Topic: Ministry

Question

It seems among the ministers of the Word, that we have little or no burden to pray, to preach, to fast, or for lost souls that might still be out there somewhere in the world. Would you please tell us what to do about this condition? Thank you very much, Brother Branham, for this. That must be a minister. He didn’t sign any name for these word.

Answer

Brother…I’ve had to answer them when I was tired, wore out, and kind of, you know, don’t feel too good, so I—I trust that it answer the questions. I—I thank you very much and I—I forgot what that I was going to answer him. Preachers, a minister, why we have these burden…don’t have burdens for lost...

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I have a friend who I love very much. She has had some tapes and letters that I believe that have…never talked to her. Really, I guess I am afraid of destroying her and losing her as a friendship. What should I do?

Answer

Speak to her in love. I don’t…I believe I answered that, but I—I’d…Don’t—don’t try to push anything on anybody. Just be salty; they’ll long to be like you. Brother, sister, I believe I’ve answered these. Brother Branham, please explain about the five foolish virgins. I—I know I got that one. It’s wr...

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Brother Branham, what are the preachers going to preach on—going to preach on that don’t go in the Bride? Their message now, the Holy Ghost, water baptism, and salvation, what will they preach on if they don’t go in the Bride?

Answer

Well, they’ll…You know what will probably happen? I say this, now. I can’t prove this, but I…They’ll simply go right on preaching just like they have now, and people going on thinking they’re getting saved; and the Bride will done be gone.

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Would we still be on fire and preach the Gospel, or is the time over?

Answer

No, keep preaching just as hard as you can preach. Brother, stay with it; I’m right behind you.

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Now. Brother Branham, is it true that no one should preach but you? We have seen your—we have seen you ordained men. We do—don’t believe you would do that if there were not…if they were not to preach.

Answer

Mercy! Brother, sister, ever who told you that nobody’s to preach but me, I’d sure be a poor subject to God with all that. No! Every man or…that feels a call of God upon his life, get into the ministry and start preaching; we need them. Men of God are anointed all over the world to preach the Gospe...

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Brother Branham (We got just ten minutes now.)—Brother Branham, we have no preacher where we live, but we have tape service on Sunday night only. Should we take our children to another church for Sunday school? Are the tape services sufficient?

Answer

Well, let that be according to the way your children are going. See? Now, if you get your children, they’re young, and you get them out into some kind of a group out there, that’ll just pound the stuff into them that they—that they—they shouldn’t know; I wouldn’t do it. If they—if they seem to learn...

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Dearly beloved: (Let’s see.) About the Scripture of Ephesians 4:11 through 13, do we all (Let’s see.)—do we get all the perfecting of saints through the tapes, or should we be here, where the gifts of the Spirit are operating and the different offices of the church, to help perfect us? Our hearts have believed all the Word of the Lord.

Answer

Now this person is from Oregon. Now, my dear…I believe I know who it is. See? It’s…Oh, yes, I do, I certainly do. Your—your boy…If the person’s here, I know you’re…If you’re not, it might’ve been last Sunday. See? This might’ve come in from last Sunday’s. But your—your son flies conservation, see, a...

Question

Brother Branham, is it (Let’s see.)…for a person who has a—who has a living, divorced mate who remarry before coming unto the Message to minister?

Answer

Well, in First Timothy 3:2, if you want to put that down, and Titus 1 to 6 (I wrote that one down), I want you to read that for this question. See? If a man—if a man desires the office of a bishop or a preacher (something another in church), he’s got to have just one wife. That’s right! A minister....

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Brother Branham, is—is it too late to preach to sinners anymore?

Answer

No! No! Don’t get that in your mind, brother. Keep on building on the house. Keep doing everything you can. Just keep on going till you’re called away. See?

Question

Is it too late for jail services and such work for a testimony to try to save souls? Also should one sell all they have now, the Lord is coming so soon?

Answer

Well, how—how do you…I hope I haven’t said anything that would cause you to believe such as that. Have I? If I have, forgive me! I don’t mean…See? Don’t just presume those things. Keep right on going, preaching, having jail service, getting everybody, and don’t… Looky here. The Seventh Day Adventis...

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Now, is there any better way to keep order in the church than to keep reminding the people with a—a repeat from the deacons accordingly? No, that, I just explained that. That’s question number three.

Answer

The deacons, your duty is to keep order in the church, with kindness and friendliness. And then you are supposed to, if someone gets out of order in the church, or comes in here like a drunk, or somebody come in. Like they shot that minister out of the platform the other night up there. You heard a...

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Now, Brother Branham, what about the Sunday school? Brother Branham, about the Sunday school (all right), should it be before the preaching service?

Answer

Yes, we’ve always had it that way. Have the Sunday school before the preaching service. And that gives a chance for the little fellows who attend Sunday school, to dismiss their classes. And if—and if they want…and the little fellows don’t understand it, and they have to set all the way through the...

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Should the teacher for the adult class be someone other than the pastor?

Answer

If it’s so agreed. If the pastor wants to teach the Sunday school and then bring the message later, that’s fine and dandy if he wants to do the double service. But if he doesn’t, then have your adult Sunday school teacher, see, for your adult class. And then if—if the pastor has somebody else there...

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How many classes should there be?

Answer

You should put your classes in…Like a little bitty class that wants to have flannelgraph, that’s too much for a fourteen-year-old boy or girl. See? You should have someone to take a class for those little babies, some old mother or something who knows how to take care of them. Other classes, I think...

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Who should be the teachers?

Answer

There you are, that’s up to you to vote your own teachers in. And you ought to do that, put them in there, get somebody. And meet with the church, and say, “Who’s…Who here feels led of the Lord?” And then get a qualified teacher. And then let it be done. It’s got to be strictly business, brethren. I...

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Who should be over the Sunday school to keep it in order?

Answer

The Sunday school superintendent. And that’s what his business is. He’s not supposed to have anything to do with the deacons, trustees, pastors, or nobody else, he’s got a office of his own. Whoever your Sunday school teacher is, I know not. But that Sunday school teacher is supposed to see that eve...

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Brother Branham, in respect to the order of the church, we have tried to go accordingly to the way we understand the orders given in the dedication of the new church. And by doing so, some have gotten mad and left the church. And others will not listen to anything we say, especially the children. We have talked to the parents about their children, and they won’t take care of them. Now, have we misunderstood? Or, are we going about it in the wrong way? Thanks. Now let me answer this as they come down. In respect to the order of the church, we have tried to go accordingly to the way we understood it given in the dedication of the new church.

Answer

Now, that’s correct, you’re doing right. Now, this is supposed to be deacons, I suppose, ’cause it’s right here, it’s a deacon’s job. All right. And by doing so, we have often…people has often gotten mad at us. They do at me, too! They’ll do at any man. See? A person that does that, there’s somethi...

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How far, Brother Branham, can or should a deacon go to keep order in the church? Should we keep the order or wait until Brother Neville tells us what we should do?

Answer

That isn’t Brother Neville’s job, that’s your job. See? You don’t tell Brother Neville what to preach on, how to preach it. See, that’s your job, you deacons, you’re supposed to do that. You take care of that. That’s nothing to Brother Neville, that’s your job. See? Now, if a policeman’s out here o...

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Please explain just how we are to…how we deacons can keep the people just in the sanctuary before or after…Please explain. [Brother Billy Paul reads: “How do the deacons keep the people quiet in the sanctuary before and after church?”—Ed.] Oh. All right.

Answer

I would suggest this, brethren. Now, there’s a great thing. Wish we had more time to put on it, for it’s—it’s…it—it means something to us, see. Now, the church is not a… If you wants to…If you want to run this tape down some night and play it before the meetings, that the people will understand it,...

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Should evangelists continue on the field?

Answer

“In this hour,” of course, what they mean. Certainly, by all means. Don’t change a thing. If Jesus is coming in the morning, preach today like if it was going to be ten years from today, but live like it’s going to be at this hour. Don’t—don’t get scrupled up now. That’s what I’m trying to warn you...