Topic: Prophets & visions

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

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But now what did He do to the woman at the well? Let’s just look at His ministry. He said, “Bring Me a drink.” Wonder why? She said, “It’s not customary for you Jews to ask us Samaritans such.” He said, “But if you knew Who you were talking to, you’d ask Me for a drink, and I’d bring you water, or g...

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How can you tell a true angel from a false one?

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Look the Isle, over on the isle of Patmos, the whole Book of Revelations was revealed by an Angel. “I, Jesus has sent My Angel to show you things that’ll shortly come to pass.” Is that right? The whole…And John started to worship the Angel. But a true Angel will never stand to be worshipped. No, sir...

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What does Verily, verily mean in Saint John 5:19?

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Now, when the Jews questioned (the 19th verse), He said, “Verily, verily.” Now, you Catholic, in—in your translation, in the Douay translation, it says, “Amen, amen.” And the real translation in the King James, from the original Greek, it says—it says, “Verily, verily,” means, “Absolutely, absolutel...

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How can you tell a fortune-teller or mind reader from a genuine gift of God?

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Not one of these mind readers out here, of this devil’s work. The devil has got a pattern for everything God has got. Do you believe that? If you see an old bogus dollar, you know there’s a real dollar, made off of it. But watch, you don’t see mind readers, and so forth, healing the sick, and preach...

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Why is John the Baptist called the greatest prophet when he never performed a miracle?

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Isn’t that beautiful? Jesus Christ saying, “Now, you all believe John; he was a prophet; he just preached away. You all went and believed him, and you know he was a prophet.” Though he never done one miracle. But he was the greatest prophet that ever lived (Jesus said so), until his time. Said, “Nev...

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What does Saint John 5:19 say about how Jesus did His works?

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What if He was here tonight in a visible Person? Just as sure as He walked on the Sea of Galilee, He’s right here. He promised to be. And what did He do? What’d He say He would do after He raised from the dead? The Bible said He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. Is that true? Well, if He’s t...

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What should a person do when a preacher or prophet tells them something contrary to what God has told them?

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I say this with reverence brother, if you want to get in trouble, just mess with a preacher. You sure get in trouble. So that’s right. Now, they’re God’s servants. They have to be a little suspicious and things. But, brother, I’ve had more trouble of preachers getting me out of the will of God then...

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Why do some people dream dreams while others never dream at all?

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But now, this man can’t help because that he dreams a dream. Now, there’s some of you here didn’t raise your hand, perhaps you never had dreams. Well now, that man, his subconscious is way away from him, way back like at the wall there. He never gets back to it. He sleeps sound. A man that dreams is...

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

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Now, there’s a difference between prophecy, a gift of prophecy, and a prophet. Did you know that? There’s where you brethren in the latter rain went off at. Everybody…Somebody make a prophecy, you called them a prophet. That’s wrong. The next time, you’ve seen an error. A gift of prophecy and a prop...

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How much strength does seeing one vision take compared with preaching?

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And do you understand, now? Will you always understand if somebody’s said, “What makes Brother Branham take his time, and so easy, and” like this? And remember, one vision, seeing one vision will bring more—take more strength out of the human body, then to preach for two hours as hard as you can pre...

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What should be done with a vision or a message that contradicts the Bible?

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Now, the way that I have faith in God is first by His Word. And if any vision, or any person, would speak anything that was contrary to the Word, then don’t hear it. This is the fundamental foundation of all God has said to His Church. And every person’s faith must be built sovereignly upon the Bibl...

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According to Saint John 5:19, could Jesus do anything of Himself?

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Watch Jesus here when they questioned Him about all these things, and the man packing his bed and so forth, that’d been healed. He said, now listen, Saint John 5:19: “Verily, verily…” That’s absolutely, absolutely. “…I say unto you, The Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doin...

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Why can a person still remember a dream from years ago?

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Now, the person who…Listen closely. The person who dreams a dream is not sleeping sound. A dream is your subconscious. Let’s see the normal man; here is his first conscious, and here is his subconscious. Now, when this one becomes inactive, this one is active. Now, you people that’s dreamed dream, y...

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Which Bible figures were appointed prophets before they were born?

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Jesus Christ was the Son of God from the garden of Eden. Moses was born in the world a prophet, a right child. John the Baptist, seven hundred and twelve years before he was born, he was the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Isaiah saw him. God told Jeremiah, Jeremiah, 1:4, “Before you was even...

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Did any Old Testament prophet describe automobiles and airplanes?

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When the prophet give, twenty-five hundred years ago, that missionaries would travel from place to place and go into the nations and wouldn’t leave a track behind them, coming by airplane. Twenty-five hundred years ago, before there was thought such a thing. Nahum, four thousand years ago, said that...

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What is a dream?

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How many in here ever dreamed a dream, let’s see your…Now see, there’s at least two-thirds of the people dream dreams. That’s about normally. About one-third out of a audience of this size, doesn’t dream dreams. There’s many people that’s never had a dream in their life. What is a dream? It’s your s...

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Does God still deal with people through dreams?

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And many of you people that dream dreams, remember things that you dreamed about years and years ago. Is that right? Well, you were somewhere. There was some part about you that was somewhere, or it wouldn’t be recorded in your memory. Is that right? Now, now, God does—God does deal in dreams, but i...

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Why are some people unable to get healed when they come to be prayed for?

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Usually it’s in a line of discernment. I never try to cast out a spirit, unless first I realize what I’m doing, ’cause that’s a dangerous thing. Did you know that? Very dangerous unless you understand what you’re doing. If you’ll notice on the platform after the anointing comes, you never hear me ch...

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Why did Jesus pass by the crippled people at the pool of Bethesda and heal only one man?

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Now, look at Saint John 5:19. Saint John 5, Jesus passed through the pool of Bethesda, where all those crippled, and twisted, and withered people were laying. He passed by every one of them, full of love and compassion for them, yet passed right by them healed a man laying on a pallet, had a retarde...

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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...