Topic: Christian living

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What does happiness consist of?

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But friends, it was just as paradise on earth. We had each other. I’d become converted in that time, become a minister, and was preaching, and I loved the Lord with all my heart, and we loved one another. And that’s all we cared for. And listen. Happiness does not consist of how much the world’s goo...

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When a person realizes he has an inferior complex, or some sort of complex, how may he overcome this? So, should it be if he was the only child caused this in his early youth?

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Take exactly the opposite. If you’re always wanting your way, and that one little brat that wants to always have everything your way, turn right back around and give everything you got the other way. If you’re selfish and you want to hold everything, then start giving away what you got. See? Do what...

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I would know what the—the following is: First Timothy, the 2nd…Second Timothy the 2nd chapter and the 16th verse.

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Just a moment. Second Timothy…[Blank space on tape—Ed.] We get together. Maybe you won’t agree with what I said. Take you home…Then, you’ll go home and study real much, and then that’ll help you get spiritual. All right, Second Timothy 2 and 16 reads like this: But shun profane and vain babblings: f...

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What is the law of contrast?

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And I’m sorry that…You know, we…These lot of things are, they come when we don’t know when they’re coming, and that’s the way all of life is, isn’t it? I was coming down the elevator a while ago, and I said to the man, I said, “Your job has its ups-and-downs.” He said, “That’s right.” I said, “Well,...

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What is a man judged by?

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Here it is. If I’m getting this right, so is it today. A man or a woman who really tries to live a Christian life, and abstain from the things of the world, the world backs off and says they’re a fanatic. Every man that tries to trust God, his fellow man will call him, “Goody-goody,” or, “a sissy,”...

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Can a person be a pretty good Christian?

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And people, today, as you see…you say, “Well, I—I guess I’m a pretty good Christian, Brother Branham.” You can’t be a pretty good Christian. There is no such a thing. You have to either be a Christian or you’re not a Christian; a grain of wheat or a stalk. The wheat can’t be a barley today and a—and...

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What does Brother Branham say is the greatest evidence of a Christian?

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And, Christian friends I’m as sincere as I know how to be before Him, because some of these people it’s somebody’s mother. Here perhaps stands someone’s mother now. What if that was my mother, and some man was praying for my mother? I’d sure want him to be sincere. I’d sure want him to do…And as I d...

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How should a person who says he has the Spirit of Christ behave?

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Let’s watch the type of person He was. Let’s look at His character; watch His ministry. And as He worked then, He works now. As He was then, He is now, and will be forever. And just what He did in them days, He’ll do it today, He’ll be just the same forever. He’s the same Jesus, yesterday, today, an...

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How does a person serve God?

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I’ve always knowed this and I found this in my life of ministry. If you’ll…If you want to serve God, serve His people. That’s how we serve. As we love one another, we love God. And I love His people, and I’m doing all that I know how to try to represent our Lord Jesus Christ to them in a way of His...

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Does what a person reads show what kind of person they are?

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Let me see what you read. Let me go in your office, in your house, and see what you read, I will about tell you what you are. That’s right. See, everything to its nature. And you keep the Bible laying close for your children, read It yourself, be an example. That’s what I didn’t have in my younger l...

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Are the Scriptures meant to be argued over?

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And I said, “Now, I won’t argue,” because the Scriptures are not to argue, They are to be lived. That’s—that’s, you live me a sermon. That’s the best thing. I’d rather see one lived, than I would to hear one preached. Wouldn’t you? Live a sermon. “You’re written epistles, read of all men.”

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What is a Christian's greatest weapon?

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Now, there’s a perfect way and a permissive way. And I feel that if God, here on the platform, can show me things that has been, and in my rooms and so forth, He’s able to tell me just where He wants me and what He wants me to do. But I feel as long as I’ve got it all hooked up, or I—I feel like the...

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What shows whether a person is really a Christian?

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And now, I want to speak just a moment, or just bring your attention to a few words here that Jesus said, “The works that I do bear witness of Me.” The things that I do, what I say, is what bears record of me. And that’s what bears record of every person. Do you know, I’d rather you’d live me a serm...

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Is it right to argue or debate over the Word of God?

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But don’t never argue with people. You just stand still and let God do the arguing. I wouldn’t argue, wouldn’t debate with no one. I don’t believe in it in the first place. I can only state what’s truth. If you want to believe it, all right. If you do not, there’ll be others who will believe it. Isn...

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What is the greatest thing Brother Branham found in the Christian life?

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And now, one of the most wonderful things of God and the Christian, the connection of the fellowship between God and Christians, is that they that are sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. (Can you hear me all right now in the back? Is it all right? If you can, raise your hands, if you can hear...

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What happens when you give what little you have to Jesus?

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I can just see him moving up, just a little closer all the time. And the crowds got great. I can hear Him get into the boat, thrust out a little from the bank. And He borrowed a ship from Simon. After He got through speaking, He said to Simon, “Now, you launch out into the deep and let down for the...

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Can a person be too sincere about the work of God?

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That I was too sincere about it, that I thought too much on it, set my mind on it too much. Said, “You pray for John Doe’s baby; forget about it. That’s God’s business to heal it.” Said, “You just think too much sincerely of it.” Said, “Then when you do, going to cause to have a mental collapse.” My...