Topic: The will of God

Question

How do you feel is the best way to find the Lord…How do you—how do you feel is the best way to find the Lord’s will in some important matters? Now, let…I don’t believe I…Let me see if I can get the continuity to it. “How do you feel is the best way (I see it should be a comma there, I suppose)…How do you feel is the best way to find the Lord’s will in some important matters?”

Answer

I tell you, dear friend, the best way to find the will of God in some important matters is prayer. See? Now, let me…Here’s a wonderful little thing here. If you—if—if you have a matter that’s very important…Now, here’s the way I do it. I take it before the Lord. And it’s always been my strength; I...

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Brother Branham, if these questions are out of line then just disregard them, and I won’t feel bad about it for I will know it was not the hand of the Lord. Question number one: Brother Branham, I have heard you…that it should—should be back in the…I—I—I have heard you say I should be back in the ministry, and I have thought upon it myself, but have waited upon some definitely word from Him about it. Up to date it hasn’t come. Now, since I know the end is so near, should I still wait for the Lord Jesus to—to speak to me? Or, would He be pleased to tell you what to tell me, since I know you are His spokesman for this day?

Answer

Well, now, brother, I’d…I got wrote down here my answer to it. God calling this brother, a call in life, now, there’s one great thing we could just take that as a text and preach all night on it, see, that one thing, “a calling.” “Make your calling and election sure,” see. We don’t want to be just w...

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Can faith change the predestinated will of God?

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The Spirit of the Lord come into the audience and just sapped my strength. And just as I started to go down, my brother run to me to catch me. And I looked; I seen Congressman Upshaw. And he’d been in meetings ever since he was a lad when he first fell and hurt himself. He wanted to be healed then b...

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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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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...