Topic: Foundation & doctrine

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What has to happen for a promise of God to produce results?

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Now, the way to raise a crop, is first get the ground ready. Is that right? Take out all the stink weeds, and the briers, the creepers. That’s unbelief and doubt. Sweep it out of your heart. Get ready. Then the field’s broke up. I’m not very much on this dry-eyed repentance. I like to see a man come...

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Why did Jesus answer Satan with 'It is written' instead of using His own power?

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Jesus had all the fine qualities of God in Him. Do you believe it? He had powers upon powers, but when He met Satan, He never used His power, He give an example for the weakest of Christians. When He met Satan, He said, “It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that procee...

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Why did God Himself have to come in flesh to suffer the penalty for sin?

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Notice, God becoming flesh that He might suffer the penalty of sin, for He was the One Who pronounced sin. He was the…?…One pronounced this penalty upon sin. And He couldn’t have some individual person besides Hisself. It wouldn’t be right for me to say, “My wife will take your place, my boy, my bro...

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Can a person get into heaven by good works or merits?

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But, oh, how infallible—how many infallible proofs we have that there’s a—heaven is, and we’re going there someday. And just as sure as we’re in Christ, God shall bring those with Him who are keeping Christ at that day. And we…So many people try to work themself into it. So many people try to do so...

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What is the difference between the patriarchs sleeping and Christ dying?

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And you notice, Abraham slept; Isaac slept; Jacob slept; the patriarchs slept, but Christ died: separation. In His death God wasn’t with Him. He had to suffer the absence of God in His death that we would have the Presence of God in our death. See? And there God struck upon Him our judgment. And the...

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What does 'see' mean in 'he cannot see the Kingdom of God'?

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No matter what it looks like here…We don’t look at what we see; we look at what we do not see. Is that right? Anyhow, “to see” doesn’t mean “to look at.” The word “see” means “to understand.” Jesus said, “Except a man be borned of water and Spirit, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” In other words,...

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Why did Jesus compare faith to a mustard seed?

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Maybe you might not have the spontaneous faith to bring something, just a miracle right to you. You may not have that kind of faith. But Jesus said, “If you had the faith like a mustard seed, you could say to the mountain, ‘Be moved,’ and by and by, it would come to pass.” It wouldn’t vanish it away...

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What did Brother Branham say is America's best defense in a time of crisis?

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You know, the best armor that America has in this present crisis is God-fearing, praying people. That’s the best. It’s worth more than all the bombs and tanks that we could produce. God will always fight for His people. Let us… If this whole nation with one accord would throw themselves to God in sa...

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How does Brother Branham define the supernatural?

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Oh, what I would think tonight, “Lord, let us look a past the curtain of time, just look over just a little peek, see what it’s all about.” We’re fighting here tonight a great warfare: right against wrong: Word of God against modern theology, and trying to make the—the Word of God, bring It to the p...

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Did Brother Branham believe in eternal sonship?

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And there, that great space where no one can fathom in their mind beyond that, that space, eternity. That’s Jehovah God out there. And we’re taught in the beginning, that the Logos, or the Son of God went out of God. Now, I do not believe in eternal sonship. That’s even radical to even mention such...

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What part does a person's confession play in being healed?

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And when the inspiration of the Holy Spirit is here to inspire you, remember, God will make your body come into your confession. If you say you’re a drunkard, and want a drink. Don’t worry, you’ll soon be one. If you say you’re a sinner, and want to sin, you’ll be right into it. If you say you’re a...

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What does God send before He sends judgment?

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We were talking this afternoon. Brother Lindsay looked over to me. We’ve been together for four years, and I never heard that tone of voice. The Spirit of God must have said it, or I caught it in that way. Said, “Brother Branham,” he said, “with a measure of time,” said, “I’ve said for a long time:...

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What did Brother Branham say is the only safety as the world heads for judgment?

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God loved Israel. But when Israel sinned, she reaped what she sowed. And we’re in for judgment. Mark that down, and remember I have said it from the platform. When it comes to pass, you remember what I said. All right. My Christian friends, and sinner friends, whatever you do, if you believe me to b...

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Why did Brother Branham say he had to keep fasting while ministering on the platform?

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If your—if you keep your stomach empty, the blood is at your brain, and you must be ready. And if you’re all full when you’re…That’s the power of fasting. When you’re—when you’re full, the blood goes into your stomach to digest your food. You see? And then when you’re empty, it’s in your—in your bra...

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How was the Son of God conceived in the womb of Mary?

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You have to bring it back till He…God’s the Creator. And God the Creator, created a blood cell in the womb of Mary. Come from the Father, which is God, by virgin birth, and that is the Son of God Who we love and cherish today, Who died and gave His Blood at Calvary, that we might have remission of o...

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Is a person saved by what they feel at the altar, or by what God's Word says?

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Them theories don’t change God’s Word. No, sir. God’s Word is eternally true, and It’s right, and It…our faith is based on there. And by… I’m not saved today because I got down at the altar and cried. [Blank spot on tape—Ed.] I’m saved because the Word of God tells me I’m saved. Satan can whip me ar...

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What does God do before He acts on earth?

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Before God does anything here on earth…I want you to catch this close. Before God does anything on earth, He always sends a witness from heaven to declare it. Now, before Jesus was born, why, God sent a witness of this. Signs and wonders begin to appear of His coming, just as it’s appearing today by...

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How did Mary's response to the angel differ from Zacharias's?

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Notice, but this little woman…Zacharias back there, he had much Scriptures behind him to believe where miracles had happened on the same order. But Mary, there had never been a baby born like that. But notice, instead of fussing at the Angel like Zacharias did, she said, “Behold the handmaid of the...

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In what different forms has God revealed Himself?

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All right. Now, we wish to speak to you just for a few moments, just a very few moments about “God Revealing Himself To His People.” Now, God cannot make anyone believe. God can only reveal Himself in different forms. He has revealed Hisself in wind, and in—and mysterious—mysterious movements and so...

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How is the Word of God like a seed?

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Now, many times…Now, these may seem strange. Everybody be real reverent. If you can get the person…Just what I was trying to do to the woman, was get her in the right mental attitude; she wouldn’t have to be prayed for. The right mental attitude towards any promise of God will bring it to pass. Do y...