In 1955, William Branham introduced a doctrine that would set the tone for the rest of his ministry, and which would establish the core difference between his cult of personality and Christianity. It was Branham’s doctrine of “Breaking the Sheep”.
Most Christians are familiar with the Parable of the Lost Sheep from Matthew 18. It is the subject matter for many Christian sermons, songs, paintings, t-shirts, and more. Summarized, Jesus instructs pastors not to despise or look down upon members of their congregations when they sin, but instead, lovingly help lift them back up. As an example, Jesus describes the shepherd who will go far out of his way just to rescue a sheep who wanders away from the others — even if there are a hundred sheep in the fold.
William Branham strongly disagreed with Jesus Christ and this parable. According to Branham, who also used an allegorical story for his example, the shepherd SHOULD despise the sheep. In Branham’s version of the wandering sheep, when a sheep wanders from the fold, the shepherd should break the legs of the sheep so that it cannot wander away from the fold again.
It should be noted that Branham used this “injure the sheep” doctrine at Joseph Mattson-Boze’s church in Chicago in April of 1956, during the time in which Jim Jones of People’s Temple was working closely with Branham and Boze. Jones used a similar tone in his ministry, publicly chastising and spiritually abusing those who disagreed. Many former members of the many splinter groups that branched from Branham’s cult of personality say that this doctrine and/or its application was one of the primary reasons they left Branham’s “Message” cult.
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org.
The doctrine of Breaking the Sheep:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/doctrine_of_breaking_the_sheep
Most Christians are familiar with the Parable of the Lost Sheep from Matthew 18. It is the subject matter for many Christian sermons, songs, paintings, t-shirts, and more. Summarized, Jesus instructs pastors not to despise or look down upon members of their congregations when they sin, but instead, lovingly help lift them back up. As an example, Jesus describes the shepherd who will go far out of his way just to rescue a sheep who wanders away from the others — even if there are a hundred sheep in the fold.
William Branham strongly disagreed with Jesus Christ and this parable. According to Branham, who also used an allegorical story for his example, the shepherd SHOULD despise the sheep. In Branham’s version of the wandering sheep, when a sheep wanders from the fold, the shepherd should break the legs of the sheep so that it cannot wander away from the fold again.
It should be noted that Branham used this “injure the sheep” doctrine at Joseph Mattson-Boze’s church in Chicago in April of 1956, during the time in which Jim Jones of People’s Temple was working closely with Branham and Boze. Jones used a similar tone in his ministry, publicly chastising and spiritually abusing those who disagreed. Many former members of the many splinter groups that branched from Branham’s cult of personality say that this doctrine and/or its application was one of the primary reasons they left Branham’s “Message” cult.
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org.
The doctrine of Breaking the Sheep:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/doctrine_of_breaking_the_sheep
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