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).

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).