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1. THE GODHEAD EXPLAINED — 1961-04-25

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• ¶85–¶89 That’s the very reason, when I go to the platform, in churches, no one has never heard me mention those things on platform, those issues. I just let them alone. See, that’s up to the, you men. See? I’m here to help you win souls to Christ, by a Divine gift, you see. See? It don’t make any difference…You do your baptizing. But then when it come… Course, I’ve been called everything. I’ve been called, I don’t know how many, anywhere from a—a “incarnate son of God” down to a— a “devil.” That’s right, everything. But, at the back of it all, I’m your brother, fellow citizen of the Kingdom of God; working with you all, for the Kingdom. And that is true. Now I’ll, if it’s all right, and you think we have enough time, I’d like to tell you how we discussed that. Would it be all right, brethren, just for a minute, Brother, Brother Ness and them? All right. And it might be a little bit that would help you. It’d help you to understand, kind of. I wrote down, here, some of the things that I remember they took off there. And so they asked me, what did I believe about the “trinity,” did I believe that there was a “trinity” of God? Now, brethren, when we approach this, I hope that, when this is over, that we’ll be the same brothers that we’ve been all along. See? But I feel that I owe it to you, because your people comes to my meetings, and I certainly wouldn’t want to send one of them away, deceived.

• ¶104–¶107 And I made that a practice, to know this: that, if a man, no matter what he does, and how much he differens, and what he says about me; if in my heart, not from just a duty, but from my heart I can’t love that man as well as I love anyone else, then I know there’s something wrong in here, see. That’s right, because, it’s—it…no matter if he… A little brother come, not long ago, a little Church of Christ brother. And, oh, he stood up there, and he said, “This guy is a devil.” See? He said, “He says of the Holy Ghost.” He said, “There is no such a thing. They, well, only the twelve apostles received the Holy Ghost. And— and Divine healing was only give to those twelve apostles.” And went on, about a half hour. And I said, “Just a moment, brother. I think you ought to give me just a chance to defend This, see.” I said, “You said that you spoke where the Bible spoke, and was silent where It was silent.” And he said, “We do.” I said, “Now, you said there was just the twelve apostles received the Holy Ghost. The Bible said, ‘There was a hundred and twenty in the upper room when the Holy Ghost fell, women and all.’ And would you mind to tell me, do you think Paul didn’t have the Holy Ghost? And he received It a long time after that, see. And you said, ‘The gift of healing was only give to the twelve apostles.’ And Stephen went down, a few days later, and he wasn’t one of the twelve. He was not even a preacher. He was a deacon, and went down to Samaria and cast out devils.” And I said, “Oh, brother!” It was very silent right here, yeah, where you had to keep it.

• ¶122–¶126 So I said, “Brother Ness, not to be different…” Now I’m going to…Is it all right to use this, brother? [The brother says, “Sure.”—Ed.] I said, “I want to say and explain.” And, in this, I might say to you brethren here. Now, don’t mention this amongst your congregations. If you will, and do me a favor, just—just—just let me just be your brother. You see? And I, and if—if I am wrong, then you forgive me. But I want to explain to you, being that there is both groups sitting here this morning, of both the Oneness and the—the Assemblies, also, and the trinitarian belief. Now I want to make this statement. I want to say that I believe that both sides are wrong, as long as they argue one with another, because their motives is wrong. And as long as your motives is wrong, no matter what your objective is, but your motives to that objective is wrong, then it’ll never work. That’s right. Now, some people have said, “Brother Branham, you are a Jesus Only.” I want to say that that is an error. I am not a Jesus Only. Somebody says, “Brother Branham, are you a Trinitarian?” No, sir. I am not a Trinitarian. I’m a Christian. See? I—I—I don’t…The word trinitarian don’t even mention in the Bible, the word “trinity.” And I do not believe that there is three individual Gods. I believe there is one God in three offices: Father, Son, Holy Ghost. That’s exactly why we were commissioned to baptize in the Name of Father, Son, Holy Ghost. I believe that it’s God condescending, coming down.

• ¶157–¶162 Now, to you different brethren here, you watch this just a minute and you see what I’m trying to point at. I pray that God will let you see it. Now, look, you both believe the same thing, but the devil has just got between you and broke you up about it. It’s exactly the same thing, and I’ll prove it to you, by the help of God, and with God’s Bible. If it ain’t the Bible, then don’t receive it. That’s right. But now look. This is (what?) God the Father; this is God the Son; this is God the Holy Ghost. Well, now, let’s stop now just a minute, laying those three out there; God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Oh, I—I ain’t going to have time to do this. I…[The brethren say, “Go ahead! Go ahead!”—Ed.] But, see, well, I’ll hurry just as quick as I can. Forgive me, my brethren, but I—I—I’ve never got to talk to you, and I—I want to do this. And then, look; God the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. Now, Who was the Father of Jesus Christ? God was the Father of Jesus Christ. We all believe that. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] All right. Now, when we take Matthew 28:19, when Jesus said, “Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” ten days afterwards, Peter said, “Repent, and be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.” There’s a straight contradiction somewhere. Now, let’s don’t…there’s a… Everybody has testified, and things. Here it is. Here is my belief, and I’m just laying out before you, brethren. I don’t say this out in the pulpits; it’s up to you. But I want to show you what I see on both sides, so the Holy Spirit reveal it to you, see.

• ¶177–¶183 Now, there’s no place where…If any man can show me one text of Scripture where that ceremony was used in the Bible, of “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” you’re obligated to come tell me where somebody was baptized like that. And some of them say, “Well, I’ll take what Jesus said, not what Peter said.” If they were contrary, one to another, what are we going to do? If it all ain’t God, what part of the Bible is right? It’s all got to coincides and come together, and only the revelation of God. Our schools will never teach it. It’s a revelation, that you must see It. Then, if them two men were contrary, one to another, then what kind of a Bible are we reading? How do I know whether John 14 is right, or not? How do I know whether John 3 is right, or not? How, how, how do I know? See? But the only way that I can have faith in God, is to know that that Bible is right, and believe It’s right, and stay right with It. Though I don’t understand It, I move It, anyhow. But when these contradictions comes up, then I go before God, to find out. And the same Angel that meets me in the meeting, and at night, is the same One Who taught me This. See? Now see if this is, how this is now. Now, Matthew 28:19, let’s watch just a moment now. And now I’m going to take Acts 2:38 right here, where Peter said, “The Lord Jesus Christ.” And Matthew said, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost.”

• ¶184–¶189 Now listen. He said, “Baptize them…” Not “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Ghost.” He never said that. There’s no “name…in name…in name.” He never said, “Baptize them in the names of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” ’cause it’s not even sensible. He said, “Baptize them in the Name (N-a-m-e) of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Is that right? “…of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” the conjunction, “and, and, and.” Not, names. Not, “in the name of the Father, name of the Son, name of the Holy Ghost.” Not, “in the names of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” But, “in the Name,” N-a-m-e, singular, “of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Now, which one of them is the right name to baptize in? It’s one Name. Which one is? Is “Father” the right name, or is “Son” the right name, or is “Holy Ghost” the right name? It’s a “Name,” somewhere. Is that right? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Well, now I want to ask you something, then. If the “Name,” then, if Jesus said, “Baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Ghost…” How many believes that Jesus said that? [“Amen.”] That’s the Scripture. It’s Matthew 28:19, “In the Name of the Father, Son…” [Brother Branham sees a distraction—Ed.] Is something that we… No, it’s, I thought…All right, sir. [A brother says, “Excuse me, Brother Branham?”] Yeah. [“I want to change this tape over, and I don’t want to miss it.”] All right. [Blank spot on tape.]…?…

• ¶197–¶202 Well, if Jesus said, Jesus Christ the Son of God, which said, “Go ye therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,” and neither Father, Son, or Holy Ghost is a name, then, if it’s a puzzle, we better go back to the first of the Book. Now let’s turn back to the 1st chapter of Matthew, and we’ll start there, gives the genealogies, till it comes down to the 18th verse. Now watch, now watch just a minute. This is Father, on my right side; this in the middle is Son; and this is the Holy Ghost. Now, this is the Father of Jesus Christ. Is that right? God is the Father of Jesus Christ. We all believe that? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] All right. Now Matthew 1:18 said: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When…his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before she…they came together, she was found with a child of the…[Congregation says, “Holy Ghost.”—Ed.] I thought God was His Father. And she shall bring forth a son,…they shall call his name JESUS:… And Joseph her husband, being a just man,…not willingly to make her a publick example, but minded to put her away privily. On this wise, while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the…[Congregation says, “Holy Ghost.”—Ed.] I thought God was His Father. Now, has He got two fathers, brethren? [“No.”] He can’t have. If He was, He was a bastard child, and what kind of a religion have we got there? You’ve got to admit that God the Father and the Holy Ghost is the same-self Spirit. Sure, It is. Sure, It’s the same-self Spirit. Now, we got done, and see that. And she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from his sin. …this was all done, that it might be fulfilled…

• ¶203–¶209 I’m quoting Scripture. You ministers know, as I go. …that it might be fulfilled…spoke the prophet, by the Lord, saying, …a virgin shall conceive, and…bring forth a child, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation,…[Congregation says, “God with us.”—Ed.] “God with us!” Is that right? Then what is the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost? [A brother says, “Jesus Christ.”—Ed.] Well, certainly. That’s the reason Peter baptized them in the Name of “Jesus Christ.” But, I don’t care, if you’re baptized in the name of Rose of Sharon, Lily of the Valley, the Morning Star, that’s titles, too. If your heart is right towards God, He knows your heart. But now, now, I expressed that. Now, now I said…Now Brother Scism said, “Now!” Course, sure, that looked like Oneness, so he was right in for that. Now I said, “Now here I want to say something to you now.” See? I said, “Now I want to prove to you that these, both men, said the same thing.” Now, Matthew said, “In the Name of the Father.” Is that right? [The congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] All right. And Peter said, “In the Name of the Lord.” Matthew 28:19 said, “In the Name of the Father,” and Acts 2:38 said, “In the Name of the Lord.” David said, “The LORD said unto my Lord.” Who was It? Father and Lord is the same Name. David said, “The LORD said unto my Lord, ‘Sit Thou on My right hand.’” See, “In the Name of the Father; in the Name of the Lord.”

• ¶210–¶219 And Matthew said, “In the Name of the Son,” and Peter said, “In the Name of Jesus.” Who is the Son? Jesus. “In the Name of the Holy Ghost,” was Matthew; and Peter said, “In the Name of Christ,” the Logos. Father, Son, Holy Ghost, “Lord Jesus Christ.” Why, it’s just as perfect as it can be. See? Brother Scism said to me, or, Brother Scism, the Oneness brother, he said, “Brother Branham, that’s right, but,” he said, “that is this.” I said, “Then, this is that.” That’s right. See? I said, “If that’s this, this is that. So what are you fussing about?” I said, “Let me recommend to you, brethren. If I ever baptize a person, here is what…” I said, “Now, here is Dr. Ness.” And you…somebody said, a while ago, you brethren, that you knew Dr. Ness. Well, I’ll say, here, Brother Hicks here, he has a…I think you have a Doctor Degree. Is that right? All right. Now I said, “If Dr. Ness, sitting here…” Now I said, “If I wanted…” Now, when I take a person to the water, to baptize them, I recognize it just like he did, I said, “That was titles that went to His Name.” I said, “Now, the Assembly brothers are using titles, and the Oneness brother are using Name.” I said, “Now I’m going to prove to you, you’re both wrong, and I’m right.” You know how you’ll have to…You have men under strain that way, you have to have a little sense of humor once in a while, to kind of unwind a little. So I said, “I’m going to prove to you that you’re both wrong, and I’m right.”

• ¶220–¶226 I said, “Now what if I wanted to regard Brother Ness, I would say…” Or, or Brother Hicks here, see. I’d say, “Hicks!” Now, would that sound nice? No. Well, what if I’d say, “Doctor! Hey, Doc! What about it?” Now, that sounds irreverent, doesn’t it? “When,” I said, “that’s the way you Assemblies do, see. When you Assembly brothers say, ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Holy Ghost,’ you just say, ‘in the name of the reverend, doctor.’” And I said, “Then, you Oneness brethren, when you baptize, you say, ‘Jesus!’” They don’t use… They, Jesus Only, just use the name “Jesus.” There is just many Jesuses. But, It’s the Lord Jesus Christ, you see. There is many… Baptize in the name of “Jesus,” I certainly don’t go for that; there is no Scripture. You get the original, see if it ain’t “Lord Jesus Christ.” Certainly, He’s the Lord Jesus Christ. There’s many Jesuses, certainly. And the Christ is the “Anointed.” I said, “Now, if I was going to say the same thing to Brother Ness. I’d say, would it sound right for me to say, ‘Hey, Ness!’?” I said, “That’s the way you Oneness would say it. See? Wouldn’t that be a irreverent disregards for that man who has studied, and he’s got a Doctor’s Degree? If he has studied hard for that, he ought to be titled that.” And I said, “Then if I said, ‘Hey, Doc!’” I said, “Wouldn’t that sound flat, for a minister to address another one?” Or, I said, “That’s just the way that you do it, only the side by the title.”

• ¶227–¶234 But I said, “When I take a man to the water, I walk up there and ask him, and talk, and get his name and whoever he is, and his faith. “Then I pray, and say, ‘Now, Father, as Thou has commissioned us to “go unto all the world and make disciples of all nations,…”’” You brethren know that’s the original, see. “‘“…make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe whatever things that Thou has…all things that Thou hast taught us.”’” “So then I said, ‘Upon your confession of faith; upon your confession of your sins, and your faith in the Son of God, I baptize thee, my beloved brother, in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.’” I said, “That’s the way I baptize. I both recognize His titles, what He was, both Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. And the reason Jesus said that, was…” Now look. If—if that isn’t so, you got a contradiction in your Scripture; you’ve got a contradiction. And what are you going to do when…What if this Buddhist brother would rise up and say that, “What about this?” What’d they say when they told me… Over there, when this Indian brother challenged Morris Reidhead, and said to him, said, “What about Mark 16?” He had to crawfish on it. You don’t have to crawfish on nothing. That’s God’s Word. Stay with It. Just pray. Get the revelation. It all runs the same. See, they’re both saying the thing, now; not titles; not flat. I said, “Now…”

• ¶253–¶256 He said, “You know what we’re going to do?” Said, “We’re drawing a little ring, and drawing you right out of our circle.” “Then,” I said, “I’m going to draw another one, and draw you right back in again.” I said, “You can’t draw me out, ’cause I love you. See, you just can’t do it.” I said, “There’s too many of your—your brethren out there that love me and believe in me.” I said, “You, I’ll—I’ll… They’ll come, anyhow.” I said, “They’ll come. And you can’t draw me out. If you draw me out, I’ll draw you back in.” I said, “When you make one circle, God, by His grace, will let me draw another and pull you right back again.” That’s right, draw them right back again. And, brother, oh, in Christ’s Name may I say this. I—I got…I know I’m holding up time here; and it’s just about almost time for closing, I guess, but let me just say this, see. And I said to that man, I said, “I would go with you as long as you would preach the Scriptures, and have love, and believe that—that… and preach and say you was baptizing people…not in the name of ‘Jesus,’ Jesus only. No, sir. I—I sure wouldn’t go for that, ’cause I’m acquainted with several Jesuses; know them in Africa and different places, people named Jesus. But if you’ll use the term of our ‘Lord Jesus Christ,’ I’ll go with you on that. That’s all right. I’ll stick by you. I think you should put ‘Father, Son, and Holy Ghost’ first, see, to get it right.” I said, “I think you should.” But he said, “Oh, no, no! That, that’s back at trinity.” I said, “It is not a trinity. It’s one God in three offices.”

• ¶257–¶261 It’s not a trinity, three Gods. We don’t have no three Gods. Certainly not. There’s no such a thing. Wasn’t taught in the Bible. And there’s only one God. “Hear ye, O Israel, I am the Lord your God.” One God! First commandment, “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” Certainly, He is one God, not three. That’s a Catholic version of it; and it was, lead off from the Catholic to the Lutheran, and on down, and so forth, and it’s generally believed among people today that we have three Gods. And that’s where you’ll never…This Gospel will never go to the Jews…Which, I prophesied the other morning to a Jewish missionary there. You will never take a trinity God to a Jew. You will never do that. Which, he isn’t; he’s got better sense than that. See, he knows more about the Bible than that. But He’s never a triune God, to a—to a Jew. If you’ll let him know It’s the same Jehovah, he’ll receive it right now. Sure! That’s it, see. And I believe all this. As Joseph said, “Brethren, don’t be angry with yourself, because God has did this,” you see. For—for the thing that’s…So that it could wait till this time, that’s all, because our Gentile age is just about over. Now, I believe that with all of our heart. So do you see, my brethren? I’m trying to drive at something, that, this group of people, of men who has the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Aimee McPherson’s group, what did she do? She was first a Oneness, I believe; then come out and become Assembly; then pulled out and organized herself different; here not long ago, put in a little group, a little thing.

• ¶309–¶312 If there’s any baptizing to be done, you brethren do it, yourself, see. That’s, I—I don’t do. If I had, that’s the way I’ll baptize, the one like that. And either one of you can take it, see. So you can take the person, they’re baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and they’re baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, too. So if I ever baptize one…but I haven’t done it yet. I only baptize in my own church, and that’s just the people there. And that’s way the people at my church are baptized. And if you’ll look back, that’s the old Missionary ritual, the old Missionary Baptist ritual. And now if… That’s that. I believe in Divine healing. I believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost. I believe in the—in the Holy Ghost speaking in tongues. I believe in every gift that God gave to His Church. I’m for them, one hundred percent. But I believe… I’m not in for a lot of this here super-duper healing that we have around today. I would just like to make a remark here. Some time ago there was a brother…And it isn’t my precious Brother Tommy Hicks, which I regard as a true servant of Christ. There was another man in another country, and in this country there was a…He was just, all the time, “God’s super-duper healer! Super-duper healer,” you know, like that. And I got a letter after the man had…from the Lutheran church. And my secretary here knows we have it on file. I wouldn’t call the man’s name, because it’s not Christian-like. Although, I disagree with the man’s ideas, but that’s perfectly all right. I love him. He is my brother.

2. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — 1954-05-15

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• ¶210–¶216 I’m a minister, and I’m a father, and I’m a “Reverend,” they call it, a title, but none of that’s my name. My name is William Branham. He was the Father, He was Son, He was Holy Ghost. You try to make three Gods, friend; it’s wrong; it’s error. There’s three dispensations that the tritheist got mixed up with. God, the Father, was the Spirit that hung over the children of Israel in the Pillar of Fire. Is that right? God was there. Then God was made flesh and dwelt among us (is that right?) in His Son. Now He’s condescending down till He’s come into the heart of man, by the Holy Spirit. God is like a three-foot rule, or, a three-foot rule, yes. The first twelve-inches was God, the Father; the second twelve-inches, God, the Son, the same God; third twelve-inches was God, the Holy Ghost, the same God. Jesus said… You say, “Well, we got the Holy Ghost in us.” That’s right. But Jesus said, “A little while, and the world seeth Me no more. Yet you’ll see Me, for I…” “I” is a personal pronoun. “I will be with you, even in you, to the end of the world.” Where’s the Holy Ghost at then? “I’ll not leave you comfortless; I’ll come again and be with you.” That’s it. You see, you misunderstand it, friend. It’s one God in three dispensations. The dispensation of the Fatherhood, Sonship, and Holy Spirit, It’s the same God. And when He said, “Go baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit,” It was Jesus Christ. And that’s why he baptized in Jesus’ Name.

3. THE WATER BAPTISM — 1961-01-20

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• ¶128–¶130 Now, he said, “But Brother Branham has been like a, in this discussion,” said, “wiggle out of everything, like the worm in the lemon.” But said, “I would like for him to wiggle out of this one.” And of course all debaters holds the keynote to the last part of it. So then he said, “At the baptism in Matthew 3, the display of three persons, absolutely three distinct persons: the Son standing on the bank; the Holy Ghost, like a dove, in between them; God the Father, speaking out of Heaven.” I said, “Sir, is that your keynote?” He said, “I want to hear you wiggle out of that one.” I said, “Sir, you just wiggle back and read the Scripture, way It reads.” I said, “That’s the only thing; you’re just misreading the Scripture to the people.” I said, “That is thinner than the broth made out of a shadow of a chicken that starved to death.” I said, “Why, you’re just…you’re—you’re—you’re making it wrong, brother. You’re misreading it to the people.” And I said, “Now, look here what the brother says.” Now, I’ll take it like this, like these I got: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Now, this here would be the Holy Ghost, that is wrote, “Son,” this is wrote, “Father.” Now, watch how they read that: “When Jesus was baptized…went straightway out of the water: lo, the heavens was opened unto Him, he saw the Spirit of God, like a dove, descending, and a Voice from Heaven, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, in Whom I’m pleased to dwell.’” I said, “See, three beautiful illustrations: the Son on the ground, the Holy Ghost like a dove in between, and the Father out of Heaven speaking.” See how the devil can stand there and deceive a person, if you don’t have the revelation of God, if God isn’t merciful to us? We ought to be thankful.

• ¶135–¶137 The Spirit of God, like a dove, descended, and a Voice from Heaven, which was above Him, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am pleased to dwell.” Really, the right translation (They got the verb before the adverb, like all the foreigner.) is, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am pleased to dwell in.” Or, “Whom I am pleased to dwell.” “In Whom I am pleased to dwell.” That was God coming into Jesus, and in Him was the Fulness of the Godhead bodily. And there is your Father, Son and Holy Ghost: in the Name of Jesus Christ. Sure. Do you get it? There is no—there is no place in the Bible, speaks of three, it being three gods. There’s no such a thing. It’s absolutely pagan. It come from pagan. [A sister says, “Well, that does away with that trinity.”—Ed.] Yes. Well, surely, it…there…they… it’s just as—it’s just as bottomless as hell is. See? There’s no such a thing. [A sister says, “Billy Graham needs that.”] What say? [“Billy Graham needs that.”] Well, he wouldn’t…?…it. [A sister says, “I needed it too…?…”] Look, listen. It’s revealed to those who God calls and is predestinated by His foreknowledge. “All My sheep hear My Voice.” See? Look at them Jews standing there, just as scholarly as they could be, and Jesus showing them He was Messiah by Messianic sign. They said, “He’s Beelzebub.” How could…? They were blinded. Yeah, and a little ragged shepherd or a—or a fisherman down on the river, said, well, they knowed Him. See? He just…God has a way of doing things and we just have to cope with His way. I…Just be thankful that your eyes could be open to see truth.

4. THE GOD OF THIS EVIL AGE — 1965-08-01

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• ¶199–¶201 And after some had already received the Holy Ghost, Peter said, “Can we forbid water, seeing that these have received the Holy Ghost,” Acts 10:49, “seeing that these received the Holy Ghost like we did at the…” And he commanded them, “Before you leave the place, although you’ve received the Holy Ghost, come and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ.” For, Peter was given the key to the Kingdom, saying, “Whatever you bind on earth, I’ll bind it in Heaven.” And what does a key do? It unlocks something, the mystery. And when Jesus said, “Go, baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” setting that there to blind the unbeliever. Watch! Why didn’t Peter carry that out, word by word? He had to. If a man is baptized in the titles, “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” he’s never been baptized at all; he has no Name. Father is no name, Son is no name, and Holy Ghost is no name. The Holy Ghost is what It is; like, I’m a human. It is the Holy Ghost. Father is a title; I’m a father. Son is a title; I’m a son. Human is a title; that’s what I am. But my name is William Branham. And the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost is the Name of “Jesus Christ.” Jesus said, “I come in My Father’s Name.” What is the Father’s Name? Any son comes in his father’s name. And the Father’s Name is Jesus Christ. See? See what I mean? If I told you to go down and get me something off of the counter down here, in the name of the mayor of the city. How many knows who the mayor of the city is? My good friend, Rich Vissing. Well, you wouldn’t go down there and say “in the name of the mayor of the city.” You say, “In the name of Richard Vissing.” You people here in Jeffersonville knows who he is. And that’s the reason He said, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” In Him dwells the Deity, the fullness of the Godhead bodily. He said, “Baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost.”

5. ONENESS — 1962-02-11

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• ¶228–¶231 Have I ever, as—as the prophet said to Israel before they got them a man-made king, he said, “Have I ever told you anything…? Have I ever took your money? Have I ever come down and begged you for money and—and ride around and live in great big palaces and build great big things and take your money from you? Have I ever asked you for a penny?” “Never.” Have I ever told you anything in the Name of the Lord but what God brought it to pass? Have I ever spoke in His Name but what it was so? Have I ever told you a vision over the audience but what was exactly the person raised up, stranger or whatever he might be, but what he said “That’s the truth”? Have I ever told you anything wrong? [Congregation says, “No.”—Ed.] Then let me tell you now, THUS SAITH THE LORD, receive the Holy Ghost, the Spirit that will take the Word of God in them hands of faith, move out yonder. The whole Kingdom belongs to you. It’s yours, children. Why do you come from Georgia, from across the country, from Ohio, from Kansas, everywhere, for a little meeting? I think the tape’s off now, so, I can say this. See? Why you coming like this? What makes you do it? What is it? I see people here from Arkansas, from hundreds of miles away. Last night, coming plumb in from Kansas City, a little Polish brother standing back there, come, led, said, “Brother Branham, since I first heard of you back yonder in Canada many years ago, the things that you’ve seen and done, I’ve checked them right through, right back and forth, up and down,” and said, “not one of them has ever been wrong.” He’s probably a Polish Catholic, and here he comes, taking the tapes, going out and playing them, meeting opposition. Ministers who ought to be with me and helping us, but denying the Power thereof, denying the Truth of the Word, and claiming to have the Holy Ghost.

6. WE WOULD SEE JESUS — 1957-05-16

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• ¶35–¶36a Just a few days ago, there was a man who has been—that lived next door to me, a Jehovah Witness. His little boy had been crippled up. And he brought him to a meeting. And the Holy Spirit called him way in the back of the meeting, twice the distance of this here, and told him who he was and where he come from, told him he was healed, THUS SAITH THE LORD. Watch the Spirit now. We’re taking tape recordings. Watch what the Spirit said. Brother Branham can say most anything, but the Holy Spirit’s always the Truth, and He will stay with the Word. And you put it down and see if it’s right. It’s THUS SAITH THE LORD. See? Now, and the man didn’t know what to do. And finally he said to the little boy, “Stand up, David.” And the little boy stood up perfectly normal and well. Today he…I said, “Which leg was that, David?” He said, “Mama, which one was it I was crippled in?”: infantile paralysis, drawed up. And, oh, the thousands of those things that’s happened. But anyhow, his brother came in the other day. Strictly Jehovah Witness. And if there be Jehovah Witness here, I’m not speaking against you, not at all. But he had been told that was of the devil. And then when his brother came down, I just happened to be in the room, his…The father of David had moved over and bought a little place next door to me. And so he works in the meetings a lots with me now, and selling books. He was a contractor, a very good, noted contractor. But he just quit his work to go in the work of the Lord. And he just travels around like that. And as soon as we got in front of the brother, the Holy Spirit begin to tell him his evil thing that he was doing. Said, “You’re married to a woman who is a tall, blond- headed woman. You’ve got two children by her; and you broke up a man’s home to get that woman, and now you’re breaking up another man’s home, a red-headed woman. You’re living with her in adultery.” He just almost fainted, took his breath.

• ¶36b–¶37 Nobody in the world knowed that but him and the woman. Said, “Who told you that.” I said, “Almighty God.” He said, “I now surrender my life to Almighty God. And it’s the truth, Mr. Branham.” There you are. He went and got his old daddy. His daddy come down. He was a reader, whatever it is in, a head, one of the big men in the Jehovah Witness. And he came down and said, “Oh,” he said, “I’m telling you.” Said, “I want to go fishing with you in the morning.” I never met him before. He said, “Well, I’ll tell you, the Jehovah’s Witness say that you’re a false prophet.” I said, “Well, they got the right to say whatever they want to.” I said, “But I want to know what God says about it.” So when we started down the road, I saw a vision. I said, “Now, Mr. Wood, I’ve got THUS SAITH THE LORD.” Said, “What do you mean?” I said, “Every stream of water we pass over, this hundred and sixty miles to this place, is going to be muddy. But when we come to the stream to Dale Hollow where we’re going to fish, there that stream will be perfectly blue. And it’ll come to pass that (I have never caught a catfish in that water yet), but, I’m going to catch a whole string of catfish, and you’re only going to catch one. Mr. Wood is going to catch one. Then I’m going to catch another fish. I didn’t see just what it was. It’s an outstanding fish, but it will be a scale fish. That’s THUS SAITH THE LORD.” He looked over to his boy and winked, went on.

7. THE KINSMAN REDEEMER — 1960-10-02

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• ¶1–¶2 Thank you, Brother Neville. The Lord bless you. So good to be back again, this morning, back in the house of the Lord. I believe it was said, one time, “I was happy when they said unto me, ‘Let us go into the house of the Lord.’” Charlie, come out behind that post, and come up here and get you a chair. Come on up here. Sister, is there a chair back in there, somewhere, we could squeeze in? Here’s a place right up here, lady. Come right up here. Here, Charlie, come here and sit down by Banks up here, so you won’t have to stand up. Every time that boy comes from way down in Kentucky, gets up here, he stands up every morning. And we’ll get him right up here. Here’s a place here, on the end of the seat here, for someone else. [Brother Neville says, “There’s a lady back here, too.”—Ed.] There’s a lady standing up in the back, back there. Come right up here. Here’s a seat right here, sister, right up close. Come right ahead. And I suppose somebody is in the wheel chair there. Are they? [A sister says, “Brother Branham?”] Yes. [“There’s a seat right here.”] There’s another seat right over here. If someone wants one, back there in the back, right here is a seat right here. [A brother says, “And here is one, Brother Branham.”] Here’s one right up here, also, just suit yourself. [“Another one, over here.”] Yes. You can have one right here. Now, come right on, take your seats. And just feel real…

8. DOES GOD EVER CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT HIS WORD? — 1965-04-18

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• ¶57–¶57 [Someone speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] Huh? Oh, I don’t know. We’re on a telephone hookup; fifty cents a minute. Was there somebody else here was want… Step up here and call your names, who you are, brethren, just in the microphone right up here. Just tell them. [Each brother says his own name, “Pat Tyler,” “Claude Boggess,” “Dale Potter,” “…?…Henasey,” “James Humes,” “Earl Horner.”—Ed.] Is that them? [Someone says, “Yes.”] My brethren. These men, do you believe this Message to be the Truth from God’s Word? [The brethren say, “Amen.”—Ed.] Do you believe that with all your heart? [“Amen.”] All right. And you are desirous, and think if we lay hands upon you…We want you to know that we are with you, and we’ll do anything that we can do to help you. And now I want you brethren, so that I can lay hands on them too, to step right up here now. And let’s all bow our heads, as we lay hands on them. Dear God, here is a group of man. I lay my hands upon each of them, in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And may You, Who has called them to be ministers, that may they preach it, Lord, all the days of their life, and…?…preach the Gospel to every creature. We give to them the right hand of fellowship, and pray Your blessings to be with them, Lord, as we bless them, send our blessings. May it go to every crevice of the earth that You’ve called them to go to. May they work and serve You in the capacity that You called them to. May they be gallant and real servants of God. Grant it, Lord. And we ask it in Jesus Christ’s Name.

9. THE MARK OF THE BEAST — 1956-07-15

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• ¶209–¶211 And now, upon the sovereign grace of God, upon the witness of the Holy Ghost, and upon the vindication of a worldwide ministry that You have granted to Your unprofitable servant, as an unworthy person, and one who is unable, but a believer, I now challenge this mute spirit in the Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. And with a sincere heart, I say, come out of the man. For I adjure thee, by the living God, that you depart from him that he’ll be well. In Christ’s Name, I challenge thee to come out of the man, through the Blood of the Lord Jesus. Every eye closed, every head bowed. [Brother Branham claps his hands—Ed.] Hear me? Hear me? You hear me? He’s hearing. Now just keep your head bowed. Say, “Praise God.” [The brother says, “Praise God.”—Ed.] Say, “I love Jesus.” [“I love Jesus.”] “Praise God.” [“Praise God.”] Now, you can raise your head. [The brother says, “Raise head.”—Ed.] Raise your head now. “Praise the Lord.” [The brother says, “Praise the Lord.”—Ed.] “I love Jesus.” [“I love Jesus.”] “Hallelujah!” [“Hallelujah!”] Let us say, “Praise the Lord.” [Congregation says, “Praise the Lord.”—Ed.] Let’s give God praise. Let’s stand up to our feet just a minute. Almighty God, Author of Everlasting Life, Giver of every good gift, send Thy blessings upon this children. I pray that You’ll anoint them. Give them the desire of their hearts by filling them with the Holy Ghost. Great signs and wonders might be done for the glory of God, through Jesus’ Name. Amen. Now, you be seated. He—he says, through the microphone, he can hear me a little through the microphone.

10. HEBREWS, CHAPTER TWO 2 — 1957-08-25

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• ¶200–¶202 Now listen at him speak about David, one of the angels. For David is not ascended into heaven: but he said himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool. David couldn’t go up; he was under the shed blood of heifers, and goats, and sheep. But now he could raise; he was under the Blood of the Lord Jesus. For they only answer to that Blood when It would come in force. When the Blood of Christ come in force, all those who had died in good favor, rose, that’s right, and ascended in to Glory. Now listen. Therefore let all the house of Israel know…(Listen to this.)…that God has made this same Jesus, whom you… crucified, both Lord and Christ. What about that? Is He a third Person of the trinity, or is He the entire trinity? He is the entire fullness of the Godhead, bodily. There is no such a thing as three Gods: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. That’s not even in the Scripture, nowhere. Nowhere is it. Nowhere was we ever commanded to baptize “in the name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and name of the Holy Ghost,” not nowhere in the Scriptures. It’s a Catholic creed, and it’s not for the Protestant church. I’ll ask anybody to show me one Scripture where any person was ever baptized any other way than in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Come, show it to me, and I’ll put a sign on my back, “A hypocrite, and a false prophet, a false teacher,” and go through the streets. There’s no such a thing. Never was anybody baptized that way. It’s a Catholic creed, and not a Protestant doctrine.

11. BLASPHEMOUS NAMES — 1962-11-04

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• ¶298–¶302 Directly, I noticed the people begin to get like they was physically hungry. And so they had enough spiritual, so they started walking away. And some of them [Brother Branham yawns—Ed.] started walking away. I thought, “What’s the matter with everybody?” And—and I looked, and here some young couples going along, to my side. I thought…I said, “Just a minute, friend! Just a minute! You’ll be back again when the evening shadows fall.” See? I said, “You’ll be back again. But let me give you this first climax. Where does all these things come from, that I’ve showed you? Where are they from?” I said, “Here they are. They are in the Word of God. They are THUS SAITH THE LORD, His promise. Cause,” I said, “all of you bear me record, witness this, that my commission is, ‘Stay with the Word.’” I said, “What’s the matter with all of you? Can’t you understand the Word? You must understand It.” And some of them said, “Man, I’d like to have some biscuits,” and so like that. Well, I just thought, “Well, glory to God! If they want biscuits, let them go get them.” So I—I turned around. I thought, “Oh, but, you know what? The shadows is going to fall, after while, right away.” I said, “Then, tonight, when that congregation gathers in again, I’ll put the climax to them, and told them that the things that they have seen me do is found in the Word of God, not in some mythical book or some organization. It’s found in the Word. See? Every bit of it, in the Word, ’cause I’m commissioned to That.”

12. IS THE ORIGINAL SEED 1 — 1962-03-18

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• ¶405b–¶411 Brother Branham tells it, ‘They all got to building little walls of partition between one another, and they can’t have a revival.’ That’s right. He’s right about that.”—Ed.] That’s just it. Brother Ed, that’s what it did. Oh, isn’t that wonderful? I like that little testimony, brother. Now the car radio is hooked up, is what they say in here, this part here. Everybody feeling good now? [Congregation says, “Amen.”—Ed.] Well, now, we’ll start right in now until midnight, then we’ll… [“Amen.”] We are so happy that the Lord has helped us and blessed us. Now, before we start again, let’s just have a little word of prayer to the One Who we’re talking to now. Gracious Heavenly Father, You hear the testimony of this godly, saintly, old man. Down through the age, him and his little wife, working together, and how that she had to hold onto You, and beg You to make a preacher out of her husband, and here he is. And then when he was laying there, dying, the best doctors in the country saying, that, “He’s gone. He can’t live but a few hours. It’s done. His body is eat up with cancer. He could never walk another step. The infection in his ankles, and so forth, has done took him away.” Here he is, years later, still Now we pray, Father, that You’ll let us lay out the Words this afternoon, from Thy Word. It is Thy Word, and we want to lay It out just the way It is. And then You water It, Lord, with the Spirit. We ask, as we commit ourselves, with the Message, to You, that You use us, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

13. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS — 1959-06-28

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• ¶196–¶198 Now somebody says, “Brother Branham is a oneness.” No, sir, I am not a oneness. I do not believe that Jesus could be His own father. I believe that Jesus had a Father, and that was God. But God dwelled and tabernacled in this body called Jesus, and He was Immanuel, God with us. And there’s no other God besides this God. He is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. And the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost: Father, the Lord; Son, Jesus; Holy Ghost, Logos, Spirit of God. Father, Son, Holy Ghost: Lord Jesus Christ; that’s Him. And in Him dwelled the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And I do believe without one shadow of doubt, loving you, and no matter if you remain baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, Holy Ghost, sprinkled, poured, whatever you will, I pray God with my whole soul and body that you and I will meet in the Kingdom of God, and God will, if I’m wrong, will overlook mine, if you’re wrong overlook yours. But in—by my own convictions of the Scripture to try to make the target hit to be from Genesis to Revelation, I command you to be baptized over again in the Name of Jesus Christ if you haven’t done it. And if you have not received the Holy Ghost, and your life does not feel sweet, no matter if you spoke in tongues, if you’ve shouted, if you’ve jumped up and down, if you’ve laid hands on the sick and they recovered, if you have done all kinds of miracles and signs, if you haven’t got the fruits of the Spirit of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, meekness, gentleness, patience, faith and all these things in you, then I command you and constrain you in the Name of Jesus Christ to not cease praying until the Holy Ghost comes on you! No matter how much you’ve spoke in tongues, how much you’ve shouted, how long you’ve been a church member, if you’ve been here, what all you’ve done will have nothing to do with it until Christ, the Holy Spirit, takes His place in your heart and you’re dead to the things of the world and live anew to Christ.

14. THE JUNCTION OF TIME — 1956-01-15

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• ¶215–¶227 Father God, we lay hands upon our brother, and ask it in Jesus’ Name, that You will heal this body. And as he passes down this line of ministers, I pray, God, that the Shekinah Glory will…?… I can lay hands upon our dear, beloved brother, and ask, as he passes through here, that he’ll go through that refining Oil, that he’s in prayer for. Father, I lay hands upon sister, and asking, through Jesus Christ’s Name, that You’ll heal her and make her whole. Father God, we lay hands upon our sister…?…as we lay hands upon her, in Jesus’ Name, Thy Son. Amen. Father God, we lay hands upon our brother…?…diseases, Lord. Have faith now, as they passing by. They’re anointed with oil, as the Word taught. In Jesus’ Name…?… Father God, we lay hands on our sister, Lord, as she goes down this line. At…?…her heart desire…?… Father God, we lay hands on our brother, and ask for his healing. [Prayer line continues for three minutes and fifteen seconds, many of Brother Branham’s words are indiscernible—Ed.]…?… Did you happen to notice, strange? I preached this morning, on “the roads of junction.” Look at the junction here…?…this row of men. [Prayer line continues for six minutes many of Brother Branham’s words are indiscernible—Ed.]…?… O God, the Omnipotent! Grant it, Lord, that the Spirit and power will come upon our sister, making her completely well. We pray, in Jesus’ Name, as she passes down these ministers, may she be completely whole tonight. Amen. [Prayer line continues for forty-five seconds, many of Brother Branham’s words are indiscernible—Ed.]…?…

15. GOD COMMISSIONING MOSES — 1953-05-08

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• ¶1c–¶1c Webster; at least he thought he did; he said, “Brother Branham,” said, “your grammar’s very poor.” I said, “Yes, sir, I know that.” He said, “Oh, at the—at the mistakes you made tonight.” And I said, “Yes, sir,” I said, “that’s—that’s right.” I said, “I’m sorry.” I said, “I was raised a big family and I didn’t get an education.” And I said, “I…My father died and I had to work—have to take care of ten children.” I said, “It…Didn’t get a chance to get any education.” He said, “Oh, but that’s no excuse now.” And I said, “Well, that’s right,” I said, “but since this ministry’s come on,” I said, “I can’t even get a chance to eat my dinner at home, let alone study grammar.” I said, “I’m just…people…praying for the sick.” He said, “Oh,” but said, “you could take a correspondence; you could do something.” Said, “I noticed one—one mistake that you certainly made that you ought to correct.” And I said, “What?” “You said, ‘The people coming by this ‘polepit.’” He said, “Your congregation would appreciate you more if you said, ‘Pulpit’ and not ‘polepit.’” He just kinda pull me a little hard. I said, “Look, brother, I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but them people out there don’t care whether I say ‘polepit’ or ‘pulpit.’ The only thing they want me to do is to preach the Gospel good and clear in everyday language, and live what I preach. And then if God performs the signs and wonders and takes care of the rest of it…” So that’s right. Isn’t that right? That’s right. So the main thing is produce what you’re talking about. That’s right. If God will back up your word, if the word is “pulpit” or “polepit,” it will be just the same. Tonight, for a few moments, if you will spare the time, I like to read some Scripture out of two places in the Bible, and just talk to you a few moments, and then we will go right in and have prayer for the sick. And I want to read out of Acts, the 1st chapter of Acts, the 8th verse.

16. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON GENESIS — 1953-07-29

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• ¶175–¶180 And the Gentile has misconstrued that so much, till he’s taught it in a way, yet, with knowledge. I believe he—he has a—a conception of it, that there is no three gods. There’s one God, three manifestations. Three personalities in one Person. And when you can get the message, I said to Hyman Appleman…Many of you know him. He said, “Brother Branham, if you take that message to Palestine with the signs and wonders,” said, “there’ll be a million Jews receive Jesus Christ as personal Saviour.” See, that’s right. Now, I said… Here’s the Message we have here. Jesus was Jehovah inveiled in flesh, come down inveiled. Now, God (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) is not like your finger, one, like some people thinks it. The whole thing’s just like…No, God is…I just unfolded it for you a while ago, see, that there’s a trinity in the One. I’m a trinity in one. I’m soul, body, and spirit, in one person. Is that right? Sure. I’m—I’m made up of—of cells, blood, and nerves, and yet one being. See? Everything you look at is in a trinity, and a trinity in one. There was a trinity in the ark. The bottom floor, the creeping things; the second floor for the fowls, flying things; and the third floor for the Noah and his family. Everything! In the tabernacle. There was a congregation, the holy place, the Holiest of holy. See? And there’s been three dispensations. The Fatherhood, the Sonship, and the Holy Spirit dispensation. See what I mean? But those three all…We don’t say, “our Gods.” That’s heathen, and the Jew knows that. But when you can make it to him that this Jesus IS God, Jehovah God, not a second person or a third person, it’s the same Person all the time making Himself manifest. See? And then with signs and wonders to prove that Jesus has rose from the dead.

17. THE UNCERTAIN SOUND — 1960-12-18

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• ¶483–¶486 How many has ever seen the discernment, raise your hand. All right, all of you. That’s right, so you know what it is. Now do you believe, this morning, that you’ve heard the Voice of God? Now I’m going to ask for Brother Wood, Brother Fred Sothmann, and some of the trustees, to come here just a moment. Some of you trustee brothers, or deacons, or whatever, come here just a moment. Now it’s going to be rather congested here, and I want you to help. Now to you, you people on this, my right side, that’s going to be prayed for, I want you to come on this side here. And brother, Brother Collins, stand right down in there, if you will. And come right down here, so they can come by and be prayed for. I’m going to ask you little children on this side of the altar, if you’ll go over on this side just for a few minutes, for Brother Branham; not for me, but for the Lord Jesus. Now you brethren stand here so that the people can come right through, and then—then we’ll take all on this other side. Now from this first row right here…Brother Charlie, I wonder if you brethren, David and you, if you want to come up here, or move kind of back towards the back? All right. Now the first ones here in this row, just raise up like that; just start from that side, over and against the wall, as we pray, now, when we get ready to start. Now, not yet. Then when this side over here, we’ll have you all to go back to this side; and then, and then come on out to that side, and then come down. Now the trustees and them will get you in the right position.

18. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THIS JESUS CALLED CHRIST? — 1964-01-26

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• ¶35–¶38 Notice what happened. He had been clearly identified, and fulfilled the office that God said He would fulfill, as Messiah. There was no question about it. For, He was born the way God said He would be born. He was rejected the way God said He would be rejected. He had proven Himself to be the Messiah, because the Messiah was God. Messiah means “anointed one.” And He was anointed with the—with the fulness of the Godhead, bodily dwelt in Him. He wasn’t just a prophet. Yet, He was a Prophet, but He was more than a prophet. He was the Godhead bodily dwelling in a human being known as the Son of God. God, the Father, had overshadowed a virgin and created in her, Blood, in her womb, a Blood Cell that brought forth the Son of God, which God tabernacled in. And He was identified to them, as Who He said He was, but He never did come right out and tell them, “I am the Son of God.” No, no. They have to believe that. He said, “My works testify Who I am.” He commanded them, “Look in the Scriptures,” and see what day they were living in, then they would know what He was. I think it would behoove us to do this, as we see another exodus at hand. I think we should look, and search the Scriptures, when we see things arise. We notice then that the church had made their decision, that they wanted nothing to do with Him. Why, when the Word correctly identified Him, and His works vindicated that He was the Messiah? Such a horrible, crucial thing, mistake, that that church made!

19. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS HEBREWS PART II — 1957-10-02

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• ¶474–¶478 I get ashamed of myself even to come home on a vacation. Think, “Oh, the harvest is ripe, and laborers are few. Millions in sin and shame are dying every day, listen to their call.” I go to bed there at night and hear them poor little heathens screaming yonder in the land. How they come by the thousands, pulling after me, and—and standing out there at the airport where they had to have the militia out there to keep them back, just to hear the story of Jesus Christ. And here we can beg, and advertise in the paper and everything else, and get the very finest places for them to set down, the best entertainment with fine singing, they’ll come and, “Ahhh! Well, I guess that was all right, don’t belong to my faith though.” Oh, my, how—how—how long can it last? It ain’t…it isn’t right. And here we are raking off hundreds of billions of tons of food into the garbage can, and them people would gladly receive it. And they’re creatures of the earth the same as we are. My, we…Well, that can’t act like that too long. All right, now, Who’s the Father? The Father and the Son are One. Watch, in First John 5:7, It said, “There are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word (which is the Son)…Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: these three are One.” “There’s three that bear record in earth, which is water, blood, and Spirit.” That’s the three elements that came from the body of Christ. They pierced His side: water came out, Blood came out, “Into Thy hands I commend My Spirit.” There you are, that’s the three elements. These three are not one, but they agree in one.

20. THIRSTING FOR LIFE — 1957-07-28

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• ¶47–¶48a Someone else would say, “Remember me, Brother Branham, in prayer. God, I’m a—I want to accept You just now, accept Your Son as my personal Saviour.” Would you put up your hand, someone else on the bottom floor? God bless you back there, my brother. Somebody… God bless you over here, my brother. God bless you down here, brother. God bless you back there, brother. That’s good. Back over to my right, the Lord bless you, back here. Somebody else now would raise your hand and say, “Brother Branham, remember me in prayer just now”? As we’re just about to close the service, say, “Remember me, I want to here accept Christ as my personal Saviour.” Would you raise your hand, saying, “Remember me, Brother Branham”? That’s right. God bless you, sister. God bless you, sister. I know there’s plenty of them in here. Would you just put up your hand? You can do that much. On the bottom floor now, will you do it before we go to the balconies? Been about fifteen. God bless you back there. I see your hand. God bless you. God bless you, my brother back there. That’s good. “Oh, Brother Branham, I know I go to church, but I—I…” God bless you, sister here. God bless you here, lady. “I go to church, but I—I know—I know I’m not right. And I want to be right. God knows I want to be right.” Will you put up your hand? The balconies to my right, someone up there say, “Brother Branham, remember me”? God bless you, young man. God bless you, lady. Someone else say…God—God bless you, lady. That’s good. “Remember me, Brother Branham, just now in prayer, as you go to prayer. I believe in you.” God bless you, brother. I now want to raise my hand and say, “I believe in Jesus Christ, and, Brother Branham, remember me in prayer. Just before you leave this building tonight, won’t you do it?” Put up your hand, and I’ll certainly do it, that God will see you. Won’t you do it? Up here’s the balcony to the right. Just one more time across. God bless you, sir, right here. I see your hand. God bless you, sonny boy, setting right down here.

21. HEBREWS, CHAPTER SEVEN 2 — 1957-09-22

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• ¶453–¶456 Now, the question is asked the preacher, for the first time, the one with the key. I believe if he said, “Stand on your head,” that’d been official. “Whatever you bind on earth, I’ll bind in Heaven.” All right. “Whatever you say, I’m going to say the same thing. You got the key.” All right. He crams the key into the door. …What do you do? Men and brethren, what shall we do? Now when they heard this, they’re pricked in their heart, and said…Men and brethren,… …Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that’s far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. That settled it forever. No persons ever, in any time, could ever, ever contradict That. The Catholic church come along, instead of being immersed, they sprinkle. Instead of being using the Name of Jesus, they’ve took, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Never was taught in the Bible. Every person, from that time on, was baptized by immersing in the Name of Jesus Christ. And some had been immersed by John the Baptist, that baptized Jesus, and Paul told them they could not receive the Holy Ghost like that. They had to come back and be rebaptized, again, in the Name of Jesus, before they could get the Holy Ghost. How many knows that’s the Scripture? Acts, the 19th chapter. There you are. Cause, the Kingdom of Heaven was sealed to any other way, by an oath by Jesus Christ, that that would be official in Heaven. …Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins,…you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Cause, the promise is unto you, and to your children,…to them that’s far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Amen. Let us pray.

22. JEHOVAH-JIREH — 1961-02-12

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• ¶165–¶166 When I stand there that Day, and look upon Him, what if the Holy Spirit said, “I anointed you, and sent you forth, and you held back”? And you would wave your hands at me, and say, “Brother Branham, if you had only told me!” Huh-um. Won’t be that with me, I’ll be honest with you, I’ll be truthful with you, ’cause I truly love you, and God bear me record that that’s true. Until I see you tonight, the pastor. God bless you, Brother Buntain.

23. WHY LITTLE BETHLEHEM — 1963-12-14

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• ¶184–¶188 This is the time to do it, now, Christmas. It was the birth of Christ, let Christ be born in us. What is Christ? Christ is the Word. How many knows that? “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Somebody said the other day, said, “Brother Branham, you, people know that you’re a woman-hater.” I am not. I’m not. I got genuine love for my sisters. Some men will turn around, think you look nice with red eyes and green eyes, and bobbed hair, that man has got a different opinion than what I’d have. Your…I love that soul that’s in you, that’s got to meet God. That’s what I’m…my sister for Eternity, not some little sex thing here on earth will… How many ever read the decline, of the fall of Rome? Sure. Look at there, just the same thing we’re doing, sex appeal. Youth in the condition it is, just exactly the way we got now, racial problems. And youth taking over, and man and sex. Just the way the Roman Empire fell, eighteen hundred years ago, and here it is right back here again amongst Gentiles. See? The confusion amongst the religions and things. Oh, what an hour that we’re living in! [A sister gives a message. Blank spot on tape—Ed.] Amen. The Lord God has spoke. I believe that. Now let us stand. When He speaks, it’s time for us to give reverence. [Someone speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] (What say?) By God’s grace, and by God’s help, I’m more determined than I ever was, stand by this Word and try my best, by the help of God, to cut a way down to Bethlehem again, where Bethlehem dwellers can drink from that Fountain. How many will join with me, with your hands up, say, “I promise to God I’ll do it”? God bless you.

24. WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST? — 1957-03-03

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• ¶1–¶2 In the Presence of the Almighty God to offer prayer…Our most beloved heavenly Father, it is indeed a great privilege that we have to come to Thee in the way of prayer, and with the great promise behind it, that prayer changes things. And in this day that we are now living, there is so many changes needed, and we pray that You will change all the wrong to right. Change sorrow into joy; change sickness into health; change sin into righteousness; change gloom into glory. Grant it, Father. Hear the prayers of Your people as we offer it to Thee in the Name of the Lord Jesus, Thy lovely Son. Amen. You may be seated. Mr. Moore was just this afternoon met me, and he said, “Brother Branham, last night you preached three sermons in one or three different sermons.” He said then…Tonight he met me out there, and he said, “You never preached three different ones, but you tried to put three in one.” And I was trying to get him to speak for me tonight, because of a tired throat. But it falls my lot to speak again, the Lord willing. In just a short time to recuperate after getting out to the place I’m staying…The Lord seemed to lead me to this portion of the Scripture to read to you, His children tonight. That’s Saint Matthew the 22nd chapter and the 41st and portion of the 42nd verse. And while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? And they said unto him, The son of David. Now I wish to take for a text the five little words out of this reading: “What Think Ye Of Christ?”

25. WHO DOYOU SAY THIS IS? — 1964-12-27

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• ¶176–¶180 When the real, true Message come to a showdown, they organized it. “We’ll take Moabites and us together. They’re a great organization, a great nation. We’re not even…We’re not even a nation. We’ll just WHO DO YOU SAY THIS IS? 31 marry among one another and—and we’ll be all right then. We’ll be with them.” And it was never forgiven; never, never forgiven them. Jesus said, “They’re, every one, dead.” Translate that word in the Hebrew or Greek, either one, or even in the English, it means “Eternal separation”; forever gone. That’s right. Oh, yes, they saw the miracles. They saw the Word anointed. They eat the manna that come from Heaven. They enjoyed the blessings of the atonement. They saw the smitten Rock give Its water. They drank from It. They were personally acquainted with It. But when it come to breaking that Word…Don’t you never forget that! When Jesus said, “I and My Father are one,” didn’t say there’s three. Huh? When all these other great fundamentals of the Scripture… A man come to me the other night to show me where I was wrong, or to talking about the trinity. I got thousands of good trinity friends. They’re in that Babylon. I got a lot of Oneness friends in that Babylon, too. See? But what happened? He said, “It’s terminology, Brother Branham. You believe in the trinity?” I said, “Certainly.” I said, “I’ll take your word: terminology.” I said, “How do you believe it?” He said, “I believe in one God.” I say, “You do well.” See? He said, “I believe there’s one God, and three persons in the Godhead.” I said, “Aren’t you a—a student of BIOLA?” He said, “Yes.”

26. GOD’S POWER TO TRANSFORM — 1965-09-11

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• ¶22–¶25 And let us, Lord, as we are thinking of this, remember that we too must go someday. While we’re sitting together here in the Presence of the Lord Jesus, we would ask that You would bring this fresh to our memory. And let us check up, as it was, or take inventory of our own lives, that we be under the Blood and in the Faith. Grant it, Lord. Now as I try under these circumstances to bring a little message to the people, today, I pray that You will help me, Lord. Strengthen me, for I—I—I need it, Lord. And I pray that You will grant it. And may something be said that would just honor You. And if there be any under the sound of our voice this morning, who is not ready to meet the hour that lays before them, may this be the time that when they’ll surrender to Him Who said, “I am the Way, the Life, the Truth,” even our Lord Jesus Christ. For we ask it in His Name. Amen. (You may be seated.) [Someone on the platform speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] The brother here wants to know if everyone can hear all right. He’s got two mikes on. Is that all right? Can you hear? Raise up your hands if you can. Can you hear? Raise your hands. All right. I’m sorry that we do not have seating room for everyone this morning. And we trust that I won’t stay up here too long, just enough to maybe bring us maybe a reading of the Word; that the Lord God will honor His Word that’s being read, and will give us of His grace, that we might serve Him by it.

27. PRESUMING — 1962-01-17

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• ¶168–¶175 “What is this Holy Ghost Church, Brother Branham? What does It do? How does It act?” We’ll find out just in a little bit. See? All right. Constructed, just same as now, they—they try to believe. So many, today, so many down through the age, has talked about, there’s so many different ways, telling you, so many people of different ways. It’s a confusion. You go over here… My old mother that just passed away, a few months ago, when she was laying there on the bed, said, “Billy, I’m going.” Said, “Mother, don’t talk like that.” She said, “I’m going.” Said, “I want to go see my other children. I want to see dad. I’m going.” And she looked over. I was standing there, her oldest. Here stood my sister, the youngest. And there were ten of us children; nine boys and a girl. She looked, and she said, “My first and my last.” She said, “Dolores, you’re my only girl. You been good to me.” Said, “You’ve come and helped me do my washing. You’ve—you’ve loved me and taken care of me.” She said, “Billy, you’ve seen that I never went hungry. You’ve paid my bills. You get me a place to live in.” And said, “You been my spiritual guide.” And I said, “Mother, a few years ago, when I come to Christ, as a little boy, after being called as a child,” I said, “first, being Irish, I thought I’d go down to the Irish church. And they said, ‘We are the church, no matter what anything else says. We are the church.’ And said, ‘This is what you come, you got to come to this. This is the only church.’”

28. SPIRIT OF TRUTH — 1963-01-18

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• ¶65–¶67 “When He, the Holy Ghost is come, He will reveal these things that I’ve talked to you about.” Now, there’s no need of trying to figure it out, any other way. He is the Author. He surely ought to know what He wrote. See? The Bible said He wrote It. “Even men of old, moved by the Holy Ghost, wrote the Word.” And if the Holy Ghost is the Author of the Word, surely He knows how to interpret It better than we do. Let Him do the interpreting of It. And you know how, the way He interprets It? Now, don’t miss these things if you’re coming to a healing service. Look. Don’t miss this. How does He interpret It? By this, by vindicating It, see, making It so. That’s what Jesus said. “Search the Scriptures. In Them you think you have Eternal Life; and They are the Ones that says Who I am. They are the Ones that speak of Me. And who can condemn Me? Who can accuse Me of sin?” Sin is “unbelief.” “If I don’t do the works that was written of Me, then don’t believe Me. But if I do the works, and you can’t believe Me, then believe the works, because the—the Word spoke of it.” See? That’s just common, everyday sense. Now, God, “Gifts and callings are without repentance.” We know the Bible says that. They do it. It’s been about, almost two years now. I was…One morning I was walking in the—the house, and had set down in a chair. Now, this seems very strange, that God would include an animal. Like some precious brother, on that vision of Heaven, of that little carrying-up I had; I believe I told you about it, once, or some meeting. He wrote me a letter the other day, and said…Business Men’s Voice packed it. Said, “It was…your vision was all right, Brother Branham, your translation. But, listen, it was all right till you said your horse, that you once rode, come put his head on your shoulder.” He said, “There is no horses in Heaven, Brother Branham. Heaven was made for human beings, not horses.” Well, I thought…

29. JESUS CHRIST THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER — 1955-11-13

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• ¶34–¶34 He said, “Oh, well,” said, “you see,” said, “the better scholars know that Mark 16, from the 9th verse, where It said, ‘These signs shall follow them that believe,’” said, “We better scholars learned that that’s not inspired.” He said, “It isn’t?” Said, “What kind of Book are you reading?” He said, “All the Koran’s inspired.” There you are. He said, “Brother Branham, you come on my mind.” He said, “I kinda hit my foot on the desk and changed the subject. I had to.” Said, “Brother Branham, is there anything to the baptism of the Holy Ghost?” I said, “Yes, sir.” He said, “When do you get It?” I said, “When you want It.” He said, “I’m wanting it.” And he got It right there. That’s where It was. So that was what It was. See? That’s it. And this friend of Hyman Appleman said, “Can I receive It too?” I said, “Yes, sir. If you’re hungering and thirsting, you sure can receive It if you’ll believe It.” And right there…and…he…They both received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.” Now, that is the defeat of Christianity, because that we’re trying to worm away, or bypass for our traditions the true Word of the living God. Now, if Jesus has risen from the dead, then He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. And He’s the same in principle. He’s the same in power. He’s just exactly the same that He was when He walked in Galilee. He has to be the same in this tent this afternoon or the Bible’s wrong.

30. THE WAY OF A TRUE PROPHET OF GOD — 1962-05-13

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• ¶282–¶289 That’s what’s the matter today. You don’t examine your visions with the…your—your prophecy and your doctrine, with God’s Word. Somebody try to tell you the Truth, then you fall out with them, just like Amos would, Amos did. You do the same thing. Now look here. He’s in this condition. Now, you would have condemned Him, perhaps, that’s right, if you hadn’t have went back to the Word. They do the same. They condemn Him today. What if you women, here and here, yeah, why don’t you examine your idea of your bobbed hair with the Word, and see what It says? See? Why don’t you do those things? Why don’t you examine your baptism, of “Father, Son, Holy Ghost,” that false “trinity,” is so called, which is nothing in the world but three offices of one God, titles? No name of “Father.” There’s no such a thing as name, “Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, which is, “the Lord Jesus Christ.” Examine your baptism with the way every one in the Bible is baptized. If you’d examine your thought with the Word, you— you’d come back and you’d be baptized in the Name of “the Lord Jesus Christ.” That’s what Paul told them to do. And said, “If anybody else taught anything different, let him—let him be accursed, even if an Angel come down.” You know, a lot of times, Angels come down. Boy, how Pentecost eats that up! How about when Saint Martin was standing there, and here stood a great bright being stood before him?

31. IT BECOMETH US TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS — 1961-10-01

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• ¶205–¶209 While you have your heads bowed, is it becoming to you, this morning, that you give your life to Christ? Has He spoke to you? If so, just raise your hand to Him, and say, “I now accept Christ. It’s becoming to me that I surrender my all, my will, this morning, to Him. I now raise my hand and say, ‘Lord Jesus, be merciful.’ I need Thee, oh, how I need Thee! Every hour, I need Thee.” God bless you. “Oh, Blessed Saviour, I come to Thee.” I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; What if you were laying where mother is laying now? Every hour I need Thee! Oh, bless me now, my Saviour, I come to Thee! [Brother Branham hums—Ed.] (O Lord, we need You;) Every hour I need Thee! Oh, bless me now, Lord, I need You now more than I have in a long time. But I come to Thee! [Brother Branham begins humming, I Need Thee Every Hour—Ed.] Heavenly Father, down through the valleys we walk, knowing that You’ve promised, “I’ll not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness, all other things will be added unto you.” So I come to Thee! If there be any here, Lord, who is not right in their soul; if they were coming down that trail that, my mother is right at this minute, O Lord, may they have that testimony, too. It’s behooving to us today, Lord. We’re at the end road, the Laodicean Church Age; a Message; the rejecting of the Message; the vindication of the Message; and the Presence of Christ proving He is the same, yesterday in the days of Lot, and in the days of His flesh, and in the days of today; yesterday, today, and forever.

32. A TESTIMONY — 1953-06-07

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• ¶2b–¶3 As this church will be just as submissive to It as that church was, it’ll bring it just the same results. You believe that? It will. Just your submission to Christ… Now, in the great Divine trinity of God, in the day…It’s all the One God, God in a trinity: the Fatherhood, the Sonship, and the Holy Spirit dispensation. Now, if a man rejected God in the days of Fatherhood, under Moses and the law, well, he was put to death, if he disobeys God, broke His command. When Jesus came, He said, “Now, whosoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, will never be forgiven him in the world, this world or the one to come. So to reject the Holy Spirit tonight is more serious than to reject God the Father in the days of Moses or to reject Jesus Christ when He was here on earth walking in flesh. And as the people in them days did not understand about God the Father, the people thought the Israelites were queer; they made the blood on the doors and so forth. They thought they were an odd sort of people. And then, they set up a religion then and made it a universal religion. And then the next thing came in was Jesus. When He come, He just tore all the bottom out from under it. And they thought He was an impostor, but He was exactly what the Scripture said He would be. But they rejected Him…The church rejected Him. Well now, then after the going away of Jesus, the Holy Spirit come. And now, they’ve set up a basis on Jesus and rejecting the Holy Spirit just exactly the same as they’ve always did. See? We want to get to that this week, God willing, so you’ll be sure to thoroughly understand what this all is about.

33. JEHOVAH-JIREH — 1957-03-26

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• ¶87–¶88 When he was ordained, said, “It wasn’t there.” He said, “If I ever get my B. A.,” the Bachelor of Arts, said, “I’ll find Him there.” Said, “I got my B. A. and He wasn’t there.” Said, “I thought when I got my D. D. and my other degree,” said, “Brother Branham, I could almost plaster your wall with degrees.” And he said, “Where’s Christ in all of it?” He said, “Has the teachers been wrong?” I said, “I don’t want to say that. I don’t want to say that they’re wrong. They’re right in what they teach, but they’re not right…They go far but they don’t go far enough.” I said, “Christ doesn’t lay in a Bachelor of Art. Neither does He lay in a credential. Neither does He lay in a church or a denomination.” That’s right. He said, “Now, Brother Branham,” said, “a Indian boy that was converted…” or not converted, I beg your pardon, come over from India here, and studied electronics, I believe it was. Said, “On his road back, he was standing, talking, and I said to him, ‘Young fellow…’ He was a Mohammedan. Said, ‘When you go back overseas, why don’t you just forsake that old dead prophet Mohammed, and accepted the resurrected Lord Jesus?’” And says, “As a Christian, I asked him that.” “And he said to me, ‘Kind sir, what could Moham—what could Christ do for me any more than Mohammed could do?’ Said, ‘You got a book called the Bible; Christ wrote it, you believe, and you believe it.’ Said, ‘We got a book called the Koran, Mohammed wrote it, and we believe it. Both of them promised life after death. I believe mine and you believe yours.’ Said, ‘Now, what good would it do me to change from Mohammed to Christ?’”

34. A SUPER SIGN — 1959-12-27

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• ¶168–¶175 As you journey from this building this morning, take Him with you. Never let It leave. Be sweet in your soul, all the days of your life. God bless you now as you go to your seats, and the children has their presents. God bless you. Is it to be prayed over? Help them through here, sister. Going to pray through. The Lord God be merciful to this brother. Take the drunken spirit off of him, Lord. May he be drunk on new Wine of God. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Isn’t this just Heavenly? How many feels that, just this, just a sweetness? Nobody knows what to say. I don’t know nothing to say. I’m just—I’m…I’m lacking for words. I—I don’t know what to say. Just His Spirit just move in, see. What is it? You are becoming lambs, and the Dove is here to lead you to lamb’s Food, sheep Food. This is sheep Food, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Our spirits live on That. I think now I’m to see my good friend, Attorney Robinson, if you’ll just wait at the building long enough till I can change my clothes, get back, ’cause I’m sweaty. Brother Neville will take the service over now, for the—for the gifts for the children. The Lord bless you. Always sing Down From His Glory. When you do that, remember what we believe in Him, “All God’s fullness dwelleth in Him.” God bless you, Brother Neville. [Brother Neville speaks to Brother Branham—Ed.] Yeah, if you want me to. [“Yes.”]

35. GOD KEEPS HIS WORD — 1957-01-15

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• ¶24–¶27 So we…This was—this was dinnertime for us. And so we went out there, and they had a great, oh, a beautiful place, hundreds of acres where the students could work their way through and so forth, pay their tuition. And he had seventy-something students setting there. And we, after we had our dinner, he said, “I want to ask you a question, Mr. Branham.” I said, “Yes, sir?” And I thought, “Oh, my, here it comes now, Lutheran dean.” He said, “I’ve been down to the Pentecostals, and see them kick the furniture around, and everything like that.” Said, “I want to ask you, is anything to it?” I said, “Yes, sir, there is.” I said, “It’s like a little kid, when he gets a toy, he just falls.” And I said, “Like Ezekiel said, there’s a valley full of dry bones. He said, ‘Can these live?’ He said, ‘Thou knowest.’ So he said, ‘Prophesy to the dry bones.’ And when the bones come together, there was a rattling and a shaking, lot of noise. But then, when the skin come on them, the meat come on them, there wasn’t much noise. He said, ‘Prophesy to the spirit now.’ See? I think that’s what’s going on. See?” So I said, “They…I see them make a lot of noise.” I said, “I think the bones are coming together.” And so, he said, “We’re hungering and thirsting for God.” I said, “That’s fine.” Said, “And we want you to tell us how to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.” He said, “Now,” said, “we believe that—that in, we receive the Holy Ghost when we believe.” And I said, “Well, did you ever read Acts 19?” And he said, “Yes.”