Dear Readers,

Was William Branham a false prophet/teacher or was he not? Since he claimed to be a prophet of the Lord on many occasions, anyone even tempted to study his Message must consider the following questions:

Did he ever prophesy something that failed to come to pass as he predicted? ¹

Did he ever teach doctrine as coming from the Lord that cannot be supported by Scripture, or that takes Scripture out of context? ²

Did he ever teach anything that contradicts God's Word?³

Did any of his prophecies or revelations from the Lord ever contradict any of his previously made prophecies or revelations? ⁴

If you know the answer to one or more of these questions is yes, then you have affirmed that William Branham is a false prophet. Jesus said,

Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7:15-20)

William Branham was a self-proclaimed prophet who constantly spoke on behalf of God. He produced much bad fruit. Every time he made a false prophecy, that was bad fruit. Each time he erroneously discerned the names or diseases of those in his prayer lines, that was bad fruit. Every time he taught doctrine as a revelation from the Lord that could not be supported by the Bible, that was bad fruit. Every time his Message added to the Bible, that is bad fruit. Every time he contradicted himself in prophecy, Message doctrine, or the telling of certain events in his life, that was bad fruit. To follow a false prophet and his teachings is a sin. It is to follow someone who spoke error in God's name. It is to follow someone who put words in God's mouth that God did not and could not have said. It is to follow a prophet who produced bad fruit all of his life. To follow William Branham and his Message is to disregard Jesus' own warning to beware of false prophets whose messages are full of bad fruit.

There are many books and Websites out there making the case that William Branham was a false prophet. If only one of those Websites is able to prove that any of the above questions can be answered yes, then they have successfully made the case that William Branham was indeed a false prophet. The word is out there. Beware of false prophets who produce bad fruits. Repent and believe the Gospel!

For the Glory of God,
John Kennah
JohnK63@comcast.net

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1. "But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods—that prophet must die. You may ask in your heart, ‘How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?’ When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him." (Deuteronomy 18:20-22)

2. "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the LORD.'" (Jeremiah 23:16)
"For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3)

3. "O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among waste places. You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD. They behold worthlessness and lying divination who are saying, 'The LORD declares,' when the LORD has not sent them; yet they wait for the establishing of their word. Did you not see a worthless vision and speak a lying divination when you said, 'The LORD declares,' but it is not I who have spoken?" (Ezekiel 13:4-7)
"O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called 'knowledge'—which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith." (1 Timothy 6:20)

4. "And the Lord said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'" (Jeremiah 14:14)