Is The Serpent Seed Doctrine A "Damnable Heresy"?

Originally Posted by Praxeas

For Rico


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Thanks for trying to help Prax..

Oh gentlemen,, when it goes to that main page.. look in the left pane.. and click on 1947 --- then click on the Sermon Title,,, The Children of Israel.. and that is the sermon with the quotes I gave

just a hint.. it is always easier to read these sermons if you scroll past the small talk and get to the scripture reading thats where the actual sermon begins.. will save you alot of time

[Rico]

This is just my opinion, but right here is what I believe may have been the turning point in Branham's ministry that eventually caused all the hoopla we hear about:

During the mid 1940s Branham was conducting healing campaigns almost exclusively with Oneness Pentecostal groups [15]. The broadening of Branham's ministry to the wider Pentecostal community came as a result of his introduction to Gordon Lindsay in 1947, who soon became his primary manager and promoter

I am not blaming this Lindsay fella 'cause I don't know who he is. It does appear, however, that this is where Branham started parting company with Oneness doctrine.

I heard a story once about a man of God who eventually went astray. A young man was completely taken by the things this certain evangelist had accomplished in his life, prior to the evangelist's fall. This young man would read copies of all this evangelist's sermons, listen to any recordings that were available of this evangelist's preaching, enamored with all the glorious things God had done via the evangelist's ministry. He eventually found himself following the teachings of this evangelist. In a private discussion with his pastor, the pastor vehemently rebuked this young man for doing what he had been doing. "I don't understand why you would get so upset, Pastor. This was a great man of God before he fell from grace." The pastor answered, "That may be so, but something caused him to fall. I can promise you it's somewhere in all these sermons and recordings you are listening to!"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham

[Rico]

I would highly recommend y'all take a few minutes and check out what wikipedia has to say about Branham. The article cites several different sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham

Originally Posted by Rico

I would highly recommend y'all take a few minutes and check out what wikipedia has to say about Branham. The article cites several different sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham

I found this quote interesting from your wikipedia

In a 1978 interview, Ern Baxter (who worked with William Branham from 1947 to 1954) stated: "Branham had a tremendous word of knowledge. Before praying for a person, he would give accurate details concerning the person’s ailments, and also details of their lives - their home town, activities, actions - even way back in their childhood. Branham never once made a mistake with the word of knowledge in all the years I was with him. That covers, in my case, thousands of instances".[31]

[StMark]

Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn

I found this quote interesting from your wikipedia

In a 1978 interview, Ern Baxter (who worked with William Branham from 1947 to 1954) stated: "Branham had a tremendous word of knowledge. Before praying for a person, he would give accurate details concerning the person’s ailments, and also details of their lives - their home town, activities, actions - even way back in their childhood. Branham never once made a mistake with the word of knowledge in all the years I was with him. That covers, in my case, thousands of instances".[31]

I know others will disagree with me on this, I don't believe it was his gifting that got him off course but rather his teachings

[Rico]

Originally Posted by StMark

I know others will disagree with me on this, I don't believe it was his gifting that got him off course but rather his teachings

Did you catch the part about him starting to bring his message to a "wider Pentecostal" audience (meaning he started fellowshipping trinity folks). I believe this is where he started getting off track.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn

I found this quote interesting from your wikipedia

In a 1978 interview, Ern Baxter (who worked with William Branham from 1947 to 1954) stated: "Branham had a tremendous word of knowledge. Before praying for a person, he would give accurate details concerning the person’s ailments, and also details of their lives - their home town, activities, actions - even way back in their childhood. Branham never once made a mistake with the word of knowledge in all the years I was with him. That covers, in my case, thousands of instances".[31]

I knew there were things in the article you would like. I posted the link to the article because it struck me as a balanced viewpoint. It talks about the good and the bad. I know Wikipedia can sometimes be an unreliable source of information, but there are lots and lots of citations backing up the different claims made in the article.

Originally Posted by Rico

I knew there were things in the article you would like. I posted the link to the article because it struck me as a balanced viewpoint. It talks about the good and the bad. I know Wikipedia can sometimes be an unreliable source of information, but there are lots and lots of citations backing up the different claims made in the article.

but the noted Pentecostal historian, Walter Hollenweger, who acted as a translator for William Branham in one of his campaigns in Switzerland, stated: "I am not aware of any case in which he was mistaken in the often detailed statements he made"[72]

He definitely had an unparalleled gift

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn

but the noted Pentecostal historian, Walter Hollenweger, who acted as a translator for William Branham in one of his campaigns in Switzerland, stated: "I am not aware of any case in which he was mistaken in the often detailed statements he made"[72]

He definitely had an unparalleled gift

I could make the same statement about at least one pastor I knew. Doesn't prove anything, though.

from Wikipedia

Branham vehemently believed that the Bible was the infallible Word of God. He stated that anything contrary to the Word of God was Satan's kingdom.[74] He insisted that everything was based on Scripture, which he said included listening to an angel, another minister, or accepting a church creed. He based everything on the Word of God being fully vindicated