Topic: Justification and sanctification

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Brother Branham, if possible for a person to be lost and end up in hell if he rejects the Light of the Word, even though he has a genuine experience of justification and sanctification?

Answer

Yes, sir! That is exactly right.

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Does calling someone a righteous man mean he was a man without sin?

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Now, a righteous man is not a sinless man. For you notice, he said, “Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are.” He had his ups and downs and his differences. And the Scripture of his life proves that he had his ups and downs like we do. And he had his times of wondering and his times that...

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What do the three stages of Israel's journey — Egypt, the journey, and Palestine — stand for?

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If I ever get a chance again, maybe over in the next little city, you’ll be over there anyhow. So you come over. I’m going to get a chance to talk on that over there: show you in the Bible, that’s the truth. Now, we’re going to talk about a journey, how that God brought His people out of Egypt into...

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What three elements come with a natural birth, and what are they in the new birth?

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Here, let me show you something in the Scriptures so you won’t be tied up. I don’t have time to teach, but look. For instance, when a baby’s born in this world…A baby born a natural birth, what is the three elements that comes from the body? The first is water. Is that right? Blood. Is that right? T...

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What do the stages of Elijah and Elisha's journey to the Jordan represent in the history of the church?

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First stage: Martin Luther stage: first stage of the journey. Second stage was the school of the prophet. Elijah went up there and he said to Elisha, “Now, you stay here, I pray thee, for the Lord is calling me to Jordan. But Elisha was really a prophet. He said, “As the Lord lives and your soul nev...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith and James say he was justified by works?

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Now, see, now Paul was justifying Abraham by faith. James justified him by works. Paul said Abraham was justified, Romans 4, by faith. And so James comes over and says that he was justified by works. Now, both of them, one confirmed the other. Now, Paul was speaking what God saw: his faith. James is...

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What do Gilgal, the school of the prophets and Jordan represent?

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Three places. Justification, Gilgal; sanctification, the school of the prophet; and to the baptism of the Holy Ghost, at Jordan, where Jordan represents death. Notice! Martin Luther; John Wesley; Pentecost, down to the Jordan, dying-out time.

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith while James says he was justified by works?

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Now, if Abraham says, “I got faith in God,” but was afraid to offer his son Isaac, then his faith was no good. Paul justified Abraham by faith, Paul was talking about what God seen in Abraham; but James justified him by works, James was talking about what men seen in Abraham. See? God sees your fait...

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How can Paul say Abraham was justified by faith when James says he was justified by works?

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Now, the first thing…It looks like Paul was speaking in Romans the 4th chapter, justifying Abraham by faith; and James is justifying him by works. But it does not contradict. Paul was speaking of what God saw in Abraham, and James was speaking what man saw in Abraham. Paul was speaking of what God s...

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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...