Topic: The church & ministry

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What is the difference between teaching the Word and preaching the Gospel?

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Jesus said, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to ever nation.” Now, listen to see whether that’s right or not. Preach the Gospel to ever nation. That’s the United States and to all the world, and “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, and he that believeth not shall be damn...

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Was the commission to heal the sick and cast out devils given only to the apostles?

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Maybe there would be someone who wouldn’t believe in Divine healing. I wonder what you’d think of this: the first commission that Jesus gave the Church was to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper, cast out devils, freely as you receive, freely give. The first commission was ever give to...

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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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How does Christ work through the Church now that He has gone away?

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Now, you can imagine seeing That. It stands right close here and you just not yourself. You just become like…That electric bulb can’t say, “Look here. I’m giving light,” say to that window. “See, I’m giving light.” And tomorrow the light—window will say, “See, I’m the one that’s giving light.” It’s...

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What does the moon reflecting the light of the sun picture about the Church?

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Oh, I think of that. I think of it in Genesis when the—when God made the sun and made the moon. Now, the moon is the wife of the sun. Now, when the sun goes away, the moon reflects the light of the sun (Is that right?) on the earth. And now, when Jesus was taken away, we are the Bride which is the m...

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What does he say the Gospel of Jesus Christ should be built around?

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And I do not believe in building the—the Gospel of Jesus Christ around an individual. I don’t believe in building it around a denomination. I believe in building it around Jesus Christ. Exact. And all individuals, and all men are the same, and we’re all looking to one Redeemer; that’s Jesus Christ....

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How does a person get into the body of Christ?

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If I asked you how’d I get across the Ohio River here? You’d say, “By the bridge.” That’s right. Everybody says, “By faith are you saved; Christ is the way.” That’s right, Christ is the way. But how do you get to Christ? Now, there’s His body; the Bible said, “Not by one letter, not by one’s confess...

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How were the first disciples prepared before they went out to preach?

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Now, another thing, “Well, now my boy, I believe you’re to become a minister. We will see the doctor and elder and all of them, and we’ll give you the right hand of fellowship. We’ll send you off to a seminary, and we’ll teach you all about this thing.” Never that, no, sir, that wasn’t God’s prepara...

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What did Martin Luther and John Wesley each preach, and what happened to their movements afterward?

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Well, that Fire was hid for a while through the dark ages. But the first one saw that Pillar of Fire was Martin Luther. He sounded the trumpet, and come out of the Catholic church. And the first thing you know, it caused a great universal revival. All right. Then the next thing you know, Martin Luth...

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What did God set in the church, and what were those things given for?

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“God has set in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, teachers, gifts of healing, speaking with tongues, interpretation of tongues; all these for the edifying of the body.”

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Why did God set different gifts and offices in the church?

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In the church, God has set people in the church for different things. Some of them for teachers, apostles, prophets, gifts of healing, speaking with tongues, interpretation of tongues, and different gifts that He, God, has set them in the church as it pleased Him; all for one purpose: to edify the b...

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What did God give to lead the Church?

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And they’ll have a little puddle out there in the middle of this lake and that cold wind. They’ll discuss the subject, I guess, about the cold wind coming down, and they’ll raise right up off of that lake, and go just as straight to Louisiana as they can go. And he’s never been off that lake. Why? H...

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What was the first commission Jesus gave, and what was the last?

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Jesus said, after He was risen from the dead, He said, when He ris…or…He said this, “The things that I do, shall you do also.” That would be a mark of the people, believers. And we seen what He done. Then He said, “I’ll be with you, even to the end of the world.” And the last commiss—first commissio...

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What does the word "church" mean?

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I was…Today I was thinking, and a man in his heart, as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Then I was thinking of how that the first beginning of the meetings, after I got started out, the—some of the events that happened, how people would have dreams and come to the meeting, how a great revival was i...

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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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Are Christians who differ from one another and attend different churches still brethren?

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Now, let them both come. We want to have unity in God’s people. They must have it, friends. We are brethren. We might different one from another, but we’re still brothers. The brother next to me is tall, light-headed, heavyset, big, chunky-built, pugilist-type boy. But my mother setting out there is...

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Can human theology take the place of the Holy Spirit?

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When the disciples went forth, the Bible said they went forth preaching everywhere, the Lord working with them, confirming the Word with signs following. I was reading a tract today, was probably passed out in this church, concerning the broken cisterns. It was a very outstanding tract. I liked it v...

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What happens to a church when it fails to see the power of God?

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Let me tell you something right now. God never did fool with an organization. He never did and never will. No, sir. Every… I’ll—I’ll just call any historian’s attention right now. There never has been a church in all the ages that every…failed…when they failed to see the power of God, and get the mi...

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Can a person be made a prophet by the laying on of hands?

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But when the gift of prophecy is operating, it cannot be received unless two or three judge it, to see whether it’s right or not. But a prophet, singular, p-r-o-p-h-e-t is borned a prophet, comes up a prophet. Everything he says in the Name of the Lord is absolutely truth, if he’s prophesying. Now,...

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What did Brother Branham mean by 'what the palmerworm left, the caterpillar eaten'?

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What the palmerworm left, the caterpillar eaten. What the Methodist left, the Baptist eaten. What the Baptist left, the Presbyterian eaten. What the Presbyterian left, the Pentecost eaten. Till it’s got to a place, God…Why, you stripped the tree of everything it’s got. All the power, all the joy, al...