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Ewald Frank

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Questions presented to Brother Ewald Frank by Ministers from Various Countries 1 Question 1: What is your position today towards Brother Bran­ham’s ministry? 2 Question 2: What is the actual wording of the commission given to William Branham? 3 Question 3: What is your conviction in regard to the “end-time message”? 4 Question 4: Do you correct the prophet in certain points? 5 Question 5: What is your absolute, the Bible or the message? 6 Question 6: Are you teaching differently in comparison to what Brother Branham taught? 7 Question 7: Do you believe in the opening of the seven seals? 8 Question 8: Was the seventh seal also revealed? 9 Question 9: Do you believe that Rev. 10:1-7 was fulfilled? 10 Question 10: Do you believe that Brother Branham received the revelation of the seven thunders? 11 Question 11: Why did Brother Branham repeatedly speak about “the third pull”? 12 Question 12: Why did Brother Branham repeatedly refer to Rev. 10, verse 7? 13 Question 13: Do you believe in the ministry of an eighth messenger? 14 Question 14: Do you believe in the “parousia/coming” teaching? 15 Question 15: Do you believe that the Son of man has already come according to Lk. 21:27? 16 Question 16: What about your ministry? Is it found in the Holy Scripture? 17 Question 17: Do you preach Brother Branham’s sermons? 18 Question 18: What is the spiritual food, Brother Branham’s sermons or the Bible? 19 Question 19: Who will present the Church of the last days to the Lord? 20 Question 20: How do you react towards those who slander your name? 21 Question 21: Did Brother Branham preach “polygamy”? 22 Question 22: What is your teaching on marriage and divorce? 23 Question 23: What about the family of a servant of God? 24 Question 24: What about the Seven Church Age Book? 25 Question 25: Was the duration of each of the seven church ages revealed to Brother Branham? 26 Question 26: Did Brother Branham prophesy that 1977 would be the end? 27 Question 27: Did Brother Branham see a calendar that ended with the year 1977? 28 Question 28: Is the baptism by the Holy Ghost the same as the new birth? 29 Question 29: What about the tent vision that Brother Branham had? 30 Question 30: Can something that was shown in a vision remain unfulfilled? 31 Question 31: What comparison do we have between Israel and the Church? 32 Question 32: In what phase are we now according to the plan of Salvation? 33 Summary 34

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Question 28: Is the baptism by the Holy Ghost the same as the new birth?

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Answer: No. That statement in the Church Age Book did not come from the lips of Brother Branham, but from the author of that book. Therefore it is not found on any taped message, and furthermore, it is not scriptural.

One is the new birth by the Spirit and the other is the infilling with the Holy Spirit. In Acts 8 the people believed the sermon of the evangelist Philip and were baptised. Then the apostles came from Jerusalem to pray for them, so they would receive the Holy Spirit. In Acts 10 full salvation was experienced in one and the same service: repentance, forgiveness, justification, new birth, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Through the new birth we become sons and daughters of God. By the baptism with the Holy Spirit we are placed as members into the Body of Christ, and we receive power for the service (Lk. 24:47; Acts 1:8; Acts 2; 1. Cor. 12; 1. Cor. 14; a. o.).

The main thing is that both experiences, whether they happen separately or all at once, do not simply remain points of discussion, but that they become our true, personal experiences by the grace of God. Brother Branham said, “When you believe on the Lord, you receive a new thought, a new life, but it isn’t the Baptism of the Holy Ghost. See? You have got the new birth when you believe, you have got eternal life … But the Baptism of the Holy Spirit puts you into the Body of Christ, subject to the gifts for service.” (COD Vol. 1, pg. 269, pars. 363 + 364).