Topic: Prophets & visions

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How can a person tell a gift of God from the devil's counterfeit?

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The Urim and Thummim was something that the lights flashed on a—on a breastplate of Aaron here over the twelve stones as the Urim and Thummim was over it. Now, the devil went and got a crystal ball to look into. See? The devil’s got a pattern of everything God has got. The Bible says so. Yes, sir. S...

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What did Jesus mean when He said the Son does nothing of Himself?

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Walked right on over, and the man wasn’t too bad. He’d had maybe a prostate trouble or something, for about thirty-eight years. He was laying on a pallet. Jesus healed him. Then walked right on out of the building. Mmm. And they said He was full of love and compassion. His love wasn’t…It was to the...

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Did anyone besides Jesus ever talk with God face to face?

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Now, in the 23rd chapter of Exodus, and beginning with the 20th verse. I wish to begin to read just a few verses. Now, this is Moses and God talking face-to-face. Now, there never was a man in all the earth, outside of Jesus Christ, that ever talked face-to- face with God but Moses. “If there be one...

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What could the Lord do for a sick person if He were standing here?

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Now, if our Lord was here I…You perhaps are a sick person. I—I do not know. I can’t tell you that. But if you was a sick person and our Lord was standing here…Now, He…What could He do for you? Nothing but just talk to you. He might lay His hand upon you. Or He would—He would be empowered with a visi...

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Did every healing in Jesus' ministry come through a vision?

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Now, there’s many people healed. Some blind men one time, run after Him through the street. And they come into the house, and He didn’t pay any attention to them. Then He touched their eyes saying, “According to (What?) your faith, be it unto you,” no vision. A woman touched the hem of His garment;...

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What is the difference between the gift of prophecy and a prophet?

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And if you’ll excuse it, and please don’t think I say wrong here, that’s where in the little break-up that come amongst the Pentecostal people recently, called Latter Rain, that’s where they got off the line, right there. For a when a gift of prophecy come to a man, they declared him to be a prophet...

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Can a person be made a prophet by the laying on of hands?

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But when the gift of prophecy is operating, it cannot be received unless two or three judge it, to see whether it’s right or not. But a prophet, singular, p-r-o-p-h-e-t is borned a prophet, comes up a prophet. Everything he says in the Name of the Lord is absolutely truth, if he’s prophesying. Now,...

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How can you tell whether a gift a man claims is really from God?

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Now, a gift has to first be recognized to be in the Bible. And then if it’s in the Bible, and the man claims it, then if God confirms that gift, that it’s the truth, then he ought to believe that the man is true. But if God—God doesn’t testify of that gift…Hebrews 11:2 said, “God testifies of His gi...

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Does having the gift of prophecy make someone a prophet?

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“God, in sundry times and divers manners spoke to the fathers through the prophets, in this last days through His Son, Christ Jesus.” And the Body of Christ has nine spiritual gifts operating in it. And it might be on this woman tonight, prophecy, may never be the rest of her life. It may be on this...

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How can a dream or a prophecy be tested to know whether it is true?

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And when a prophet had give a prophecy, and they spoke, and wanted to see if that prophecy was true, they put it before the Urim and Thummim. And if the Voice of God throwed the lights on the Urim and Thummim, then it was absolute, the Truth. And if a man gives an interpretation, gives a dream, give...

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Does God reveal everything to His prophets?

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Now, God don’t reveal everything to His prophets; you know that. So Elijah was standing up there by his cave, and he looked, and he said to Gehazi; he said, “Here comes that Shunammite.” said, “She’s weeping. Something wrong with her. And God has hid it from me. I don’t know.” See, He don’t have to...

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Did Elijah call down fire from heaven on his own initiative?

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One time, it happened to be one of my managers, not Brother Baxter, but it was a man who was with us, one of the field managers. And a newspaper had made a very critical statement that was absolutely untrue. I can expect friendly criticism; but the criticism wasn’t due because it was untrue. As long...

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How did Brother Branham come to be a seer?

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Now remember, I do not claim to heal the people, I pray for the people. God…By birth, not by desire, no, but by birth and by the sovereignty of God, the foreordination and wisdom of God, He made up my makeup as a seer. I can’t see what I want to, I see what He shows me, that’s all I know is what He...

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Why did Jesus delay going to Lazarus when He was sent for?

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Now look, Jesus claimed that He done nothing except the Father showed Him by vision. Now, now remember, look at the resurrection of Lazarus: He went away when He knowed Lazarus was going to die, He went away. Course they criticized that. And they sent for Him, He didn’t come. They sent again, He jus...

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Did Jesus tell the woman at the well everything she ever did?

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Now, look. One time He seen a woman coming. He sent His disciples away. And He found a woman coming from a well, or to a well to get some water: Saint John the 4th chapter. And He seen this woman coming and she was a Samaritan. There’s a well there, near Samaria—Samari. So He…They all came to get wa...

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Does God reveal everything to His prophets?

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He said, “Saddle this mule and go forward,” to the servant, and “don’t you stop, ’less I bid you.” I like that. “Go forward; don’t stop.” She an alternative. So when the prophet came out, seen her coming, he said to Gehazi, his servant. He said, “Here comes that Shunammite.” Said, “She’s grieved in...

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Why did Jesus heal only one man at the pool of Bethesda when so many sick were lying there?

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Let this soak in real deep now, so you get it outside too. Listen. Jesus Christ said, “I can do nothing except My Father shows Me first what to do.” Jesus saw visions. How many believes that say “Amen.” [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Now look, at the pool of Bethesda He went through all the crippl...

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Why did Jesus ask the woman at the well for a drink?

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Now, if our Lord Jesus was here tonight in a body of flesh, wearing clothes like we wear, He would do just what the Father would show Him to do. God was in Him, made Him Emmanuel. And whatever God would speak or reveal to Him, that He’d know. But now, when it come to the people, when He begin to spe...

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Did Jesus read people's minds?

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Someone said the other day, said, “Brother Branham, do you say Jesus was a mind-reader?” Sure. He perceived their thoughts. Call it whatever you want to. I don’t mean one of these here, setting out here, or what the devil has made a pattern of setting out yonder, with her hand out, reading down alon...

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What does John 5:19 mean by 'the Son can do nothing of Himself'?

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He did—did not do a thing within Himself until God showed Him a vision of what was being done. That’s His own Word, Saint John 5:19. “Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing: that doeth the Son likewise. And He will show you greater things...