Topic: Personal conduct

Question

Brother Branham, please explain how a person knows if he is thinking his own thoughts, or if the devil is placing thoughts in his mind to make him think wrong, especially, if you know you do not want to think them.

Answer

Then, if it’s contrary to the Word, it’s the devil’s thinking. If it’s with the Word, it’s God thinking. If it’s the wrong thoughts, it’s the devil. If it’s good thoughts of the Word and of God, it’s God’s thinking.

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If the case may be that the devil is placing thoughts in your mind about a certain thing, how may it be overcome or got rid of?

Answer

Take the very vice versa from it. If the devil makes you think that—that—that you are…If you know you’re a Christian, and he tries to make you think you’re not a Christian, just take the versa, say, “I am a Christian.” As long as your experience matches in God’s Word say, “I’m a Christian.” Anything...

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Brother Branham, when some of…someone gets on me or “steps on my toes (This might be a good one.)—steps on my toes,” as the old saying is, my temper rises; how can I overcome this thing? I know the Lord will have to do it, but what can I do in my heart? I don’t want this thing.

Answer

Sweeten your temper with prayer, then make up your mind. There…I don’t guess there is too many people in this building ever had any more temper than I did to begin with. Oh, I—I had a mouth mashed all the time. And I—I—I’d taken a lot of my meals out of a straw. My mother, as you know, was a half I...

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Why is it that we make so much of a big issue of women’s dress (Oh, oh, I’m getting it on this one, ain’t I?)—big issue of women’s dressing and cutting of hair, and do…nothing said about the hair of the man or the way he dresses?

Answer

Well, sister, I’m going to agree with you one thing. First place, the Bible said that a man should not have long hair. And if he had long hair, I’d tell him, just the same as I tell you. He’s wrong. But most men, lot of them’s like me, don’t have any at all. But most men cut their hair, look like me...

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When they cut it in…Is long—is long hair when they cut it in front? (Now, wait a minute, let me get this here.) Is long hair when they…

Answer

Well, I—I…Maybe they mean this: “Is it long hair any longer when they cut it in front?” Not any longer, they’ve cut it off. See? But like the man that had the trousers cut them off three times and still too short. What say? What say? [Someone speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] Oh, that’s what they’re ta...

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Brother Branham, please explain First Corinthians—First Corinthians 11—11, and verse 4 through 6. Does not this mean a (s-e-…) separate—separate (c-o-…) covering from the hair, or is the long hair the only covering we need?

Answer

Get me First Corinthians 11. Let’s see, First Corinthians 11:4. It says, “When praying…” Oh, yeah, he…They got it here. They say, “In praying or prophesying, can we take our hair—can we…” Let’s see, they got a line drawed through something here. When prophesying—when prophesying, can we take our hai...

Question

I’d like to ask a question. Number one: Is lady’s pajamas…(Now, wait just a minute; let me read it…?…No, this’ll be all right.) Is a lady’s pajamas pertaining to a man’s garments?

Answer

Boy, don’t tell me they can’t ask you some burners. I don’t know. I’m just going to let you do the deciding of that. You shouldn’t be parading around before people with them on; I—I know that. So that way it would be, but in the…in going to bed I—I—I don’t know. I’m going to have to back up on that...

Question

Now, first question I pulled out of here: Brother Branham, is it wrong for a Christian to put—to put her hair in pin curls? Also, what length should her sleeves be? Thank you. A sister.

Answer

Now, that’s…means a whole lot to that woman. Now, to some of us brothers we might think, “Oh, the silly woman.” But—but it’s not silly to her; she wants to know. Now, about putting hair in what was it, pig tails or something another? I’m sorry. I—I didn’t…It…I’m sorry. Pin curls. Excuse me. Pin sets...

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Brother Branham: Questions: Should a Christian woman wear simple jewelry, as necklaces or pearls?

Answer

Well, Sister, I know this means a lot to you, and it means a lot for me for you to place your confidence I’d tell you the truth. Now remember, the Bible said, “When you adorn, do not adorn with—with costly jewels, and pearls, and all kinds of wearing of jewelry, but let that be the adorning of a pea...

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Brother Branham, is it wrong for a woman to curl her hair?

Answer

I done went through that. Sure, I don’t care, just keep it long. See? I don’t…I know you’re…I don’t mean that to be “jokey” with you girls. See? That’s sincere. You—you—you want to know, and you’re asking me. You got confidence in me or you wouldn’t be asking me that. Now, I got confidence in you, S...

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Brother Branham, is it wrong to have a flattop haircut?

Answer

I suppose—I suppose this is a man; I—I hope it is. Well now, some women do that. Sure. I was going up on the bus one time when I was state game warden here. Going up here…I was setting there, and a man was talking like that, had a welder’s cap on, and I was just talking to him. And he was going ahea...

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Brother Branham, when Isaiah spoke to the daughters of Zion (or spoke to, I mean, I guess they meant “spoke of”) the daughters of Zion about the crisping pins, curling hair, and instead of a well set hair, baldness; instead of a…Will that apply to today or is the old Bible of no effect as some say?

Answer

The old Bible is always in effect, and every word that God says is in effect. Yes, sir! Only thing it does from the new Bible to the old Bible, it just magnified. Jesus said, “You have heard them say, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery’ (you had to be in the act); but I say unto you, whosoever looketh...

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Brother Branham, how should women (oh, my!) wear their hair?

Answer

Again, just any way you want to. First Timothy 2:9. See? “Let the women adore themselves in modest apparel.” I want to—I want to wear mine pleasing to God. (God bless you, Sister dear.) Thank you. May God bless you. Pray for us. And the person signs her name. Sharon, sure, Sis! God bless you. Wear...

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Brother Branham, is it all right for a—a young child to wear slacks and shorts?

Answer

How young? Just let you be the judge of that; if you’re a Christian. A little girl or any little bitty kid, I imagine, I don’t know, I…Only thing I know, the Bible says it’s an abomination for a woman to wear a garment that’s—that pertains to a man. See? “A woman,” didn’t say, “a child.” But now, I...

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Brother Branham, what do you think about our…(Uh-oh! I remember reading this one. I wasn’t…I was going to keep it back late, but I guess I might as well read it. Some woman’s handwrite. She must be from Kentucky, ’cause she’s got a—a Kosmos Portland Cement ticket here.) Brother Branham, what do you think about our sisters in the church wearing such short dresses? Doesn’t it mar our testimony and set the wrong example for our young people in this our church? It seems so i-n-…to see a young…to see a grown woman wearing a dress so short that it shows her knees when she walks.

Answer

Ever who you are, sister or brother, whoever it is, I agree with you one hundred percent. It’s a disgrace, but tell me what to do about it! I preach it just as hard as I know how to preach it; they do it the same. So it’s their judgment, ’cause the Word’s went forth. Yes, I’m certainly against them...

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If it is wrong for me to—is it wrong for me to run a—a beauty shop? I’m a beautician and don’t believe in Christians cutting her hair, but I cut others’ and (I guess it’s t-i-n-t, tint, that means the color, I guess, isn’t it?) color also.

Answer

Sister dear, I would—I wouldn’t know what to tell you. Listen, I can’t say for women about that, putting color in their hair. I have no Scripture against that; I can only stay with the Scripture. See? The Scripture don’t say for them not to do that. The Scripture says she must have long hair, and af...

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Brother Branham, does this First Timothy 2:9 mean a woman cannot braid her hair? Does broid hair mean “braided” hair?

Answer

Now look, sister, now this…I’m—I’m glad that followed this. I never fixed it there, but it just—it followed that good. Notice, a braided hair in that day was the sign of a street woman; that’s what she done, braided her hair. And Paul said to the Christians, “Now, that adorning, not let it be of a b...

Question

Brother Branham, I am saved and have been baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, but how do I get away from a stubborn spirit that I can’t seem to break away from?

Answer

Well, my Christian brother or sister, whoever it may be, now, most times when you find people that’s got stubborn spirits, it’s usually a complex that causes this, either they have inherit it from a mother, father, uncle, aunt, or grandmother, grandfather, somebody like that. And if you’ll trace bac...

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Brother Branham, in the First Corinthians, Corinthian, chapter the 14th, verse 34th and 35th, says, “Let your women keep silent in churches for it is not permitted unto them to speak.” 35th, “For it is a shame for women to speak in church.” Now, if a woman with short hair speak—speaks in tongues in—in churches, in church, is it the Spirit of—of the Holy Ghost that speaks through her or is it a false spirit?

Answer

Now, you are…And this is a real hard question, and I can only answer it the best that I know how, see. Now, I could not judge, because I was not sent to judge. But I think there’s so many times…I got another question down here somewhere that goes right along with that. But if a person is speaking in...

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Why hair because of angels of First Corinthians?

Answer

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...