Topic: Household & Christian conduct

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Now, here’s one that’s really a sticker. Question (I think it’s the same person, ’cause it looks like the same handwrite): If a person must have the Holy Ghost to be—have the Holy Ghost to be converted and to go in the rapture, what will be the state of children that have died before the years of accountability? And when will they rise?

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Now, my brother, sister, I cannot tell you that. There’s no Scripture on it in the Bible as I can find anywhere. But I can express my thoughts. Now, this’ll strengthen you that believes in grace of God. You see, the person wants to know (which is a very good question. See?) the person wants to know...

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Now, the next question is one I think that maybe someone was what I said the other night. Explain a wife being saved by bearing a child.

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The wife isn’t saved by bearing a child. But let’s turn now to First Timothy 2:8 just a minute. And let’s just find out what the Bible says about the child. Now, I realize that’s a Catholic doctrine, that the Catholic says the woman is saved in childbearing, by bearing a child. But let’s not…I don’t...

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Matt-…(Let’s see.) Brother Bill, what is the difference between fornications and adultery, Matthew 19:9?

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Jesus said in Matthew 19:9, “Whosoever putteth away his wife and marries another, except it be for the cause of fornications, commits adultery.” The difference between fornications and adultery, the word could be applied either way. But to make it clear what he was talking of there, that—a woman tha...

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Why hair because of angels of First Corinthians?

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Now somebody get me First Corinthians, the—the 11th chapter, and we’ll see there, that you’ll find out that the—the…In First Corinthians, the—the 11th, we find out that Paul is speaking. Let me get over to it just a minute, and then we’ll read it right quick and then we’ll—we’ll have it down. I got...

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Do you think it is right for women to do personal work outside the church?

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Yes. That’s just a question, just a…not a scriptural question, but…Certainly, I do. Yes, sir, we’re all workers together. Women have their places, and certainly they do. Yes, sir. Just do all the personal work you can do, and God will bless you for it. All right, now let’s see:

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I have two boys (one, two; and one, five), and they have been sprinkled. Should they be baptized by immersing?

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Well now sister or brother, whoever you are, that’s up to you. I’ve got a little girl…My little boy, Billy Paul, was sixteen years old, and I baptized him in the Name of the Lord Jesus right here. My little girl was eight years old. She come to me and got up on my lap, and she said, “Daddy, I want t...

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Brother Bill, does the Bible say anything about gambling?

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Yes, It does, but I can’t call it right now. I know the soldiers gambled for His garments, and so forth like that, but I can’t say.

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Please explain Exodus the 24th…the 4th chapter and 24th verse. What does this Scripture mean—that God aimed to kill Moses or his son? And why?

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We know where that’s at, Exodus 4:24. That’s a good question. Now, here we’ll read it right here just a moment. Exodus 4 and 24: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. How many remembers the story? Now, God gave Abraham, generations before Moses, th...

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Please explain the meanings of the Scripture, and when it will come to pass: Isaiah 4 and 1. Thanks. All right. We’ll just turn over now…You people that’s got your Bibles and wants to, we’ll see what…I didn’t get a chance to look this up, but I thought maybe we’d find some kind of a answer. Here we are. And in…(Oh, yes!) And it shall come…And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, and shall say, We will eat our own bread, and will wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.

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Well, brother, it’s pretty near that bad now. What a falling away has happened to our country! Let me say this, my dear Christian friends. Let me say this with godly respects to everyone: If there ever was…And you people here who’s studied history, we’re right on the same road that every fine nation...

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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 meant by saying the way up is down?

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And then those people looked to that old fisherman, and you know what they did? If he’d have had some great degree to go by, he’d—he’d have had something to glory in, but God took nothing and made something out of it. That’s the way God does: just takes the nothing to make something. And when you be...

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What does he say about teaching a five-year-old child the Kingdom of God compared with teaching someone with a college degree?

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I can teach a five year old child the Kingdom of God, better that I can teach a man that’s got a—a degree out of college. I can teach him Christ better. He’s simple. He just listens to what you say. Watch coming to the platform. You’ll never see God turn a child down. He don’t do it. No, sir. Becaus...

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What should a person do when a preacher or prophet tells them something contrary to what God has told them?

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I say this with reverence brother, if you want to get in trouble, just mess with a preacher. You sure get in trouble. So that’s right. Now, they’re God’s servants. They have to be a little suspicious and things. But, brother, I’ve had more trouble of preachers getting me out of the will of God then...

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What happened to Moses when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it?

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Do you realize that a—a gift of that type could send your soul to hell. How many believes Moses was a prophet? How many believes he disobeyed God? Certainly. God said, “Go down there and speak to the rock.” Don’t smite it no more; it’s already been smitten once. That was Christ. Is that right? And M...

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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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Which commandment is the first one with a promise attached to it?

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They got such a word today, they say, “The old man and the old woman.” One of these days, when a squeaking casket is going out the door, and they’re going out head first, and you look down to see your mother or dad at the last time you’ll ever see them on this earth, you’ll realize it’s not the “old...

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What did government statistics say about nursing babies and mothers who smoke?

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Now, I’m not here to preach the Gospel. These…There are ministers here do that. But let me tell you something, women: it’s a disgrace to the world. See her with…When I get statistics from the government, shows that eighty percent of the babies that’s born has to be raised on cows milk. If they nurse...

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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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Why would a child eat the erasers off pencils and the rubber pedal off a bicycle?

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In other words, I read in the paper some time ago, where a little boy—little boy ate the rubbers off of eraser, erasers off of pencils, rather. And he ate the rubber pedal off of a bicycle. Well, they couldn’t understand. They taken him to the doctor, and they sent him to the clinic, and the little...

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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...