Topic: New birth

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Does a person get a new spirit when he is born again?

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Now, when you are re-born, you don’t get a new spirit. You get a new nature of that spirit. It’s the same spirit, but a new nature of it. You take two man, stand them together, both look alike; and one of them is a sinner, and one of them is a Christian. One man say, “I got a spirit the same as you...

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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 it mean that 'the worshipper once purged' has no more desire of sin?

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Now, we know drinking and carrying on is sin; but the whole thing is because of unbelief. ’Cause if you believe God, and Jesus Christ to be His Son, you are absolutely not going to do those things. You believe that? “He that’s born of God does not commit sin.” See? All right. You must believe. The w...

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Are believers the sons of God now, or only in the future?

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It’s in me, Eternal Life, “Now we are the sons of God.” Not we will be; we are now. That’s what the trouble of it is. People, you begin…You people that’s born again, the people call you holy-roller, or fanatic, or something another like that, because you’re borned again, and you let the devil kick y...

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Can someone believe with all their heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and still live the life they lived before?

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You can’t believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and live the same life that you once lived. That’s right. That makes it pretty strong. That’s not skim milk by a long ways, but it’s good for you. You can’t believe with all your heart, that He is the Son of God, and accept Him as your personal...

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How does a person become a member of the family of God?

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I’ve been in the Branham family for forty years; they never did ask me to join their family. I was borned in the Branham family. And that’s how you come in the family of God. It’s not by joining church; I have nothing against that; that’s all right; you should do that. But you’re borned in the Churc...

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Are believers who belong to different churches still brothers?

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If He can show me what’s wrong with people in their lives, He can show me where to go, and what to do, and how long to stay. And I’ve been so tied up though. I got into…Well, at first when I left the Baptist church to be interdenominational to help bring the brethren together, to do all that I could...

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If someone shouts under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, does that prove they are saved?

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And someone ask me not long ago on that question. “Brother Branham, do you really think that they are shouting under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?” I say, “Yes.” You’d say, “Well, how could the Holy Spirit fall upon them, if it—and make them shout if they aren’t the blessed of God?” Well, I be...

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Is there such a thing as a halfway Christian?

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I—I…Usually in my services…Anybody’s been in other services know; I never speak to people like this. It’s not…But I feel the time has come, friends, when something’s got to be said. See see? If God has performed these things, and then if God is the—is—it’s true, we know He is, and can perform these...

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What keeps a sinner from going back to the things of the world?

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If a sinner came and got—went out tonight, and said, “Well, I got saved.”…?…what they…You look just like you always did. You’re the same person. Well, if you say, “Well, maybe I didn’t get it. Maybe I just thought I did.” You’ll go right straight back to your sin again like a hog to its wallow and a...

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Does a person have to quit smoking before receiving Christ?

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I tell you one thing, you get the Holy Spirit, and then you can go ahead and smoke after you get the Holy Spirit. Someone said to me the other day, “Did you ever baptize anybody that smoked?” I said, “Look here, brother, I have a yardstick at my church. (See?) I teach the people what’s the truth, an...

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What does 'see' mean in 'he cannot see the Kingdom of God'?

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No matter what it looks like here…We don’t look at what we see; we look at what we do not see. Is that right? Anyhow, “to see” doesn’t mean “to look at.” The word “see” means “to understand.” Jesus said, “Except a man be borned of water and Spirit, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.” In other words,...