Topic: The church & ministry

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Will people be judged by which denomination they belong to?

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You know, I—I believe that when Jesus shall appear, that He will not ask us whether we belong to certain denomination of church. He’s going to…We’re going to be judged according to what we’ve done about Him in our heart. Christianity doesn’t mean somebody that belongs to a certain church; it means t...

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What does the word 'church' mean?

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And I want to read some Scripture first before we have prayer. In the 3rd chapter of—of Exodus…Exodus is the calling out of the—of the church. Israel was the people of God until they came out of Egypt, and then they were the church of God. The word “church” means “called out,” the exodus, bringing o...

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Does a sick person have to wait for a Divine healing service to come to town?

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Divine healing’s in reach of every person, and every person that is a Christian has a right to pray for the sick. That’s right. If there’s any among you sick, call the elders. That’s the deacons in your church. See? And then he said confess your faults one to another, and pray one for the other…That...

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Is the church in the spirit of the latter days?

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Now, there may be things that God has added to the church, which stimulate faith. But now, when I’m gone, healing isn’t gone. Healing ought to be more than it was ’fore we come here. See, see? That’s the purpose, is to get the people in their mind in the spirit of the latter days… We’re in the latte...

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What happens when you give what little you have to Jesus?

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I can just see him moving up, just a little closer all the time. And the crowds got great. I can hear Him get into the boat, thrust out a little from the bank. And He borrowed a ship from Simon. After He got through speaking, He said to Simon, “Now, you launch out into the deep and let down for the...

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How does the illustration of the hall of critics and the hall of fame apply to the Church?

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Now, I do realize there is fanatics. Certainly there is. There’s plenty of them. But a little Church that’s tried to struggle, not be any certain denomination or any certain name, but I mean peoples who love God, and has held out for the Supernatural, and for God being living in our midst today as H...

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What does water baptism represent?

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Heavenly Father, look down upon this scene just now, as our Brother Gibson is standing here with confessed faith in Jesus Christ, believing the death, burial, and resurrection, standing here in the chilly, cool water that represents death that took our Saviour away from here, Who died in our place,...

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What name did Brother Branham use when baptizing a believer?

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Almighty God, bless my brother, bless his talents, make him a great man, Lord, for You. Hear the prayer of Your servant. As Thou has commissioned us, Lord Jesus, that we should go into all the world, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of th...

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How did 'Only Believe' become the theme song of Brother Branham's campaigns?

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Don’t forget to pray for me. And when you’re…when you’re praying, and whenever you think of me, sing, “Only Believe,” will you. That’s my favorite song. It’s a… Paul Rader wrote that song. Paul Rader was a friend of mine. And I just come into the church one night it was being played. I didn’t even k...

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Why is Brother Branham no longer a Baptist?

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And then, as I bring Christ to you, He will be on your hand. And you’ll have to answer for what attitude you took towards it: if you turned it down, or if you accepted it. You…God will have you to answer for your attitude of this meeting, so you must realize it’s a very sacred thing. Brother Lindsay...

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According to James 5:14, whose duty is it to pray for the sick?

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“Go ye and sin no more, or a worse thing come upon you.” Jesus said, “Which is it easier do? Say thy sins be forgiven thee, or take up thy bed and walk”? It’s all on the same. And so I believe in James 5:14, said, “If any among you are sick, let them call the elders of the church; let them anoint th...

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What does the word 'church' mean?

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Oh, my. How the old fashioned Holy Ghost, now, right now in existence, free for all…Very typed all through the Bible that the Holy Spirit would lead the Church today. Israel, when it was called out of the wilderness, it was a church; it was a people of God. I was talking to Brother Frodsham a while...

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What happens when a revival is turned into an organization?

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Now, let me tell you something, friends. Then when Jesus came down to the Jordan to be baptized of John, John saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, went upon Him, He was filled with the Spirit of God, then into the wilderness He went to be tempted forty days, came out, and the miracles and s...

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Was Jesus born on December 25th?

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We are, today, all over the world, is being celebrated of the birth of Jesus, which now is just traditional. Jesus was not born on no December the fifth or nothing like…or December the 25th. We know that’s impossible. The hills of Judaea was full of snow at that time, so how could it be that? Jesus...

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How does the progress of science compare with the progress of the church?

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And I was just thinking a few moments ago upon the subject of science. And I, just thinking of how that science, how they are taking the natural man and how he’s went into the research from the fall of the natural and what he has done. And how little the spiritual man has progressed in the Kingdom o...

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Did Brother Branham take money for his ministry?

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When I was a minister, a Baptist preacher in my church for twelve years, I never even received one red penny of salary. I never tried to take but one offering in my entire life. And that was when I got up against it once and was going…I had…I just couldn’t make ends meet. And I told the wife I was g...

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What must happen before the gifts can be restored to the Church?

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I know the next thing to happen is the restoration of the gifts to the Church. And it’s the hardest thing I’ve had to do in this pioneering work, is to do this, as to see the people that…God cannot give back the gifts to the Church as long as His Church is divided. We’ve got to get the Church togeth...

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What does church unity have to do with Divine healing?

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And then, last week, I got to see the uniting of the Assemblies of God, the Church of God, the Foursquare church, and the Pentecostal Oneness together. And they’re having union revivals, every man, upon their baptismal services and things. Let every man be fully persuaded with one heart and one mind...

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What does 'Come out of her, My people' call people to come out of?

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The church has failed. See? Instead of bringing the people together as one body, it separated them out. Just like Moses, instead of speaking to the rock, he smote the rock (You see?), and it failed. So the church will never take the people over Jordan. That’s right. But now, God has changed His orde...

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Is sincerity enough to make a person's religion right?

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Mohammedan religion is the greatest there is in the world today. There’s more Mohammedans than anything. But they keep a white horse setting at the grave of Mohammed, stayed there for two thousand years. A white horse is constantly been led there for Mohammed to resurrect and ride away. We go down t...