Topic: What faith is

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Does what a person expects when coming to a meeting affect what they receive?

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If you believe, whatever you believe…If you come to the meeting tonight, just to find something to go away to criticizing it, devil will show it to you; you’ll see it. And if you come to find something about God, that you could go away and be blessed, God will show it to you. Whatever you desire, wh...

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What should someone do whose faith is only as small as a mustard seed?

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Some people has great big faith like this, anything can happen. The next has faith that deep, takes a little longer. Next has faith that deep, takes quite a little while. Some has faith like a mustard seed. But if it’s mustard seed faith, genuine faith, hold on to it; just keep believing it; it’ll b...

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Is God known by knowledge or by faith?

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In the garden of Eden there were two trees, one of them was the knowledge. And the other one the Tree of Life. And when man left the Tree of Life and took the first bite off the tree of knowledge, he separated himself from God. And now he bit off gunpowder, destroys himself. He bit off an electricit...

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Does what a person expects affect whether they are healed?

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And how many in here tonight is expecting to be healed tonight, let’s see your hands? Well, you’re not going to be disappointed then. If you…You just can’t be disappointed if you’re expecting it. If you’re not expecting it, you say, “Well, I’ll wait maybe tomorrow afternoon; I’ll get it tomorrow aft...

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What does 'faith is the substance of things hoped for' in Hebrews 11:1 mean?

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I want to read just a little Scripture before I express that thought: Hebrews 11:1. Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen. Now, faith is the substance. Now, it isn’t just a—a makeup, or a thought, it’s a real substance. It’s something that’s just as real as...

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Why did Brother Branham want to take the initiative without waiting for discernment?

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I’ve kinda got to a place where I want to get more boldness. I want to take the initiative side, regardless of whether it’s under the discernment, brother, I want to go forward and challenge the enemy in—in—in a bold, I’m more like a timid sort of a person. And I only try to work as I see the Spirit...

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Is believing enough if a person does not act on what they believe?

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Now, if you believe that with all your heart, accept it and act on it. Now, you can believe it just as much as you wanted to; if you didn’t act on it, you’ll set right there like a sinner would lay at the altar. If you got down there and prayed, and prayed. You said, “Lord, I know You saved me. But...

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Why did Jesus compare faith to a mustard seed?

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Maybe you might not have the spontaneous faith to bring something, just a miracle right to you. You may not have that kind of faith. But Jesus said, “If you had the faith like a mustard seed, you could say to the mountain, ‘Be moved,’ and by and by, it would come to pass.” It wouldn’t vanish it away...

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How does Brother Branham define the supernatural?

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Oh, what I would think tonight, “Lord, let us look a past the curtain of time, just look over just a little peek, see what it’s all about.” We’re fighting here tonight a great warfare: right against wrong: Word of God against modern theology, and trying to make the—the Word of God, bring It to the p...

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Does a person receive what they come to a meeting expecting?

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Just a few words upon “Expectations.” Now, I want you to give me just very close attention, if you will. This is a little difficult. Standing here, already there’s an anointing. And then trying to come over to speak on the Word, it’s—it’s a hard thing…?…now. Expectations, usually, every one…Can you...

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How is faith different from hope?

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Now, hope is one thing and faith is another. Faith is a positive sense. It’s not a guesswork; you don’t just imagine it. It’s just as real as any other sense of your body, just the same as sight is. Sight is real. Hearing is real. See, taste, feel, smell, and hear, the five senses of the body that c...

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How does expectation affect what a person receives from God?

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Daniel was expecting God to deliver him from the lions’ den. The Hebrew children, when they went in the fiery furnace, they said, “Our God is able…” They was expecting God to deliver them. And they made the last step of the way before He came, but He’s always there at the last end. Jesus comes in th...

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What does it mean that faith is 'the substance of things hoped for'?

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My Scripture lesson tonight said, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” See, it’s a substance, it’s something direct, something that you really have, not something that you imagine, something that you think you have, but it’s some direct, positive act that yo...

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Does having faith to be healed depend on how well a person serves God?

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I’ve seen many people come by, lovely people, real Christians, but didn’t have enough faith to be healed, and some sinner pass by and has the faith to be healed. See? It’s another element altogether. It’s not how well you serve God, it’s an element that you possess yourself. Now, I want you to see t...

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Why is faith compared to a mustard seed?

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You see what I mean? Now, I’ve often wondered why He said mustard seed. I might drop this thought. Mustard seed is the smallest among all seed, that’s right, but there isn’t nothing will mix with mustard seed, is all mustard. You can’t mix it with kale or nothing and make it grow, it’s all mustard....