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This article asks the question: '''Was William Branham's discernment infallible or were there errors?''' | |||
==If there were errors, what caused them?== | ==If there were errors, what caused them?== | ||
''And now, I want that lady here, just to stand right here by the microphone. I know the lady. I--I think her name is Sutton; I'm not mistake... [The sister says, "No. Cobb, now."--Ed.] Oh, Cobb, I'm sorry. I've seen the woman before, so she comes here to the Tabernacle once in a while. And now... But I know nothing of what's wrong with her. But now, the only way that I would have of knowing that, would be some way that God would have telling me. Isn't that right, Mrs... Cobb? All right. Cobb, would be, is your name now? All right. All right, Mrs. Cobb, the only way that I'd know that what was wrong with you, would be God would have to reveal it to me.<ref>PROOF.OF.HIS.RESURRECTION_ JEFF.IN V-26 N-16 SUNDAY_ 55-0410M</ref> | ''And now, I want that lady here, just to stand right here by the microphone. I know the lady. '''I--I think her name is Sutton; I'm not mistake... [The sister says, "No. Cobb, now."--Ed.] Oh, Cobb, I'm sorry.''' I've seen the woman before, so she comes here to the Tabernacle once in a while. And now... But I know nothing of what's wrong with her. But now, the only way that I would have of knowing that, would be some way that God would have telling me. Isn't that right, Mrs... Cobb? All right. Cobb, would be, is your name now? All right. All right, Mrs. Cobb, the only way that I'd know that what was wrong with you, would be God would have to reveal it to me.<ref>PROOF.OF.HIS.RESURRECTION_ JEFF.IN V-26 N-16 SUNDAY_ 55-0410M</ref> | ||
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But have you ever stopped to consider how differently a prayer line might seem if you heard the unedited versions? | But have you ever stopped to consider how differently a prayer line might seem if you heard the unedited versions? | ||
Here are a few examples. Can fill in the blanks? (Blank spots on tape, that is) | Here are a few examples. Can fill in the blanks? (Blank spots on tape, that is): | ||
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:''Friends, you'll have to keep your head bowed. As I raised my head, at least two dozen cold waves of vibration struck across me [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.].<ref>49-0718 I.WAS.NOT.DISOBEDIENT.TO.THE.HEAVENLY.VISION</ref> | :''Friends, you'll have to keep your head bowed. As I raised my head, at least two dozen cold waves of vibration struck across me [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.].<ref>49-0718 I.WAS.NOT.DISOBEDIENT.TO.THE.HEAVENLY.VISION</ref> | ||
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:''Good evening, young lady. You have a very...?... faith to be healed. What are you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>50-0818 IT.SHALL.BE.EVEN.AS.IT.WAS.TOLD.ME</ref> | :''Good evening, young lady. You have a very...?... faith to be healed. What are you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>50-0818 IT.SHALL.BE.EVEN.AS.IT.WAS.TOLD.ME</ref> | ||
:''All right, brother. I'm... After speaking, makes me just a little shook up, you know, I get... I guess that's humanly nervous, you know, just it's... It just happens that way, I guess. But, anyhow, I've got to get myself quietened down to the anointing of that Angel of the Lord. | :''All right, brother. I'm... After speaking, makes me just a little shook up, you know, I get... I guess that's humanly nervous, you know, just it's... It just happens that way, I guess. But, anyhow, I've got to get myself quietened down to the anointing of that Angel of the Lord. | ||
:''Now, I don't mean that that would heal you. That has nothing to do with your healing: only might make your faith greater (You see?), or something like that. 'Cause I presume that you and I are strangers. I don't believe I ever met you. I don't know you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''Now, I don't mean that that would heal you. That has nothing to do with your healing: only might make your faith greater (You see?), or something like that. 'Cause I presume that you and I are strangers. I don't believe I ever met you. I don't know you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>51-0721 LIFE.OF.DEMONS.AND.VISIONS</ref> | ||
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:''Do you believe me to be His prophet, sir? [Blank.spot.on.tape—Ed.] | :''Do you believe me to be His prophet, sir? [Blank.spot.on.tape—Ed.]<ref>52-0719 MAKE.THE.VALLEY.FULL.OF.DITCHES</ref> | ||
52-0719 MAKE.THE.VALLEY.FULL.OF.DITCHES | |||
:'' | :''Now, this... The person don't have to be on the platform here. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>53-0510 TESTIMONY</ref> | ||
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:'' | :''[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] Two? There's nothing I can do.<ref>53-0607E A.TESTIMONY</ref> | ||
:'' | :''All right. Are... You and I are strangers. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>53-0610 JESUS.CHRIST.THE.SAME.YESTERDAY.TODAY.AND.FOREVER</ref> | ||
:''What is your number, sir? What? Q. All right, who has Q number 1? I don't know who you are. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>54-0401 GOD'S.PREPARATION</ref> | |||
:''What cards was give out? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... here for your first time?<ref>55-0818 BLIND.BARTIMAEUS</ref> | |||
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:''Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? You do? You just answer me, 'cause I'm contacting your spirit. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''Come, lady. Do you believe with all your heart? You do? You just answer me, 'cause I'm contacting your spirit. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-0613 JEHOVAH.JIREH</ref> | ||
56-0613 JEHOVAH.JIREH | |||
:''And what's yours name?... You're a junior. And your last name? McCloud. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''And what's yours name?... You're a junior. And your last name? McCloud. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-0923 SPIRITUAL.ADOPTION</ref> | ||
56-0923 SPIRITUAL.ADOPTION | |||
:''Lady, come right here. 51, would you...? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''Lady, come right here. 51, would you...? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE</ref> | ||
56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE | |||
:''Now, if Jesus was here today, and you come down to where He was... You heard He was down here in Brooklyn, and you come to Him, and He come to you, now, He would know you, wouldn't He? He--He would what you--what was your...?... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''Now, if Jesus was here today, and you come down to where He was... You heard He was down here in Brooklyn, and you come to Him, and He come to you, now, He would know you, wouldn't He? He--'''He would what you--what was your...?...''' [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE</ref> | ||
56-1206 A.SECONDHANDED.ROBE | |||
:''Dark skinned lady setting right here. She's suffering with a bladder trouble. That's right. I never seen you in my life. But Christ let me catch your prayer. You believe me to be His prophet? His servant, rather. You do? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''Dark skinned lady setting right here. She's suffering with a bladder trouble. That's right. I never seen you in my life. But Christ let me catch your prayer. You believe me to be His prophet? His servant, rather. You do? [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>56-1209E JEHOVAH.JIREH</ref> | ||
56-1209E JEHOVAH.JIREH | |||
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:''If I could see number 5, the gentleman here, would you come? Number 6, would you... | :''If I could see number 5, the gentleman here, would you come? Number 6, would you... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] How they do it, '''they come right down and shuffle the cards out between you, and mix up'''... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>57-1229 FAITH_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN</ref> | ||
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] How they do it, they come right down and shuffle the cards out between you, and mix up... [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>57-1229 FAITH_ JEFFERSONVILLE.IN</ref> | |||
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:''I never seen you in my life. That's right. If it is, raise up your hand, that I'm a stranger to you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.] | :''I never seen you in my life. That's right. If it is, raise up your hand, that I'm a stranger to you. [Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]<ref>58-0500 THE EAGLE STIRRING HER NEST NEW ENGLAND</ref> | ||
58-0500 THE EAGLE STIRRING HER NEST NEW ENGLAND | |||
===But then things change a bit after 1958=== | ===But then things change a bit after 1958=== | ||
:''Now, there's a change in my ministry coming. And how many... Would there be one here that remembers when I first started on the field? Let's see your hand. Oh, my, there's several. You remember how it was given to me by the Angel of the Lord, that I would take my left hand and lay it onto the--the person was standing sick, and not use my own voice, and It would speak out and tell them what was wrong with them? You remember that? And you remember, I told you that the Holy Spirit told me that night when I talked to Him, what it would be. And said, "Then if you'll be sincere, it'll come to a place that you'll know the very secret of their heart." How many of you that was in my first meetings heard me tell that before that ever come to pass, raise up your hands high. That's good. Now, has it come to pass? | :''Now, there's a change in my ministry coming. And how many... Would there be one here that remembers when I first started on the field? Let's see your hand. Oh, my, there's several. You remember how it was given to me by the Angel of the Lord, that I would take my left hand and lay it onto the--the person was standing sick, and not use my own voice, and It would speak out and tell them what was wrong with them? You remember that? And you remember, I told you that the Holy Spirit told me that night when I talked to Him, what it would be. And said, "Then if you'll be sincere, it'll come to a place that you'll know the very secret of their heart." How many of you that was in my first meetings heard me tell that before that ever come to pass, raise up your hands high. That's good. Now, has it come to pass? | ||
Then He said, "If you'll continue to be sincere and humble, it'll grow greater and greater." And now, this ministry is going to step higher now, into another realm, where it'll be far beyond what it is now. I don't know just what it is, but I'm warned of the Holy Spirit to quickly now, close my meetings off (My last one will be in Philadelphia), and go into the hills and wait on the Lord to see which a way to conduct this ministry. When I come out again, it'll be in a new ministry. This ministry will never cease; this ministry will continue on. This first will continue on; it's still just the same.<ref>58-0620 THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH</ref | :''Then He said, "If you'll continue to be sincere and humble, it'll grow greater and greater." And now, this ministry is going to step higher now, into another realm, where it'll be far beyond what it is now. I don't know just what it is, but I'm warned of the Holy Spirit to quickly now, close my meetings off (My last one will be in Philadelphia), and go into the hills and wait on the Lord to see which a way to conduct this ministry. When I come out again, it'll be in a new ministry. This ministry will never cease; this ministry will continue on. This first will continue on; it's still just the same.<ref>58-0620 THE.QUEEN.OF.THE.SOUTH</ref> | ||
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