Topic: The Spirit's work and leading

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What happens to the Spirit that was on a prophet when the prophet dies?

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Come, lady. Don’t fear, have faith. God is going to do something for you, sister, the miraculous. Have faith. Believe me as His prophet. The same Spirit was upon the Hebrew prophets is the same Spirit here now. See? God takes His prophet, but never His Spirit. It moves on. When one dies, the Spirit...

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Who is God's major representative on earth today?

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So there…She knew. And she run right up to Him. Look at her. I love this. She run right up, this young beautiful Jewish maiden fell down unto His feet and said, “Lord.” That’s what He was. There’s your title. I believe You’re the Lord. “Lord, if Thou would have been here, my brother would not have d...

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How did Simeon know he would not die before he saw the Lord's Christ?

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…wonderful character, waiting for the consolation of Israel. I want to kinda speak just a moment about Simeon. Let’s take him as an old sage, wonderful old character. Some Orient theologians tell us…The historians tell us that he was in his eighties, white beard, white hair. And as he…?…go around, m...

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How can Jesus be the same yesterday, today, and forever if the world sees Him no more?

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Now, if Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and do we believe that the Holy Spirit is on earth today? How many believes that? Well, that Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit of God. Is that right? The third Person of the trinity, Jesus Christ. “Yet a little while, the world seeth Me no more,...

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What does the oil represent when a sick person is anointed with oil and prayed for?

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Now, here comes a man up here, maybe, that’s sick. He’s standing here with a…The doctor says he’s going to die. He’s filled with TB. Here he comes up to the pastor, he says, “Pastor, I—I’m…The doctor tells me I’m going to die. I—I’m—I pray, you pray with me, pastor.” The pastor says, “All right.” No...

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How can Jesus be 'the same yesterday, today, and forever' while He is seated at the right hand of the Father?

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Is that right? Now, according to Jesus’ own words, which I believe they are the Truth. No one disputes that Saint John 5 is not in…but what’s inspired. And according to His Words, He said, “I do nothing until the Father shows Me what He’s doing. Then what the Father shows Me, that I do.” Is that rig...

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What was the manna kept in the holiest of holies a type of?

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Notice. Yes, on with this manna a minute. That manna was a type of the Holy Spirit. That’s right. God told Aaron, now, said, “You go out and pick up several omer fulls of it. Take it into the holiest of holies, and there keep it there. And every generation that comes down after this generation, one...

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When God takes a prophet off the earth, what happens to the Spirit that was on him?

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See, always remember this, God takes His man off the earth, but never takes His Spirit; His Spirit comes right back down this way: It come upon Elijah; went off of Elijah onto Elisha; off of Elisha, and come on John the Baptist; off of John the Baptist, is predicted to come again in the last days; t...

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If the Spirit of Christ is in a believer, what will that believer do?

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Now, if I come, my brother and sister, tonight, and told you that the spirit of some great artist was in me, you would expect me to put a canvas out here on this place and paint a picture like the artist would paint it. Is that right? If the spirit of the artist was in me. And if I told you the spir...

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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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Is the Angel that led Israel in the pillar of fire still leading the Church today?

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You know what I think, friends? I think that here’s where this is, in Exodus 13:21: And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud (a pillar of a cloud), to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by night and day: He took not away the pillar of cl...

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When God takes a man from the earth, does He also take the Spirit that was on him?

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Now, if I come to you tonight…Listen closely. If I come to you tonight and said that I had the spirit of—of a criminal, John Dillinger, that John Dillinger’s spirit was upon me, you’d expect me to have big guns and be an outlaw like he was. If I had his spirit, that’s what I would do. You know, God...

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Why did Simeon believe he would see the Christ before he died?

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Now, in them days I can see Simeon, the old man walking along down the street, and saying, “Well, I’m going to see the Christ before I die.” Could you imagine some of those scholars saying, “Don’t pay no attention to the old fellow. I believe he’s just…He’s got old now, and his mind’s kindly went aw...

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How is the Holy Spirit like the fire in the burning bush?

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All right. Notice now, that…Then when God spoke to him, attracted his attention by a Pillar of Fire that fell into a bush and begin to burn and pop, and burn. Now, looks like if it was fire, it would’ve scorched the bush or burned it. But it was a supernatural Fire Who could burn the bush, and yet i...

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If someone shouts under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, does that prove they are saved?

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And someone ask me not long ago on that question. “Brother Branham, do you really think that they are shouting under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?” I say, “Yes.” You’d say, “Well, how could the Holy Spirit fall upon them, if it—and make them shout if they aren’t the blessed of God?” Well, I be...

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When God takes His man from the earth, does He take His Spirit too?

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And now, everyone listen as close as you can, and—and believe with all your heart. Now, I’m not a speaker, and I don’t aim to preach. That’s right. But I just want to speak a few words so that your faith will not fail you now. Now, we’ll talk for a moment about gifts. The gifts of God has always bee...

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Can the Holy Spirit fall on people who then go out and live in sin?

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Someone asked me not long ago, said, “Brother Branham, if that Holy Spirit is so great,” said, “I’ve seen people who’s stood in the meeting, and—and shouted, and praised God, their tears running down their cheeks; and they would come out and do things that—like sinners, and go to sinful places, and...

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What does it feel like when the anointing comes on Brother Branham?

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Now, right from the platform here, many, many times, many times God heals the sick and the needy. God can reveal right here from this platform what you have need of, if you’ll just believe. Do you do it with all your heart? Have faith. You have faith and God has mercy. See? And by His mercy, He’ll h...

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What does the Holy Spirit feed on?

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Great men from Adam on down had looked for the woman’s Seed to come and bruise the serpent’s head. They’d looked for the Christ for four thousand years. That’s right, people; you know that. But here, an old man, old in age, said, “I’m not going to die until I see the Christ, for the Holy Spirit told...

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What is the greatest thing Brother Branham found in the Christian life?

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And now, one of the most wonderful things of God and the Christian, the connection of the fellowship between God and Christians, is that they that are sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. (Can you hear me all right now in the back? Is it all right? If you can, raise your hands, if you can hear...