The things of Eternal Life

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But in the midst of all of it, through every age and every prophet that had been or would be, there's going to be a certain amount of people that's predestinated to hear that Message, and they'll follow It. Those ignore the crowd. They ignore the criticism of the unbeliever. They--they have no argument with them. They've got one thing to do, that's believe and to get every bit of It they can, soak It in like Mary who set at the feet of Jesus. And Martha was fixing His dinner, and Jesus said to her, "But, Martha, you are so concerned about the things of life, but Mary has sought the better things," See? The things of Eternal Life.

What Is The Attraction On The Mountain? - 65-0725E - William Branham

You're a part of God

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Jesus claimed that He done nothing until the Father showed Him, and the Father is the Holy Spirit; we realize that. It's just an office of God. If it isn't, then which one of them is the Father of Jesus Christ? Jesus said God was His Father, and the Bible said the Holy Ghost was His Father. Now, you can't make Him be an illegitimate child; so the Holy Ghost is God. So is Jesus God. So God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is just a... That's three offices of one God. It's three attributes; the same God. You're a part of God, and I'm a part of God; but I'm not all of God, and neither are you all of God. See, see? It's attributes of God upon us, as sons adopted by Jesus Christ, which God Himself become flesh to die for us.

Souls That Are In Prison Now - 63-1110M - William Branham

But they hear My Voice

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Now, the Bible said in the last days the antichrist would be so religious and so much like the real thing till it would deceive the very elected, if it was possible. But it's not. That's right. And all... He would deceive all upon the earth whose names were not written in the Lamb's Book of Life since the last revival? That don't sound like the Bible, does it? From the foundation of the world. You ain't going to deceive them 'cause they're laying right in that Word. When they see those things appearing [Brother Branham snaps his fingers--Ed.], it's Life, they catch it right now. Others will walk around and say, "Aw, there's nothing to that." See, they're not convinced. There's nothing there to convince them, nothing in them to believe with. Mother used to say, "How can you get blood from a turnip when there's no blood in it." That's right. "My sheep hear My voice." They know the Word. What is His Voice? Here It is. These creeds, they don't follow, but they hear My Voice; they follow It.

Convinced Then Concerned - 62-0610E - William Branham

You have to accept it

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Now, don't think that I'm a Universalist that believes that everybody's saved and will be; I do not, no, sir. I believe that all those--everybody was saved as far as God was concerned, for Jesus paid the full penalty for sin when He died. Now, it will never do you no good until you accept it. See? You have to accept it. And it's not how hard you cry, how much you beg, how much you persuade; it's a surrendered heart to God with faith believing He done it. Even our altar calls that we have, in bringing people up around the altar, they didn't do that in the Bible time; that's a tradition of our people, originated formally in the Methodist church. But look, it's a good thing. I don't like this dry eyed repentance. I like to see somebody get up and really be sorry for what they done, and really mean it. But no matter how much that you pray, you'll never be forgiven until you believe you're forgiven, then you confess that you are, then live like you are.

Faith Is The Substance - 51-0508 - William Branham

God has hid it from the wise and prudent

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Now, in the beginning when God spoke, and Satan was standing there and he heard it... And the people are trying to find this missing link. I'll tell you by revelation, if--if you want to receive it, that missing person between animal and man is the serpent, before he had his legs taken from him. The Bible said, "He was the most subtil of all the beasts (not reptile), of all the field." He was the one who beguiled the woman in his beauty. And she conceived, and now by doing that and seeing sin was coming, God put such a curse upon him till science will never find any relationship between this serpent as known today and mankind. But, there is your fallen, degraded being between--that hooked the animal life together. There you are. God has hid it from the wise and prudent, but will reveal it to babes such as will learn. See? There's your fallen person.

Joseph Meeting His Brethren - 56-1230 - William Branham

You accept Him as your personal Saviour

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Why do we baptize? Water won't save you, but it's the obeying an act. Taking the communion won't save you, but it's following the commandments. You're only... Beating on the altar won't heal you. Beating on the altar won't save you. You could beat on the altar until you just went out of breath and--and died there. You'd still be unsaved until you accept and believe that Jesus died in your stead, and you accept Him as your personal Saviour. Every minister in here could lay hands on every sick person in here and pray from now until day after tomorrow night. There'd never be one thing happen until you accept what Jesus did for you. So therefore it doesn't lay in ministers, in one another, but it lays in our own individual faith in a finished work that Christ did for us at Calvary.

Be Not Afraid, It Is I - 61-0414 - William Branham

Don't never get off

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And you find gifts and so forth creeping up in the church, and the operation of these gifts. Before you let it go to operating and things, first... Feel it pressing on your heart... Now, the enemy's real slick. See? And that's just what tears the churches to pieces every time is a true gift operated wrong. See? Something God's trying to do and operated wrong, it'll just--it'll just simply not only hurt you, but it'll tear the whole church up. See? Consult it; take it through and through the Bible, then test it and see if it's God or not. Just keep testing it and trying it, see if it's perfect right down the line and right with the Word. Then you're all right. See? As long as the Word has said it would be here, would operate this certain way, stay right with it. Don't never get off, no matter what anybody does, how real it seems to be. If it doesn't reflect in the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelations, leave it alone. Don't take no chances; we're in the last days when Satan is just deceiving as he can be.

Revelation Chapter Four #3 - 61-0108 - William Branham