Topic: The Holy Spirit

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Does having a gift of healing make a person a Divine healer?

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And now, many people on account of the—the newspapers and so forth, I’ve noticed that here, call me a Divine healer. Why, Christian friends, you know that’s wrong. I’m no Divine healer; I’m your brother. Now, there’s only One Healer, and that’s God. He’s the only One that heals. A gift of healing do...

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Is everyone foreordained to a gift or calling to minister?

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John the Baptist, seven hundred and twelve years before he was born, he was the voice of one crying in the wilderness said Isaiah. Is that true? Jeremiah, God told Jeremiah, “Before you were born from your mother’s womb, I knew of you, and sanctified you, and ordained you a prophet over the nations,...

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How long is a believer sealed by the Holy Spirit?

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“Wherefore grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you’re sealed until the Day of your Redemption.” There you are. “Sealed away until the Day of your Redemption.” Not just from one revival to another, but till the Day of your Redemption.

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Is the Holy Ghost received when a person believes, or afterward?

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God has a provided way. Are you in It tonight? Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? Now you good Baptist friends of mine, and know that I belonged…I was a Baptist, and my pastor here is a Baptist. But I want to tell you something. Acts 19 says, “Have you received the Holy Ghost since...

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How did Brother Branham come to have his Divine gift?

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Oh, no, friend. I—I’m your brother. And I’m telling you the truth, as my heart before God. If I’ve—if I’ve found grace in your sight, you believe me tonight as God’s prophet. As far as the Divine gift, that’s the truth. Here lays the Bible. It’s over my heart. With all my heart that’s the truth. See...

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Can every son of God be so anointed till he can do miracles, signs, wonders, or is this just…is this at the directions of the Holy Ghost?

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Yes, it is at the directions of the Holy Ghost. If you are a son of God, or a daughter of God, whatever you are, when you have received the Holy Spirit, then the Holy Spirit directs you to do things. I don’t have time. I just wish I could tell you little stories. Every time I think of it, just have...

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Dear Brother Branham, what is the difference when Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost,” and when they—when they had to go to the upper room to tarry?

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It was a promise He gave them, breathed upon them His promise, said, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost.” It was a promise. They went to the upper room to wait for the promise to be fulfilled. The same thing is when we lay hands upon you to be healed, then you go on about your business waiting for the prom...

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Will anyone who has a true and genuine baptism of the Holy Ghost in this hour not be in the Rapture of the Bride? Would you explain? Tell us what we can do for you in any way to help lighten the load. Now, isn’t that sweet? See?

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No, there’s nothing you can do right now. Yes, genuine believers that’s baptized in the Holy Ghost will be in the Bride. Of course, they’re selected and called out. The sleeping virgin didn’t have any oil. Those that had oil went in, but the… “What can we do to lighten the load?” Yes, brother, sis...

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Brother Branham, Brother (Just a minute. This is pertaining to one of the ministers here. Let me read it first. [Brother Branham pauses and reads the question to himself—Ed.] Hum! Just a minute. Well, I tell you. I’m going to read it anyhow.)—Brother Branham, Brother Neville told me through prophecy that THUS SAITH THE LORD that I would receive the Holy Ghost. Telling me with this assurance that I would receive the Holy Ghost, I have not as yet received the Holy Ghost. Should I continue…?

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Yes, indeedy! Do that. Continue on believing. Notice, I call…was standing at Brother Wood’s yesterday when a phone call came in from a man that’s in a wheelchair, that come here burdened for a brother or somebody that was—that was a alcoholic and been through the ’s-Anonymous and taken shots, in the...

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Dear Brother Branham, is it possible for one to have the baptism of the Holy Ghost and not to have the signs following, at—at least not until the…some future time and conditions appointed by the Spirit?

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Now, that might sound like a mixed-up question, but that’s a good one, very good. See? Now, here gives me a little chance, that I find that’s working with my—my family here now (see?), I mean you, my family, and the family out in the world where we…where our tapes go. Now, a great part of my congre...

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Brother Branham, I want to receive the Holy Ghost. I want to know what to do. I am burdened for my family to be saved. And the sister signed her name.

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If you want to receive the Holy Ghost, let me tell you something, my dear Sister, if you’re here. And—and—I…(Brother Neville, is that a member of the church here? At the bottom…?…) I don’t—I don’t remember them either. But if—if you’re here, Sister B-o-u-g-h, if you’re here, let me tell you. The Bib...

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Dear Brother Branham, I have been baptized in Jesus’ Name. The Word says you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Does this—does this mean the baptism, the Holy Spirit, or does it mean I should receive the gift…definite…I should receive a definite experience with the baptism? I am anxious to be—to be filled with the—the Spirit. Please excuse the long note as I have been wanting to ask you this question for a long time. Thank you. And the person has their name signed. They’re out-of-town people.

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Now, there’s a good question. Now, the baptism with the Holy Spirit is a definite experience that a person must receive. Now let me kind of clear that up just for a minute. See? Now, many people have the—the idea…I believe it’s twisted. And maybe right here to the church and to the church that’s lis...

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Question for Sunday morning: (Sorry it’s this time, but…) At the instant of receiving the Holy Ghost, or the baptism of the Holy Ghost, is there a difference? Does a person speak with tongues? If not always, what manifestation is known?

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Well, could you imagine a mother giving birth to a baby and not knowing it? She’d have to be unconscious not to know it. Neither can you receive the Holy Ghost without knowing it. There’s something takes place in you. See? There’s something that changes you. Your whole system, your whole spiritual s...

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Brother Branham, can Satan use the gift of tongues or prophecy in a person who has the Holy Ghost?

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That’s a good one, isn’t it? Yes, sir! If…It must be watched very, very close. If you’ll notice in First Corinthians 14:29, you who wants to put it down…See? The—the person who wrote this never signed their name; they just said, “God bless you.” See? In First Corinthians 14:29 we find out that any g...

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Please explain First Corinthians 13:8-12. Now that the perfect Word is restored to the Church are—are these verses fulfilled?

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Now, I think I just went through that, didn’t I? “And when that which is perfect has come, that which is in part shall be done away with.” Paul said, “Though I speak with tongue of man and angels, and I do all these things here…But when that which is perfect is come…” Now, is there anything perfect...

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What is the evidence that a person is really filled with the Holy Ghost?

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John 14:26: He will…“When the Holy Ghost is come (see?), He will show you things to come.” See? He’ll be a…He’ll perfect it; “man-mades” won’t do it; and He is the Word. When He the Holy Ghost is come, He will identify Himself in you with the Scripture. And that is the true sign that the Holy Spirit...

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Dear Brother Branham: Do you believe that signs should follow all who have the Holy Spirit? Jesus said so, Mark 16. If so, what about the people who believe the Message with all that is in them, yet they have not these signs? Are they unbelievers or do they need the Holy Spirit? If so, please instruct us today, how to receive the Holy Ghost. We believe you are God’s mouthpiece for our day. Your brother.

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Thank you, my brother, for regarding me as your—your brother, and I think that that’s a very good question. Friends, yes, it is a little slack. I’d like to deal a little bit longer on that if I could. See? It is slack. Look! Some of you…See? When, you cannot receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost wit...

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Is it sufficient to say openly from the pulpit that tongues and interpretations should be done in a meeting before the service? That’s the second question on this slip of paper that I have here, which is a little card.

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Now, this would be pertaining to the pastor here, see. Because he—he, after all, over the spiritual part, he’s the head of that. Deacons are policemen in the church, to keep order and to take care of these things, and feeding the poor, and so forth. The trustees are over the finance and the building...

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What does “see thou hurt not the oil and the wine” mean, in Revelation 6:6?

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It’s the Holy Spirit. See? We just got through that. Probably somebody, you know, come in a little late for the Message, they…well, for the other tapes, you see. “Hurt not the oil and the wine.” What does the oil and wine mean? The Oil, as we took it in symbol, means the Holy Spirit. See? Wine is t...

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Brother Branham, please explain—please make clear if women should testify or speak in tongues in the assembly.

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Well, I believe that if the woman is a—a preacher in the assembly, she isn’t supposed to be a preacher. But if she has a gift of tongues and speaks in the assembly, where there are—there are prophets and—and the gifts are gathered together, I believe she has a right to do that. Because in the Bible...