Topic: The Holy Spirit

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What is the new birth?

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The new birth is an experience. It’s a gift of God. It’s the seal of your faith. The Holy Spirit is a Seal. Ephesians 4:30 says, “Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby you’re sealed until the day of your redemption.” God made Abraham the promise, and Abraham believed God, and was justified by fa...

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What does 'gifts and callings are without repentance' mean?

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Moses, when he was born, he was borned a proper child. God had him brought here. Moses had nothing to do with it. Is that right? John the Baptist, seven hundred and twelve years before he was born, he was the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:4, God told Jeremiah, said, “Be...

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Who does the preaching when a minister preaches?

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Now, on the platform, when the Holy Spirit’s a speaking, and He’s speaking through mortal lips, He always does…I believe these are ministers behind me. And, brethren, you never preached a sermon in your life: the Holy Spirit preached through you a sermon. That’s right. See? See that? See? We don’t p...

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How should a person who says he has the Spirit of Christ behave?

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Let’s watch the type of person He was. Let’s look at His character; watch His ministry. And as He worked then, He works now. As He was then, He is now, and will be forever. And just what He did in them days, He’ll do it today, He’ll be just the same forever. He’s the same Jesus, yesterday, today, an...

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

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Now, the Gospel is not altogether the Word. This is the Word of God, and all things must be based upon this Word. If it isn’t, it isn’t true. This is…But Jesus said, “Go ye in all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Now, He did not say “Teach the Word,” He said, “Preach the Gospel.”...

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How does Brother Branham's gift differ from that of a preacher or a musician?

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If I tell Brother Reed here, “You go tell a certain man a certain thing,” that would be me sending a message, and some of us are born, friends, to be preachers, Brother Reed, many others. Some of us are born to be musicians. I noticed that young lady tonight, beating on those things there, xylophone...

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Does a person receive the Holy Ghost at the moment they believe?

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He said, “Oh, oh, I—I thought I got the Holy Ghost when I believed.” They still teach that, but it’s wrong. Faith’s all right. Faith is real good. Faith’s got…Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him by, or, for righteousness, but God give him the seal of circumcision as a seal of his faith...

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How can a person be a witness to the resurrection of Christ?

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So, therefore, no man can exactly witness to the resurrection of Christ, only by the Holy Spirit. You have to be a personal witness, yourself; being there, knowing something about it, knowing what you’re talking about.

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Did the virgin Mary need to receive the Holy Ghost at Pentecost?

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That’s the reason the virgin Mary had to go up, at the Day of Pentecost, and receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost, just like the rest of them did, because she was born here as a mortal and had to be born again before she could go to Heaven. Amen.

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Was it the nature of the Holy Spirit when Elisha cursed the children who mocked him?

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Look at Elisha, that young prophet, young fellow went baldheaded. Little children begin to laugh at him, said, “Baldhead, why didn’t you go up?” And that angered prophet turned around and cursed those little children, in the Name of the Lord. And two she bears killed forty-two little innocent childr...

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How does the circumcision God gave Abraham relate to the Holy Ghost given to a believer?

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A-…God gave Abraham the promise, and he believed the promise, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness; but He give him the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the promise. Hallelujah! You believe God, by faith, that you are saved, and accept Him; and, whenever you do, God gives you the Holy Ghos...

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Is God obligated to give the Holy Ghost to someone who truly believes?

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You say you “believe, and haven’t received the Holy Spirit”? Something wrong with your faith. God circumcises the heart the minute the believer really comes in full surrendering. Amen. Say, That, well, surely must have done something, I felt that even come back. Get it! When the believer…Here it is...

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Is speaking in tongues the initial evidence of the Holy Ghost?

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Just like now, this is going to hurt you. But I’m responsible with God’s Word, willing to discuss It, anytime. Here’s where you Pentecostal people has made your mistake, many of you sitting here, of teaching, “The initial evidence of the Holy Ghost, speaking in tongues being the Holy Ghost.” Why, sp...

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What does the word 'tarry' mean?

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Tarry don’t mean “pray.” Tarry means “wait.” How many knows that the word tarry means “wait”? Jesus said, “Wait up there in the city of Jerusalem till I…until the promise is given you.” I don’t know what they were doing. They was probably praying. I don’t know.

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Is a person filled with the Holy Spirit the moment they believe?

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This isn’t a shallow affair. It isn’t something that’s just like…I heard someone say, last evening on a—on a broadcast, “Every person that believes has—has been filled with the Holy Spirit.” Now, I, not disagreeing with the minister, but he—he just probably didn’t understand the Scripture. Paul, in...

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What gift did the Lord send back after He went to the right hand of the Father?

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But now, if our Lord was here, and the way I feel that that little girl is sick, to see a little, sweet little thing like that sick, I’ve got one at home that’s about like that. And you know how my heart would go for it. But if He was here, He would stand and talk to you maybe like this. He’d tell y...

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Do people still need to tarry for the Holy Ghost?

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Now when I first come to Pentecostal people, I hear them talking about seeking and tarrying for the Holy Ghost. I couldn’t understand that. Why tarry when the Holy Ghost has been here for some two thousand years? I seen the word “tarry” doesn’t mean pray. “Tarry” means “wait.” Well, I seen they had...

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What is being restored to the church in the last day?

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It is to my humble belief, that we’re living near the end time. Or may I make it a little more personal than that, saying: we’re living in the end time. And if…I believe it’s time for restoration of the church that was promised that God would send in the last day. And I believe that this is the day...

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When a man of God is taken, what happens to the Spirit that was on him?

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How do you do, sister, you or the baby? Uh-huh. Why, it’s a sweet little thing. My, looks like it’s quite young to have something. Now, I want…’Course the baby can’t talk. I want you to look at me. I want to talk to you just a moment. What do you think about Jesus Christ? Yes, the only One that you...

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What does it mean for a man to have a gift of healing?

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Now, a gift of healing doesn’t mean that man heals somebody; it means the man has got faith in Divine healing that can point them to the finished work of Jesus Christ at Calvary.