Topic: Water baptism

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Since Acts 2:38 is the only way to be baptized, what about the multitude…? I got that.

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They never knew it in their days; it’s just now revealed. After you know what to do, “To he that knoweth to do right and doeth it not, to him it’s sin.”

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Dear Brother Branham, my question is on baptism. When is a person saved? I have heard it was when a person believed. Some say that when you receive the Holy Ghost you are saved even though you haven’t been baptized in water, as in the case of Cornelius at Acts 10:47. Some say Paul was saved on the road to Damascus, but in Acts 22:16, says that he still had his sins three days later. Can a person be baptized in the Holy Spirit as Cornelius was and still have his sins, since he has not had water baptism, on, or is a person’s passage to Heaven not until he has had water baptism even though he has the Holy Spirit?

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Now, my precious friend…Now, this brother signs his name, I don’t know him, but he signs his name. But I—I won’t call the names, because it’s not necessary, ’cause other people will be getting to them and say, “Well, I—I disagree with you on this and that.” See? And I just won’t call no names. Most...

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Is “the Name of Jesus Christ” all right for baptism, or does it have to be in “the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ”?

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Either one. I take it Lord Jesus Christ, see, because I think He is our Lord. Now, just the Name of Jesus, like some of our brethren baptize, I—I different there, see, ’cause I know I’ve got a lot of friends named Jesus, a lot of—a lot of preacher friends in Mexico, and—and Italy, and so forth. They...

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Brother Branham, would you please answer this one for me, about baptism? Matthew 28:19 teaches, “the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” And Peter, in Acts 2:38, “in the Name of the Lord Jesus.” When was this change come about in Acts of the Apostles? Now, I believe, “in the Lord Jesus.”

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Well, brother or sister, ever who wrote it, there—there was no change come about, see. It…And Peter done exactly what Jesus said do. Now, if somebody come and say, “Use the titles of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” they did what Peter said not do, but what God said not do. See? Now, Jesus said that…...

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We believe in being baptized…Acts 2:38, but how can we answer people concerning the other baptism? Are they saved or not? Also those that have gone on and never received the light?

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Now, that is a—a good question. Now, let me say again (see?) on these questions, if you—if I don’t answer them according to your thoughts…I’m going to answer them just as close to the Scripture as I know how, to make them Scriptural. Now, the Scriptural way of water baptism is in the Name of the Lo...

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The two children, aged six to eight years, were here at the altar this morning. How soon is it advisable to have them baptized?

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Just as soon as you can. “Repent immediately and be baptized,” that’s, in the Name of Jesus Christ. Now, that’s question number one. I would advise that. But we find out in the Scriptures… You say, “Is that Scriptural?” When Peter preached on the Day of Pentecost, three thousand souls were saved a...

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A minister friend of ours baptizes in the name of “Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Would we be held responsible for not telling him of his error?

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I believe, as a Christian, as a duty, and if he is a personal friend of yours…Not to pick an argument with him; if you do that, then you’re not right, your—your spirit’s not right. But if you love that brother, which you must, because you said, “A minister friend.” Then…No names is signed to any of...

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Why do you baptize in the Name of Jesus Christ in place of the name of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”?

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Well, there is no such a thing as a name of “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” That’s the reason. There was nobody in the Bible ever baptized in the Name of “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Every person in the Bible, or three hundred years this side the Bible, was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ. Not...

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Why do churches who baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost and admit women preachers to preach, why do they have so much power and authority?

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Now, that’s a ticklish thing. Now, I know that I’m speaking to people that’ll different with this, but as a Christian I must say it. There is no Scriptural authority in the Bible for water baptism in the name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. There never was one person ever baptized in the Bible in th...

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I do not understand the light on water baptism, in the 28th chapter of…19th verse, of Matthew. What does this mean?

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Well, now, maybe it won’t take me but just a minute. And lets have somebody turn with me if you will, to Matthew, the 28th chapter, and the 19th verse. And we’ll find out, just what the person is…twenty-five…Now, This will make you strong if you’ll just stay with It. It’s—It’s good, you see. It isn’...

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Please explain if a Christian should observe feet-washing, and baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ (Name) instead of the name of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Please.

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All right. I had about three of those in here that asked that same thing. Of feet-washing, well, I might as well start on that. All right, now you may different, that’s all right. Let me just read a few, just a moment. Or if you want to read it, get Saint John, the 13th chapter, just a moment. I wa...

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I have two boys (one, two; and one, five), and they have been sprinkled. Should they be baptized by immersing?

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Well now sister or brother, whoever you are, that’s up to you. I’ve got a little girl…My little boy, Billy Paul, was sixteen years old, and I baptized him in the Name of the Lord Jesus right here. My little girl was eight years old. She come to me and got up on my lap, and she said, “Daddy, I want t...

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But doesn’t God have respect for the baptism of the “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”? Isn’t there people being baptized in the name, in these names, have received the Holy Spirit? Did Jesus come to glorify the Father? Wouldn’t this baptism be recognized?

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Yes, Jesus came to glorify the Father. Look in Saint John the 14th chapter. I’m just about…I got…If you’ll just wait just about three more, we’ll have it over, I believe. Look, then we get some new ones tomorrow, then, ’cause I’ll really get some back from tonight, I believe. Notice, this is church,...

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Brother Bill, please tell me how to—to obtain the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is by prayer, surrendered life, accepting It as we do healing? I know what it is to have faith for healing when you prayed for me here. Do you pray and lay hands on, for the baptism of the Holy Ghost? I was baptized in the name of “the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Please tell me if I should be rebaptized in the Name of Jesus, as you spoke recently. Now, my dear Christian friend, I’m not telling you what to do. I’m only laying the Scripture down. And you know what, how the Holy Ghost can come right now while we’re speaking. The Holy Ghost is a gift of God. See? That’s a gift of God. It could come while we’re speaking. And I’ll tell you, when…If the people was taught right,… Some of you old-timers here, let me ask you something, you old-timers that’s been in the tabernacle. Watch when I baptize people. And you ministers take this for an example. I’ve taught those people till they had that life cleaned up before they went to that water, and I had them believing that God was obligated to keep His promise; as soon as they was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit was right there to receive it. And when they come up out of the water, they received the Holy Ghost. That’s right. If you just…

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Shepherds, teach your sheep, get them in the Bible here. Get away from that old textbook of some church, and get down here in the Bible where God taught, and you won’t have those troubles. Yes, laying on of hands is how we can receive the Holy Ghost, by some anointed person laying on of hands.

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I was baptized at the age of thirteen. Should I be again?

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Now, that’s a—that’s a nice little question to ask. Well, now, friend, I always leave that to the person. Remember, I don’t know…There’s one that I do know who wrote it, that’s this one right here, and the man handed it to me himself. And somebody asked me a question back there that I should answer...

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Do church joining or forms of baptism save a person?

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Not long ago I seen a picture in a paper advertising Sinclair gasoline, said that one gallon of Sinclair gasoline in a big enough motor could lift the Sphinx so high off the ground. I said, “Looky there, they’re advertising that around the world.” I said, “And one drop of the Blood of Jesus Christ w...

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What does water baptism represent?

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Heavenly Father, look down upon this scene just now, as our Brother Gibson is standing here with confessed faith in Jesus Christ, believing the death, burial, and resurrection, standing here in the chilly, cool water that represents death that took our Saviour away from here, Who died in our place,...

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What name did Brother Branham use when baptizing a believer?

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Almighty God, bless my brother, bless his talents, make him a great man, Lord, for You. Hear the prayer of Your servant. As Thou has commissioned us, Lord Jesus, that we should go into all the world, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of th...