Topic: What faith is

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What difference does it make whether a person comes to criticize or comes looking for good?

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It’s your attitude towards…Your approach towards a Divine working of God, will determine what you’ll get out of it. If you come and say, “Well, I…Glory to God.” Stand there and chew your chewing gum, and say this, “I’m just going around to see what them holy-rollers is doing. I didn’t see nothing.”...

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Can a person come to know God through education or scientific research?

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Now, in the garden of Eden there were two trees. One of them was the tree of knowledge; one was the Tree of Life. And man can never know God by knowledge. So no matter how well you get educated, how smart your pastor is, how many degrees he’s taken, you can’t…God is not known by education, neither i...

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Why did the woman who touched the hem of Jesus garment feel virtue when the soldier who struck Him did not?

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When you come be-…friend, let me say this to you: it’s your mental attitude, the way you approach anything. The woman that touched the hem of the Master, she felt virtue. But the soldier who put a rag around His head, and hit Him on the head, said, “If you’re a prophet, tell me who hit you, and I’ll...

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What does he say about teaching a five-year-old child the Kingdom of God compared with teaching someone with a college degree?

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I can teach a five year old child the Kingdom of God, better that I can teach a man that’s got a—a degree out of college. I can teach him Christ better. He’s simple. He just listens to what you say. Watch coming to the platform. You’ll never see God turn a child down. He don’t do it. No, sir. Becaus...

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What is faith worth if a person is not willing to act on it?

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How many have faith? Raise your hands as a witness to God. Now, your faith without your works is dead. You might as well not have faith if you’re not willing to put it to work. Now, as the Holy Spirit moves into the building tonight, let’s us take the initiative side. Let’s believe with all of our h...

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What difference does it make what a person expects when they come to a meeting?

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Let’s take just a little subject for the next ten, fifteen minutes and say, on the word, “Expectancy.” You know, usually you get what you expect to get. If you come to the meeting saying, “Well, I’m going down there just to see what I can see. I don’t believe it in the first place.” Well, the devil’...

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Will faith do any good without works?

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How many in here believes God’s going to hear tonight and answer prayer? Oh, isn’t that wonderful? Brother Lindsay, that was a mighty nice then to see a solid ground there of—of every person believing—on believing grounds. Anything could happen. Now, the one thing I’m going to ask you to do, is…How...

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How does God confirm a person's faith?

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Why brother, it’s by faith you’re saved. Is that right? But listen. In accepting of your faith, God confirms your faith by the baptism of the Holy Ghost. If you say you believe, and you don’t get the baptism of the Holy Ghost, then you do not, it—it—your faith isn’t accepted in the sight of God. You...

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What kind of faith is Jesus looking for?

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That’s what He’s trying to find tonight: somebody with childlike faith who will stand by and say, “Jesus, I believe You can do it.” If He can get somebody to do that, He will do it. But if you back off and say, “I don’t know, I just afraid; I know I believe You, but I—I don’t…” Oh, He can’t use you....

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What does faith do when the symptoms and the doctors say a person is dying?

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Now, see, faith doesn’t look at any—at any symptoms. Faith doesn’t see nothing but victory. Faith has already appropriated it, and there’s nothing else to be done. No matter, if you were laying dying, and a half a dozen doctors was stand around saying, “Their blood pressure is dropping. Their heart’...

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What is the difference between hope and faith?

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I find here at the platform about ninety-five percent of the people…Excuse me. May I change that? Ninety-nine percent of the people has hope instead of faith. Oh, say, “I got all faith, Brother Branham.” Well, what you doing here then. See, see, see? Your works prove it. See? Now, faith knows no def...

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What is rapturing faith?

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And I believe we’re on the borderland tonight. I was wondering about all my meetings and things, how I had to cancel them out. I truly believe, before the Church can have the Rapture, it’s got to have rapturing faith. We can’t even have faith for Divine healing, let alone rapturing faith. Got to hav...

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Does healing depend on excitement or emotion?

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You think that I’m just asking His blessings for the people. They been healed. See? You might not see. Healing doesn’t consist of excitement; healing consists of power. See? I’ve seen many who…It’s not—it’s not emotion: healing. You just stomp, and scream, and cry at the demons; they won’t move. But...

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Does what a person expects affect what they receive from God in a meeting?

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Did you ever expect something? Usually, you get just what you expect. Did you know that? If you come to the meeting, and would say, “Well, I’m going down there. There’s nothing to it,” well, that’s just what you’ll get out of it. If you would get down there, and say, “Well, I—I’ll go down there, but...

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Does God show the evidence of His promise before or after a person accepts it?

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Soon as you hear the Word of God that says you can be set free, believe it. Rejoice with it. God will show the evidence after you’ve accepted it. But first you accept it. Christ died for sinners. I believe it. I accept it. I start rejoicing. God works righteousness by it. I believe He was striped fo...

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Does what a person expects affect what they receive from God?

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You get what you’re looking for. If you’re expecting tonight to get healed, you’re going to get healed. If you’re not expecting it, you would usually…If you come to the meeting tonight just to say, “Well, I’ll see what goes on.” That’s all you’ll see. If you say, “I—I—I know that’s not right.” The d...

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What is the difference between faith and hope?

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I believe it’s written in the Scripture, one of the writers said, “Above all things, I would that you’d prosper in health.” And now, I pray that God will let every sick person in here, tonight, be well. I’m sure it’s the will of God that all of you would be well. He wants you to be well, if you and...

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What should a person do when knowledge and reasoning can take them no farther?

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I said, “This is the Tree of Faith.” I said, “A man has knowledge which is by five senses.” I said, “He’s done a great job of it.” But I said, “you know what’s the matter with you fellows, with all your education.” I said, “I’m not trying to support my ignorance now”; said, “we use crutches of this,...

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Can someone believe with all their heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and still live the life they lived before?

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You can’t believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and live the same life that you once lived. That’s right. That makes it pretty strong. That’s not skim milk by a long ways, but it’s good for you. You can’t believe with all your heart, that He is the Son of God, and accept Him as your personal...

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Is faith only an evidence, or is it a substance?

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I’ll tell you what we’ll do. I want you to get in Romans 4, also. I’m going to teach a little about faith. That’s what we all need a whole lot of. Isn’t it? Faith is not a…is not an evidence only; it’s the substance. Faith itself is a substance and an evidence of things that the senses of the body w...