Topic: The Christian walk

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What does happiness consist of?

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But friends, it was just as paradise on earth. We had each other. I’d become converted in that time, become a minister, and was preaching, and I loved the Lord with all my heart, and we loved one another. And that’s all we cared for. And listen. Happiness does not consist of how much the world’s goo...

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When a person realizes he has an inferior complex, or some sort of complex, how may he overcome this? So, should it be if he was the only child caused this in his early youth?

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Take exactly the opposite. If you’re always wanting your way, and that one little brat that wants to always have everything your way, turn right back around and give everything you got the other way. If you’re selfish and you want to hold everything, then start giving away what you got. See? Do what...

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How should a brother be condemned whose weakness is to take a place in church without being asked to do so? Oh, my! Well, suffer with him, I guess. See? How should a brother be condemned…(He shouldn’t be condemned!)…whose—whose weakness is to take place in a church without being asked to do so?

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For instance, if he wanted to—to be a deacon. See? And he’s not asked to do so, yet he wants to be a deacon anyhow, see. Well, if a person’s like that, you know there’s a little something, you know, weak somewhere, anyhow, and so I’d just kind of deal with him in love. And, course, you never want t...

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You said that a person could live so close to God that he could not sin while here on this earth. Then explain First John 1:8 to 10.

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Let’s see First John 1:8 to 10. If I had a little more time to look these…I had it, but I just didn’t take it, friends. I—I was trying to—to get out…Well, I’ll find John after a while. It’ll—it’ll be on the other side of Hebrews, of course. All right. First John 1:8 to 10—First John 1:8 to 10. If we...

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Please explain Exodus the 24th…the 4th chapter and 24th verse. What does this Scripture mean—that God aimed to kill Moses or his son? And why?

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We know where that’s at, Exodus 4:24. That’s a good question. Now, here we’ll read it right here just a moment. Exodus 4 and 24: And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. How many remembers the story? Now, God gave Abraham, generations before Moses, th...

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I would know what the—the following is: First Timothy, the 2nd…Second Timothy the 2nd chapter and the 16th verse.

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Just a moment. Second Timothy…[Blank space on tape—Ed.] We get together. Maybe you won’t agree with what I said. Take you home…Then, you’ll go home and study real much, and then that’ll help you get spiritual. All right, Second Timothy 2 and 16 reads like this: But shun profane and vain babblings: f...

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What is meant by saying the way up is down?

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And then those people looked to that old fisherman, and you know what they did? If he’d have had some great degree to go by, he’d—he’d have had something to glory in, but God took nothing and made something out of it. That’s the way God does: just takes the nothing to make something. And when you be...

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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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What happened to Moses when he struck the rock instead of speaking to it?

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Do you realize that a—a gift of that type could send your soul to hell. How many believes Moses was a prophet? How many believes he disobeyed God? Certainly. God said, “Go down there and speak to the rock.” Don’t smite it no more; it’s already been smitten once. That was Christ. Is that right? And M...

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What is the law of contrast?

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And I’m sorry that…You know, we…These lot of things are, they come when we don’t know when they’re coming, and that’s the way all of life is, isn’t it? I was coming down the elevator a while ago, and I said to the man, I said, “Your job has its ups-and-downs.” He said, “That’s right.” I said, “Well,...

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What does happiness consist of?

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I said, “I’m in position to stay here. If that woman isn’t walking of the street well in three days, I’ll put a sign on my back as false prophet, and you just run me around over town in front of your car. And then if she isn’t, I’ll do that. And if she is, let me put one on your back and go.” The do...

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What is a man judged by?

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Here it is. If I’m getting this right, so is it today. A man or a woman who really tries to live a Christian life, and abstain from the things of the world, the world backs off and says they’re a fanatic. Every man that tries to trust God, his fellow man will call him, “Goody-goody,” or, “a sissy,”...

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Why would a child eat the erasers off pencils and the rubber pedal off a bicycle?

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In other words, I read in the paper some time ago, where a little boy—little boy ate the rubbers off of eraser, erasers off of pencils, rather. And he ate the rubber pedal off of a bicycle. Well, they couldn’t understand. They taken him to the doctor, and they sent him to the clinic, and the little...

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Can a person be a pretty good Christian?

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And people, today, as you see…you say, “Well, I—I guess I’m a pretty good Christian, Brother Branham.” You can’t be a pretty good Christian. There is no such a thing. You have to either be a Christian or you’re not a Christian; a grain of wheat or a stalk. The wheat can’t be a barley today and a—and...

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What does Brother Branham say is the greatest evidence of a Christian?

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And, Christian friends I’m as sincere as I know how to be before Him, because some of these people it’s somebody’s mother. Here perhaps stands someone’s mother now. What if that was my mother, and some man was praying for my mother? I’d sure want him to be sincere. I’d sure want him to do…And as I d...

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What does a craving in the body prove about the thing it craves?

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Some time ago I read a—a little article in a newspaper, that said a little boy had a—was eating erasers off the pencils. And he ate the rubber pedal off of a bicycle. So the doctors examined his body, and they come to find out, the little fellow was—was lacking something in his body, and that was su...

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What does old-time religion do to the differences between rich and poor?

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Those Arkansas people are poor as they can be. But brother, under them old blue shirts beats some real good true Holy Ghost filled hearts. Yes, sir. I’d rather have one of them with me any time, than maybe a slicker with his collar turned around in the back, and I couldn’t trust him out of my sight....

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What did the man born blind do to receive his sight?

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What a marvelous occasion. A man born blind, Jesus opened his eyes. And then the people didn’t believe, it and they was questioning him, what he did about it. He only did what Jesus told him to do. And if any person will do what Jesus tells them to do, he will receive just what you have need of, if...

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What must a person die to in order to have Life?

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Jesus had to die to produce Eternal Life. And now, listen closely, Christian friends. Unless you die to yourself and your feelings, and act on God’s Word, you’ll never have Life. Forget your feelings; just take what God said. And plant that seed into that life of your own death, or your own death, a...

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What did Brother Branham say was wrong with the Voice of Healing?

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Now, this is kindly cutting it home tonight. But listen, this is what will do you…You might not like me now, but brother, at the day of judgment you’ll see I’ve told you the truth and been one man that’s honest with you. That’s right. Now, that’s just as unscriptural as it can be. And when this Bapt...