Topic: Temper

Question

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...

Question

Was it the nature of the Holy Spirit when Elisha cursed the children who mocked him?

Answer

Look at Elisha, that young prophet, young fellow went baldheaded. Little children begin to laugh at him, said, “Baldhead, why didn’t you go up?” And that angered prophet turned around and cursed those little children, in the Name of the Lord. And two she bears killed forty-two little innocent childr...

Question

Did Elisha curse the children who mocked him by the Holy Spirit or out of anger?

Answer

You remember Elisha? Young fellow went baldheaded, was young, when he was young man. Some little children begin to holler, said, “Old bald-head, old bald-head, why didn’t you go up with Elijah?” Remember that? That angered prophet now, turned around angry, and cursed those children in the Name of th...