Topic: Wife

Question

Remember hearing you tell of seeing a pitiful sight of an angel…of a eagle beating its wings in a cage, struggle to get free. I have a precious mother in that position. She has not been allowed to have her three married children come home for three years, because they won’t be subject to their dad’s doctrine. He’s a denominational preacher. Mother wants to hear this end time Message, and I can’t even get a letter through to her. To what degree is she to be subject to? Is there anything I can do besides pray?

Answer

That would be the only thing I would know. Her husband, being a minister, won’t let her hear the Word. She wants to hear It, but he won’t permit her to hear It, and just pray for her. I believe the woman is—is saved, of course.

Question

Brother Branham, the Bible tells us that a—a wife should obey her husband. I am a Christian and my husband is a sinner. He persecutes me in every way that he can, and for me not to go to church, and read my Bible, and—and denies the Word. What should I do?

Answer

What should you do? Now, listen, you’re supposed to obey your husband; that’s the Word. Now, if he tells you and refuses you to read the Bible, go to church, or something like that, you don’t have to obey that, because, “He that will—won’t forsake his father, mother, husband, wife, or whatever it is...

Question

My husband and I don’t see alike on the Bible, the Truths, like this Truth that you preach. He doesn’t understand. Should I go with him to churches when I don’t believe their teaching? I’m very troubled about this.

Answer

Yes! If you are a wife to this husband, and he don’t condemn you, you don’t—you mustn’t condemn him (see?), because the husband is sanctified by the wife. See? And I believe, if he goes to some denominational church or something like that, he wants you to go down there with him…You see? If you don’t...

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Brother Branham…(Did I finish that? Did I get about the baptism of the Holy…Yes, that was about it, wasn’t it? All right. Excuse me, if I don’t get it, just forgive me. I…These are such wonderful questions. You could just stay one whole night just on one question, brother, and then not even touch it.) I appreciate you as a servant of God, the believe…and I believe the Message of Truth. My wife won’t hear me…says anything…say anything about this Message, and will not listen to any tape. I am in nervous trouble on my job also. I want my wife to believe too and pray for my children. Brother Branham, I want to be friend of God’s…I want to be found in God’s will for my life. I want to be His servant. (And the person signs “over.” Wait a minute.) When I was small, I told everyone that I wanted to be a preacher. I don’t know what God wants me to do. I’m willing to do anything for the Lord. Yours in the Lord.

Answer

Now, a good question. And the man is sincere. His wife, his companion that’s a part of him…May I add something here to that? My brethren, I say this in the Name of the Lord. One of these days, the Lord willing, I think I’ll just go ahead and make that tape on Marriage and Divorce (see?), bring it ri...

Question

Also, Brother Branham, I believe a woman should be subject to her husband. But if a Christian woman has a sinner husband who does not even to one of your services…come to one of your services and won’t…and wants his wife to be doing things, cutting her hair, wearing shorts, and going to ungodly places, is this woman supposed to be subject to this man in this way? Please explain this more clearly, as this is a question that is asked often.

Answer

No, Sister, you are not subject to such a person. No indeedy. For this cause you’ll leave everything and cleave to God. Now, the thing…If you want…that man wants to live with you, and you be…stay a Christian…But if he’s going to make you wear shorts, cut your hair, and do all these other things, and...

Question

Brother Branham, are women allowed to work in public affairs when they have a healthy husband and children? I am asking this question for someone else.

Answer

Well, I—I—I—I don’t know about that. I can’t say. But I—I just have this feeling. Let me say this: I believe, if I was a—a woman and I knowed that my husband was healthy and had a good job, working, I believe it would be a—a great pleasure to me to stay home, take care of my children and make the…an...

Question

Should a saved wife refuse herself to her husband if he is a sinner?

Answer

No, sir! No, sir! That’s your husband. You’ll drive him farther away from God than ever by doing that. See? That’s right, Brother, Sister. You married him; he’s yours, and you’re his.

Question

Brother Branham, I have accepted God’s Message of today, and also our son. And we both have been baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. My husband—my husband hasn’t accepted the Message and is fighting this Message. And he has influenced our son and is taking him to a Methodist church. He wants me to go with him to church when we are not in service here at the tabernacle. Would it be right for me to go with him or would it be better to stay out of that denomination?

Answer

Well now, dear sister…She never signed no name, but perhaps you’re listening to your question; if you don’t, you’ll hear it on tape. Go with your husband, but don’t be partakers of—of what they’re doing. See, you’re supposed to love your husband, and love is what does it. You just be real salty; he’...

Question

Now, the next question is one I think that maybe someone was what I said the other night. Explain a wife being saved by bearing a child.

Answer

The wife isn’t saved by bearing a child. But let’s turn now to First Timothy 2:8 just a minute. And let’s just find out what the Bible says about the child. Now, I realize that’s a Catholic doctrine, that the Catholic says the woman is saved in childbearing, by bearing a child. But let’s not…I don’t...