Topic: Tobacco

Question

Brother Branham, is it wrong to grow—to grow and work in tobacco? I don’t believe I got that.

Answer

Now, I’m against tobacco. I’m against the use of tobacco; any born again Christian will be; that’s all, because it’s wrong. We know that even the medical science say that’s what starts most of throat and—and lung cancer, is—is tobacco. They say, “Smoke filtered cigarettes.” Now, to you men and wome...

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What did government statistics say about nursing babies and mothers who smoke?

Answer

Now, I’m not here to preach the Gospel. These…There are ministers here do that. But let me tell you something, women: it’s a disgrace to the world. See her with…When I get statistics from the government, shows that eighty percent of the babies that’s born has to be raised on cows milk. If they nurse...

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Is drinking, smoking or adultery a sin in itself?

Answer

I was talking to someone today, was talking on the word of “sin.” I said, “Drinking whiskey is not a sin. Smoking cigarettes is not sin. Living in adultery’s not a sin.” A lady raised up and said, “Well, Brother Branham, what is a sin?” I said, “That’s the attributes of sin. Sin produces that. That...

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Are drinking, smoking and gambling sins?

Answer

As I said last night. Drinking, smoking, gambling, all those things isn’t sin. It isn’t a sin to gamble, it isn’t, or, gambling isn’t sin, rather, smoking isn’t sin, drinking isn’t sin, swearing isn’t sin, it’s a attribute of sin! Because you’re a sinner, that’s the reason you do it. If you was a Ch...

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What slogan did Brother Branham write in the back of his Bible about smoking and drinking?

Answer

I made a little, put a little slogan in the back of my Bible. I picked it up here a few days ago, was looking at it, a little bitty old Bible. I said, Don’t ask me foolish questions, Just make this up in your mind, If you love the Lord with all your heart, You don’t smoke, chew, or drink any ’shine.

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Does a person have to quit smoking before receiving Christ?

Answer

I tell you one thing, you get the Holy Spirit, and then you can go ahead and smoke after you get the Holy Spirit. Someone said to me the other day, “Did you ever baptize anybody that smoked?” I said, “Look here, brother, I have a yardstick at my church. (See?) I teach the people what’s the truth, an...