Topic: The church & ministry

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What made the Holy Spirit come on the Day of Pentecost?

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Here, not long ago…Now, I’m not a politician, neither am I a warmonger; I’m a minister of the Gospel. But here not long ago, everything you seen was Red Russia, Red Russia, we was talking about, until the German and the Second World War broke out, and then them people who did not believe in God, the...

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Is music in the church wrong?

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You know, someone told me a long—not long ago, said, “Brother Branham, music in the church is wrong.” I said, “It is?” I said, “Do you think God changes in nature?” “No.” I said, “Then, when the prophet got all stewed up and they said, ‘Bring a minstrel,’ and when the minstrel begin to play, the han...

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What is holding back the coming of the Lord Jesus for His Church?

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I believe this: that in the great realms of the Church, the only thing that’s holding off the coming of our Lord Jesus for His Church, and setting up of His Kingdom, is the differences between the full Gospel people. That’s right. As long as one say, “I belong to this; I belong to that. I received t...

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Is it better to be a minister than a lay member of the church?

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Now, gifts and callings, now, let’s get back to what they are. God sets them aside. God places them in the church as He will. God gives severally as He will (Is that right?), not as I will, but as He will. Now, if God wanted me to be a—a lay member of the church, I’d be better off a lay member, than...

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Do church joining or forms of baptism save a person?

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Not long ago I seen a picture in a paper advertising Sinclair gasoline, said that one gallon of Sinclair gasoline in a big enough motor could lift the Sphinx so high off the ground. I said, “Looky there, they’re advertising that around the world.” I said, “And one drop of the Blood of Jesus Christ w...

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Has God always had a remnant who believe Him, as in the days of Noah?

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Now, tonight, I want to speak just a moment on “Expectation.” Simeon was a man; he was old; he’s way…We’re taught by theologians that he was somewhere in his eighties. But he had a real heart, waiting for God. Sometimes the church has got to a place to just a very few left, believers. But God has al...

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How does a person become a member of the family of God?

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I’ve been in the Branham family for forty years; they never did ask me to join their family. I was borned in the Branham family. And that’s how you come in the family of God. It’s not by joining church; I have nothing against that; that’s all right; you should do that. But you’re borned in the Churc...

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Which two groups are compared to a man with money in the bank and a man who knows how to write a check?

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I said the other night in an international conference, where many, many thousands was setting together, I said, “I find two groups of people in the world, one of them are the fundamental group, positionally, they know, and the next is the full Gospel group that’s got it and don’t know. It’s like a m...

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What three things does Satan work on when God blesses a minister?

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An old minister has been hanging around here on the street; I met him the other day up here on the street, jumping just as high as he could singing, “Old Time Religion.” Name’s John Ryan. Got long hair and beard; he’s been around here for a few days. He—he was—rode an old bicycle down there. And he...

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Are believers who belong to different churches still brothers?

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If He can show me what’s wrong with people in their lives, He can show me where to go, and what to do, and how long to stay. And I’ve been so tied up though. I got into…Well, at first when I left the Baptist church to be interdenominational to help bring the brethren together, to do all that I could...

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Does being a loyal church member make someone a believer?

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Now, there’s many has a profession that they believe, and today in my church, as in most all of our churches, we class a believer as one who is loyal to the church, and comes to church regular, and takes a—a place, a position in the church, and helps the church in its financial needs. But that’s ver...

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How does a person come into the Church of the living God?

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Dear brother, sister, there’s only one Church, and that’s the body of believers out of every church, that are truly believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. That’s the only Church there is. We do not come into the Church—into the Church of God. We become into this fellowship; the Baptist fellowship, the...

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What three things will ruin a minister?

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If you go to fool…If a minister, three things, if he goes to fooling with, he’s ruined. That is: first thing was money, then women, and then popularity. When he goes to thinking he’s someone, right then he’s on his road out. That’s right. For we’re all flesh, just like grass; there’s no good in none...

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What does it mean to preach the Gospel to every creature?

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Now, someone said not long ago, “Brother Branham, preach the Gospel…” A very noted radio evangelist, a friend. We belong to the same church. And he said, “Brother Branham, while you’re on the West Coast here, preach the Gospel.” I said, “I do, Doctor.” And he said, “Not that Divine healing.” He said...

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What is the difference between the fundamental and the Full Gospel people?

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You know what I find in traveling? I say this with humbleness. I find two classes of people. One, the fundamental, the other one, the Full Gospel. They’re both fine classes of people. But here’s the trouble. The fundamental knows what they are, positionally, in Christ, but don’t have much faith to e...

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Who makes up God's remnant today?

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Now, let’s take this case now of Simeon. Now, he was a righteous old man. He believed that God was going to let him see the Christ before he saw death. Now, let’s say he’s eighty something years old. And then He—He had another witness there. There was Anna the prophetess at the temple, John the Bapt...

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Who has the right to pray for the sick?

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All right, I don’t know what to do. I’m asking my minister brothers, just stay here where you’re at. I want you to help me tonight. Will you do it? These men are ordained of God; they publicly come out here before the city, like this, to show theirself, that they believe in Divine healing in Jesus C...

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What are the three things that hinder a minister?

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Now, this is not to be—to be humble, or it’s not to show off, but from the bottom of my heart, I wished I had a place where I could work while in these meetings (That’s right.) so I wouldn’t have to even take up an offering or something. That’s the truth. I just dread the thoughts of taking up an of...

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Should born-again Christians argue over the things they differ on?

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Now, if you come here and the Holy Spirit reveals something to you that’s been back in your life and speaks something another to you, and you know definitely that that’s the truth, now that’s bound to bring you to a realization that some Supernatural operation of some Supernatural Being is near. Is...

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How does God's leading of Israel relate to what He is doing for the Church today?

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I believe that all of the old things was a type of the new to come. What Israel was in the natural, we are in the spiritual. God leading Israel naturally, was what He’s doing for us spiritually today. We’re all very familiar with this Scripture that I’ve just read. And we’re going to try to set fort...