Topic: Household & Christian conduct

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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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What does a craving in the body prove about the thing it craves?

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Some time ago I read a—a little article in a newspaper, that said a little boy had a—was eating erasers off the pencils. And he ate the rubber pedal off of a bicycle. So the doctors examined his body, and they come to find out, the little fellow was—was lacking something in his body, and that was su...

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What does old-time religion do to the differences between rich and poor?

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Those Arkansas people are poor as they can be. But brother, under them old blue shirts beats some real good true Holy Ghost filled hearts. Yes, sir. I’d rather have one of them with me any time, than maybe a slicker with his collar turned around in the back, and I couldn’t trust him out of my sight....

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What did the man born blind do to receive his sight?

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What a marvelous occasion. A man born blind, Jesus opened his eyes. And then the people didn’t believe, it and they was questioning him, what he did about it. He only did what Jesus told him to do. And if any person will do what Jesus tells them to do, he will receive just what you have need of, if...

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What must a person die to in order to have Life?

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Jesus had to die to produce Eternal Life. And now, listen closely, Christian friends. Unless you die to yourself and your feelings, and act on God’s Word, you’ll never have Life. Forget your feelings; just take what God said. And plant that seed into that life of your own death, or your own death, a...

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Would you explain Sunday is the first day of the week and Saturday is the seventh day? Christians go to church on Sunday, the first day of the week. Shouldn’t they go on Saturday, the seventh day of the week?

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Well, now, dear friend, ever who asked that, that’s a very good question. It’s an old question that’s been argued among thousands of students today, but could I, you just let me give my version, you see, is all I can do. And if I’m not right, well, you—you bear with me, and God forgive me, you see,...

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What did Brother Branham say was wrong with the Voice of Healing?

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Now, this is kindly cutting it home tonight. But listen, this is what will do you…You might not like me now, but brother, at the day of judgment you’ll see I’ve told you the truth and been one man that’s honest with you. That’s right. Now, that’s just as unscriptural as it can be. And when this Bapt...

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Whose faith counts when a baby is too young to have faith of its own?

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Believe that, well you watch the baby and see if it’s not right. “In My Name they shall cast out devils.” That baby’s too little to have faith. It has to have our faith. And I know with love to God, then in love, and faith accompanies love, and when those two meet together, something has to happen....

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Can the Holy Spirit bless a hypocrite?

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“But by their fruits ye shall know them.” There you are. See? Now, the same Holy Spirit can bless a hypocrite. That knocked some of you Arminians out, but that’s the Truth. That’s the Truth. Been taught holiness, which I believe in holiness, too. But the same Spirit, the rain falls on the just and t...

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What does it mean when deep calls unto deep?

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You usually get just what you’re expecting. You come to the meeting to criticize, the devil will show you plenty to criticize. If you come to a meeting to be blessed, God will give you a blessing. Whatever you expect, that’s what you’re going to find. Simeon was expecting to see the Lord. And God le...

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Is drinking, smoking or adultery a sin in itself?

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I was talking to someone today, was talking on the word of “sin.” I said, “Drinking whiskey is not a sin. Smoking cigarettes is not sin. Living in adultery’s not a sin.” A lady raised up and said, “Well, Brother Branham, what is a sin?” I said, “That’s the attributes of sin. Sin produces that. That...

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What does David mean by the deep calling to the deep?

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And as the—David said, “When the deep is calling to the deep…” If there’s a call in my heart calling for a deep, calling in here, there’s got to be a deep to respond to it, isn’t there? In other words, as many times have I said, “Before there was a fin on a fish’s back, there had to be a water, firs...

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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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What does 'the deep calling to the deep' mean?

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And as long as there’s something on the inside’s telling you that it will do it, there’s bound to be something there to respond to it: The deep calling to the deep. As I’ve often said: “Before the fin was on the fish’s back, there’s a water, first, for him to swim in, or he wouldn’t have had that fi...

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Was it the nature of the Holy Spirit when Elisha cursed the children who mocked him?

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Look at Elisha, that young prophet, young fellow went baldheaded. Little children begin to laugh at him, said, “Baldhead, why didn’t you go up?” And that angered prophet turned around and cursed those little children, in the Name of the Lord. And two she bears killed forty-two little innocent childr...

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Are drinking, smoking and gambling sins?

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As I said last night. Drinking, smoking, gambling, all those things isn’t sin. It isn’t a sin to gamble, it isn’t, or, gambling isn’t sin, rather, smoking isn’t sin, drinking isn’t sin, swearing isn’t sin, it’s a attribute of sin! Because you’re a sinner, that’s the reason you do it. If you was a Ch...

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Does a saved person still desire the things of the world?

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Then you say, “Brother Branham, then if I’m saved, glory to God, I can do what I want to.” Yes, sir. And if you are saved, brother, you have no desire of nothing of the world. And your whole heart’s centered on That, you can’t keep away from It. But as long as there’s a tug there, you know there’s s...

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What does 'deep calleth unto deep' mean?

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Now look, David said, “When the deep calleth to the deep,” if there’s a deep calling to a deep, there’s got to be a deep to respond to that call. Here, as I’ve often used the illustration: Before a fin was on a fish’s back, there had to be a water first for him to swim in, or he wouldn’t have had no...

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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...