Topic: What the church is

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Is the Bride of Christ, and the Body of Christ, the same?

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Yes, sir! See? Now, here, now see, I don’t want to get started on it, ’cause I get a se-…preach a sermon on it, see. But I won’t do that. But I want to show you. When God gave Adam his bride, from his side, he said, “She is flesh of my flesh, and bone of my bone.” Is that right? When God gave Chris...

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Will you please explain the “Body of Christ” in First Corinthians 12:27 and the “Bride of Christ” in Revelation 2:9—9. Is the new Jerusalem spiritual here in—spiritual here in Revelation? It—it—is this the spiritual discernment of the Church?

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No! Now, let’s see if I get this first now, First Corinthians, right quick, First Corinthians the 12th chapter, all right, and the 27th verse. And ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And then, where was the next Scripture? Revelation 2—21:9, Revelation in the 21st chapter and the...

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How does one know their rightful position in the Body of Christ?

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That’s a good one, very good, “How does…” That’d be the kind of question amongst many of us here tonight, “How do you rightfully know?” Now, I’m presuming that this brother wants to know “What position, what in Christ, what part of Christ do I play?” Now, for instance, I’d say like this, brother, t...

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Do you have to join the Church to belong to it?

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I’ve been with the Branham family, this coming April the 6th, I’ve been in the Branham family forty-four years, and they never did ask me to join the family. See? Why? I was borned a Branham. I am a Branham by birth, so that just makes me a Branham. See? I don’t have to join the family, because I ju...

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How does Christ work through the Church now that He has gone away?

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Now, you can imagine seeing That. It stands right close here and you just not yourself. You just become like…That electric bulb can’t say, “Look here. I’m giving light,” say to that window. “See, I’m giving light.” And tomorrow the light—window will say, “See, I’m the one that’s giving light.” It’s...

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How does a person get into the body of Christ?

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If I asked you how’d I get across the Ohio River here? You’d say, “By the bridge.” That’s right. Everybody says, “By faith are you saved; Christ is the way.” That’s right, Christ is the way. But how do you get to Christ? Now, there’s His body; the Bible said, “Not by one letter, not by one’s confess...

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What does the word "church" mean?

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I was…Today I was thinking, and a man in his heart, as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Then I was thinking of how that the first beginning of the meetings, after I got started out, the—some of the events that happened, how people would have dreams and come to the meeting, how a great revival was i...

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What does the word 'church' mean?

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Now, all those types of old were…they were just shadows of things that was to come. Now, I believe that was the Church natural. The Jewish church that was brought out of Egypt to Palestine, was the natural church, God’s natural people, who had a natural law. See? But we today, are God’s spiritual Ch...

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Is joining a church enough to enter the Kingdom of God?

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If you’re here without Christ, if you’ve belonged to some, “Just join the church…” I believe in joining church, but that ain’t it, you got to be borned again. You’re not born, filled with the Holy Spirit, brother, you, I don’t know. Jesus said, “Except a man be borned again, he will not enter into t...

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Does a person become part of the family of God by joining a church?

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Across the river they went. Said, “What will you ask?” I wish we’d have time to take up before this, the—the Law of Adoption. Pentecost was borned (That’s right.) like the son. But that same son was borned in a family, had to be adopted also. That’s right. And there’s where you missed your calling,...

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What does the word 'church' mean?

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Now, then when he went down into Egypt, God was with him just the same. God will be with His church regardless of what you say about it. There’s somebody in your church that’s real spiritual, really knows God, you say, “Why, they’re a little bit of fanatic.” I might speak on that tomorrow afternoon....

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In 'A little while and the world will see Me no more', who is meant by 'the world'?

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Now, if Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, He’s—has risen from the dead; He’s living among men. Now, here’s what He said, “A little while and the world (Not the word ‘kosmos,’ it’s the world order, the world, the unbeliever, in other words.) will see Me no more. Yet, you’ll see Me (ye,...

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What does the word 'church' mean?

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That’s God’s Word. Now, what was the Angel? Was the Angel of the covenant. And He led…And all the old things was a type of the new things to come. You believe that? Scripture says so, being a shadow, Hebrews. Now, as God led the Church in the natural in that day, He’s leading the Church in the spiri...

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In 'the world seeth Me no more, yet ye shall see Me,' who are 'the world' and 'ye'?

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Now, let’s just find out what…Before we look for Him tonight, in the Scripture…Now, before we look for Him, I want you to keep this right here, close to you. If you’re going to look for somebody, you’re going to have to have some kind of a general description of what you’re looking for. Is that righ...

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When did God's people in Egypt become the church of God?

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Now, we have been studying the Book of Exodus. The Exodus is “the calling out, of the children of God.” They were the people of God as long as they were in Egypt. But when they had their exodus, they become the church of God, for the church, word church, means “called out.” And we believe that we’re...

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Who is eternally secure?

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Now say, “You believe in Eternal security, then, Brother Branham?” In one way, I do. I believe that the Church is Eternally secure, the Church is. God’s already said it would appear before Him, without spot or wrinkle, the Church will. Now, the next thing, if you’re in the Church, then you are secur...

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In 'the world seeth Me no more, but ye shall see Me', who is 'ye'?

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Jesus said, “A little while and the world seeth Me no more. But ye shall see Me.” And “ye” is His church, you. The unbeliever never sees Him. It’s the believer that sees Him. “A little while and the world seeth Me no more. Yet ye shall see Me, for I’ll be with you, even in you to end of the world.”...

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Has God always had a remnant who believe Him, as in the days of Noah?

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Now, tonight, I want to speak just a moment on “Expectation.” Simeon was a man; he was old; he’s way…We’re taught by theologians that he was somewhere in his eighties. But he had a real heart, waiting for God. Sometimes the church has got to a place to just a very few left, believers. But God has al...

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Does being a loyal church member make someone a believer?

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Now, there’s many has a profession that they believe, and today in my church, as in most all of our churches, we class a believer as one who is loyal to the church, and comes to church regular, and takes a—a place, a position in the church, and helps the church in its financial needs. But that’s ver...

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How does a person come into the Church of the living God?

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Dear brother, sister, there’s only one Church, and that’s the body of believers out of every church, that are truly believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. That’s the only Church there is. We do not come into the Church—into the Church of God. We become into this fellowship; the Baptist fellowship, the...