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The Gift of Understanding 2

II TIMOTHY 2:7Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

Is Bro. Branham’s Message Necessary for Salvation?Slide2

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3Understanding: (Gr.) dianoia From the mind as a faculty of understanding

, feeling,

desiring,

way of thinking and

feeling.

Thought

, good or

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4MATTHEW 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many

.

Deceive:

(Gr.)

planao

To

lead away from the truth, to lead into error, to deceive

;

to be led aside from the path of virtue, to go astray, sin; to sever or fall away from the

truth

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5An Informal Fallacy is an argument which fails

to support its proposed conclusion. The problem with an informal fallacy

is often from

a flaw in reasoning that

makes

the conclusion illogical.

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6A Riddle: Three guests check into a hotel room. The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money equally.

Since

the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 and keep $2 for himself. Each guest got $1 back: so now each guest only paid $9; bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop has $2. And $27 + $2 = $29 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?Slide6

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7 There is no reason to add the $2 and $27 – the $2 is contained within the $27 already. Thus the addition is meaningless. Instead the $2 should be subtracted from the $27 to get the revised bill of $25.

Is Bro. Branham’s Message Necessary?

Was the Apostle Paul’s Message Necessary

?

Was It Necessary to Hear the Message of

the

Spies at Jericho?

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8JOSHUA 2:12-14 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed

you kindness, that ye will also

shew

kindness unto my father's house, and give me

a true

token:

13

And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from

death. 14

And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee

.

HEBREWS

11:30-31

By

faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

31

By faith the harlot

Rahab

perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. Slide8

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9ACTS 5:35-39 35 And [Gamaliel

]

said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up

Theudas

, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to

nought

. 37 After this man rose up

Judas of Galilee

in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to

nought

: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Slide9

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10I PETER 1:18-21 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

FELLOWSHIP.WITH.GOD. THROUGH.RECONCILIATION

…And

you know the truth, every one of you, that's been

borned

again of the Spirit of God.

That's through the shed Blood alone, nothing but the Blood of Jesus.

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11GAL. 1:8-9 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

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As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

Heb.

11:7

By

faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Slide11

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12ROMANS 5:1-2 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2

By whom also we have access by faith into

this grace

wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

I JOHN 1:5

5

This

then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

6

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son

cleanseth

us from all sin. Slide12

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13God’s Chosen Place of Worship:DEUTERONOMY 12:5 But unto the place which

the LORD your God shall choose

out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come

:

DEUTERONOMY

26:2

That

thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God

giveth

thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto

the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.Slide13

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14DEUTERONOMY 14:25 25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

DEUTERONOMY 16:6

6 But

at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in

, there thou shalt sacrifice the

passover

at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou

camest

forth out of Egypt.

DEUTERONOMY 16:7

And

thou shalt roast and eat

it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:

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15THE.INDICTMENT 100 And that's the only place He meets with man today, is under the shed Blood of the Sacrifice. I

don't care if you're a Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian; if you can forget your differences, Roman Catholic, whatever you might be, and will come under the shed Blood, God will meet with both of us there. That's where we can all meet and fellowship on the same grounds. But, otherwise, He will not meet just because you're a

Methodist…

Pentecostals.

He'll meet with you under one condition, that's, under the shed Blood, when your sins has been confessed and expelled in His Presence, then, by the

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16 And the Blood is always before Him, and therefore He only can see you through that shed Blood. And you're white as snow, see, when you've confessed your sins. Otherwise, you're not there, you cannot fellowship. 101 That's the reason that you don't see things happening in the churches.

They confess that they believe the Blood, but they reject the very plan to get to the Blood; the Word.

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17Example:JOHN 1:5-9 5 And

the light

shineth

in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

7 The

same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

8

He

was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

9 That

was the true Light, which

lighteth

every man that cometh into the world. Slide17

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18ACTS 18:24-26 24 And a certain Jew named

Apollos

,

born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.

25 This

man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he

spake

and taught diligently the things of the Lord,

knowing only the baptism of John.

26 And

he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. Slide18

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19ACTS 19:1-6 1 it came to pass, that, while Apollos

was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

2

He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

3

And he said unto them,

Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

4

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

5 When

they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

6

And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they

spake

with tongues, and prophesied. Slide19

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20I CORINTHIANS 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. (NLV: Follow my way of thinking as I follow Christ.)

.

THE.VOICE.OF.THE.SIGN

132 He couldn't understand how that Pillar of Fire was. That was the One that led his people out of

Egypt… the

One had been with the Hebrews all through the age. And, here He is, he seen

Him. "Lord, what is it You want with Me?“

He said,

"I am Jesus."

133 He seen that this One that had led his people… that Moses met, the "I AM," ever present, same yesterday, today, and forever, was manifested in the flesh.

It was his revelation. He had It above any of the rest of them.

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21THE.UNVEILING.OF.GOD 89 Like I changed from husband, when my child is born, then I'm father. When my grandchild is born, I'm grandfather.

But

, I don't change; that's

still

me.

(

And that's God.)

See

, it's just change your

form. And

nature changes it down from a young man to a middle-aged, to an old man. And there you are, you see, you just change your form.

91 But it's the same Person all the time, God all the time. In this way He reveals Himself to His people, in doing this. Slide21

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22 Notice, through the age of the Pillar of Fire, He revealed Himself to His people. In the age of Jesus, He revealed Himself to His people. In the age of the Holy Spirit, as Son of God. Son of David…

He always reveals Himself in that manner to His people, making the people to know Him.

He is veiled behind something, notice, in the same way, or same nature, every time.

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23EZEKIEL 1:5-6, 10 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And

every one had four faces, and every one had four wings

.

10

As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a

man,

and the face of a

lion,

on the right side: and they four had the face of an

ox

on the left side; they four also had the face of an

eagle.Slide23

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24THE.BREACH 96-2 …And Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, those Gospels are standing there guarding that: the wisdom of a man, the power of a lion, the work of an ox, and the swiftness of the leopards, or the eagle, rather.

Yes, the Gospel's standing there what... Remember when we had it?

It's in the Seven Church Ages

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AMOS 3:7

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26MY.ANGEL.SHALL.GO.BEFORE.THEE 3 God in all ages has had someone to deal with here on earth. Ever since He's had an earth… never was a time but what He

had someone that He could His hands on to send them. And during this time that we're speaking of here I just read on, was He had sent Moses to deliver the children of Israel.

Now

, it was not Moses that was sent

. Moses was just the instrument.

Now, in my heart I

believe

that God has always been the same.

All through the ages, in every age He's been just as He was at the beginning.

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27THE.SPOKEN.WORD 115-5 You can only serve God as

you… believe

the servants that God sends.

You can only serve God on earth

as

God's servants that's sent on earth by Divine inspiration interprets the Word to you. You believe that? You want to put down some Scriptures for it?

I

Cor.

11:1,

"You follow me as I follow Christ."

Luke

10:16, “

He

that

heareth

you

heareth

me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me

.”

That

proves that God speaks His message through His servants: always has.

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28ACTS 13:38-41 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39

And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of

Moses. 40 Beware

therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;

41

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. Slide28

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29ROJC (60-1209) 73 Now, the seven Spirits are... seven different times the Holy Spirit would anoint a messenger, which was a star in his day.

A

Spirit is eternal, and the star that was made for a purpose to reflect Light in the dark of these church ages where candles and stars are

represented…

the

Spirit, was the one that went to the star and reflected the Light of the Holy Spirit through the star to that church age.

That you might wonder who the seven Spirits are, it's the seven messengers of the seven church ages.Slide29

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30NUMBERS 16:23-33 23 And the LORD spake

unto Moses,

saying, 24 Speak

unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of

Korah

,

Dathan

, and

Abiram

.

25 And

Moses rose up and went unto

Dathan

and

Abiram

; and the elders of Israel followed

him. 26

And he

spake

unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their

sins. 27 So

they gat up from the tabernacle of

Korah

,

Dathan

, and

Abiram

, on every side: and

Dathan

and

Abiram

came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little

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31 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto

Korah

, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.Slide31

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32THE.CALLED.OUT   20 Now, when this Angel went to Sodom and begin to speak His message through a man, they mocked at Him and laughed at Him. And they would not receive the message. Neither do they do it today.

It's

the very same thing, and they won't believe it. There's only one thing left; that's judgment

.

58

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0109

LUKE

17:29-30

But

the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all

. 30

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed

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33CHURCH.AGE.BOOK (A.RESUME.OF.THE.AGES) 381-3 Not for one moment do I bring a message to the people that they may follow me, or join my church, or start some fellowship and organization. I have never done that and will not do that now. I have no interest in those things, but I do have an interest in the things of God and people, and if I can accomplish just one thing I will be satisfied.

That one thing is to see established a true spiritual relationship between God and men, wherein men become new creations in Christ, filled with His Spirit and live according to His Word.Slide33

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34POWER.OF.TRANSFORMATION 308 But, glory to God, there is one thing I can brag on, my Second Birth, which comes from Jesus Christ. I can brag on that Parent that we have, for He is my Father. He is my

Saviour

.

He is my

Redeemer… I

am no more a son of Charles Branham, I'm a son of Jesus Christ

.

I can brag on my Birth now.

I

can't brag on my first birth, there is nothing, I'm ashamed of that. But I'm not ashamed of my Second Birth. No, no. I'm not ashamed of my Second Birth. How did He do it?

"By the washing of the water by the Word."

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35CHRIST.IS.THE.MYSTERY 555 Now there is only one thing can happen.

There has to be a Message at the end time,

when there is nothing else can follow It.

And

now the ecumenical world has set up such a regime that there can be no denomination and no not nothing else follow it;

you're either in it or you're not in it

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36II TIMOTHY 2:16-19 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 17

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is

Hymenaeus

and

Philetus

;

18

Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

19

Nevertheless

the foundation of God

standeth

sure, having this seal, The Lord

knoweth

them that are his.

And, Let every one that

nameth

the name of Christ depart from iniquity.