Expert: DEWnada - 2/5/2010

Question
I am a believer of the Message popular called "Message of the Hour" and some call branhamism/branhamites.It is an international church or it has sister churches worldwide.The founder of the belief is William Marion Branham born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA on 06 April 1909 and Died 24 December 1965.There many things to highlight in the life of this gifted man such as we call him a prophet to the last age, He revealed the mistries of the book of revelation/seals/seven church ages, preached Godhead, we believe him to the forerunner of Jesus Christ second coming.My concern is that I,m not at peace with my belief and I belief all of His doctrine but I'm at peace or settled. All I need to know is my belief from God or is it a cult or satanism in disguise?

Answer
peace to you

i know very little about The Message of the Hour. What I do know is followers of the Message reject the Trinity which is a central mystical doctrine in Christianity, as well as many other religions. I personally consider the Trinity to be a very important spiritual archetype of the Divine. But you are able to judge for yourself if The Message is an authentic form of spirituality. Does this religion foster the fruits of the spirit in your soul or not?
Galatians 5:22-23 (New International Version)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Oftentimes people following even an authentic spirituality go through dark nights of the soul and dark nights of the spirit which help to purify and empty them so they can be closer to the Divine. Nobody can do this soul searching for you. You must do it yourself and decide for yourself whether following The Message helps you to live a deeper contemplative and wider compassionate spiritual life or not.

in loving-kindness
DEWnada