Kenneth Hagin

by Kenneth E. Hagin

...Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
(Matt. 9:28-29)

Notice that Jesus didn't say to the two blind men, "Well, because you are sincere and honest, go your way and see." No, He didn't say that.

Kenneth E. Hagin
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
(John 4:24)

Divine healing, though it is manifested in the physical, is spiritual. It is not mental, as Christian Science and other metaphysical teachers claim. Now don't misunderstand me. People get some results through mental science. The mind does, to a great extent, control the body, and a person could get some results that way.

by Kenneth E. Hagin
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
(Heb. 13:8)
Those with this first attitude believe that healing is not for us today. They believe that healing is a miracle, and that miracles do not belong to us today.

I think this first attitude can easily be shown to be erroneous by the simple definition of a miracle. According to the dictionary, a miracle is an act or happening in the material or physical sphere that apparently departs from the laws of nature or goes beyond what is concerning these laws.

Kenneth E. Hagin

And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
(Matt. 9:27)
If you stopped reading this story at verse 27, you could hold up the two blind men as a perfect example of people who prayed but did not receive an answer.

And verse 28 says, "And when he [Jesus] was come into the house, the blind men came to him...." Even though the blind men were in the Presence of Jesus, they were still blind. That illustrates this fact: Merely coming into the Presence of God will not save or heal you.

Kenneth E. Hagin

"Are they [angels] not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" (Heb. 1:14)

Even as Jesus talked with me, I would glance at the angel. When I did, I could see he would start to say something.

Jesus said, "He's got a message for you."

I said to Jesus, "You're talking to me. Why don't You give me the message? Besides, the Word says, 'As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.' I've got the Holy Ghost; why couldn't He talk to me?"

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
(Rom. 4:21)
When the pastor said, "Amen," I said in faith, "Thank God, it's gone." What does it mean to say something in faith? It means to call those things that be not as though they were. Many honest Christians are afraid to act because they don't know what faith is.
Someone might ask, "Well, was the paralysis gone?"
"No, the right side of my face was still dead."

By Kenneth E. Hagin
 
"And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray" (Luke 11:1).
Someone said, "It is more important that men learn to pray than that they gain a college education." Notice he did not say that having an education is not important; he said, that learning to pray is more important.