Topic: Salvation

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Can a Christian go to Heaven if he or she does not pay tithe?

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Now, that’s one that I could not answer, Scripturally. Now, this “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,” if the minister is sincere, just let—let us know, you see, we’d be glad…Brother Neville and myself, or Brother Beeler, or Brother Collins, or any of these ministers here who are ordained to this ministr...

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Deuteronomy, the 23rd chapter, the 2nd verse, doesn’t it teach that a person whom out of wedlock cannot be saved? It says that “God will visit the iniquity of the parents upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.” Explain what this means.

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All right. Adultery was such a horrible thing in the time of the Bible until even if a man had a child by a woman that wasn’t his wife, that child, its children’s children’s children, for four generations, four hundred and something years, could not enter even into the congregation of the Lord, beca...

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Is a preacher or any Christian doing all right who doesn’t believe in…No: Is a preacher or any Christian doing all right who doesn’t believe in Eternal security?

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Now, let’s see. I imagine the “…doing…” See if you read that the same as I do. Read it. [A brother reads the question, “Is a preacher or any Christian doing all right who doesn’t believe in Eternal security?”—Ed.] Thought I might have that right. Now, well, I… Is a preacher doing all right who doesn...

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Explain Hebrews 4 and 6 (Right quick now, we get this just real quick.) and compare it to Hebrews 10:26—Hebrews 6 and 4. (I beg your pardon, 6:4, and 10:26. Let’s see, 10:26; all right, I got them right here. See?) For it is impossible for those that were once enlightened, and have tasted…the heavenly gifts, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And having tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall…to renew themselves again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,…and put him to an open shame.

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That goes right ahead and tell what it…Now look. I had that the other night. How many was here when I explained that? All right, you know what it is then. See, it’s them borderline believers. How many read back in Deuteronomy 1 there, where the spies went right in there and tasted of the things fro...

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Now, the next question is: Is it true that you are not saved unless you have received the Holy Ghost?

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There could take about a good five hour discussion on that. When you accept Christ as your Saviour and are then ready for baptism in water, you have not yet been converted; you’re only believing unto repentance. Conversion means “to be changed.” Now, to make this efficient, Jesus said to Peter who...

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Will you please explain what it means by, “Sinneth not” in First John 5:18? My, we’re right at it, I believe here. Maybe it…Got it; turned right straight to it. Maybe the Lord wanted me to read it. All right, First John, We know that whosoever is borned of God sinneth not;…

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Certainly not! I just went through that. He can’t sin; he’s born of God. “Sinneth not,” he can’t sin, the seed remains in him. Another Scripture you might refer to here would be Romans 4:8, 4 and 5-8 where God…David spoke, rather, years ago and said, “Blessed is the man who God will not impute sin t...

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“By one Spirit we are all baptized into the body of Christ.” (You all remember that that was the question I was on. Now that’s found, of course, in First Corinthians 12)…At the time we are…receive the new birth, this takes place. It’s this…Is this the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, or is there a later baptism, or is it a filling?

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Now, there is quite a question, and we could spend the rest of our time right on that one, and tonight and tomorrow night and so forth. It would cover…it would—it would take and tie the entire Bible together. Every Scripture must properly tie together with every other Scripture in the Bible. But ju...

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What does it mean to be sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption?

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So then if you are anchored in Christ, and by one Spirit we’re all baptized into one church…You think you’re going to let me get by with that? Ha-ha-ha-ha. By one Spirit we’re all, not joined in, but we’re baptized into one body, body of believers (See?), all baptized, not joined in, baptized in. Ho...

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Does a man seek God, or does God seek the man?

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My, so what—what we got to worry about? Why are you walking along with a long face, like you eat oats, or the bottom of a churn. Why, my, smile. We’re happy. We’re Christians, and God has ordained us so and has given Christ for us. And no man could come to Him now… You say, “Well, bless God; I tell...

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What happens when a person testifies that he is not a Christian?

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Well, that same Holy Spirit’s leading the Church today. There’s no way to…The only thing you say, “Well, now, God tells me in my heart that Jesus Christ healed me. I just…This is my possession. I take it. I go on. It’s mine.” Well, then you just go on. The Holy Spirit just keeps leading you. No matt...

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Does calling someone a righteous man mean he was a man without sin?

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Now, a righteous man is not a sinless man. For you notice, he said, “Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are.” He had his ups and downs and his differences. And the Scripture of his life proves that he had his ups and downs like we do. And he had his times of wondering and his times that...

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Can a lost person save himself by reforming or turning over a new page?

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And that’s the way a man is. When you’re lost, brother, I don’t care how much reforming you try to do, you’re absolutely helpless until the Shepherd come get you. That’s…You can’t save yourself. There’s no way at all of doing it. A—a leopard could lick his spots just as hard as he could; you could s...

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Do you have to join the Church to belong to it?

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I’ve been with the Branham family, this coming April the 6th, I’ve been in the Branham family forty-four years, and they never did ask me to join the family. See? Why? I was borned a Branham. I am a Branham by birth, so that just makes me a Branham. See? I don’t have to join the family, because I ju...

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Does the Bible anywhere say that a Christian dies?

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There’s no such a thing as death to a Christian. There’s not one Scripture in the Bible that tells you a Christian dies. Very much contrary, we’re all alive. Jesus said, “He—he that believeth on Me has Everlasting Life.” Is that right? How can it have an end if it’s got everlasting. See? “He that he...

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What do the three stages of Israel's journey — Egypt, the journey, and Palestine — stand for?

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If I ever get a chance again, maybe over in the next little city, you’ll be over there anyhow. So you come over. I’m going to get a chance to talk on that over there: show you in the Bible, that’s the truth. Now, we’re going to talk about a journey, how that God brought His people out of Egypt into...

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What elements came out of Jesus body at Calvary, and what do they have to do with the new birth?

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For instance, like this: When Jesus died at Calvary, how many—what elements came from His body? Water, blood, Spirit. Is that right? Now, any minister, any believer knows that that’s what constitutes the new birth. Is that right? That constitutes the new birth, Saint John 7:5: “For there are three t...

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Is believing in God enough to be saved?

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I told you the other night that Cain was a believer. And I’ll give you a little stronger meat than that tonight if you want to believe it. The devil is a believer. The Bible says he is. He believes and trembles. The devil is a believer. Now, if belief and faith in God is all you have to have to be s...

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In the parable of the net cast into the sea, what comes up besides fish?

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Here’s a Gospel preacher of…As like unto the Kingdom of heaven, a man went forth and cast the net into the sea, and when he drawed the net in, that’s the Gospel. And when he drawed it in, he had some fish in there. He had some crawfish in there. And he had some turtles in there. And he had some snak...

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What gives a devil a legal right to stay on a person no matter how hard people pray?

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In a few minutes, here they come back up the steps, tears streaming down their cheeks…Ah-ha, Satan lost his hold then. See? Now, there’s where it’s at. See? Now, that settled it. But as long as that sin was under there, no matter how loud you scream, how hard you stomp, how much oil you pour on, how...

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Is it true that God helps those who help themselves?

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And that’s the way tonight. Many of you here may seem like that your time of deliverance is way away. But sometime when it seems the farthest away, and the darkest of hour, that’s when you receive help from God. There’s an old God dishonoring proverb which says, “God helps those who help themself.”...