There is nothing can keep a saint away from his God

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But there is somehow or another, that when the heart goes to hungering after God, troubles don’t look like anything. You’ve got your mind set, no matter what anybody calls you. They can call you whatever they want to, they can say what ever they want to, they can try to put every stumbling block in your way; but if you’re thirsting for God, you’re going to find It somewhere. That’s all, see. Nothing is going to stop you. Husband isn’t going to stop you. Wife isn’t going to stop you. Church isn’t going to stop you. Pastor isn’t going to stop you. There is nothing can keep a saint away from his God, if he really wants to see It. No.

The Sign Of This Time - 63-1113 - William Branham

The Holy Spirit got a hold of him

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One time up in Kentucky, up in the mountain country where I come from, I was preaching. And I… Early in the afternoon I was preaching on hell fire and brimstone for the unbeliever. There was an old logger setting back there, and I said, “All you drunkards (and he was one),” I said, “you better repent. Get right with God.”

There’d been a fellow come in the night before that was cutting corn, and he had a—a big nail sticking in his overalls. He said, “We’ll go up there (I’d been preaching for about a year),” said, “we’ll throw that little preacher out the window.”

So he come at the door. Someone come told me, said, “That’s the roughest bunch there is around here.” Standing there, great big, burly-looking fellow, his arms crossed, beard hanging on his face, about thirty years old: oh, he was a mean-looking man. And he kept looking at me. I just kept preaching right on, “Repent or perish.”

He stayed a little too long. The Holy Spirit got a hold of him. He fell in the floor; he couldn’t get to the altar quick enough. He come with his hands up over his head crying, “God, be merciful to me.”

The next night his little child set back there. His little girl handed me a little bunch of flowers when I come in the door. She said, “Brother Bill, we’ve got a new daddy at home. I want to show you that I love you for coming up here, and letting Jesus make a new daddy for us.”

Letting Off The Pressure - 62-0609E - William Branham

It’s out of His reach

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And remember, what He’s already done, He cannot do again. See, He’s put it completely from His reach now. He’s put it in your reach. He’s done all He can do. Is that right, ministers? [Ministers say, “Amen.”—Ed.] See, there isn’t a thing He can do about it. It’s out of His reach. It’s in your reach. “For He was wounded for our transgressions; with His stripes we were healed.” See? See, it’s out of His reach. It’s, but He’s brought it to your reach. It’s in your reach now. It was put there for you. He’d just point to where it was at.

“Well,” you say, “If I…It’s always been a puzzle to me. If He’s, if…Really, the truth is, does He still live?”

Certainly, He lives. What’s this you’re bumping into all the time? What’s that condemns you when you’re wrong? What’s that that makes you believe? That’s Him. You might not be able to open your eyes and see Him, because He’s in spirit form, the invisible God. But He dwells among a visible people, making Himself visible by His promised Word in that people. Do you understand that now?

Here, before we call the prayer line, I trust God will do this.

I, I love you, Life Tabernacle. You know that. I’ve been your brother. I’ve tried to be, anyhow. I’ve done many failings, but I’ve tried to be.

Listen. Come to yourself, tonight. Wake up, before it’s too late. See, wake up, quickly. He is here with us.

Go, Awake Jesus - 63-1130E - William Branham

The messenger's Voice

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Notice, this angel is the last messenger before the coming of Christ in the 19th chapter of Revelation. The messenger’s Voice! If we notice, when he gave his Voice on the earth, there was a Voice echoed again in Heaven, 4th verse, if you want to read it, all right, 4th verse, the 19th chapter. This messenger on the earth was so inclined with God until, when he spoke it on the earth, God echoed the same thing out of Heaven.

Why I'm Against Organized Religion - 62-1111E - William Branham

We should speak for one another

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Sometimes they tape these things, and it gets out amongst brethren in churches, of other churches. And when they do that, then the brethren sometime gets the wrong impression, that I’m saying something about brethren. But I’m not. I…If you could just listen and understand, see, I am not speaking against any brother. Cause, that’s not becoming to brethren, to speak against each other. We should speak for one another, not against each other.

But when I speak sometime of certain organization, like Presbyterian, Methodist, or so forth, they say, “See, he’s against it.” I’m not against the brother in there, or the sister in there. The system that’s separating brotherhood is what I speak against. God’s children are one family, and not—and not different groups.

And some of them say, “I’ll have nothing to do with it, because that’s Presbyterian. And I’m Methodist.” See? Now, that isn’t. See? It’s the system of that organization that breaks up that brotherhood. See?

Blasphemeous Names - 62-1104M - William Branham

The most powerful weapon there is in the world is love

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But evil spirits are not cast out by cruel, indifferent living. The most powerful weapon there is in the world is love. I stood by a little lady the other night, where her husband was fixing to leave her, and marry another woman; very fine, known couple. I looked at her. She said, “Well, I’m going to leave, Brother Branham.” I said, “Don’t do it, sister.”

Told me, said, “Oh, my husband, his ministry will be ruined. Now what can I do? I’m going to New York and I’m going to get me a job.” I said, “Don’t do it. Don’t do it, sister.” “What can I do, Brother Branham?” I said, “Go up to him.” Said, “Oh, I found the lady’s picture, and I broke it up, and I done so-and-so.”

I said, “That, I—I see that. But,” I said, “go to him and put your arms around him, say, ‘Sweetheart, no matter what you done, I still love you.’ That’ll do it.” That’s right. A young fellow come to me, not long ago. He was a Pentecostal. He had seen too many of these meetings. And he goes in…His wife was a staunch Lutheran. She said, “Oh, I guess you all went down and shouted last night.” Said, “I guess you was all speaking in tongues and doing all this last night.” He got down on the floor, said, “God, cast…I cast the devil out of her! I cast the devil out of her!” Almost a divorce case.

The man, a fine man; he come to me, and said, “Brother Branham, we’re going to have a divorce, I guess.” Said, “I just can’t get that devil to move out of her.” I said, “Brother, you’re going at it the wrong way.” I said, “When she starts like that, say, ‘All right, dear. Bless your heart, honey,’ and be real kind to her. Just see how much you can do for her.” Said, “Brother Branham, well, how will I ever get the devil out?” I said, “You do as I say, and just keep praying in your heart, see.” I said, “God will take care of the rest of it.”

He called me up, about two or three weeks later, he said, “My home is revolutionized.” He said, “My wife is a different person.” I said, “Which is the most powerful, screaming and kicking and stomping; or putting your arms around her, in love?” God is love. If…God so loved the world!

Ever since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. (That’s right.)

Why Are People So Tossed About? - 56-0101 - William Branham

It’s not the people

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And there’s nothing wrong. There was nothing wrong with any of the members. They’re every one fine men and women. If they could just realize that that’s the devil, gets between the people. That’s exactly right. It’s not the people. If you can let a brother see that, then he won’t hold enmity against the other fellow. He has…He’ll—he’ll feel bad. He’ll feel like, “Well, that’s…I feel sorry for my brother.” See, if he did do wrong, why, it wasn’t the brother. It was the devil that did that.
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You say, “Well, this guy did a certain, certain thing.” Your brother didn’t do that; your sister didn’t do that; that was the devil got into them, that did it. So don’t blame the brother, the sister; blame the devil, that’s the one who caused it.

The Baptist Of The Holy Ghost - 58-0928E - William Branham