Episode 257: The Family Altar Audio Devotional – Day 223

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Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. (Romans 14:22-23)

194 Not because you say, “Well, Brother Branham, I—I tell you, I—I—I paid a whole lot to a widow woman one time and give her some money. I—I know I’m saved.” Huh-uh. “I quit smoking, drinking and…” That—that—that never what saved me. No, no. “I got saved because, brother, I felt like shouting.” Nah. That don’t make me saved. I’m saved because I met God’s conditions. That’s it. See? Look. I could quit drinking, smoking, gambling, everything like that, and still not be a Christian. Yes, sir.

Look. I said, not long ago preaching in a Methodist church, I said, “Stealing is not a sin. Lying is not a sin. Committing adultery is not a sin.”

195 I couldn’t get much farther than that, till a little old Methodist mother, sanctified, you know, raised up, she said, “Then, Reverend Branham, what do you call sin?”

196 I said, “That’s not sin. ‘Unbelief’ is sin. That’s the attribute of sin. You do that because you don’t believe.” The rea-…Because you don’t believe on Jesus Christ, that makes you, then you can lie, steal. But when you’re a believer, you don’t do that. See? That’s right. That’s the reason that you do it is because you don’t…

197 Jesus said, “He that heareth My Words and believeth on—believeth on Him that sent Me, hath Everlasting Life.” You might say you believe, you might try to impersonate a believer, but when you really believe, that settles it. That’s all. Just two things: faith and unbelief. That’s the only two senses that’s left to the supernatural man.

198 The natural man has five senses. The supernatural man, the spirit, has two senses. That’s either faith or unbelief. You have to have one of them. If you’re possessed with one tonight, you’re a Christian. If you’re possessed with the other one, you’re not a Christian.

199 No matter if you never done a evil thing in your life, that you know of, you’re still a sinner, ’cause you’re borned in sin. But it don’t matter what you have done, you might be a prostitute on the street. If you believe in your heart Jesus Christ was the Son of God, repent, and accept Him as your Saviour, you’re a Christian and a believer. That’s right. See? That’s all, one of two things.

200 If you come up here tonight as a believer, you’re going away healed. If you come as an unbeliever, you’re going away the same way you come up. That’s right. Is that right? Just have faith.

54-0306 – “The Unconditional Covenant That God Made With His People”
Rev. William Marrion Branham

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