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[[Nestorianism]] is basically the doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, rather than as a unified person. William Branham's teaching on the nature of Christ was clearly tainted by Nestorianism. It is even more clearly developed in the teachings of Lee Vayle.
[[Nestorianism]] is basically the doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons, the man Jesus and the divine Son of God, rather than as a unified person. William Branham's teaching on the nature of Christ was clearly tainted by Nestorianism. It is even more clearly developed in the teachings of Lee Vayle.


''And with such a shifting condition as we’re in today, how can faith rest itself? You got to come back to the Bible, back to the truth. And when Jesus, a carpenter’s Son, physically speaking, when He come to the earth here that’s all He was known of, and the day that when John baptized Him, God a vindicated Him. God spoke from the heavens. John saw Him coming in the form a dove, and said, “'''This is My beloved Son in Whom I’m pleased to dwell.'''” The right translation there is, “In whom I am pleased to dwell in.” Jesus immediately anointed with God, '''He was just a man till that time, but now He becomes the God-man.'''<ref>William Branham, 55-0806 - Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever, para. 30</ref>
:''And with such a shifting condition as we’re in today, how can faith rest itself? You got to come back to the Bible, back to the truth. And when Jesus, a carpenter’s Son, physically speaking, when He come to the earth here that’s all He was known of, and the day that when John baptized Him, God a vindicated Him. God spoke from the heavens. John saw Him coming in the form a dove, and said, “'''This is My beloved Son in Whom I’m pleased to dwell.'''” The right translation there is, “In whom I am pleased to dwell in.” Jesus immediately anointed with God, '''He was just a man till that time, but now He becomes the God-man.'''<ref>William Branham, 55-0806 - Jesus Christ The Same Yesterday, Today, And Forever, para. 30</ref>


:''He said, “For My…” That’s the reason people couldn’t understand Him. Sometime it was Christ speaking… or was the Son speaking. Other times it was the Father speaking. '''He was a dual Person. He was one Man, the Son. God was in him, which was tabernacling in Him.''' But what did He do? Did He go around saying, “I’m the Healer.” Very contrary, He said, “I’m not the Healer.” He said, “It isn’t Me that doth the works; it’s My Father that dwelleth in Me.”<ref>William Branham, 56-0429 - Jehovah-Jireh, para. 53</ref>
:''He said, “For My…” That’s the reason people couldn’t understand Him. Sometime it was Christ speaking… or was the Son speaking. Other times it was the Father speaking. '''He was a dual Person. He was one Man, the Son. God was in him, which was tabernacling in Him.''' But what did He do? Did He go around saying, “I’m the Healer.” Very contrary, He said, “I’m not the Healer.” He said, “It isn’t Me that doth the works; it’s My Father that dwelleth in Me.”<ref>William Branham, 56-0429 - Jehovah-Jireh, para. 53</ref>