19/04/2026
THE WORD OF GOD AND TRIALS
The testings and trials of faith! But, “he that endureth.” There it is. Hold on; take God at His Word. Believe every Word of It. No matter what anything else says or does; believe It, anyhow. No matter what the circumstance look like; believe God, anyhow.
54-0404E - God Has A Provided Way
Rev. William Marrion Branham
29 “Many are the testings of the righteous, but God delivereth him out of them all.” How marvelous that is! How we appreciate that. Trials, tribulations, tests, all working for the good! After a while, God can see then that He can put His trust in you, and then He’ll do great things for you.
55-0109E - Beginning And Ending Of The Gentile Dispensation
Rev. William Marrion Branham
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
James 1:12-13
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
James 1:19-25
OUTLINE:
1. GOD'S GOODNESS AND THE BELIEVER'S RESPONSIBILITY vs, 19-21a.
Because God graciously grants wisdom to face the testings of life, 5-12; doest not temp us to sin, but rather tests us to strengthen us against sins, 13-16; and has made us His children through the New Birth, 17-18, let us heed the injunctions of the verses19-21.
Listed here are following Believers responsibility...
1. Be Quick to Listen,
2. Be Slow to Talk,
3. Be Slow to Get Angry, for man's anger does not promote the righteousness God requires,
4. Get Rid of everything Vile and remains of Evil, as a dirty garments is discarded.
5. Receive The Word of God which cleanses (Jn. 15:3) and which engrafted and living in the heart, is able to save the soul by separating from sin so that the Believer may enjoy fullness of life in Christ (Jn. 10:10).
31 The ground has to receive the wheat in order to reproduce life. And you have to receive the Word of God in your heart to produce what the Word says it will be. Every Word of God is a Seed. Jesus said it was. The sower went forth sowing seeds; He said the seed was the Word of God.
54-0719E - God Providing Healing For This Generation
Rev. William Marrion Branham
Question: WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE RECEIVED THE WORD OF GOD?
Answer: WE BECOME GOD'S WORD IN THE FLESH
And when we receive the Word of God, then we become God’s Word in our flesh. See? The Church should be in that condition.
62-0318 - The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed
Rev. William Marrion Branham
44 Death can’t come by God’s Word. Death comes by crossbreeding It to denomination, and creed instead of Christ, dogma instead of the Word. It doesn’t come by the Word. The Word is Life. Jesus said, “My Words are Life.” And the Spirit quickens that Word and makes It Life. To crossbreed It, there’s where the death comes from.
62-0318 - The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed
Rev. William Marrion Branham
2. GOD'S WORD AND THE BELIEVER'S OBEDIENCE, vs. 22-25
So important is the God's Word in living and facing life's trials that we must doers , practiced exponents, of it rather than mere hearers who knows the Word only theoretically (cf. Hebrews 4:12) and are deluded by logical fallacy that mere hearing is enough. Such a deceived reader is a man looking at his face in a mirror, but goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like, 23-24.
Habitually we must become an active doer who obeys and will find happiness in his OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD.
160 When you fully obey the Word of God, in—in full surrender to It, you’re entitled to the Token. Yes, sir. Obedience! “Not he that saith, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but he that doeth the will.” And when we pray, we must have the Token to present with our prayer.
63-1128E - The Token
Rev. William Marrion Branham
OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD WILL BRING A LIFE CHANGING MIRACLES.
And all the rest of them can have it, if they’ll just obey the Word of God and follow after Him. They’ll see the miracle of God that will change their life, and the things will fall away and they’ll become…
62-0124 - Have Not I Sent Thee?
Rev. William Marrion Branham
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
James 1:22-23
162 And you’ll never be able to get anything from God, and have favor with God, my brothers and sisters, wherever you are, until we fully obey the Word of God. You make yourself miserable by just halfheartedly approaching It. Yes.
62-0713 - From That Time
Rev. William Marrion Branham
