apply to others''.” (Matt 7:2 GNT) | |||
Additionally, we have had old friends convey to us that they no longer want to have anything do with us in the future. | Additionally, we have had old friends convey to us that they no longer want to have anything do with us in the future. | ||
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=The Many Problems with Wiliam Branham's message= | =The Many Problems with Wiliam Branham's message= | ||
William Branham not only held himself out to be a teacher, he held out as being as someone who was restoring truth that had been lost for hundreds of years: | |||
:''I never went to any seminary, never went to any school, never took anybody else's word about it. I went right straight into the Bible in prayer. And '''this is Divinely revealed by the Holy Spirit, the same Angel of God that directs me to see visions''' and so forth like that, and the healing of the sick. And you can judge by that whether it would be true or not.<ref>William Branham, 54-0513 - The Mark Of The Beast, para. 29</ref> | |||
:''Yes, I know it's been hard, cutting, strange, I don't do that to be mean, I do that to be honest. I do that because I love you, I love God, and I do it to try to help you. And truly, friend, I—I—I believe… And with all my heart, with all my faith, '''I believe that my Message comes from God'''. It's—It's been proving that to you through the years.<ref>William Branham, 65-1206 - Modern Events Are Made Clear By Prophecy, para. 309</ref> | |||
The problem with this claim is that it brings great responsibility (James 3:1): | |||
:''Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.<ref>The New International Version, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Jas 3:1.</ref> | |||
Paul told us how we should look at God's servants: | Paul told us how we should look at God's servants: | ||
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==[[Love in the message|Lack of Love]]== | ==[[Love in the message|Lack of Love]]== | ||
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:'''''Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law''', being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that ahangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham bmight come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Ga 3:13–14 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).</ref> | :'''''Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law''', being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that ahangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham bmight come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Ga 3:13–14 (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).</ref> | ||
==Failed visions and constantly changing prophecies== | |||
One significant problem with William Branham's prophetic ministry is that '''we have been unable to find a single occurrence''' where we have a clear prophecy recorded on tape that was later clearly fulfilled. We have [[Condensed List of Issues with the Message#Problems with Prophecies and Visions|compiled a comprehensive listing of all of the problems with William Branham's prophetic ministry]]. | |||
==The Abuse of Message Believers by Ministers== | ==The Abuse of Message Believers by Ministers== | ||