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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. ~Tolkien
I love to read Eugene Peterson's "The Message", currently reading his autobiography, "The Pastor", great read!!!
Oh, not that Message?? Oh, well, no not a Branham follower here.
__________________ For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God. (Romans 14:11- NASB)
I grew up around a few churches who were branhamites and have certainly seen both sides. The false prophecies, false doctrines and self edifications alone proves that he fell off track sometime in his ministry and sadly enough many churches still follow the same mistake in blind worship of him and not the word.
Back in the 80's I really got into his book and his lifestyle. It appeared very interesting at the time. As I continued to get more deeply involved I was put in check by the Holy Spirit that something was wrong. As I continued researching with both eyes open, I began to see he was getting off the basis foundation of scripture and inserting things that was not clearly printed in the written word. He also began this prophet with insight into the things of God.
What really hit me was his vision of Jesus, he claimed he had experienced. In that vision he describes Jesus as a little short man not as tall as he had expected him to be.
I put the book down and never picked it up again, because scripture clearly states to the contrary.
I am a message believer, many times they classify me as a branhamite. I believe what WMB said through TSTL seeing that we are on the subject I hope that it won't be a problem.