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9 Responses to “Whatever Happened to the Anointing on William Branham?”

1. 1 Patsy
   Mar 28th, 2008 at 10:56 am

   The church is afraid of the anointing that was on William Branham.

   Brother Branham decided to become a teacher although he was neither called nor equipped for that role. He taught some amazingly heretical things because of this. Gordon Lindsay spoke to him about this. Kenneth Hagin received a prophetic word that the Lord was going to take him home if he did not repent. Brother Branham died the following year, hit by a drunk driver.

   In his son’s account of that accident, Brother Branham was conscious at the accident scene. His wife was not breathing and appeared to his son to be dead. Brother Branham prayed for her and she recovered. He never prayed for himself.

2. 2 Patsy
   Mar 28th, 2008 at 10:57 am

   Because of the heresy that he did indeed teach, much of the church has discounted the true anointing that was on him. The lesson here is that God will use imperfect individuals in amazing ways, but He will not tolerate our foolishness forever. Branham got into trouble because he decided to take on a role that God had not given him. I think that is called presumption.

   The other area where Branham got into trouble was the fact that his followers began to idolize him. Shortly before his death he spoke of this to Paul Cain, and told Brother Cain that if his followers continued to do that, the Lord was going to take him home.

   The church has good reason to fear the level of anointing that people like William Branham and AA Allen walked in. We are so immature and our character so carnal that we stand in danger of the anointing destroying us. We have adopted the world’s superstar mentality and treat anointed brothers and sisters in a worldly way, and we stand in great danger of committing the sin of idolatry every time the Lord puts His anointing on an individual life.

3. 3 GregB
   Mar 28th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

   I am convinced that, despite Branham’s error, there is much to be learned from his life… including such error. The fruit of his ministry was amazing, if you ever read about his South African trip alone it staggers the mind in regards to the number of conversions to Christ that accompanied the testimony of healing in Jesus’ name.

4. 4 David Copeland
   Mar 29th, 2008 at 1:17 am

   I know a great preacher locally that is evidently trying to pick up (doctrinally) where Branham left off. Sad, because he is a great preacher in his own right…without the Branham heresy.

   May we learn to pick the good fruit and leave the heresy behind!

   Let’s go after God!

5. 5 Will Riddle
   Mar 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pm

   I really believe that Paul Cain has the same anointing as William Branham. Same supernatural beginnings, Same type of gift, same level of gift, and same degree impact to the church in their heydeys.

   The clip you are showing is from the early branham days. In the later years it seems the gift is still there, but the intensity is not. So as I suggested this post http://churchrevolution.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/return-of-the-thunder/ Cain may yet have a role to play in reigniting a new revival. I think he’d need to be reformed/rehabilitated a bit more, but I believe it could happen because I know for a fact that he longs for the old days even more than the rest of us because he lived it. What is missing is not the man it’s the wine skin. Where will God pour out this kind of fire?

   When the Charismatics got a little bit, they started barking like dogs, and when the AG got a little bit they turned it into a denominational event. What will we do?

6. 6 Patsy
   Mar 31st, 2008 at 4:20 pm

   I have seen Paul Cain operate in that level of accuracy, but that was before he decided to crash and burn.

   I have heard him minister since his restoration and I am generally very pleased with what I have seen in him as far as the genuine fruits of repentance. There is a humility in the man that is refreshing.

   Rick Joyner has always maintained that we have not seen Paul Cain walk in the fullness of what God has for him. I hope that he will soon enter into that.

7. 7 carl
   Apr 2nd, 2008 at 9:21 am

   I agree with everyone else here. We need to reject the error but embrace the gift. We don’t reject Samson or David, we glorify God for what He did through these people and try not to make the same mistakes they did.

   btw. Did Paul Cain ever walk in the healing anointing that Branham did? Signs have to point to something. What excited me about this particular clip was the lack of fanfare regarding the healing. The fact that Branham had the words of knowledge were proof that “Jesus the Healer” was present and that the woman was healed.

   That level of anointing is amazing. Thats what I long for the church to walk in. Thats what I long to walk in.

8. 8 Will Riddle
   Apr 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am

   Short answer about Cain is yes. One of the most dramatic testimonies I’ve ever heard was about when he was in a meeting at the height of the Jesus People movement and there was a guy there in a wheelchair who had lost not only his physical faculties but also his mental capacity. He was basically a vegetable. During the meeting Cain called him out and said “Brian, God gives you a new Brain” He leapt out of the chair, came down front, and started playing the piano (he had been a classical pianist before the accident). Many many others have been healed of other things like cancer, heart conditions, etc.

   Branham and Cain are obiously different men ministering in a different time now, but in terms of level and type of anointing, I personally see them as the same. Because of the fallout from the Latter Rain, Cain hasn’t been welcomed among the Pentecostals like Branham was for a time, and so he generally hangs out with the Charismatics, often in flighty settings. He uses his gift sporadically and chats a lot. I’d love to see him in a context with a more serious crowd, and using his gift “full on”

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