Topic: The Godhead

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Can a man use a gift from God in a way that is not God's will?

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Now, notice. Now, Moses smote the Rock, second time, representing that Christ should come to the earth and die again. Now, he had power to bring forth the Water out of the Rock, whether it was God’s will or not. Did you know that? Everybody will admit that it wasn’t God’s will. But Moses done it any...

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Does God bring things to pass the way people have mapped them out?

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People have their own beliefs drawed out today what they think that they’re going to be, and the way it’s going to be. It’ll come just as according to that, or they won’t believe it. And that’s the reason they have their way. They thought the way Jesus was coming first…They had it all mapped out. He...

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What stands behind the promises written in the Bible?

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Well, you say, “When you read the Bible, what makes you all carry on so when you say, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions, with His stripes you’re healed?’ When He said, ‘Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you’ve receive it and you shall have it.’” Well, we should start rej...

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What has to happen for a promise of God to produce results?

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Now, the way to raise a crop, is first get the ground ready. Is that right? Take out all the stink weeds, and the briers, the creepers. That’s unbelief and doubt. Sweep it out of your heart. Get ready. Then the field’s broke up. I’m not very much on this dry-eyed repentance. I like to see a man come...

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Did Brother Branham believe in eternal sonship?

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And there, that great space where no one can fathom in their mind beyond that, that space, eternity. That’s Jehovah God out there. And we’re taught in the beginning, that the Logos, or the Son of God went out of God. Now, I do not believe in eternal sonship. That’s even radical to even mention such...

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What does God do before He acts on earth?

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Before God does anything here on earth…I want you to catch this close. Before God does anything on earth, He always sends a witness from heaven to declare it. Now, before Jesus was born, why, God sent a witness of this. Signs and wonders begin to appear of His coming, just as it’s appearing today by...

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In what different forms has God revealed Himself?

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All right. Now, we wish to speak to you just for a few moments, just a very few moments about “God Revealing Himself To His People.” Now, God cannot make anyone believe. God can only reveal Himself in different forms. He has revealed Hisself in wind, and in—and mysterious—mysterious movements and so...

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Why did God live in His Son, Christ Jesus?

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When Jesus Christ came to the pool of Bethesda, in Him was feelings of compassion, for He was a Man of sorrow, acquainted with grief. And He loved the people. But when He came to that pool where approximately, I’d say, when the Bible said, “Great multitudes…” where there’d be none less than ten thou...

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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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What does the name El Shaddai mean?

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When He met Abraham, 6th chapter of Genesis back there, He met him in the Name of Jehovah, of God, the Almighty. Now, the word in the Hebrew is from the word “El Shaddai,” which means “the—the breast, the nourishing,” like the woman nourishes her baby. Abraham was ninety and nine years old, no child...

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By what authority are demons cast out?

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Here not long ago, I was facing a very hideous demon that was cursing me and spitting on me, trying to, and biting at me, in a straitjacket. And when I went to meet that demon, I knew that one thing, that first, Christ died to free that man from that demon. That’s the Word. I know the Angel of the L...

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How could Moses smite the rock the second time if it was against God's will?

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[Blank spot on tape—Ed.]…?…house is given for the glory of God. Now, as I say, this being our last night together maybe for some time, you heard me make this statement, that from anything…I see nothing left that I did not do if he stayed there, unless I knew that the person was going to die, I would...

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How does Balaam's story show the difference between God's perfect will and His permissive will?

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Notice. Then when he said that, said he could only speak what God put in his mouth. And God told him to send them back. And he…Notice. Then Balaam, like a lot of hireling prophets now, for usury, for money, he come back again and asked him the second time. And he went to God again. Now look. There i...