Topic: Worship and ordinances

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Dear brother, would Jesus not accept worship in Revelation by John when he fell to…Why would not Jesus receive worship in Revelation by John when He—when He allowed worship before him? Why wouldn’t Jesus receive worship when John wanted to worship Him?

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My dear brother or sister, whoever it is, it was not Jesus that would not receive worship. In Revelation 22:8, you’ll read it was the prophet, angel, who would not receive worship. When John fell down to worship the angel that had showed him these things, he said, “See that you do it not, for I am o...

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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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Question number two. Should the saved separate themselves from sinners in worship? Should the saved separate from sinners to worship?

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I don’t know exactly what you mean by that. If you mean sinners like out in the…You worship God everywhere. But I think if we did, how we going to have church, ’cause the sinners come right into the church and set down by the side of the Christian. Don’t never separate yourself from anything but 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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Does the what and wine, or wheat and wine, what does the…of Revelation 6:6? Let’s see what it is, when I get down here now, this here. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts saying, A measure of wheat for a penny, and a measure of barley for a penny;…see that thou hurt not the wine and…oil.

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I guess that’s meaning “the wheat and the wine.” That was one, to the other. Rather, is a symbol, the wine taken at the communion table, of Rev-…of First Corinthians 11:24? “Does the wine—the wine…?” No. One of them is a spiritual symbol, see. And the other one is actually the—the revelation of the...

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Could it be that the reason many are sick, because we did not discern the Lord’s Body? (Correct!) …but now revealed by the opening of the Sixth Seal?

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Now, let’s see. Let me just see if I can get that now. It’s not you; it’s me. You didn’t…You wrote it all right; it’s just me. Could it be that the reason many are sick, because we do not discern the Lord’s Body? (That’s got a question mark, the end of that.) Well, the Scripture says, that, “Many a...

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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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At a communion service, a man came to the altar to pray. Brother Branham was standing behind the—the elements of communion as they were being administered, he said he “could not leave them to pray with the man at the altar.” Please explain.

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I sent the associate, you see, Brother Neville. I remember the night when it taken place. I’m supposed to stay with that communion table, see, even when…Look here. Now, I ain’t got time to go into this. Somebody sitting here that asked, of course. Here’s what it is, brother. When—when you got the co...

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What about a Christmas play in a Holy Ghost church?

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Well, if it’s about Christ, it might be all right. But if it’s about Santa Claus, I don’t believe in him. I—I done growed—I done growed away from that. I don’t believe in Santa Claus at all. See? And some of these little Christmas things they have, I think is ridiculous. And…But I think they’ve took...

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Can you find anywhere the apostles took Communion after Pentecost? Did Paul mean people do not discern the Word? Holy Ghost was the only way to worship God? If you take wine and crackers, sickness and sleep fall on you?

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Now, here is maybe a place that I believe the dear person that asked this is no doubt deeply and sincerely in this, what they’re asking, or they wouldn’t ask it. And I—my Brother or Sister, whoever it was, I answer it just as deeply and sincerely as you answered it—or asked it. I want you now to tu...

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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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Why should Christ appear to me as I was about to take the Sacraments?

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Well, no doubt your heart was just in tune and you was coming sacredly up to God to do it; and that’s why He appeared to you. See, that’d be the only reason I know. I couldn’t say no more than—than what that…Let’s see.

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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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So the Holy…Does the Holy Ghost still given by the laying on of hands? The disciples did this, Peter, Paul, and so on, and is it still possible? Paul received It in this manner.

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Yes, dear brother, sister, whoever wrote the—the note. The Holy Ghost is absolutely to be received by laying on of hands. Now, many people call me…as I’ve been marked as a Pentecostal, saying I was Pentecostal. I never belonged to a Pentecostal organization. I’m absolutely free from all organizatio...

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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...