Topic: Foundation & doctrine

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Why did God live in His Son, Christ Jesus?

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When Jesus Christ came to the pool of Bethesda, in Him was feelings of compassion, for He was a Man of sorrow, acquainted with grief. And He loved the people. But when He came to that pool where approximately, I’d say, when the Bible said, “Great multitudes…” where there’d be none less than ten thou...

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Does a person receive what they come to a meeting expecting?

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Just a few words upon “Expectations.” Now, I want you to give me just very close attention, if you will. This is a little difficult. Standing here, already there’s an anointing. And then trying to come over to speak on the Word, it’s—it’s a hard thing…?…now. Expectations, usually, every one…Can you...

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Why say that something God promised is done before it can be seen?

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Look, Abraham believed God, and he testified concerning the things that was not, for he had God’s Word. That was enough for Abraham. Twenty-five years later, the promise came to—come to pass. And today we believe God, express His Word, say that it’s done before it is done; because faith is the subst...

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Is there a spirit behind a germ or a cancer?

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But notice. A germ…What is a germ? Now, we take a cancer, what is it first? Why, it’s a growth, tumor, cataract, goiter? They’re growths. Is that right? And they become malignant and cancers. Well, a growth is a multiplication of cells. And let’s dig down below that now. Below that growth is a—is a...

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How was Jesus conceived in the virgin Mary?

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What we need today is a good old fashion cleaning out, and getting right with God. That’s exactly right. To bring—to bring it back—people back to a living faith in God, there to say it’s right or it’s wrong. God grant the day when men and women will be what they claim to be. That’s right. It’s… Now,...

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Does a person go to hell for being a sinner?

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Now, you don’t go to hell because you’re a sinner; you go to hell because you refused to accept the way away from hell. There’s a bypass; that’s Christ. There’s a bypass from your sickness, quick death, premature grave; that’s through Christ. But now, you’re—you’re—you sinned in the beginning, and C...

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Is a righteous man a sinless man?

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Notice what kind of a man He came to now: a man that was a righteous. A righteous man’s not a sinless man, but a man that depends on His righteousness by confessing his wrongs to God. Notice. Then the Angel said to—to the priest, Zacharias; He said when the days of his ministration was over, he was...

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How does the old custom of tearing a covenant in two apply to God's covenant with the Church?

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Them days, when they made a covenant, they would take a lamb or a beast. They’d write a covenant out, two men between them. They would write it out what it was. And then they would kill a beast. And over this beast, they would tear this thing in two. One man would take one part and one the other. An...

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How did Mary receive the Angel's promise differently from Zacharias?

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Now, I want you to notice something closely. Look when the Angel came to the priest, Zacharias, and told him that Sarah…or Elisabeth was going to have a child by him, he had plenty of examples before that. Hannah had had a child past age of bearing. Sarah, near a hundred years old or better, had bro...

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Does Jesus weeping at the grave of Lazarus show He was only a man?

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Oh, my. That’s it. “I am the Resurrection and Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?” She said, “Yea, Lord. I believe…” Look here. “I believe that You are the Son of God, that You’ve been said...

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What did Christ restore that Adam lost in the garden of Eden?

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Now, we realize, and everyone knows there is spirits. Then if there’s spirits, there’s bound to be a Master of that spirit, because It changes the nature of sinners into Christians. And there’s bound to be a Master or Head there somewhere, and that’s God. And He sent His Son on earth, made in likene...

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How can you tell whether a gift or an angel is from God?

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Now, sin is unbelief. Is that right? The first sin was committed by Eve, because she disbelieved God’s Word. Is that right? There’s where the whole thing lays tonight—disbelieving God’s Word. You believe God’s Word as It’s written here, you don’t need nothing else. But to stimulate people’s faith, G...

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What is the lesson of Peter saying, 'At Thy word I will let down the net'?

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Peter said, “Lord, we’ve toiled all night, and have taken nothing.” That’s discouraging. They were fishermen. They just wasn’t guessing. They knowed where the sea, and how the moon should be, and where the fish was. They was la—ra—raised on that sea, Galilean. And they’d toiled all night through tha...

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Who performed the miracles when Moses delivered Israel?

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This Word that we have just read, was God sending Moses. Moses was born an odd, peculiar birth. It was just time for the prophetic wheel of God, to cause then it to move up and to have something to come to pass that He’d promised Abraham to take His people out, and He did. God always moves just in t...

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What are angels sent to earth to do?

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We know that Paul had the Holy Spirit. Do you believe that? Well, when he was fourteen days and nights upon the sea, without any moon or stars, and it was all dark. And he went down in the gallery to pray. He came back and told the men, “Be of a good courage; for the Angel of God, Whose servant I am...

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Why could Jesus not help the people who killed Him, even though they worshipped God the Father?

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When Jesus was on earth, the people that killed him, believed in God the Father, and were great worshippers of God. Is that right? But He could not help them, because they did not believe in Him. Is that right? And He said with His Own mouth, “As you have believed in God, believe also in Me.” Is tha...

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How is faith different from hope?

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Now, hope is one thing and faith is another. Faith is a positive sense. It’s not a guesswork; you don’t just imagine it. It’s just as real as any other sense of your body, just the same as sight is. Sight is real. Hearing is real. See, taste, feel, smell, and hear, the five senses of the body that c...

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What did Jesus use to defeat Satan when He was tempted?

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When Jesus…We all believe He was the Son of God. Is that right? We accept Him as the Son of God. And He was more than a man; God was in Jesus. God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. He was a God-man, God working through Him. Now, but when He met Satan, or Satan met Him, He did not use a...

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How did Brother Branham define sin?

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What is sin? What is sin? Not drinking, not smoking, not gambling, not rejecting church. Sin is unbelief. Is that right? He that believeth not is condemned already. See? You’re not…You do not…You’re not destroyed or separated from God because you’re a sinner. You’re separated to God—from God because...

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What name did Brother Branham use when baptizing a believer?

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Almighty God, bless my brother, bless his talents, make him a great man, Lord, for You. Hear the prayer of Your servant. As Thou has commissioned us, Lord Jesus, that we should go into all the world, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of th...