Topic: His life and calling

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What did Brother Branham believe the Light that hung over him at his birth to be?

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Very well, Brother Kopp. Let’s go back to the beginning. I was born in eastern Kentucky, in a little log cabin near Burkesville, Kentucky. The morning of my birth, I’m told of my parents, that there was a Light came into the room and hung over me. My people was not a religious people. They did not g...

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What did the Voice that spoke from the whirlwind in the tree tell Brother Branham?

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Passing by there, there was a whirl of wind in the tree, what we call here a whirlwind. Why, it was nothing odd for that time of year in this part of the country. But it remained in the tree. It didn’t leave. I stopped to see what it was. And a Voice spoke from It, saying, “Do not never smoke, or dr...

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Why did God send Brother Branham to the Pentecostal people?

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The first time it happened, course I was just a small baby, I was just three minutes old, about, when It came in. But down through life, every time, even before I was converted…“Gifts and callings are without repentance,” you know that. That’s where I think that many of the…And see, I’m new in the P...

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When the Angel told Brother Branham to 'get the people to believe you', what were the people to believe?

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But the Angel said to me, “If you’ll get the people to believe…” Now, listen closely to all…We’re going to pray for a group of people, I believe, tonight. “If you get the people to believe you.” To believe what? To believe that God sent me to pray for you (See?), that God’s got—sent me to…Not for my...

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What was Brother Branham told he was brought into this world to do?

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I read one day where the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life. So, I—I tried to push away. I recognized it, set down and tried to consider it just in the best way that I could, and I said, “Lord, if I’ve been wrong, forgive me.” And it came into the room and walked to me that time, a man, some...

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What did Brother Branham say started the sorrows in his life?

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And—and there, friends, is where my sorrows started. I listened to my mother-in-law in the stead of God. He was giving me the opportunity. And there this gift would’ve been manifested long time ago, if I’d just went ahead and done what God told me to do. But instead of that, I didn’t want her to be...

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Why did Brother Branham refuse to touch the bank draft for a million and a half dollars sent to him?

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And every penny that’s left from our meetings (Brother Lindsay and them knows just what we eat, and so forth) we turn right straight back into the Gospel work, back, and try to live just as cheap as I can. When I go to the cities, I don’t look for big hotels. The cheapest one I can find, that’s what...

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Did Brother Branham take part in religious debates?

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Have they showed the picture of Him yet? I want…Have you, Brother Lindsay? Well, I beg your pardon. Brother Lindsay, hasn’t the picture. Brother Lindsay’s going to try to bring it to show it, maybe tomorrow night. How many’d like to see it?…?… He will tell you the story of it. It was in a debate. No...

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What did Brother Branham say would prove him a false prophet?

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I wish you’d be reverent while I’m praying. It’s not a excitable matter. It’s reverent, and we must approach God with a true sincere heart, and just as reverent as you can be. And obey—when I ask you to bow your head, I want you to do it, now that is while I’m praying. I respect that anywhere. And t...

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Why is Brother Branham no longer a Baptist?

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And then, as I bring Christ to you, He will be on your hand. And you’ll have to answer for what attitude you took towards it: if you turned it down, or if you accepted it. You…God will have you to answer for your attitude of this meeting, so you must realize it’s a very sacred thing. Brother Lindsay...