Topic: Society & the world

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Is Russia the real threat to the nation?

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And listen. You talk about a sabotage. Don’t you worry about Russia coming in and getting us. Russia ain’t going to hurt us; we’re hurting ourself. It’s our own moral decay that’s a hurting us. We’re—we’re corrupting ourselves. Statistics shows by doctors, I believe, that eighty percent of the women...

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How can we find the will of the Lord? Our—our home to…Should we move our home to Jeffersonville, Indiana? Can a person be a Christian and dislike a colored people? Does God not want them to be treated like us, ’cause they are dark in color? Would you…? What do you suggest in this? Do you believe in integration or segregation?

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I believe in integration. I believe that a man…No matter what his color is or who he is, he’s a man just like I am. That’s exactly. And I believe, if they’d just leave those colored people alone, and them communists didn’t get out there and inspire them… Now, they wanted…Now, the real genuine color...

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You have said many times that communism was raised up by God, to serve His purpose, as King Nebuchadnezzar. Now where did the communism fit into the picture that will…it finally…will finally do? How does it wind up? Many scholars believe that in the kingdom of the north, Gog and Magog mentioned in the Scriptures, goes down against Israel in the—in the…(I can’t make out just what that is. Yeah. Yeah.) I believe, of the…some of the tapes taken, said, you said it would finally drop a…that communism would finally destroy Catholicism, or the Vatican, by an explosion. Is this right?

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Yes. Revelation 16, you’ll find it, and Revelation 18:8 and 12. If the person is here, wants to take this piece of paper, on that, you can look it right up. Yeah. See, “Alas, alas, that great city! For in one hour she has come to her end.” You see, the merchants, and everything else, that brought he...

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Will you explain about Christian—Christian Science?

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All right. I…Here’s…I won’t speak about your religion, my brother or sister, whoever put the question. Christian Science is psychology. (And Divine healing is the power of God!) Christian Science has mind over matter; Christian Science denies the Blood of Jesus Christ. Christian Science…Oh, I got Mr...

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At one time—at one time were we all white or colored? Of the two, which one was the curse put on?

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Now, as far as we know, I couldn’t tell you whether Adam and Eve were—were white, or brown, or yellow, or black. I cannot tell you. No one else knows but God alone, I guess; He was back there. Now, in the…As we come all of one language and one people until the tower of Babel, a confusion. And then t...

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Who controls the nations of the world?

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And now, if you need healing, just climb up. God’s got here in the variety store tonight. Don’t you believe it? Just reach on up and get a hold of it. It’s yours. God promised it to you, but you can’t stand back here and say, “Yes, I believe it’s right. Uh, huh. I—I believe if I went over there I co...

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Can a person come to know God through education or scientific research?

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Now, in the garden of Eden there were two trees. One of them was the tree of knowledge; one was the Tree of Life. And man can never know God by knowledge. So no matter how well you get educated, how smart your pastor is, how many degrees he’s taken, you can’t…God is not known by education, neither i...

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What did a Mohammedan say Christians would have to show before he would believe Jesus rose from the dead?

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And said the Mohammedan said, “Kind sir, what can your resurrected Lord do any more for me than what my dead prophet can?” Said, “My dead prophet promised life after death,” and said, “so did your Lord.” He said, “They both wrote books. We believe them.” Well, Dr. Reidhead said, “We have happy and j...

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What were the two trees in the garden of Eden, and what has come of eating from the tree of knowledge?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees: one was Life, one was knowledge. Man left the Tree of Life to eat off the tree of knowledge. And the first bite he took, he separated himself from God. And every time a man bites off of that tree of knowledge, he destroys himself. He bit off gun powder, ki...

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Who does the Bible say controls the kingdoms and nations of this world?

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Now, I’ll make this statement which seems very bitter to begin with. And I—I wanted it because it’s the truth. That every kingdom of this world is controlled by Satan. The Bible said so. Satan is the prince of the power of the air, and every nation is under his domination. The Scripture says that. S...

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What does Brother Branham say about the way America has treated the Indians?

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So then this interpreter was giving the interpretation, and I tried to tell the Indian. Now, as a…Now that is not a foreigner. That is a true born American citizen; the only Americans we have is the Indian. God gave him this country. We took it away from him. And if there ever was anything as an Ame...

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Does a person's race make any difference in the Kingdom of God?

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Howdy do, lady. Now, a perfect reproduction again of the scene at the well. Jesus was a Jew. The other woman there, the woman that was talking to Him was a—a Samaritan. And tonight we…They were two races of people and that’s the way it is tonight. And Jesus said to the woman, “Go, bring Me a drink.”...

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Will God spare America because of what its forefathers did?

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And the first sign of God’s goodness to them, they just scream out for victory, and they see it, receive it right then. Thousands are saved, no—no way to make—hard to make an altar call. You just—just ask how many wants to receive, and every sinner will accept Christ right then: ready to be baptized...

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Is God known by education and knowledge, or by faith?

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And He…When I was—I was a young Baptist preacher baptizing my first converts, five hundred of them down on the river, my first revival…I had about three thousand attend at the revival. And my education was so poor, till my girlfriend read the Bible while I preached. That’s right. It’s not much bette...

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Does a person need theology or education to be a genuine witness?

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Listen. We found out that an ecclesiastical shield won’t fit a man of God. That’s right. All your theology won’t fit the Power of God. You don’t need theology. You don’t need education. What you need is a surrendered heart, to the Word of God, to be a genuine witness.

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How important is education compared with salvation?

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And I’m not trying to support my ignorance. I’m just telling what the Bible said. Peter and James passed through the gate called Beautiful, there laid a man crippled from his mother’s womb. He said, “Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I will give thee. In the Name of Jesus Christ, rise...

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Does God treat people differently because of their race?

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Look here. Let me tell you something. I don’t care whether it’s a Negro child, whether it’s a Japanese child, whether it’s a Chinese child, whether it’s a Korean child, or whoever it is, God is no respect of person. That’s God’s child. That’s right. I don’t care whether you were born below the line,...

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Can a person come to know God through theological degrees and scholarship?

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I know people that’s got D.D.’s, and D.D.’s and everything else, and know no more about God than a rabbit could know how to put on snowshoes. I ain’t saying that for a joke either. But that’s right. Don’t know no more about God, than a Hottentot knows about Egyptian night. But they don’t know God. T...

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Is God known by knowledge or by faith?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees, one of them was the knowledge. And the other one the Tree of Life. And when man left the Tree of Life and took the first bite off the tree of knowledge, he separated himself from God. And now he bit off gunpowder, destroys himself. He bit off an electricit...

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Is education a hindrance to the Gospel?

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Now, listen. I’d rather my boy there know Jesus Christ and the forgiveness of sins, if he was so dumb he didn’t know his ABC’s. That’s right. I—I would rather he would do it. That’s right. Now, I’m not trying to say your children should be dumb and ignorant, or so forth. That’s not. But brother, edu...