Brother Branham preached a sermon on November 24, 1963, titled “Three Kinds of Believers.” Therein he speaks about the true believers, the make-believers, and the unbelievers. Abraham is the example of true faith and is even referred to as “the father of all believers.” “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” (Rom 4:3). The Apostle James linked true faith with obedience and works and wrote that faith is useless without the subsequent works. He explained, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith (Gen 15:6), Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.” (Jas 2:21-23).

When our Lord says, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved …” (Mk 16:16), where does that leave those who claim to believe but reject water baptism? In this case, faith does not become evident in works. After all, it is not about our own works that we may accomplish; the obedience to the Word proves our faith. What about all those who claim to believe but reject what the Lord said in the Great Commission in Mark 16, for example? Are such people really believers or are they just make-believers? Our Lord said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also …” (Jn 14:12) and “… these signs shall follow them that believe …” (Mk 16:17). Only when the Lord God can speak to someone personally through His Word and give him or her the promise, it is then that this person will believe, do in obedience what the Scriptures says, and experience what is promised.

As for the make-believers, it pains us to say that they bypass God in what they believe and teach and in their prayers. People who refer to God’s Word but only hear self-made sermons in their services that lead to a self-made belief, as is the case in all denominations, are make-believers. It is a known fact that all Christian churches have their own creeds, even call them “apostolic,” although they have nothing in common with the teaching of the apostles. In addition to the so-called “Apostolic Creed,” there are also the Nicene Creed (AD 325) and the Chalcedonian Creed (AD 381), among others.

However, the one true, apostolic profession of faith is only found in the Bible as a legacy of the New Testament. The following still holds true for the true believers: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said …” (Jn 7:38). The Lord said this to all those who believe their own teachings: “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9). It remains valid forever: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.” (Jn 4:23). Here we have to ask the serious question: Whom do we actually believe? Do we believe what God said and promised in His Word and what was practiced in early Christianity, or do we believe the statutes and man-made doctrines taught in a Christian church?

Unbelievers are not just those who cannot believe at all and for whom God does not exist. Of utmost importance is what the man of God William Branham said about unbelief and the fall of man in paradise. It is one of the most important revelations that he received from the Lord in connection with the Plan of Salvation. At first Lucifer exalted himself in heaven and wanted to be equal to the Most High, but then he fell, together with all who followed him (Isa 14:12-15). The fall of mankind in paradise only came about because Satan had succeeded in speaking to Eve in the form of the serpent with the words: “Hath God said ...?” – thus casting doubt on what God had said to Adam. That is how unbelief came about, which brought along disobedience, and by this seduction all of humanity was pulled into the fall and thereby also into death. Putting emphasis on true faith, our Savior said, “… if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” (Jn 8:24). Even now, true faith can only be anchored in those who really believe in Jesus Christ and what God said in His Word. Unbelief is always associated with the doubt that the enemy sows.

Let everybody examine himself, to see whether he is truly a believer according to the Scripture and believes every Word of God with all his heart, accepts every promise that the Lord has made, and is deeply connected with God. True believers are part of the elect, are born again by the Word and the Spirit of God, and are led into all truth. They believe in the divine calling of William Branham, who brought the biblical message, and in the divine calling of the carrier of the biblical message, who proclaimed the same all over the world.

The true believers have recognized the time and the hour in which we are living. They have come out of all religious traditions and teachings that are not biblical, and they are sanctified in the Word of truth. This is the Savior’s prayer: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Jn 17:17). It begins with the Godhead: The true doctrine only testifies of One God. The word “trinity” or “triune God” is not once found in the Bible; there is also no mention of three eternal persons. The Bible only knows the One true God Who announced His Plan of Salvation and Who carries it out Himself. He has revealed Himself as Father in heaven, in His only begotten Son Jesus Christ (“Emmanuel” = God with us) on earth, and works through the Holy Spirit in the redeemed Church. The formula “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit” is not used a single time in the Bible.

When it comes to baptism, they also abide by what Peter ordained on the founding day of the New Testament Church under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-41). Peter understood the Great Commission and carried it out precisely, just like Philip (Acts 8:16), Paul (Acts 19:5), and all of the believers did in the first centuries, by baptizing those who had become believers in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the Name in which God revealed Himself to us as Father in the Son and through the Holy Spirit. The Word from Eph 4:5 is still valid today: “One Lord, one faith, one baptism …”

All of those who now truly believe are obedient and experience what is written in 2 Cor 6:17-18: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” They are the ones who will now experience the completion through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. The Lord God will send the early and latter rain in a mighty way, as prophesied by the Apostle James under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.” (Jas  5:7). Already the Prophet Joel announced under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.” (Joel 2:23).

As written by the Apostle Peter, we may also rejoice that we “  ...  are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Pet 1:5). We have arrived in the last time before the end. Right now we must remain sober and normal in all areas of life and integrate into the current situation so that we do not bring any shame on the Name of the Lord Jesus.

It must be emphasized once more that no one who has been misled by false teachings shall be found in heaven. The Lord has given us grace; wherefore we have been brought back to God, to His Word, and to the teaching of the apostles through the last message, which was one hundred percent in harmony with the first one. Anyone who does not respect this has not recognized the day of God’s gracious visitation (Lk 19:42-44).

In Luke 21 the Lord announced many things that would take place and then said with reference to the end time, “… and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity …And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. …So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. … Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” (Lk 21:25-36). He gave us the promise: “… and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Mat 28:20).

Brother Branham carried out his prophetic commission and stored in the spiritual food. I, too, have done what the Lord commanded me to do, by placing the prophetic Word into its scriptural order and distributing the spiritual food; the Lord confirmed this on September 19, 1976 (Mat 24:45-47). By the grace of God, I was also able to correctly place all of Brother Branham’s statements, even those that were at times difficult to understand, into the respective Word of God. Even Peter had to write the following back then with regard to Paul’s letters: “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Pet 3:15-16). I can testify that I have done what Paul wrote to Timothy at that time: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” (2 Tim 4:2), just as the Lord commanded me with a loud voice in Marseille. For that reason, I have only ever preached the Word and rejected any interpretation.

Just as Paul did, I, too, can testify, “Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear …” (2 Tim 4:17).

All of the brethren who truly have a divine ministry pass on the spiritual food – the revealed, pure Word. The Lord’s table has never before been as richly prepared as in our time. Now we will unite in fervent prayer, and the Lord Himself will complete His work of redemption with great power (Rom 9:28). At the very end, just as Brother Branham saw it, the Bride will walk in spiritual harmony and God will answer our prayers so that what we speak in faith shall come to pass. It is important that we remain in the Word and in the Will of God, because only then shall He be well-pleased with us.

Brother Branham preached a sermon on November 24, 1963, titled “Three Kinds of Believers.” Therein he speaks about the true believers, the make-believers, and the unbelievers. Abraham is the example of true faith and is even referred to as “the father of all believers.” “For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.” (Rom 4:3). The Apostle James linked true faith with obedience and works and wrote that faith is useless without the subsequent works. He explained, “Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith (Gen 15:6), Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.” (Jas 2:21-23).

When our Lord says, “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved …” (Mk 16:16), where does that leave those who claim to believe but reject water baptism? In this case, faith does not become evident in works. After all, it is not about our own works that we may accomplish; the obedience to the Word proves our faith. What about all those who claim to believe but reject what the Lord said in the Great Commission in Mark 16, for example? Are such people really believers or are they just make-believers? Our Lord said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also …” (Jn 14:12) and “… these signs shall follow them that believe …” (Mk 16:17). Only when the Lord God can speak to someone personally through His Word and give him or her the promise, it is then that this person will believe, do in obedience what the Scriptures says, and experience what is promised. 

As for the make-believers, it pains us to say that they bypass God in what they believe and teach and in their prayers. People who refer to God’s Word but only hear self-made sermons in their services that lead to a self-made belief, as is the case in all denominations, are make-believers. It is a known fact that all Christian churches have their own creeds, even call them “apostolic,” although they have nothing in common with the teaching of the apostles. In addition to the so-called “Apostolic Creed,” there are also the Nicene Creed (AD 325) and the Chalcedonian Creed (AD 381), among others.

However, the one true, apostolic profession of faith is only found in the Bible as a legacy of the New Testament. The following still holds true for the true believers: “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said …” (Jn 7:38). The Lord said this to all those who believe their own teachings: “But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” (Mat 15:9). It remains valid forever: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.” (Jn 4:23). Here we have to ask the serious question: Whom do we actually believe? Do we believe what God said and promised in His Word and what was practiced in early Christianity, or do we believe the statutes and man-made doctrines taught in a Christian church? 

Unbelievers are not just those who cannot believe at all and for whom God does not exist. Of utmost importance is what the man of God William Branham said about unbelief and the fall of man in paradise. It is one of the most important revelations that he received from the Lord in connection with the Plan of Salvation. At first Lucifer exalted himself in heaven and wanted to be equal to the Most High, but then he fell, together with all who followed him (Isa 14:12-15). The fall of mankind in paradise only came about because Satan had succeeded in speaking to Eve in the form of the serpent with the words: “Hath God said ...?” – thus casting doubt on what God had said to Adam. That is how unbelief came about, which brought along disobedience, and by this seduction all of humanity was pulled into the fall and thereby also into death. Putting emphasis on true faith, our Savior said, “… if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” (Jn 8:24). Even now, true faith can only be anchored in those who really believe in Jesus Christ and what God said in His Word. Unbelief is always associated with the doubt that the enemy sows.

Let everybody examine himself, to see whether he is truly a believer according to the Scripture and believes every Word of God with all his heart, accepts every promise that the Lord has made, and is deeply connected with God. True believers are part of the elect, are born again by the Word and the Spirit of God, and are led into all truth. They believe in the divine calling of William Branham, who brought the biblical message, and in the divine calling of the carrier of the biblical message, who proclaimed the same all over the world.

The true believers have recognized the time and the hour in which we are living. They have come out of all religious traditions and teachings that are not biblical, and they are sanctified in the Word of truth. This is the Savior’s prayer: “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (Jn 17:17). It begins with the Godhead: The true doctrine only testifies of One God. The word “trinity” or “triune God” is not once found in the Bible; there is also no mention of three eternal persons. The Bible only knows the One true God Who announced His Plan of Salvation and Who carries it out Himself. He has revealed Himself as Father in heaven, in His only begotten Son Jesus Christ (“Emmanuel” = God with us) on earth, and works through the Holy Spirit in the redeemed Church. The formula “in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit” is not used a single time in the Bible.

When it comes to baptism, they also abide by what Peter ordained on the founding day of the New Testament Church under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38-41). Peter understood the Great Commission and carried it out precisely, just like Philip (Acts 8:16), Paul (Acts 19:5), and all of the believers did in the first centuries, by baptizing those who had become believers in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the Name in which God revealed Himself to us as Father in the Son and through the Holy Spirit. The Word from Eph 4:5 is still valid today: “One Lord, one faith, one baptism …”

All of those who now truly believe are obedient and experience what is written in 2 Cor 6:17-18: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” They are the ones who will now experience the completion through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. The Lord God will send the early and latter rain in a mighty way, as prophesied by the Apostle James under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.” (Jas  5:7). Already the Prophet Joel announced under the anointing and inspiration of the Holy Spirit: “Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.” (Joel 2:23). 

As written by the Apostle Peter, we may also rejoice that we “  ...  are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” (1 Pet 1:5). We have arrived in the last time before the end. Right now we must remain sober and normal in all areas of life and integrate into the current situation so that we do not bring any shame on the Name of the Lord Jesus.

It must be emphasized once more that no one who has been misled by false teachings shall be found in heaven. The Lord has given us grace; wherefore we have been brought back to God, to His Word, and to the teaching of the apostles through the last message, which was one hundred percent in harmony with the first one. Anyone who does not respect this has not recognized the day of God’s gracious visitation (Lk 19:42-44).

In Luke 21 the Lord announced many things that would take place and then said with reference to the end time, “… and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity …  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. …  So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. … Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” (Lk 21:25-36). He gave us the promise: “… and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Mat 28:20).

Brother Branham carried out his prophetic commission and stored in the spiritual food. I, too, have done what the Lord commanded me to do, by placing the prophetic Word into its scriptural order and distributing the spiritual food; the Lord confirmed this on September 19, 1976 (Mat 24:45-47). By the grace of God, I was also able to correctly place all of Brother Branham’s statements, even those that were at times difficult to understand, into the respective Word of God. Even Peter had to write the following back then with regard to Paul’s letters: “As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.” (2 Pet 3:15-16). I can testify that I have done what Paul wrote to Timothy at that time: “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” (2 Tim 4:2), just as the Lord commanded me with a loud voice in Marseille. For that reason, I have only ever preached the Word and rejected any interpretation.

Just as Paul did, I, too, can testify, “Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear …” (2 Tim 4:17).

All of the brethren who truly have a divine ministry pass on the spiritual food – the revealed, pure Word. The Lord’s table has never before been as richly prepared as in our time. Now we will unite in fervent prayer, and the Lord Himself will complete His work of redemption with great power (Rom 9:28). At the very end, just as Brother Branham saw it, the Bride will walk in spiritual harmony and God will answer our prayers so that what we speak in faith shall come to pass. It is important that we remain in the Word and in the Will of God, because only then shall He be well-pleased with us.