Exceedingly Growing Faith

By Kenneth E.
Hagin
By Kenneth E. Hagin
this volume are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Contents
1 How Faith Comes..................................................................... 9 2 Now Faith Is........................................................................... 2 !he Heart of "an................................................................... # $ %hat It "eans !o Believe with the Heart.............................. & & How !o !rain the Human '(irit............................................. )9 ) How !o %rite *our +wn !i,-et with .o/............................ 0 # !he .o/1Kin/ of Faith......................................................... 12&
Chapter 1
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How Faith Comes
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 113) Noti,e (arti,ularly the first (art of that verse4 !But without faith it is impossible to please him ....5 If .o/ /eman/s that we have faith when it is im(ossible for us to have faith4 then we have a right to ,hallenge His 6usti,e. But if He (la,es within our han/s the means whereby faith ,an be (ro/u,e/4 then the res(onsibility rests with us as to whether or not we have faith. .o/ has tol/ us that without faith it is im(ossible to (lease Him4 but He has also tol/ us how to obtain faith. He has tol/ us how faith ,omes.
ROMANS 10:17 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
If we /on7t have faith4 it is not .o/7s fault. !o blame .o/ for our la,- of faith is nothing but ignoran,e. .o/ has (rovi/e/ the way whereby everyone ,an have faith.
"aith for #alvation

Faith for salvation !cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.! !he 8(ostle 9aul sai/ that we are save/ by faith. !"or by grace are ye saved through faith$ and that not of
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yourselves: it is the gift of God! :E(h. 230;. But how /o you get the faith to be save/< =et7s rea/ more from this (assage in >omans.
ROMANS 10:8 10,1!,1",17 8 #$t what %aith it& 'he word i% nigh thee, e(en in thy mo$th, and in thy heart: that i%, the word of faith, which we )reach* + 'hat if tho$ %ha,t confe%% with thy mo$th the -ord .e%$%, and %ha,t be,ie(e in thine heart that God hath rai%ed him from the dead, tho$ %ha,t be %a(ed. 10 /or with the heart man be,ie(eth $nto righteo$%ne%%* and with the mo$th confe%%ion i% made $nto %a,(ation. 1! /or who%oe(er %ha,, ca,, $)on the name of the -ord %ha,, be %a(ed. 1" 0ow then %ha,, they ca,, on him in whom they ha(e not be,ie(ed& and how %ha,, they be,ie(e in him of whom they ha(e not heard& and how %ha,, they hear witho$t a )reacher& 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
%e see here that faith for salvation ,omes by hearing the )ord of .o/. Now relate that with 8,ts 1131 41$4 !*nd he shewed us how he ?Cornelius@ had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, #end men to Joppa, and call for #imon, whose surname is +eter$ ),- #,*.. /'.. /,'' )-01#, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.5 Cornelius was a goo/ man4 but he was not save/. Aesus sai/4 !Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature! :"ar- 1)31&;. 8s Cornelius ha/ not as yet hear/ this glorious .os(el4 he was not save/. .o/ tol/ Cornelius to sen/ for 9eter in or/er to learn
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the (lan of salvation. !he angel ,oul/ not (rea,h to Cornelius. :8ngels ,annot (rea,hB.o/ sent men to (rea,h.; But the angel ,oul/ tell Cornelius where to go to get somebo/y 5.... who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.5 2en are saved by hearing words. 8n/ that is be,ause 5...faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.5 *ou ,annot believe without hearing the %or/.
"aith for ,ealing

How /oes faith for healing ,ome< In the same way. *ou ,an see this in the following (assage3
A1'S 1":7 10 7 And there they 23a$, and #arnaba%4 )reached the go%)e,. 8 And there %at a certain man at -y%tra, im)otent in hi% feet, being a cri)),e from hi% mother5% womb, who ne(er had wa,6ed: + 'he %ame heard 3a$, %)ea6: who %tedfa%t,y beho,ding him, and )ercei(ing that he had faith to be hea,ed, 10 Said with a ,o$d (oice, Stand $)right on thy feet. And he ,ea)ed and wa,6ed.
8 ,asual rea/er of the %or/ might say4 5It is won/erful how 9aul heale/ that manC5 But 9aul /i/ not heal the man. !he man was not heale/ be,ause 9aul was an a(ostle4 nor was he heale/ by 9aul7s faith. /he man himself had the faith. 9aul /i/ three things3 1. He (rea,he/ the .os(el :verse #;. 2. He (er,eive/ that the man ha/ faith to be heale/
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:verse 9;. . He tol/ the man to stan/ u( an/ wal- :verse 12;. !he man /i/ three things3 1. He hear/ 9aul (rea,h :verse 9;. 2. He ha/ faith to be heale/ :verse 9;. . He lea(e/ an/ wal-e/ :verse 12;. !his man was not heale/ by some (ower whi,h 9aul ha/. !he man himself ha/ faith to be heale/. 8n/ how /i/ he get the faith to be heale/< He got it from what he heard. He heard 9aul s(ea-. 8n/ what /i/ 9aul s(ea-< He (rea,he/ the .os(el :verse #;. If 9aul ha/ (rea,he/ what some have ,alle/ the .os(el4 the man woul/ have never been heale/. 9aul (rea,he/ what the Bible ,alls the .os(elC 8s a young Ba(tist boy on the be/ of si,-ness rea/ing .ran/ma7s 5"etho/ist5 Bible4 the more I rea/ the more I realiDe/ that I ha/ never hear/ the full .os(el4 but only (art of it. !he more I rea/ the %or/4 the more I noti,e/ that I /i/n7t have to /ie. !he more I rea/4 the more I realiDe/ that I ,oul/ be heale/C :I ha/ been taught that .o/ ,oul/ heal if He wante/ to4 whi,h was an even bigger insult than saying He ,oul/n7t healBboth are lies.; 8s I rea/ the %or/4 though4 the /evil was right there trying to bring to my remembran,e all the /oubt an/ unbelief I ha/ ever hear/. He remin/e/ me that I ha/ hear/ that healing ha/ been /one away with.
How Faith Comes
But /o you -now how I was able to over,ome that obsta,le< I ,oul/ never remember having hear/ anyone say that faith ha/ been /one away withC !his ,ri((le/ man at =ystra ha/ faith to be heale/. In "ar- &3 $ Aesus sai/ to the woman who ha/ 6ust been heale/ from the issue of bloo/4 !1aughter, thy "*4/, hath made thee whole.! Faith has not been /one away withC It ,omes by hearing Ban/ hearing by the %or/ of .o/C Aesus /i/ not say that it was ,is power whi,h ma/e the woman wholeE He sai/ that her faith /i/ it. %hen I saw this4 I -new that if her faith ma/e her whole4 then my faith ,oul/ ma-e me whole. 8n/4 than- .o/4 it /i/C "y faith ma/e me whole. "y (aralysis /isa((eare/ an/ my heart ,on/ition left. 'in,e then I have been going at a ho(4 s-i(4 an/ a 6um(4 (rea,hing the truth. How /i/ this man at =ystra get faith to be heale/< From what he heard. 8n/ what he hear/ was the %or/ of .o/4 the .os(el. Is there something about the .os(el that woul/ ,ause a life1long ,ri((le to be heale/< Fe,i/e/ly yesC 9aul (rea,he/ a .os(el of salvation an/ of healing4 stating4 !"or 4 am not ashamed of the gospel of 5hrist: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth$ to the Jew first, and also to the Greek! :>om. 131);. 8 footnote in the ',ofiel/ Bible referring to this verse says4 5!he .ree- an/ Hebrew wor/s for salvation im(ly the i/eas of deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, an/ soundness.! !herefore4 9aul was saying4 5I am not ashame/ of the
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.os(el of Christ. It is the (ower of .o/ unto deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, an/ soundness.! 9aul (rea,he/ the full .os(el4 not 6ust a (art of it.
A1'S 8:7 8 7 'hen 3hi,i) went down to the city of Samaria, and )reached 1hri%t $nto them. 8 And the )eo),e with one accord ga(e heed onto tho%e thing% which 3hi,i) %)a6e, hearing and %eeing the mirac,e% which he did. 7 /or $nc,ean %)irit%, crying with ,o$d (oice, came o$t of many that were )o%%e%%ed with them: and many ta6en with )a,%ie%, and that were ,ame, were hea,ed. 8 And there wa% great 9oy in that city.
!hese great mira,les ,ame about as a result of preaching 5hrist :verse &;. !he New !estament -nows no Christ without Christ the Healer. 9hysi,al healingB/ivine healingBis (art of the .os(el. If there is no .os(el of healing to/ay4 neither is there a .os(el of salvation. 9. C. Nelson4 who was for many years a note/ Ba(tist minister4 sai/4 5Healing is (art an/ (ar,el of the .os(el.5 %hile (astoring a ,hur,h in Fetroit4 "i,higan4 in 19214 Fr. Nelson was stru,- by an automobile. His left -nee was severely in6ure/. Bloo/ (oisoning /evelo(e/4 affe,ting his entire leg an/ threatening his life. His /o,tor warne/ that the leg might have to be am(utate/. Even if he survive/ the bloo/ (oisoning an/ the leg /i/n7t have to be am(utate/4 the /o,tor sai/ that leg woul/ be stiff the rest of his life. 8s Fr. Nelson lay immobile an/ in great (ain4 the =or/ le/ him to rea/ the entire E(istle of Aames. He realiDe/ he la,-e/ faith for healing4 but the story of 8eneas7 healing in 8,ts 93 21 $ ins(ire/ faith in his heart.
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!he threat of a ma6or o(eration (rom(te/ Fr. Nelson to renew his ,onse,ration an/ (romise 5to tell the worl/5 if the =or/ woul/ heal him. !hen4 /esiring to obey Aames &31$41&4 he arrange/ for four '(irit1fille/ frien/s who ha/ been heale/ themselves to ,ome to his home4 anoint him with oil4 an/ (ray. 8s they (raye/4 he seeme/ to hear the wor/s of 8,ts 93 $4 5Aesus Christ healeth thee. 8riseC5 %hile his frien/s waite/ /ownstairs4 Fr. Nelson /resse/ with the hel( of his son. 'u//enly he realiDe/ his -nee was ,om(letely free from (ain. He 6oyously ran u( an/ /own stairs several times4 re6oi,ing in the =or/. He was totally heale/ an/ never suffere/ stiffness in that -nee. !"aith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.5 "any years ago4 a fine /enominational minister ha/ an outstan/ing evangelisti, ministry. Garious /enominational ,hur,hes woul/ ,ombine their efforts an/ s(onsor him in large ,ity1wi/e meetings. He be,ame si,-4 however4 an/ by his own testimony within two years all his money was gone. 8 H124222 ban- a,,ount4 whi,h was Iuite a bit at that time4 was gone. In or/er to (ay me/i,al bills he ha/ to sell his home4 his ,ar4 an/ most of his boo-s. He ha/ been everywhere4 in,lu/ing the "ayo Clini,4 see-ing me/i,al hel(. However4 he was none the better4 but rather grew worse. Finally he was for,e/ to stay in a ,ounty hos(ital in California. !he /o,tors there sai/ he woul/ /ie. He ,alle/ a brother who live/ in California an/ as-e/ him to borrow some money for a train ti,-et to sen/ him home to !eJas to /ie. !heir 0 1year1ol/ mother live/ in
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Collin County4 !eJas :where I live/;4 an/ he wante/ to see her before he /ie/. His brother borrowe/ the money an/ sent the ailing minister4 then in his &27s4 ba,- to the ol/ home (la,e an/ their age/ mother. 8 191year1ol/ boy who live/ on the (la,e an/ /i/ the ,hores be,ame the si,- man7s nurse. !his reIuire/ turning him4 /ressing him4 an/ ,om(letely ,aring for him. +ne /ay the boy sai/ to him4 5Fo,tor4 why /on7t you let the =or/ heal you< !he Bible says that if there is any si,among you4 let them ,all for the el/ers of the ,hur,h an/ let them (ray for you.5 !his minister ha/ stu/ie/ the BibleBhe ha/ been through seminaryBbut he /i/ not -now that was in the Bible. He instru,te/ the boy to get his Bible out of the trun- an/ fin/ that (la,e. But the boy tol/ him that he ha/ never learne/ to rea/. !he minister as-e/ him then how he -new that it was in the Bible. His (rea,her tol/ him that it was4 the boy /e,lare/. 8n/ so the minister loo-e/ it u( an/ there it wasC !he boy tol/ him that they were having a meeting un/er a brush arbor. !here was to be a healing servi,e that night4 an/ the boy tol/ the ol/er man that if he wante/ to go he woul/ get someone to ta-e him. !he minister /e,i/e/ to atten/4 so they brought an ol/ "o/el ! For/ an/ ma/e a be/ in the ba,- of it for him. !hey /rove the ,ar u( as ,lose as (ossible4 an/ after the servi,e the (rea,her ,ame out4 anointe/ him with oil4 an/ (raye/ over him. It was mi/night before they got home. But when they arrive/4 the minister as-e/ his mother to let the boy fire u( the woo/ stove so that she ,oul/ fry some ham an/ eggs.
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:He ha/n7t ha/ anything eJ,e(t baby foo/ an/ soft foo/s in more than two years.; He tol/ his mother that he was heale/. He tol/ her that the (rea,her ha/ anointe/ him with oil an/ (raye/ for him. !he mother sai/ later that she thought he ha/ lost his min/. He ha/ as-e/ for some ol/1fashione/ ,ountry bis,uits4 too4 an/ she reasone/ that sin,e he was going to /ie anyway4 if he ate the bis,uits he woul/ at least /ie ha((y. 'o she /i/ what he wante/. 'he fiJe/ the ham4 the eggs4 an/ the bis,uitsBan/ he ate what she (re(are/ an/ /i/n7t get si,-. He was heale/C He began to write arti,les for (ubli,ation in various magaDines an/ ,alls began to ,ome in for revivals. 8 ,ity1 wi/e meeting was arrange/ for Kansas City. !he boy tol/ him that before he went to that meeting he must be fille/ with the Holy '(irit. He sai/ that he was rea/y to believe anything that boy tol/ him4 so he as-e/ the boy what he shoul/ /o. !he boy tol/ him how. !hey went to an ol/ brush arbor meeting4 an/ when they gave the invitation4 the minister went to the altar in the saw/ust4 an/ there he re,eive/ the Holy '(irit an/ s(o-e with other tongues. !his minister has long sin,e gone on to .lory4 but his writings have been a blessing to many. Now how /i/ this man get faith for healing< He got it by hearing. I referre/ earlier to the woman who ha/ an issue of bloo/ for 12 years. !he %or/ of .o/ tells us about her in the fifth ,ha(ter of "ar-. %e are tol/ that she ha/ s(ent all of her living an/ ha/ gone to many (hysi,ians4 but was none better. !he 2#th an/ 20th verses say about her4 !)hen she had
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,'*01 of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. "or she said, 4f 4 may touch but his clothes, 4 shall be whole.5 8n/ in the $th verse we rea/4 !*nd he said unto her, 1aughter, thy faith hath made thee whole$ go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.5 %here /i/ this woman get faith to re,eive healing< !)hen she had heard ....5 :v. 2#;. 8fter (rea,hing several wee-s in a Full .os(el ,hur,h in Fallas /uring the early 7&2s4 I staye/ on three months while the (astor too- a leave of absen,e. In a//ition to (rea,hing at the regular ,hur,h servi,es4 we also ha/ a /aily ra/io (rogram. +ne wee-en/ we ha/ some s(e,ial missionary servi,es. +n Fri/ay night4 after the servi,e ha/ been /ismisse/4 one of the ushers tol/ me that a man an/ a woman from Fort %orth wante/ to see me. !he wife was si,- an/ wante/ healing. Her husban/ relate/ that as he /rove to wor- one morning4 he ha/ hear/ our ra/io (rogram. He ha/ hear/ me ma-e the statement that healing was for everybo/y4 an/ he ha/ gone home that night an/ tol/ his wife about it. 8ll that wee- they ha/ tune/ in to the ra/io broa/,ast. !his woman ha/ ha/ two serious ma6or o(erations an/ was fa,ing the thir/. 5%e have been (raying45 the husban/ sai/4 5that if it is .o/7s will for her to be heale/4 He will give us the faith to believe that she will be heale/.5 8n/ they ha/ ,ome for me to (ray for her. I began by telling them it is uns,ri(tural to (ray4 5If it be !hy will5 ,on,erning anything whi,h .o/7s %or/ has alrea/y (romise/ us. %hen you (ut an 5if in your (rayer4 you are (raying in /oubt.
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'ome (eo(le thin- they are being humble4 when really they are being ignorant. *ou will get no answer if you (ut 5if7s5 in your (rayers when .o/7s %or/ has alrea/y ma/e His will (lain. It is only when you are (raying a (rayer of ,onse,ration that you (ut an 5if5 in the (rayer. !his is be,ause in a (rayer of ,onse,ration you are not ,ertain what the =or/7s will is. 5If5 is the ba/ge of /oubt4 an/ it shoul/ not be in your (rayers when you are trying to ,hange a situation. I as-e/ the husban/4 5If the New !estament sai/ that Aesus tooyour wife7s infirmities an/ bare her si,-nesses4 woul/n7t it be His will for her to have her healing<5 He a,-nowle/ge/ that it woul/. 'o we turne/ in the %or/ to "atthew 031#4 whi,h says4 !/hat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 'saias the prophet, saying, ,imself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.5 5It is .o/7s will for her to be heale/C5 he eJ,laime/. !hen his wife sai/ that she saw it4 too. %e then turne/ to First 9eter 232$ an/ rea/4 !)ho his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: B9 ),-#' #/04+'# 9' )'0' ,'*.'1! :1 9eter 232$;. 8n/ in Isaiah & 3$4& we rea/ together4 !#urely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our ini:uities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him$ and )4/, ,4# #/04+'# )' *0' ,'*.'1.! !he margin of the King James Version rea/s4 5'urely he hath borne our si,-nesses an/ ,arrie/ our /iseases.5
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'o the ,ou(le sai/4 58ll we nee/ now is faith. %e -now it is His will.5 I as-e/ them if they were save/4 an/ they re(lie/ that they were. I as-e/ them to /es,ribe how they ha/ gotten save/. !hey state/ that they ha/ gone /own to the front of the ,hur,h when an invitation was given an/ ha/ -nelt an/ (raye/ a sinner7s (rayer. 5%hen you went /own to the front45 I as-e/4 5/i/ you as- the =or/ to give you faith to be save/<5 !heir answer was no. !he husban/ sai/ that the (rea,her ha/ (rea,he/ that they ,oul/ be save/. He ha/ rea/ the %or/ to the (eo(le. !hey ha/ hear/ the %or/ an/ faith ,ame for salvation. I tol/ them that they ha/ faith for healing 6ust as they ha/ ha/ faith for salvation. !hey ha/ hear/ the %or/. 5%e7re going to have to throw our first (rayer away be,ause it wasn7t any goo/45 the husban/ /e,lare/. I agree/ with him. 8s soon as light ,omes4 faith is thereC His wife agree/4 saying4 5I see that all I have to /o now is to a,,e(t Him as my Healer.5 I lai/ my han/ on her hea/ an/ (raye/. !hen I as-e/ her if she were heale/. 'he ,onfesse/4 5I surely am4 an/ I -now I am be,ause .o/7s %or/ says that I am.5 Furing the following 'un/ay night servi,e4 the vestibule /oors swung o(en an/ there stoo/ her husban/. 8fter as-ing if he ,oul/ say a wor/4 he began to tell what ha/ ha((ene/. He sai/ that when they arrive/ home that Fri/ay night4 his wife (ulle/ off her bra,e4 threw it into the ,loset an/ sai/4 5!han- .o/4 I am heale/C5 !he neJt /ay4 'atur/ay4
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when he ,ame home he foun/ his wife stoo(e/ over the sin-4 washing her hairBsomething she ha/ been unable to /o. !his 'un/ay night he brought his mother4 who was in a wheel,hair with (aralysis4 to be (raye/ for. 8fter (rayer she stoo/ u( an/ wal-e/ outC %hen han/s were lai/ on the young ,ou(le4 they re,eive/ the ba(tism in the Holy '(irit an/ began to s(eain tongues. *ears later I tal-e/ with them an/ she was still heale/. How /i/ she get faith< From hearing the %or/C
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;ow faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. BHebrews 1131 In Hebrews 1131 .o/ tells us what Bible faith is. "of1 fatt7s translation of this verse rea/s4 5Now faith means that we are ,onfi/ent of what we ho(e for4 ,onvin,e/ of what we /o not see.5 8nother translation says4 5Faith is giving substan,e to things ho(e/ for.5 'till another translation rea/s4 5Faith is the warranty /ee/4 the thing for whi,h we have finally ho(e/ is at last ours.5 !here are a number of -in/s of faith. Everyone4 save/ or unsave/4 has a natural4 human faith. But here .o/ is tal-ing about a s,ri(tural faith. He is tal-ing about a Bible faith. He is tal-ing about believing with your heart. 8n/ there is a vast /ifferen,e between believing with your heart an/ 6ust believing what your (hysi,al senses tell youC "aith is grasping the unrealities of hope and bringing them into the realm of reality. For eJam(le4 you ho(e for finan,es to meet the obligations that you have to (ay. Faith gives the assuran,e that you will have the money when you nee/ it. 5Faith is the evi/en,e of things not seen.5 *ou ho(e for (hysi,al strength to /o the wor- that you must /o. Faith says4 !/he .ord is the strength of my life$ of whom shall 4 be afraid! :9s. 2#31;. Faith will say about itself everything that the %or/ says4 for faith in God is simply faith in ,is )ord. In being raise/ from the be/ of si,-ness many years ago4 I learne/ what faith is. 8fter getting heale/4 I nee/e/
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wor-4 an/ sin,e it was /uring the Fe(ression4 wor- was not easy to fin/. However4 I was able to get a 6ob in a nursery hel(ing to (ull u( (ea,h trees. %ith another boy on the other si/e of the tree4 we woul/ (ull u( two1year1ol/ trees to fill or/ers that ha/ ,ome in. I want you to -now that was wor-Bes(e,ially for someone who ha/ been be/fast for 1) months an/ at this time ha/ been u( only a few months. Ea,h morning before sunu( we woul/ meet4 an/ every /ay some of the boys woul/ say4 5%ell4 I /i/n7t thin- you7/ ma-e it to/ay. *ou -now4 two or three Iuit yester/ay.5 Now I /i/n7t believe in going aroun/ trying to (ush something off on someone4 but I /i/ believe in witnessing for .o/. 8n/ when they woul/ say these things4 it woul/ give me the o((ortunity to witness. 5If it weren7t for the =or/ I woul/n7t be here45 I woul/ answer4 5for you see4 His strength is my strength. !he Bible says4 </he .ord is the strength of my life.7 "y life ,onsists of the (hysi,al as well as the s(iritual4 an/ the =or/ is the strength of my life.5 It woul/ ma-e some of the boys angry when I woul/ say that. But I woul/ smile an/ say4 59raise the =or/4 I7ll be here tomorrow an/ every other /ay4 be,ause the =or/ is my strength.5 Now4 if I ha/ gone by my feelings I woul/ never have gotten out of be/C I was never so wea- in my life. I felt as if I ,oul/n7t /o it. But I staye/ with it. I a,te/ u(on the %or/ be,ause I -new what faith was. I woul/ say to the Father4 to Aesus4 to the Holy '(irit4 to the /evil4 to myself4 an/ to the other boys if they as-e/ me4 5!he =or/ is my strength.5 But I never a,tually got any hel( until I starte/ to wor-.
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"any (eo(le want to get something an/ then believe they7ve got it. But you have to believe you have something an/ then you receive it. %hen we began to wor- ea,h morning I woul/n7t have any strength4 but when we starte/ on the first tree :or sometimes the se,on/; I woul/ feel something hit me in the to( of my hea/. It woul/ go through my bo/y4 out the en/s of my fingers4 an/ out the en/s of my toes. !hen I woul/ wor- all /ay long li-e a !ro6an. +ne 2&21(oun/ fellow sai/4 5I7ll tell you4 when this ol/ 2&2 (oun/s is gone4 there won7t be a man left in the fiel/.5 8n/ I sai/4 5%hy4 8lton4 .o/ weighs more than 2&2 (oun/s. %hen you fall out an/ Iuit4 I7ll still be here.5 !hat rile/ him4 but at o7,lo,- that afternoon he fell out an/ I was the only man left. In the natural I was the wea-est an/ the s-inniest4 but I was the only man left of the original ,rew. I ha/ (rove/ .o/7s %or/. *ou may say that you -now .o/7s %or/ is goo/4 but you never will really -now until you have acted on it an/ have rea(e/ the results. 8n/ this is what I am trying to tell you that faith is. "aith is giving substance to the things hoped for. I a,te/ on .o/7s %or/E I went to wor-. I ho(e/ for the (hysi,al strength to /o the wor-4 but it was my faith that gave substan,e to what I ha/ ho(e/ for. Faith says4 5.o/ is the strength of my life.5 8s I a,te/ on .o/7s %or/4 faith gave substan,e to that for whi,h I ha/ ho(e/. 8 lot of (eo(le 6ust ho(eBan/ sto( there. 8n/ that won7t wor-. "aith is the substance of things ho(e/ for. If you say4 5%ell4 I hope .o/ hear/ my (rayer45 an/ that7s all you /o4 He /i/n7t4 an/ there won7t be any answer. But your
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faith ,an an/ will give substan,e to the answer to that (rayer. >emember this3 Ho(e says4 5I will have it sometime.5 Faith says4 5I have it now.! Aohn %esley sai/4 5!he /evil has given to the Chur,h a substitute for faith whi,h loo-s an/ soun/s so mu,h li-e faith some (eo(le ,an7t tell the /ifferen,e.5 He ,alle/ it 5mental assent.5 "any (eo(le see what .o/7s %or/ says an/ a,-nowle/ge that it is trueBbut it is only with their min/s that they are agreeing. 8n/ that will not get the 6ob /one. It is heart faith that re,eives from .o/. Noti,e what the Bible says4 !"or with the heart man believeth....5 :>om. 12312;. Aesus sai/ in "ar- 1132 4 5...whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea$ and shall not doubt in his heart ?this /oesn7t say a wor/ about the hea/@4 but shall believe ?that is4 with the heart@ that those things which he saith shall come to pass$ he shall have whatsoever he saith.5 *ou may as-4 5How ,an I tell whether I have heart faith or whether I am 6ust agreeing with my hea/<5 If it is merely mental agreement or mental assent it says4 5I -now .o/7s %or/ is true. I -now .o/ (romises me healing or the Holy '(irit4 but for some reason I ,an7t get it. 8n/ I ,an7t un/erstan/ it.5 >eal faith in .o/7s %or/ says4 5If .o/7s %or/ says it is so4 then it is so. It is mine. I have it now.! >eal faith also says4 5I have it when I ,an7t see it.5 +ur teJt /e,lares that faith is !the evidence of things not seen.5 +ne who has not (raye/ in real heart faith might say4 5I /on7t see the thing about whi,h I have been (raying4
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so it hasn7t ,ome to (ass.5 If the thing ha/ ,ome to (assBif you ha/ itByou woul/n7t have to believe itE you woul/ know it. *ou must ta-e the ste( of believing to ,ome to the (la,e of knowing. "any want to -now it first an/ then believe it. !hat is4 they want to -now it from the stan/(oint of its having ,ome to (ass. But we -now it from the stan/(oint that .o/7s %or/ says it is soBthen it materialiDes. Noti,e what Aesus says in "ar- 1132$4 !)hat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, B'.4'V' that ye receive them, and ye shall ,*V' them. 5 Now noti,e that the having ,omes after the believing. "ost (eo(le want to turn that aroun/. In ,ommon4 every/ay terms Aesus sai/4 5*ou have to believe you7ve got it before you get it.5 I never have been able to re,eive healing for my bo/y without believing first that I ha/ it4 even while every sym(tom in my bo/y was ,rying out4 5*ou /on7t have healing.5 I woul/ sim(ly say to my flesh4 5!he Bible says4 <let God be true, but every man a liar....7 'o if you say I am not heale/4 you are a liar. .o/7s %or/ says that I am heale/.5 %hen I a,t li-e that4 results are forth,oming one hun/re/ times out of one hun/re/. Conversely4 if a (erson sits aroun/ an/ groans4 sighs4 gri(es4 an/ ,om(lains4 waiting for something to ha((enB waiting until he ,an /ete,t that every sym(tom is gone an/ all the flesh ,orres(on/s with his faith before he starts believing .o/Bhe is out of or/er4 an/ he will never get very far. !homas sai/4 5I will not believe until I ,an see Him an/ (ut my finger in the (rint in His han/s4 an/ thrust my han/
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into the woun/ in His si/e.5 !hen when Aesus a((eare/4 !homas sai/4 5"y .ord and my God! :Aohn 22320;. Aesus sai/ to !homas4 5Be,ause you have seen4 you have believe/.5 In other wor/s4 !homas wasn7t believing in the same way you an/ I believe in Aesus7 resurre,tion. He believe/ be,ause he saw Him with his (hysi,al eye. %e believe it be,ause the %or/ of .o/ says it is so. 'ome (eo(le miss it without realiDing it. !hey say4 5%ell4 I believe in /ivine healing be,ause I saw 'o1an/1so heale/.5 !hat7s not the reason I believe in /ivine healing. I believe it be,ause the %or/ of .o/ says it. =i-ewise4 I /on7t believe in s(ea-ing in tongues be,ause some (eo(le believe in it an/ s(ea- with tongues. I believe what the Bible saysE not what I see an/ hear. 2y faith is not in what 4 see and hear. "y faith is in what .o/ says. %hen we get our faith to that (oint4 we are right an/ in or/er4 an/ that brings results. !homas sai/4 in effe,t4 5I will not believe until I see.5 8n/ Aesus sai/4 5!homas4 thou hast believe/ be,ause thou hast seenE blesse/ are they who have not seen4 yet /o believe.5 !hose are the ones who are blesse/C Com(are now !homas7 faith with the faith of 8braham3
ROMANS ":17 :1 17 ;A% it i% written, < ha(e made thee 2Abraham4 a father of many nation%,= before him whom he be,ie(ed, e(en God, who >$ic6eneth the dead, and ca,,eth tho%e thing% which be not a% tho$gh they were. 18 ?ho again%t ho)e be,ie(ed in ho)e, that he might become the father of many nation%, according to that which wa% %)o6en, So %ha,, thy %eed be. 1+ And being not wea6 in faith, he con%idered not hi% own body now dead, when he wa% abo$t an h$ndred year% o,d, neither yet the deadne%% of Sarah5% womb:
Now Faith Is :0 0e %taggered not at the )romi%e of God thro$gh $nbe,ief* b$t wa% %trong in faith, gi(ing g,ory to God* :1 And being f$,,y )er%$aded that, what he had )romi%ed, he wa% ab,e a,%o to )erform.
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mas7 faith an/ 8braham7s faith. !homas ha/ only a natural4 human faith whi,h sai/4 5I7m not going to believe unless I ,an see an/ feel.5 8braham4 however4 believe/ .o/7s %or/4 ,onsi/ering not his own bo/y. If he /i/n7t ,onsi/er his own bo/y4 he /i/n7t ,onsi/er (hysi,al sight or (hysi,al feelings. !hen what /i/ he ,onsi/er< /he )ord of God= 8 number of years ago after I was heale/ of heart trouble4 I was struggling along some of the same lines many (eo(le /o. 8larming heart sym(toms seeme/ to return to me. In the night I woul/ have some terrible struggles4 an/ although I ha/ been (raying an/ stan/ing on the (romises4 I ,oul/n7t get off to slee(. I sai/4 5=or/4 I have to have some relief.5 8n/ then He tol/ me4 5Consi/er not thine own bo/y.5 'o I 6ust relaJe/ an/ sai/4 5!han- *ou45 an/ too- my min/ off my bo/y an/ /rifte/ off to slee(. I awo-e again an/ ha/ some of the same sym(toms. I sai/4 5=or/4 if I7m not ,onsi/ering my own bo/y4 what am I su((ose/ to ,onsi/er<5 He sai/4 5Consi/er Him who is the 8uthor an/ Finisher of your faith4 your High 9riest.5 He tol/ me what not to ,onsi/er an/ then what to ,onsi/er. Imme/iately4 I got my min/ on Him4 an/ I began to ,onsi/er what He ha/ /one for us. I ,onsi/ere/ that !,imself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses! :"att. 031#;. 8s I ,onsi/ere/ not my own bo/y4 but got my min/ an/ attention on Him4 I /rifte/ off to slee( an/ every sym(tom left.
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!oo often we fo,us our attention on the wrong thing. %e ,onsi/er the bo/y an/ the sym(toms when it ,omes to healing. !hat7s what we thin- about an/ loo- at4 an/ the more we loo- at it4 the worse we get. 'ome will even say4 5%ell4 .o/ hasn7t hear/ my (rayer yet. I7m getting worse. I guess I7ll win/ u( being o(erate/ on.5 8n/ they willC In one ,hur,h where I hel/ meetings4 there was a woman who testifie/ every time she ,oul/. 8n/ at the en/ of every testimony she woul/ say4 5*ou all (ray for me. I believe I7ve got ,an,er.5 Finally4 the (astor got tire/ of it an/ when she got through he stoo/ an/ sai/4 5!hat7s right4 'ister. Kee( believing it an/ you will get it4 for Aesus sai/4 78,,or/ing to your faith be it unto you.75 'ome (eo(le say4 5Brother Hagin4 (ray for me. I believe I am ta-ing a ,ol/.5 It woul/n7t /o any goo/ for me to (ray4 be,ause if they believe they are ta-ing it4 they will ta-e it. 58,,or/ing to your faith be it unto you.5 If you -ee( believing for it4 you will get it. Fo not ,onsi/er an/ see the wrong thing. 'ome (eo(le only get a (art of what I am saying. !hey thin- I am tea,hing li-e Christian ',ien,e an/ saying to /eny all sym(toms an/ 6ust go on as if they weren7t even there. But there is as mu,h /ifferen,e in what I am tea,hing an/ what Christian ',ien,e tea,hes as there is between /aylight an/ /ar-. 8s one /o,tor sai/4 5!his is not Christian ',ien,eE this is Christian sense.5 %e /o not /eny these things4 be,ause they are real. Certainly (ain is real. 'in is real. 8n/ the /evil is real. But noti,e what .o/7s %or/ sai/4 58braham ,onsi/ere/ not his own bo/y.5 'o /on7t ,onsi/er your bo/y4 but /o ,onsi/er Aesus4 our High 9riest4 the 8uthor an/ Finisher of our faith.
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Fo,us your attention on what He has /one for you an/ on what He is /oing for you be,ause He is our High 9riest. He is /oing something for you right now. He is u( there by the throne of .o/ ma-ing inter,ession for you.
0@#R@?S ":1" 1" Seeing then that we ha(e a great high )rie%t, that i% )a%%ed into the hea(en%, .e%$% the Son of God, ,et $% ho,d fa%t o$r )rofe%%ion 2confe%%ion4.
I want you to noti,e this3 !#eeing then that we have a great high priest....5 +r4 if you li-e4 5!his is the reason we must hol/ fast to our ,onfession be,ause we have su,h a great high (riest.5 In loo-ing u( the .ree- wor/ for 5,onfession45 I foun/ out that it says4 5=et us hol/ fast to saying the same things.5 Aesus is u( there re(resenting us at the throne of .o/4 an/ He is saying4 5I too- their (la,e. I /ie/ for them as their 'ubstitute.5 He /i/n7t /ie for Himself. He /i/n7t nee/ to re/eem HimselfBHe wasn7t lost. He /ie/ for us. He be,ame my 'ubstitute. He too- my sins. He bore my si,-ness. He ,arrie/ my /iseases. He /ie/ for me. He arose from the /ea/ for me. He as,en/e/ on high for me4 an/ He is u( there right now saying4 5I /i/ that for him.5 8n/ we are to hol/ fast to saying the same thing /own here. !hat is what (uts the /evil on the run. Fo,us your attention on the right things rather than on yourself.
3ROA@R#S "::0 :: :0 My %on, attend to my word%* inc,ine thine ear $nto my %aying%. :1 -et them 2my word%4 not de)art from thine eye%* 6ee) them in the mid%t of thine heart. :: /or they 2my word%4 are ,ife $nto tho%e that find them, and hea,th to a,, their f,e%h.
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"any (eo(le fail because they see themselves fail. * turning (oint ,ame in my life when I first saw this ',ri(ture. Kntil that time I ha/ always seen myself /ea/. I ,oul/ (i,ture every /etail about it. But after I rea/ this ',ri(ture4 I ,oul/ see myself well. I began to see myself alive. 8n/ I began to see myself /oing things I ha/ never /one be,ause of my heart ,on/ition. I -new .o/ ha/ ,alle/ me to (rea,h4 an/ I ,oul/ see myself (rea,hing. I began to get rea/y for it. I as-e/ for a tablet an/ (en,il an/ I got my Bible an/ began to (re(are sermons. !hey weren7t (rea,hableBonly one was ever (rea,he/Bbut I was getting rea/y. 2any people fail because they get ready to fail. Noti,e what He says3 !.et them ?my wor/s@ not depart from thine eyes.5 Now thin- for a moment. Fon7t you -now that if .o/7s %or/ says in "atthew 031# that Aesus tooyour infirmities4 an/ bare your /iseases4 an/ if you /o not let that %or/ /e(art from before your eyes4 you are boun/ to see yourself without si,-ness an/ without /isease< *ou will see yourself wellC If you /o not see yourself without si,-ness an/ /isease an/ if you /o not see yourself well4 then that %or/ has /e(arte/ from before your eyes. 8n/ even though He wants to ma-e His %or/ goo/ in your life4 He cannot, be,ause you are not a,ting on His %or/C It is /iffi,ult for me to follow the reasoning of some (eo(le that .o/ is going to /o something for them without their /oing what the %or/ says. He is notC .o/ ,annotC Even though He wants to4 He ,annot. *ou see4 if He /i/4 He woul/ be violating His %or/ an/ ma-ing Himself to be a liar4 an/ the Bible says .o/ ,annot lie. >ight here in 9roverbs .o/ tells us that His %or/ is
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me/i,ine to us. In the 22n/ verse He says4 !"or they ?my wor/s@ are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.5 !he Hebrew wor/ translate/ 5health5 is also the wor/ for 5me/i,ine.5 In other wor/s4 5"y %or/s are medicine to all their flesh.5 But in or/er for me/i,ine to be effe,tive4 it must be ta-en a,,or/ing to /ire,tions. 8n/ the first two verses :verses 22 an/ 21; give you the /ire,tions for ta-ing the me/i,ineC Foes .o/ have any me/i,ine< *es4 than- .o/4 He /oes. His %or/s are life unto those who fin/ them an/ me/i,ine to all their flesh. However4 that me/i,ine must be ta-en a,,or/ing to /ire,tions4 an/ one of the /ire,tions is4 !.et them ?my wor/s@ not depart from thine eyes.5 Kee( loo-ing at what the %or/ saysC If .o/7s %or/ says He hear/ an/ answere/ your (rayer4 an/ if that %or/ /oes not /e(art from before your eyes4 then you are going to see yourself with what you (raye/ forC "any are /efeate/ in their (rayer lives be,ause they /o not see themselves with the answer. !hey 6ust see everything getting worse. !hey loo- at the wrong things4 so they wal- in unbelief an/ /estroy the effe,ts of their (raying. .et your min/ on the answer. Constantly affirm4 even in the fa,e of ,ontra/i,tory evi/en,e4 that .o/ has hear/ your (rayer be,ause the %or/ says so. It is when you /o not let His %or/s /e(art from before your eyes that you will get results. !his all agrees with what Aesus says in "ar- 1132$4 5... )hat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
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receive them, and ye shall have them.5 *ou must believe it before you re,eive it. 'ome say4 5I7m not going to believe anything I ,an7t see45 when even in the (hysi,al4 or the natural4 we believe many things we ,an7t see. !he entire worl/ be,ame ,on,erne/ about something they ,oul/n7t see when bombs were being eJ(lo/e/ whi,h release/ ra/ioa,tive material into the atmos(here. %e ,an7t see it an/ we ,an7t feel itBbut it is a /estru,tive (ower. ',ientists believe in many things they ,an7t see. 8n/ then some thin- it is (re(osterous for .o/ to ,all u(on us to believe in the unseenC Aust as (eo(le be,ame alarme/ about the unseen ra/ioa,tivity in this worl/ an/ believe/ it even though they ,oul/ not see it or feel it4 I believe what the %or/ of .o/ says about the Holy '(iritBthe unseen (ower of .o/B whether or not I feel it or see it. 'ome of the greatest healings whi,h have ta-en (la,e in our meetings were when I /i/n7t feel a thing. 'ome of the most marvelous things have ha((ene/ when the servi,e seeme/ /ea/. Feeling has nothing to /o with it. .o/ is (resent. His (ower is (resent. I do not base my faith on what 4 feel. I base it on what .o/ sai/. 8n/ He sai/4 5I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.5 >emember that He sai/ in Hebrews 1 3&4)4 5...for he hath said, 4 will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. #o that we may boldly say, /he .ord is my helper, and 4 will not fear what man shall do unto me.5 Is that what you are saying< 8re you bol/ly saying4 !/he .ord is my helper!? It is what you shoul/ be sayingC But some (eo(le are saying4 5%ell4 the =or/7s forsa-en
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meE (ray for me. I 6ust /on7t feel li-e I on,e /i/.5 *our feelings have nothing whatsoever to /o with this. !he =or/ has sai/ He woul/ never forsa-e youC 8n/ some say4 5%ell4 I /on7t -now whether I ,an ma-e it or not. I ho(e I ,an. *ou all (ray for me that I7ll hol/ out faithful to the en/.5 !hat is not what He tol/ us to bol/ly sayC "any are bol/ly saying4 5I7m whi((e/. I7m /efeate/. !he /evil7s got me boun/.5 But nowhere in the Bible are we tol/ to bol/ly say thatC He sai/4 5I will never leave you4 nor forsa-e you4 so that you may bol/ly say4 7!he =or/ is my hel(er.7 5 Now Iuit saying the wrong thing an/ start saying the right thing. 'ay4 5!he =or/ is my hel(er.5 Is He< 'ay4 5!he =or/ is my healer.5 Is He< 'ay4 5He too- my infirmities an/ bare my si,-nesses.5 Fi/n7t He< Kee( tal-ing about the right thing. Believe the right thing. It is sim(ly wrong thin-ing4 wrong believing4 an/ wrong tal-ing whi,h /efeats (eo(le. *ou see4 the /evil ,an7t /efeat you. Aesus has alrea/y /efeate/ the /evil for you. 'atan /oesn7t /efeat youE you /efeat yourselfC :+r4 if 'atan /oes4 it is be,ause you (ermit him to /o so. It is a ,onsent of ignoran,e.; .o/ has given us His %or/ to get our thin-ing straightene/ out so that our believing will be right. If our thin-ing is right an/ our believing is right4 then our tal-ing will be right. !he =or/ is my hel(er. !he =or/ is my strength. >eal faith in the %or/ says4 5If .o/ says it is soBthen it is so.
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If He says4 7By His stri(es ye were heale/7Bthen I am heale/. If He says4 7.o/ shall su((ly my every nee/7Bthen He /oes. If .o/ says4 7He is the strength of my life7Bthen He is.5 In other wor/s4 real faith in God simply says about one<s self what the )ord says. !han- .o/4 I have what the %or/ says I haveC I am what the %or/ says I amC If He says I am strongBI amC If He says I am heale/BI amC If He says He ,ares for meB He /oesC 'o I sim(ly4 Iuietly4 rest on the %or/. For the %or/ says4 !"or we which have believed do enter into rest....5 :Heb. $3 ;. I believe an/ therefore I Iuietly rest on the %or/ regar/less of evi/en,e that woul/ satisfy the (hysi,al or the natural. 0eal faith is built on the )ord. "e/itate on the %or/. Fig /ee(ly into it. Fee/ u(on it. !hen the %or/ will be,ome (art of you4 6ust as natural foo/ be,omes a (art of your (hysi,al bo/y when you eat. %hat natural foo/ is to the (hysi,al man4 the %or/ of .o/ is to the s(iritual man. !he %or/ will buil/ into youB the real you4 the inwar/ manB,onfi/en,e an/ assuran,e. Faith ,omes by hearing4 an/ hearing by the %or/ of .o/.
Chapter 3
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The Heart of Man
"or with the heart man believeth unto righteousness$ and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. B>omans 12312 "or verily 4 say unto you, /hat whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea$ and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass$ he shall have whatsoever he saith. "ar- 1132 Both of the (re,e/ing verses s(ea- of believing with the heart. Noti,e the eJ(ressions4 !"or with the heart man believeth! an/ !shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe.5 For years I eagerly sear,he/ for a satisfa,tory eJ(lanation of what it means to believe 5with the heart.5 *ou must un/erstan/4 of ,ourse4 that the wor/ 5heart5 as use/ in these ',ri(tures /oes not refer to the (hysi,al organ whi,h (um(s bloo/ through the bo/y an/ -ee(s us alive. !he wor/ 5heart5 here ,annot refer to that human (hysi,al organ4 for if it /i/4 these verses woul/ in/i,ate that you ,oul/ believe with your body. 8n/ you ,oul/ no more believe .o/ with your (hysi,al heart than you ,oul/ believe Him with your (hysi,al han/ or finger. !he wor/ 5heart5 is use/ here to ,onvey a thought. Consi/er how we use 5heart5 to/ay. %hen we tal- about the heart of a tree4 what /o we mean< %e mean the ,enter4
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the very ,ore. %hen we tal- about the heart of a sub6e,t4 what /o we mean< %e mean the most im(ortant (art of that sub6e,t4 the ,enter of it4 the main (art aroun/ whi,h the rest revolves. 8n/ when .o/ s(ea-s of the human heart4 He is s(ea-ing about the main (art of manE the very ,enter of man7s beingBthe s(irit.
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1 '0@SSA-ON<ANS 7::! :! And the (ery God of )eace %anctify yo$ who,,y* and < )ray God yo$r who,e %)irit and %o$, and body be )re%er(ed b,ame,e%% $nto the coming of o$r -ord .e%$% 1hri%t.
!he terms 5s(irit of man5 an/ 5heart of man5 are use/ inter,hangeably throughout the Bible. %e -now that man is a s(irit be,ause he is ma/e in the image an/ li-eness of .o/4 an/ Aesus sai/4 !God is a #pirit! :Aohn $32$;. It is not in our (hysi,al bo/ies that we are li-e .o/4 for the Bible says that .o/ is not a man. 9aul sai/ in his letter to the >omans4 !"or he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly$ neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly$ and circumcision is that -" /,' ,'*0/, 4; /,' #+404/, and not in the letter$ whose praise is not of men, but of God! :>om. 2320429;. 8,,or/ing to this verse4 the heart is the s(irit. '(ea-ing to Ni,o/emus4 Aesus sai/4 !9e must be born again! :Aohn 3#;. Ni,o/emus4 being human4 or natural4 ,oul/ thin- only in the natural4 an/ therefore he as-e/4 !,ow can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his
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mother<s womb, and be born?! :v. $;. Aesus re(lie/4 !/hat which is born of the flesh is flesh$ and that which is born of the #pirit is spirit! :v. );. /he ;ew Birth is a rebirth of the human spirit. Aesus tol/ the woman at the well in 'amaria4 !God is a #pirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth! :Aohn $32$;. %e ,annot ,onta,t .o/ with our body or with our mind. %e ,an ,onta,t .o/ only with our spirit. !he s(irit is not the min/. First Corinthians 1$31$ says4 !"or if 4 pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding ?min/@ is unfruitful.5 'ome (eo(le mista-enly thin- that the min/ is the s(irit. However4 as this verse in/i,ates4 we -now that when we s(eain tongues4 this /oes not ,ome from our min/4 or out of our own human thin-ing4 but from our s(irit4 from our innermost being4 from the Holy '(irit within our s(irit. 9aul went on to say4 !)hat is it then? 4 will pray with the spirit, and 4 will pray with the understanding also....5 :v. 1&;. !he following beautiful (assage s(ea-s of !the spirits of @ust men made perfect.5
0@#R@?S 1::18 :" 18 /or ye are not come $nto the mo$nt that might be to$ched, and that b$rned with fire, nor $nto b,ac6ne%%, and dar6ne%%, and tem)e%t, 1+ And the %o$nd of a tr$m)et, and the (oice of word%* which (oice they that heard intreated that the word %ho$,d not be %)o6en to them any more: :0 ;/or they co$,d not end$re that which wa% commanded, And if %o m$ch a% a bea%t to$ch the mo$ntain, it %ha,, be %toned, or thr$%t thro$gh with a dart:
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'(ceedingly Growing "aith :1 And %o terrib,e wa% the %ight, that Mo%e% %aid, < eBceeding,y fear and >$a6e:= :: #$t ye are come $nto mo$nt Sion, and $nto the city of the ,i(ing God, the hea(en,y .er$%a,em, and to an inn$merab,e com)any of ange,%, :! 'o the genera, a%%emb,y and ch$rch of the fir%t born, which are written in hea(en, and to God the .$dge of a,,, and to the %)irit% of 9$%t men made )erfect, :" And to .e%$% the mediator of the new co(enant, and to the b,ood of %)rin6,ing....
8s we loo- into .o/7s %or/ I want you to be,ome ,ons,ious of this fa,t3 9ou are a spirit$ you have a soul$ and you live in a body.
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: 1OR<N'0<ANS ":18 18 /or which ca$%e we faint not* b$t tho$gh o$r o$tward man )eri%h, yet the inward man i% renewed day by day.
!here is an inwar/ man an/ an outwar/ man. !he outwar/ man is the bo/y. !he inwar/ man is the s(irit B an/ the s(irit has a soul.
1 1OR<N'0<ANS +::7 :7 #$t < 6ee) $nder my body, and bring it into %$b9ection: ,e%t that by any mean%, when < ha(e )reached to other%, < my%e,f %ho$,d be a ca%taway.
Now noti,e something here. If the bo/y were the real man4 9aul woul/ have sai/4 5I -ee( myself un/erE I bring myself into sub6e,tion.5 But 9aul refers to his bo/y as 5it.5 5I5 is the man on the insi/e4 the inwar/ man who has been reborn. 8n/ 9aul sai/ in effe,t4 !4 /o
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body. 4 bring it into sub6e,tion.5 *ou see4 the outwar/ man whi,h we loo- at is not the real man4 but only the house the real man lives in. %e ,an now more easily un/erstan/ 9aul7s writings to the saints at >ome3
ROMANS 1::1,: 1 < be%eech yo$ therefore, brethren, by the mercie% of God, that ye )re%ent yo$r bodie% a ,i(ing %acrifice, ho,y, acce)tab,e $nto God, which i% yo$r rea%onab,e %er(ice. : And be not conformed to thi% wor,d: b$t be ye tran%formed by the renewing of yo$r mind, that ye may )ro(e what i% that good, and acce)tab,e, and )erfect, wi,, of God.
I ha/ (rea,he/ for more than 22 years before I saw something in this ',ri(ture whi,h astoun/e/ me. 9aul is not writing this to unbelievers4 but to Christians. !he letter was a//resse/4 !/o all that be in 0ome, beloved of God, called to be saints....5 :>om. 13#;. He is writing to men an/ women who have been born again an/ fille/ with the Holy '(irit4 yet he says to them4 5*ou nee/ to /o something with your bo/ies an/ your min/s.5 It ,ame as a sho,- to me when I saw that here were (eo(le who were save/ an/ fille/ with the Holy '(irit4 yet their bo/ies an/ min/s ha/ not been affe,te/. !he New Birth is not a rebirth of the human bo/y4 but a rebirth of the human s(irit. 8n/ the infilling of the Holy '(irit is not a (hysi,al eJ(erien,e4 but a s(iritual eJ(erien,e. 8,,or/ing to these verses of ',ri(ture4 we have to /o something with our bo/ies. )e have to (resent them to .o/ a living sa,rifi,e. 8n/ we have to /o something with
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our min/s. )e have to get them renewe/ with the %or/. !his is something that we /o4 not something .o/ /oes. .o/ gives eternal life. He offers us His '(irit. But .o/ /oesn7t /o anything with our bo/ies. If anything is /one with your bo/y4 you will have to /o it. !he %or/ says for you to (resent your bo/y unto .o/. Nobo/y else ,an /o it for you. !he %or/ says that you are to be 5transforme/ by the renewing of your min/.5 8n/ your min/ is renewe/ through the %or/ of .o/. "an is a s(irit. He is in the same ,lass with .o/B ma/e in the image an/ li-eness of .o/. 'ome woul/ have you believe that man is 6ust an animal. If that were true4 it woul/ be no more wrong to -ill a man an/ eat him than it woul/ be to -ill a ,ow an/ eat it. "an has a (hysi,al bo/y in whi,h he now lives4 but he is not an animal. He is mu,h more than 6ust min/ an/ bo/y. He is s(irit4 soul4 an/ bo/y. He is a s(iritE he has a soulE he lives in a bo/y. 4t is the fact that man is a spirit that makes him different from animals. 'ome false ,ults bring out that in .enesis4 in the Hebrew language4 the %or/ of .o/ s(ea-s of the souls of animals. !hey say that sin,e animals have souls as we /o4 then when we /ie we are /ea/ as a /og is /ea/. 8n/ they inter(ret all ',ri(ture from the natural view. 8n/ it is true that animals have soulsBbut they are not s(iritsC In Christen/om we have not /efine/ these terms as we shoul/ have. !here is nothing in animals whi,h is li-e .o/. God took something of ,imself and put it into man. He ma/e the bo/y of man out of the /ust of the earthE but He
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breathe/ into man7s nostrils the breath of life. !he wor/ translate/ 5breath5 in the (assage ,on,erning man7s ,reation4 is the Hebrew wor/ ruach. 0uach means 5breath5 or 5s(irit45 an/ it is translate/ 5Holy '(irit5 many times in the +l/ !estament. .o/ is spirit, so He toosomething of Himself4 whi,h is spirit, an/ (ut it into man. %hen He /i/4 man be,ame a living soul. He wasn7t alive until then. But he be,ame a living soulBhe be,ame ,ons,ious of himself. 8nimals have souls4 for the soul (ossesses intelle,tual an/ emotional Iualities4 an/ animals have these. However4 in animals4 it is all (hysi,al4 an/ when the (hysi,al is /ea/4 all is gone. "an7s soulBhis intelle,tual an/ emotional IualitiesBis not base/ u(on the (hysi,al4 but u(on the s(irit. 8n/ when the bo/y is /ea/4 the s(irit with its soul still eJists.
-CD@ 18:1+ !1 1+ 'here wa% a certain rich man, which wa% c,othed in )$r),e and fine ,inen, and fared %$m)t$o$%,y e(ery day: :0 And there wa% a certain beggar named -aEar$%, which wa% ,aid at hi% gate, f$,, of %ore%, :1 And de%iring to be fed with the cr$mb% which fe,, from the rich man5% tab,e: moreo(er the dog% came and ,ic6ed hi% %ore%. :: And it came to )a%%, that the beggar died, and wa% carried by the ange,% into Abraham5% bo%om: the rich man a,%o died, and wa% b$ried* :! And in he,, he ,ift $) hi% eye%, being in torment%, and %eeth Abraham afar off, and -aEar$% in hi% bo%om. :" And he cried and %aid, /ather Abraham, ha(e mercy on me, and %end -aEar$%, that he may di) the ti) of hi% finger in water, and coo, my tong$e* for < am
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'(ceedingly Growing "aith tormented in thi% f,ame. :7 #$t Abraham %aid, Son, remember that tho$ in thy ,ifetime recei(ed%t thy good thing%, and ,i6ewi%e -aEar$% e(i, thing%: b$t now he i% comforted, and tho$ art tormented. :8 And be%ide a,, thi%, between $% and yo$ there i% a great g$,f fiBed: %o that they which wo$,d )a%% from hence to yo$ cannot* neither can they )a%% to $%, that wo$,d come from thence. :7 'hen he %aid, < )ray thee therefore, father, that tho$ wo$,de%t %end him to my father5% ho$%e: :8 /or < ha(e fi(e brethren* that he may te%tify $nto them, ,e%t they a,%o come into thi% ),ace of torment. :+ Abraham %aith $nto him, 'hey ha(e Mo%e% and the )ro)het%* ,et them hear them. !0 And he %aid, Nay, father Abraham: b$t if one went $nto them from the dead, they wi,, re)ent. !1 And he %aid $nto him, <f they hear not Mo%e% and the )ro)het%, neither wi,, they be )er%$aded, tho$gh one ro%e from the dead.
In this (assage4 we have a very vivi/ illustration of man7s three (arts3 s(irit4 soul4 an/ bo/y. Noti,e that verse 22 says4 !the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into *braham<s bosom.5 %ho was ,arrie/ away< !he beggarBnot his bo/yBwas ,arrie/ away. His s(irit is the real (erson. His bo/y was (ut into the grave4 but he was in 8braham7s bosom. !he ri,h man also /ie/. His bo/y was (ut into the grave4 but !in hell ,' lift up his eyes. 5 8n/4 although 8braham7s bo/y ha/ been in the grave for many years4 the ri,h man saw him. 8lso4 the ri,h man re,ogniDe/ =aDarus. !herefore4 in the spirit realm, man 7s appearance is similar to his appearance in this life. *ou ,an re,ogniDe him. *ou ,an
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-now who he is. %hen the ri,h man ,rie/ out to 8braham4 8braham sai/ to him4 5'on4 remember....5 "an is a s(irit an/ he has a soul. %e see in this ',ri(ture that his soul is still inta,t. He ,an still remember. He still has emotion. He is ,on,erne/ about his five brothers.
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I always have been intereste/ in this realm be,ause4 as I have (rea,he/ many times4 I went to hell. It was on 8(ril 224 19 4 'atur/ay night at #3 24 in the south be/room of $2& North College 'treet in the ,ity of ",Kin1ney4 !eJas. Aust as .ran/(a7s ol/ ,lo,- on the mantel(ie,e stru,- #3 24 my heart sto((e/ within my bosom an/ I felt the ,ir,ulation ,ut off /own at the en/ of my toes an/ all the way u( to my heart. !hen I ha/ the sensation of lea(ing out of my bo/y. I -new I was out of my bo/y4 yet I was no less man than when I was in my bo/y. I began to /es,en/. Fown4 /own4 /own I went4 as if I were going /own into a (it or well. I loo-e/ u( an/ I ,oul/ see the lights of earth far above me. !he farther /own I went4 the /ar-er it be,ame. Finally4 /ar-ness en,om(asse/ meE /ar-ness /ar-er than any night man has ever seenE /ar-ness so /ense it seeme/ that with a -nife a (ie,e ,oul/ be ,ut out of it. 8n/ the farther /own I went4 the hotter it be,ame. It was stifling. "y min/4 my soul4 was inta,t. I thought of life4 an/ my entire (ast ,ame u( before me. 'till /es,en/ing4 I saw /own before me fingers of light (laying on the wall of /ar-ness. I saw out in front of me a
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giant orange flame with a white ,rest. !hen I ,ame to the gate4 the entran,e4 or the (ortals of hell itself. 8 ,reature of some -in/ met me when I rea,he/ the bottom of the (it. Even though I -new he was by my si/e4 I /i/n7t loo- at him. "y gaDe was rivete/ on hell. Furing the /es,ent4 I ha/ inten/e/ to (ut u( a fight4 if I ,oul/4 to -ee( from going in. 8t the entran,e I (ause/ momentarily4 although never ,oming to a ,om(lete sto(. %hen I /i/ that4 the ,reature by my si/e too- me by the arm. Now my (hysi,al bo/y was still lying on the be/4 but there is a s(iritual bo/y. !hat s(iritual bo/y has arms4 an/ eyes4 an/ earsBall the features the (hysi,al bo/y has. !he ri,h man sai/4 5I am tormente/ in the flame.5 He saw =aDarus an/ re,ogniDe/ him. 8,tually I ,oul/ not tell any /ifferen,e in myself4 eJ,e(t that I ,oul/ not ,onta,t the (hysi,al an/ I was not living in the (hysi,al realm. Bible s,holars agree that 9aul was tal-ing about his own eJ(erien,e when he wrote4 54 knew a man in 5hrist above fourteen years ago, Awhether in the body, 4 cannot tell$ or whether out of the body, 4 cannot tell: God knoweth$B such an one caught up to the third heaven! :2 Cor. 1232;. I -now what 9aul meant when he sai/ that he /i/n7t -now if he was in the bo/y4 or out of the bo/y. Aust as that ,reature too- me by the arm to es,ort me in4 a voi,e s(o-e. It was a male voi,e. I hear/ it as it boome/ an/ e,hoe/. I ,oul/ not un/erstan/ what the voi,e sai/4 as it s(o-e in a tongue other than English. But when He sai/ whatever He sai/ :from siJ to nine wor/s;4 that whole (la,e shoo- an/ Iuivere/ li-e a leaf in the win/. !hen that ,reature too- his han/ off my arm an/ something li-e a su,tion4 an irresistible (ull to my ba,-4
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without turning me aroun/4 (ulle/ me away from the entran,e of hell4 ba,- through the sha/ows of the (it4 an/ I ,ame u( hea/ first to the (or,h outsi/e that south be/room. Aust for a se,on/ I -new that I was stan/ing on the (or,h. !hen I went right through the wall. :"aterial things have no effe,t on s(iritual things.; I seeme/ to lea( insi/e my bo/y. Ba,- insi/e my bo/y4 I ,oul/ ,onta,t the (hysi,al again. !o my gran/mother4 who ha/ hel/ my hea/ in her la( an/ bathe/ my fa,e with a ,ool4 /am( ,loth4 I sai/4 5.ranny4 I7m /ying.5 5'on4 I thought you were gone.5 8s I felt myself sli((ing away again I sai/4 5I7m going again an/ I won7t be ba,- this time.5 !he entire s,ene was re(eate/ three times. 'hortly after this eJ(erien,e4 as I began to (ray4 I was save/Bborn again. 8n/ four months later4 on 8ugust 1)4 19 at 13 2 in the afternoon4 again I -new I was /ying. "y youngest brother was stan/ing besi/e my be/ an/ I tol/ him to get "other Iui,-ly. Aust as "omma ,ame into the room4 I ha/ the same sensation I7/ ha/ before. But this time I was save/C 8s I lea(e/ out of my bo/y an/ left it4 I began to as,en/. !his time I /i/n7t go /ownE I went u(. +ur ol/1fashione/ house ha/ high ,eilings an/ when I got u( to about where the roof of the house shoul/ have been4 a((roJimately 1) feet above the be/4 my as,ent sto((e/ an/ I seeme/ to stan/ there. I was fully ,ons,ious an/ -new everything that was going on. =oo-ing ba,- into the room4 I saw my bo/y lying on
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the be/ an/ my mother stoo(e/ over it hol/ing my han/ in hers. :'he tol/ me later that I ha/ hel/ her han/ in a /eath1 li-e gri(.; But I ha/ left my bo/y4 an/ I ,oul/ not s(ea- to my mother to tell her goo/1by. !hen I hear/ a voi,e an/ I loo-e/ u(. I saw no one4 but I hear/ a male voi,e. I /on7t -now whether it was Aesus4 an angel4 or who it was4 but I -now it was an emissary of heaven. !his time the voi,e /i/ not s(eain a foreign tongue4 but in English. 5.o ba,-. .o ba,-. .o ba,-. *ou ,an7t ,ome yet. *our woron earth is not /one.5 %hen those wor/s were s(o-en4 I began to /es,en/ an/ I ,ame ba,- into my bo/y. 8n/ ba,- insi/e my bo/y I sai/4 5"omma4 I7m not going to /ie now.5 'he thought that I wasn7t going to /ie at that moment4 but I meant that I was not going to /ie at all then. I meant that I was going to live my life out an/ /o the wor- of .o/. But I staye/ in that be/ almost 12 months to the /ay before I re,eive/ my healing. For4 even though it was the will of .o/ for me to live4 He ,oul/n7t ma-e an eJ,e(tion of me. I ha/ to re,eive my healing 6ust as anyone else /oes4 an/ it too- me 12 months to see it. *ou see4 I waite/ there all those months for ,im to heal me4 an/ He was waiting on me to re,eive the healing He7/ alrea/y (rovi/e/. If you are waiting for Him to heal you4 you7re 6ust wasting your time. However4 if you will begin to appropriate your healing an/ receive that whi,h He has alrea/y wrought for youByou will get it.
: 1OR<N'0<ANS 7:,*8 8 1 /or we 6now that if o$r earth,y ho$%e of thi%
!he Heart of "an tabernac,e were di%%o,(ed, we ha(e a b$i,ding of God, an ho$%e not made with hand%, eterna, in the hea(en%. 8 'herefore we are a,way% confident, 6nowing that, whi,%t we are at home in the body, we are ab%ent from the -ord: 7 ;/or we wa,6 by faith, not by %ight:= 8 ?e are confident, < %ay, and wi,,ing rather to be ab%ent from the body, and to be )re%ent with the -ord.
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s4 the inwar/ man was not. %hen our bo/y is (ut into the grave4 we still have a buil/ing with .o/ not ma/e with han/s. %ho is going to be absent from the bo/y< )e are :verse );. %ho is going to be (resent with the =or/< )e are :verse 0;. !he Bible s(ea-s of the inwar/ man as being the real manBthe real you.
30<-<33<ANS 1::1 :" :1 /or to me to ,i(e i% 1hri%t, and to die i% gain. :: #$t if < 2the inward man4 ,i(e in the f,e%h 2the body4, thi% i% the fr$it of my ,abo$r: yet what < %ha,, choo%e < wot not. :! /or < am in a %trait betwiBt two, ha(ing a de%ire to de)art, and to be with 1hri%t* which i% far better: :" Ne(erthe,e%% to abide in the f,e%h i% more needf$, for yo$.
9aul is saying here4 5It7s left u( to me. I /on7t -now whether I7m going to ,hoose to go on living here for a while or to /ie.5 'ome (eo(le say4 5+h4 that7s all in the han/s of .o/.5 NoC it7s in your han/s. 2any have missed it, thinking they were leaving it up to God as to whether or not they died, little realiCing they were actually leaving it up to the devil. /he devil is the author of death, not God.
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+aul died e(actly when he wanted to die. He sai/4 5I /on7t -now whi,h I am going to ,hoose.5 He /i/ not say4 5I /on7t -now what .o/7s will is45 or 5I /on7t -now what .o/ is going to ,hoose for me45 or 5I7m 6ust (raying that the will of the =or/ be /one.5 NoC !hat7s where we miss it. 9aul sai/4 5I ?the inwar/ man@ /on7t -now whether I shall choose to stay here ?in the flesh@ a while or whether I shall choose to go on.5 !he inwar/ man :the s(irit; is the real man. .o/ is a '(irit. He be,ame a man4 for Aesus was .o/ manifeste/ in the flesh living in a human bo/y. He too- on a (hysi,al bo/y4 yet when He /i/ He was no less .o/ than He was before He ha/ a (hysi,al bo/y. Even so4 when man leaves his (hysi,al bo/y at /eath4 he is no less man than he was when he ha/ his (hysi,al bo/y. !his was true of the ri,h manE it was true of the beggar =aDarusE it was true in my own eJ(erien,es. It is the inwar/ man :the s(irit; who ,onta,ts an/ -nows .o/. %e ,annot -now .o/ through our human -nowle/ge4 through the min/. .o/ is only reveale/ to man through the s(irit. 8n/ when I say 5through the s(irit5 I am not referring to the Holy '(irit4 but to man7s s(irit. It is the s(irit of man that ,onta,ts .o/4 for .o/ is a '(irit. Aesus has a (hysi,al bo/yBa flesh1an/1bone bo/yBbut not flesh an/ blood. *ou re,all that after His >esurre,tion He a((eare/ to the /is,i(les an/ they were frightene/ an/ su((ose/ they ha/ seen a s(irit :a ghost;. Aesus sai/ to them4 !,andle me, and see$ for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have! :=u-e 2$3 9;. He as-e/ them if they ha/ any meat. !hey gave Him a (ie,e of broile/ fish an/ a honey,omb4 an/ He ate it before them.
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8n/ then there was the time when 9eter sai/4 5I7m going fishing45 an/ the others went with him. 'u//enly they saw Aesus stan/ing on the shore. He s(o-e to them an/ they went to Him. He ha/ fish on the fire an/ He ate with them. *es4 Aesus has a (hysi,al bo/y right nowBa resurre,te/4 flesh1an/1bone (hysi,al bo/y. .o/ is a '(irit. :Noti,e that I /i/ not say4 5.o/ is s(irit.5 'ome thin- .o/ is s(irit4 an/ that that means He is a sort of im(ersonal influen,e. No4 .o/ is a '(irit.; However4 the fa,t that .o/ is a '(irit /oes not mean that He has no sha(e or form in the s(iritual realm4 be,ause He /oes. 8ngels are s(irits4 the Bible says4 an/ they have a form or a s(irit bo/y. In the +l/ !estament4 the (ro(het of .o/ (ro(hesie/ /eliveran,e when the ,ity was besiege/4 an/ everyone laughe/ at him be,ause they were in starvation4 hunger4 an/ famine. Even his servant re(riman/e/ him4 so Elisha (raye/4 !.ord, 4 pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see! :2 Kings )31#;. Elisha wasn7t tal-ing about his servant7s (hysi,al eyes4 but his s(iritual eyes. %hen the eyes of his s(irit were o(ene/4 he saw angels of fire4 horses an/ ,hariots of fire all aroun/ the ,ityC 8n/ sometimes4 as .o/ wills4 angels have the ability to ta-e form or a((earan,e in the material realm where we ,an see themBbut only as ,e wills. !he Bible says that .o/ tal-e/ to "oses fa,e to fa,eE so we -now He has a fa,e. 8 ,lou/ was there4 however4 an/ "oses ,oul/ not see .o/7s fa,e4 for .o/ sai/4 !/hou
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canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live! :EJo/. 322;. 8n/ then .o/ sai/4 5...I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while 4 pass by: *nd 4 will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts....5 :EJo/. 32242 ;. "y (oint is this3 .o/ is a '(irit4 yet He is no less real be,ause He is a '(irit than He woul/ be if He ha/ a (hysi,al bo/y. Aesus with His (hysi,al bo/y in heaven now is not more real than the Holy '(irit4 or .o/ the Father. #piritual things are @ust as real as material more real, in fact. In First 9eter 3$ our s(irit is ,alle/ !the hidden man of the heart. 5 !he inwar/ man4 the s(irit4 is ,alle/ 5the hi//en man.5 He is a man of the heart4 of the s(irit. He is hi//en to the (hysi,al or the natural man. !he natural man /oes not -now he is thereBbut he isE an/ he is the real man. In >omans #322 the s(irit is ,alle/ !the inward man. 5 !he terms 5inwar/ man5 an/ 5hi//en man5 give us .o/7s /efinition of the human s(irit. "an is a s(iritE he has a soulE an/ he lives in a bo/y. %ith his spirit, man ,onta,ts the spiritual realmE with his soul he ,onta,ts the intellectual and emotional realmE an/ with his body he ,onta,ts the physical realm.
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What It Means To Believe with the
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"or with the heart man believeth unto righteousness$ and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. B>omans 12312 %e have establishe/ ,ertain fa,ts in the (revious ,ha(ter whi,h we will summariDe here. %hen .o/ s(ea-s in His %or/ of the heart, He is not s(ea-ing of the (hysi,al organ whi,h (um(s bloo/ through our bo/ies an/ -ee(s us alive. He is s(ea-ing of the human spirit, whi,h is the very ,enter of man7s being. I7ve never forgotten a man whom I hear/ s(ea- as a youngster. :He ,alle/ it (rea,hing4 but a,tually he was 6ust giving an intelle,tual /is,ourse. It wasn7t (rea,hing be,ause it wasn7t New !estamentE it wasn7t the %or/ of .o/.; His so1,alle/ sermon (o-e/ fun at those of us who believe in ol/1fashione/4 heart1felt salvation. He use/ the term 5heart5 literally an/ sai/ that if a man ha/ a 5,hange of heart45 he woul/ have heart trouble an/ /ie. !his s(ea-er thought that man was only min/ an/ bo/y. But man is more than min/ an/ bo/yE he is s(irit4 soul4 an/ bo/y. "an was ,reate/ in the image an/ li-eness of .o/. Aesus sai/4 !God is a #pirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth! :Aohn $32$;. %e have seen that the s(irit of man is not his min/. !he min/ is (art of the soul7s Iualities. *ou ,an rea/ily i/entify the s(irit if you s(ea- with other tongues4 be,ause this
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s(ea-ing ,omes from your heart4 or out of your s(irit. Now you ,an see that to believe God with your heart means to believe God with your spirit, the inner man. In the (revious ,ha(ter we referre/ to two ',ri(tures whi,h give us .o/7s /efinition of the human s(irit3
1 3@'@R !:" " #$t ,et it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which i% not corr$)tib,e, e(en the ornament of a mee6 and >$iet %)irit, which i% in the %ight of God of great )rice. ROMANS 7::: :: /or < de,ight in the ,aw of God after the inward man.
!/he hidden man of the heart! is the s(irit4 the real man. !his real man4 the hi//en man4 the inwar/ man4 is s(irit. He has a soul an/ he lives in a bo/y. %ith our s(irit4 we ,onta,t the s(iritual realm. %ith our soul4 we ,onta,t the intelle,tual an/ emotional realm. %ith our bo/y4 we ,onta,t the (hysi,al realm. *ou ,annot ,onta,t .o/ with your min/. *ou ,annot ,onta,t .o/ with your bo/y. 9ou can only contact God with your spirit. 8n/ .o/ ,onta,ts you through your s(irit. %hen you hear the %or/ of .o/ (rea,he/4 you hear it with your (hysi,al ears. It then goes through your natural min/. But if it is to affe,t you4 you must re,eive it in your s(irit. Can you remember how the %or/ of .o/ affe,te/ you on the insi/e4 in your s(irit4 before you were born again< !he Holy '(irit through the %or/ s(o-e to your heart4 or s(irit.
%hat It "eans !o Believe with the Heart
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Knowing that .o/ ,onta,ts us through our s(irits hel(s us un/erstan/ First Corinthians 231$4 !But the natural man receiveth not the things of the #pirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.5 :8nother translation rea/s4 5!he natural man4 or the natural min/4 un/erstan/eth not the things of .o/ ....5; !he %or/ of .o/ is of the '(irit of .o/4 an/ it is foolish to the natural min/. *ou /o not un/erstan/ the Bible with your hea/E it is s(iritually un/erstoo/. *ou un/erstan/ it with your heartC *ou may have rea/ ,ertain ,ha(ters an/ verses many times4 never un/erstan/ing the meaning. !hen one /ay you su//enly saw it. *ou sai/4 5%hy /i/n7t I see that before<5 It was be,ause you now un/erstoo/ it with your heart. *ou must re,eive the revelation of .o/7s %or/ in your heart. !hat is why we have to /e(en/ on the '(irit of .o/ to o(en an/ unveil the %or/ to us.
MARD 11::!,:" :! /or (eri,y < %ay $nto yo$, 'hat who%oe(er %ha,, %ay $nto thi% mo$ntain, #e tho$ remo(ed, and be tho$ ca%t into the %ea* and %ha,, not do$bt in hi% heart, b$t %ha,, be,ie(e that tho%e thing% which he %aith %ha,, come to )a%%* he %ha,, ha(e what%oe(er he %aith. :" 'herefore < %ay $nto yo$, ?hat thing% %oe(er ye de%ire, when ye )ray, be,ie(e that ye recei(e them, and ye %ha,, ha(e them.
For almost the entire 1) months I was be/fast4 I trie/ to figure out what was meant by4 !)hat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.5 First of all4 the /evil tol/ me that it /oesn7t mean what it
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says. He tol/ me4 5Now that /oesn7t mean what things soever ye /esire naturally4 or (hysi,ally4 or materially4 su,h as healing. :"y /esire was for healing.; !hat 6ust means what things soever ye /esire s(iritually.5 I am sorry I even listene/ to the /evil4 for if "ar- 1132$ /oesn7t mean what it says4 then Aesus tol/ a he. However4 I /i/n7t -now that then4 so I /e,i/e/ to sen/ for my (astor to as- him what the ',ri(ture meant. "y gran/mother ,onta,te/ him an/ he sai/ that he ,oul/n7t ma-e it the neJt /ay but woul/ be there the /ay after that. %hen he as-e/ what time woul/ be best to ,ome4 my gran/mother sai/4 5Kenneth is at his best in the mornings. If you ,oul/ ,ome aroun/ 03 2 it woul/ be best4 be,ause after 12 o7,lo,- he lies in a sort of stu(or an/ I /on7t -now if he ,oul/ un/erstan/ what you were saying.5 He sai/ he woul/ be there4 but than- .o/ he never showe/ u(. 8t the time4 I we(t when he /i/n7t ,ome4 be,ause I ha/ great ,onfi/en,e in my (astor4 an/ I was ,ertain he woul/ -now what the Bible meant here. However4 after I re,eive/ my healing an/ went ba,- to the same ,hur,h4 I foun/ out what he thought. He sai/4 5!he (oor boy staye/ in be/ so long it affe,te/ his min/.5 :8,,or/ing to his reasoning4 woul/n7t it be won/erful if we ,oul/ get more min/s affe,te/< 8s soon as my min/ was 5affe,te/45 as he (ut it4 my (aralysis left. 8s soon as my min/ was 5affe,te/45 my heart ,on/ition left4 an/ I was heale/ an/ raise/ u(.; It was a goo/ thing he /i/n7t ,ome4 be,ause at that time I woul/ have believe/ what he sai/. "y gran/mother wal-e/ a,ross town to as- another minister of the same /enomination to ,ome. He sai/ that he
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woul/4 but than- .o/ he never showe/ u( either. 8gain I we(t4 but now I am thoroughly ,onvin,e/ that .o/ (revente/ them from ,oming to see me4 be,ause I woul/ have believe/ what they sai/. Finally4 my aunt4 who belonge/ to another /enomination4 sai/ that her (astor woul/ ,ome to see me. I /i/n7t mu,h believe he woul/4 but one /ay he /i/. "y heart lea(e/ for 6oy within me when he ,ame in. Fo,tors allowe/ only one (erson at a time in the room4 so no one else ,ame in with him. "y range of sight was 6ust a few in,hes away from my fa,e4 but I ,oul/ hear him ,oming. 'u//enly4 as he stoo(e/ over me4 I ,oul/ see his fa,e. He too- my han/ in his. %ith /iffi,ulty4 I trie/ to s(ea-. "y throat was (artially (aralyDe/4 an/ my tongue /i/n7t wor- right. I was trying to as- him to get my New !estament an/ rea/ "ar- 1132$ an/ tell me if it meant what it sai/. :Isn7t it strange that you shoul/ have to as- somebo/y if Aesus meant what He sai/<; I was struggling to get the wor/s out. If he ha/ waite/ long enough4 eventually I woul/ have4 but before I ,oul/ get going on what I was trying to say4 he (atte/ the ba,- of my han/4 (ut on his (rofessional voi,e4 an/ sai/4 5Aust be (atient4 my boy. In a few more /ays it will all be over.5 It was /ar- in that room. He lai/ my han/ /own on my ,hest4 turne/ aroun/4 an/ wal-e/ out. I ha/n7t gotten one intelligible wor/ over to him4 an/ he ha/ eJtinguishe/ the only ho(e I ha/B6ust as if a light in the room ha/ been turne/ off. Normally4 I ,oul/n7t hear very well4 but I thin- the /evil let me hear eJtra well that /ay. 8s this (astor went into the neJt room an/ the family gathere/ aroun/ him4 I
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,oul/ hear him (ray4 5+ur Father3 %e (ray that *ou woul/ hel( this gran/mother an/ gran/father who are about to be bereave/ of this gran/son.5 8t that4 something rose u( insi/e me. I ,oul/n7t holler out lou/4 but I was li-e the mis,hievous little boy whose tea,her ma/e him stan/ in the ,orner. He sai/4 5I may be stan/ing u( on the outsi/e4 but insi/e I7m sitting /own.5 Insi/e I literally yelle/ out4 5I ain7t /ea/ yetC5 8n/ then he (raye/4 5Bless this /ear mother. 9re(are her heart for this hour of /ar-ness whi,h is about to overta-e her.5 8gain4 on the insi/e I yelle/4 5I ain7t /ea/ yetC5 He left. But he ha/ -no,-e/ all the (ro(s out from un/er me an/ ha/ (ut out all the lights. For more than a month4 I /i/n7t even loo- at the Bible. Finally4 when I /i/ (i,- u( the Bible4 I turne/ to "ar1132$ an/ sai/4 5Fear =or/ Aesus4 I am going to ta-e this ',ri(ture for what it says. 8n/ if *ou /i/n7t lie about it4 I7m ,oming off this be/. If I /on7t get off this be/4 it will be be,ause the 'on of .o/ tol/ a falsehoo/ an/ I7ll 6ust have them throw away the New !estament.5 But it was still 11 more months before I ,ame off that be/. I woul/ thin- about that ',ri(ture4 me/itate on it4 an/ (ray. !hen I woul/ loo- to see if .o/ ha/ heale/ me. I woul/ feel my arms an/ legs4 but I wasn7t heale/ yetE I still was (aralyDe/. !he %or/ is s(iritually un/erstoo/. !he %or/ is of the '(irit of .o/. Holy men of ol/ wrote as they were move/ by the Holy '(irit. +n the se,on/ !ues/ay of 8ugust 19 $4 at 03 2 in the morning4 as I me/itate/ on that ',ri(ture4 I finally
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un/erstoo/ what it sai/. !he light ,ame. It was as if someone ha/ turne/ on a light insi/e me. I tell (eo(le the meaning of this verse over an/ over again4 yet I -now they must un/erstan/ it with their s(irit to see it. However4 I must -ee( re(eating it4 be,ause the more the meaning is share/4 the more (eo(le ,at,h on. I ,an tell when it /awns on them4 be,ause their eyes light u(. +thers will 6ust sit there staring4 but more an/ more ,at,h on all the time. !)hat things soever ye desire! means eJa,tly what it says. !)hen ye pray! means right thenBthe moment you (ray. !Believe that ye receive them and ye shall have them! in ,ommon4 every/ay language means4 5*ou7ve got to believe you7ve got it before you get it.5 %hen I un/erstoo/ it4 I imme/iately sai/4 5%hy4 =or/4 I see what I7ve got to /o. I must believe while 4 am still lying here flat on my ba,-4 that the (aralysis is heale/.5 :Noti,e I sai/ 5is heale/45 not 5going to be heale/.5 "any (eo(le woul/ say4 5I believe .o/ is going to heal me.5 But that is not New !estament believing. I -now4 be,ause I ha/ staye/ in that be/ for a year believing that an/ never got anything.; Noti,e that it says4 !believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.5 *ou believe it first4 an/ then you will have it. :'omeone sai/4 5I /on7t un/erstan/ it.5 *ou ,an7t un/erstan/ it with your hea/. !he things of the '(irit of .o/ are foolishness unto the natural min/ an/ the Bible is of the '(irit of .o/. !he ',ri(tures are s(iritually
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/is,erne/. *ou have to un/erstan/ it with your spirit.B !he moment I un/erstoo/ this verse4 I began to a,t on the %or/. /here is always some way you can act on the )ord. !he only way I ,oul/ a,t on it at that moment was to raise my han/s an/ (raise .o/ for His %or/. I sai/4 5!han- .o/4 I believe. I believe that my (aralysis is heale/. I believe my bo/y is well.5 5... Believe ?first@ that ye receive them ?the /esires@4 and ye shall have them ?the /esires@ 5 :"ar- 1132$;. /he *mplified Bible<s translation rea/s4 5For this reason I am telling you4 whatever you as- for in (rayer4 believeBtrust an/ be ,onfi/entBthat it is grante/ to you4 an/ you will ?get it@.5 %hen are you going to get it< 8fter you trust an/ are ,onfi/ent it is grante/ to you. !oo many want to get it first an/ then they will believe they have it. But Aesus sai/ that you have to believe you7ve got it4 an/ then you will have it. *ou believe it with your heart. 8n/ to believe with the heart means to believe with the s(irit. How is it that our s(irit obtains faith whi,h our intelle,t ,annot obtain< !he answer is through the %or/ of .o/. "atthew $3$ says4 !2an shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 5Aesus is s(ea-ing here of s(iritual foo/. He is using a natural4 human term to ,onvey a s(iritual thought. +ur s(irits be,ome fille/ with assuran,e an/ ,onfi/en,e as we me/itate in the %or/. !he %or/ is s(iritual foo/E it is faith foo/. !he %or/ is the foo/ that buil/s the s(irit. !he %or/ of .o/ is the foo/ that ma-es the s(irit strong an/ gives it Iuiet assuran,e. !o believe with the heart means to believe a(art from
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what your (hysi,al bo/y or your (hysi,al senses may tell you. !he bo/yBthe (hysi,al manBbelieves what he sees with the (hysi,al eye4 hears with the (hysi,al ear4 or what his (hysi,al feelings tell him. !he s(irit4 or the heart4 however4 believes what the %or/ says4 regar/less of seeing4 hearing4 or feeling. Faith must be base/ u(on what the %or/ says. "any (eo(le are (raye/ for again an/ again an/ again. :Now I /o not mean that you shoul/ not ,ome ba,- to be (raye/ for the se,on/ time. I have referen,e to those who ,ome re(eate/ly.; !hose who ,ome re(eate/ly an/ /o not re,eive healing /o not have faith in the %or/. !hey have a natural human faith. Be,ause they /o not see that they are heale/ or have some (hysi,al evi/en,e of it4 they won7t believe it. ,eart faith believes the )ord of God first$ then the physical evidence will take care of itself. !o believe with all your heart is to believe with your s(irit. !o believe with all your heart is to believe in/e(en/ently of your hea/ an/ of your bo/y. 9roverbs 3& tells us4 !/rust in the .ord with all thine heart$ and lean not unto thine own understanding.5 "ost (eo(le (ra,ti,e that4 all right4 but they (ra,ti,e it in reverse. !hey trust with all their un/erstan/ing an/ lean not to their own heartC !he neJt two verses in 9roverbs say4 !4n all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes....5 :vv. )4#;. In other wor/s4 5Fon7t be wise with natural human -nowle/ge4 whi,h woul/ ,ause you to a,t in/e(en/ently of the %or/ of .o/.5 In the New !estament we fin/ the ,ounter(art to this ',ri(ture3 !A"or the weapons of our warfare are not
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carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds$B 5asting down imaginations ?reasonings@4 and every high thing that e(alteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of 5hrist! :2 Cor. 123$4&;. Aust after I wal-e/ off the be/ of si,-ness4 I went ba,to high s,hool. 'tan/ing more than ) feet tall4 I weighe/ only 09 (oun/s. !hey ,alle/ me 5the wal-ing s-eleton.5 +ne /ay the (rin,i(al ,alle/ me into his offi,e an/ sai/4 5Fo you thin- you shoul/ ,ome to s,hool< !he la/y tea,hers are worrie/ that you might fall /ea/ in the ,lassroom. !hey have ,alle/ Fr. >obason4 an/ he has sai/ that it is entirely (ossible. In fa,t4 I ,alle/ the /o,tor myself an/ he sai/ you /i/n7t have any business wal-ing two miles to s,hool an/ ,limbing ste(s. He sai/ that you were u( by sheer will(ower an/ he woul/ give you 92 /ays at the most to live. 'o /o you thin- it wise to ,ome to s,hool<5 5'ir45 I answere/4 5I am not u( by will(ower. I7m going by faith. !he =or/ Aesus Christ4 when He was on earth4 sai/ in "ar- 1132$4 </herefore 4 say unto you, )hat things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.7 I believe that I have re,eive/ healing for my heart an/ my bo/yE an/ I am not wal-ing by will(ower4 I am wal-ing by faith.5 !hat man began to wee(. He sai/4 5'on4 if that is what you are /oing4 even though I /on7t un/erstan/ it myself4 I woul/n7t stan/ in your way a minute. Come to s,hool if you want to. I7ll tal- to the tea,hers.5 5I believe I have what I (raye/ for45 I sai/ to him4 5I believe I have what I as-e/.5 5I woul/n7t (ut one stone in your way45 he went on. 5I
(hone/ your mother about ta-ing you out an/ she tol/ me the same thing. 'he sai/ that you were not u( by will(ower but by faith4 an/ that your faith woul/ hol/.5 5It will4 sir45 I sai/. But then4 without realiDing it4 he (laye/ right into the han/s of the enemy. He /i/ (ut some stones in my way. He sai/4 5I7m going to tal- to your tea,hers4 an/ any time you want to4 you may go out of ,lass for a breath of fresh air or a /rin- of water. *ou have my (ermission to go home anytime you nee/ to. *ou won7t have to as- anybo/y anything. Aust /o whatever you feel li-e /oing.5 *es4 he ma/e it easy to fail. But if I ha/ misse/ one ,lass4 or faile/ to ,limb the ste(s on,e4 I woul/ have been a/mitting failure. 'o I /i/n7t miss a ,lass. 8n/4 wea- as I was4 by the time the afternoon ,lasses rolle/ aroun/4 it woul/ have been easy to /o so. I ,an tell you that the /evil is a goo/ mathemati,ian. "y worst struggles ,ame in the night. Aust after I woul/ get into be/4 the /evil woul/ say4 5%ell4 boy4 you7ve 6ust got 7so many7 /ays left. >emember what Fr. >obason sai/3 7+nly 92 /ays.75 Ea,h night he woul/ tell me eJa,tly how many /ays were left. 'ometimes for hours in the night I woul/ struggle4 ,asting /own imaginations. It7s not always easy4 but4 than.o/4 it ,an be /one. !5asting down imaginations, and every high thing that e(alteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of 5hrist! :2 Cor. 123&;. !his sim(ly means to bring every thought into ,a(tivity to the obe/ien,e of the %or/4 for the %or/ is Christ. 'o I woul/ begin to thin- in line with what His %or/ says.
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5Now4 "r. Fevil45 I woul/ say4 5I a((re,iate Fr. >obason highly. I a((re,iate him more than any of my five /o,tors. He sat /own by my be/si/e one /ay an/ tol/ me the truth. He tol/ me that there was nothing that ,oul/ be /one by any /o,tor4 an/ that unless a Higher 9ower intervene/4 there was no ho(e. :However4 it is not a matter of a Higher 9ower intervening4 it is a matter of your believing .o/.; 5I a((re,iate the fa,t that he has never ,harge/ us a (enny an/ that he woul/ ,ome anytime we ,alle/ him4 but I am not going by what he sai/. I am wal-ing in the light of the %or/. 8n/ the %or/ says that .o/ hear/ me4 an/ I am heale/. !he %or/ says that I have been heale/4 an/ I believe the %or/.5 !his is very im(ortant3 If you want to wal- by faith4 the %or/ must be su(erior to anything an/ everything else. It must be su(erior to any -nowle/ge4 whether that -nowle/ge is yours or someone else7s. %hen you trust .o/ with all your heart4 a Iuietness an/ a (ea,e ,ome into your s(irit4 be,ause the %or/ says4 !"or we which have believed do enter into rest....5 :Heb. $3 ;. %e ta-e .o/ at His %or/ when we see that He says4 !But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by 5hrist Jesus! :9hil. $319;. %e sim(ly -now in our s(irits that everything we nee/ will be su((lie/4 an/ we /on7t worry. %e have no anJiety. :If we were worrying an/ being anJious4 we woul/ not be believing.; +ur hearts ta-e ,ourage as we rea/ the %or/. 8s we me/itate in this %or/4 our assuran,e be,omes /ee(er. !his assuran,e in our s(irit is in/e(en/ent of our human
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reasoning or human -nowle/ge. It may ,ontra/i,t human reasoning. It even may ,ontra/i,t (hysi,al evi/en,e. Believing .o/ with the heart means to believe a(art from your bo/y. Coming out of ,hur,h one night4 rather than wal-ing /own the ste(s4 I 6um(e/ into the yar/. "y foot hit a rut in the groun/4 my an-le turne/4 an/ I fell. "y an-le (o((e/ li-e a gun going off4 an/ it seeme/ to be bro-en. I ,oul/n7t tou,h it to the groun/4 so I ho((e/ on one foot over to the (arsonage. 8s I answere/ my wife7s Iuestion as to what ha/ ha((ene/4 I ,oul/ see that the an-le was swollen an/ seeme/ to be in ba/ sha(e. But I began to re,all what the %or/ of .o/ says4 so I ,alle/ .o/7s attention to the fa,t that my eye ,oul/ see an/ my (hysi,al senses tol/ me that it ,oul/ be bro-en. I ,oul/ ,ertainly feel the (ain an/ throbbing. !hen I ,alle/ .o/7s attention an/ the /evil7s attention to the fa,t that the %or/ of .o/ says that I am heale/. :'ome (eo(le who are wal-ing in the natural rather than in the s(iritBeven '(irit1 fille/ ChristiansBsometimes will thin- you rather strange4 but they will 6ust have to thin- it.; !he neJt /ay4 I /rove my ,ar almost 122 miles. .o/ ha/ heale/ me. 8 ,ertain minister7s testimony was tol/ to me several times before I hear/ it from him firsthan/. 9laying baseball at a youth ,am(4 he sli/ into thir/ base an/ bro-e his an-le. 9art of the bone was sti,-ing out through the s-in. 8s some were (re(aring to get him into town to a /o,tor4 one of the ministers as-e/ him if he wante/ me/i,al hel( or for .o/ to heal him. %hen he sai/ that he woul/ rather have his healing4 the minister sai/4 58ll right4 you
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,an. I have been in the 9ente,ostal "ovement from the beginning477 an/ he began to tell him about bro-en bones he ha/ seen heale/. For $2 minutes4 he sat there by thir/ base4 tal-ing to the in6ure/ man4 getting his min/ off the an-le an/ foot. !hen he tol/ him to get u(. But the minute he (ut his bro-en foot on the groun/4 he fainte/ an/ fell. !he ,ounseling minister wor-e/ to revive him4 tal-e/ with him another $2 minutes4 then hel(e/ him u( on his goo/ foot. However4 when weight was (ut on the in6ure/ foot4 again the woun/e/ man fainte/. !he ol/er minister sai/ to him when he again revive/4 5%e7re missing it somewhere.5 'o the ol/er minister as-e/ the =or/4 5.o/4 where are we missing it<5 !hen the minister sai/4 5+h4 I see. I see it now. 'on4 this time when you get u(4 /on7t get u( on your goo/ foot. .et u( on your ba/ one.5 %hen he /i/4 instantly he was heale/C !here was no (ain at allC Believing with your heart is in/e(en/ent of your sense -nowle/ge. Fr. =ilian B. *eomans -new what faith was. In one of her boo-s4 whi,h are some of the best you ,an rea/ on healing4 she says4 5.o/ /elights in His ,hil/ren ste((ing out over the a,hing voi/ with nothing un/er their feet but the %or/ of .o/.5 8gain she sai/4 5!o loo- to see whether .o/ is healing you is a sin.5 Fr. *eomans was a me/i,al /o,tor who re,eive/ healing an/ /eliveran,e from a ho(eless /e(en/en,e on nar,oti,s an/ then /evote/ the rest of her life to (rea,hing an/ tea,hing /ivine healing. 8 minister who ha/ been a stu/ent in one of her ,lasses
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in a Bible ,ollege tol/ me of this in,i/ent. 'he was in the habit of (raying for stu/ents in the ,lassroom4 an/ hel/ healing servi,es in her ,lasses. It seems he went u( an/ reIueste/ (rayer. 5%hat for<5 she as-e/. 5I want you to (ray for my ,ol/45 he answere/. 5*our ,ol/< %ell4 if it is your ,ol/ there7s no use in (raying. *ou have alrea/y a,,e(te/ it an/ you won7t get any healing. Now if you want to be /elivere/ from the /evil7s ,ol/4 then we7ll (ray.5 5+h4 that7s what I meant45 he sai/. 'he re(lie/4 5'ay what you mean.5
Chapter 5
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How To Train the Human pirit

/he spirit of man is the candle of the .ord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. B9roverbs 2232#
*our s(irit ,an be e/u,ate/ 6ust as your min/ ,an be. 8n/ your s(irit ,an be built u( in strength 6ust as your bo/y ,an be. Here are four rules by whi,h the human s(irit ,an be traine/ an/ /evelo(e/3 1. By me/itating in the %or/. 2. By (ra,ti,ing the %or/. . By giving the %or/ first (la,e. $. By instantly obeying the voi,e of your s(irit. 8fter a while you ,an -now the will of .o/ the Father in all the minor /etails of life4 be,ause it is through your s(irit4 an/ not through your min/ or reasoning fa,ulties4 that He ,ommuni,ates with you. %hen .o/ says in 9roverbs 2232# that the s(irit of man is the ,an/le of the =or/4 He means that He is going to use man7s own s(irit to enlighten an/ gui/e him. 1. Meditating in the ?ord !hree of these four (oints have to /o with the %or/ of .o/. %e must realiDe the value of .o/7s %or/ an/ the value of Iuiet me/itation in the %or/. !he most /ee(ly s(iritual men an/ women I -now give time to me/itation in the %or/ of .o/. *ou ,annot
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/evelo( s(iritual wis/om without me/itation. .o/ ma/e that fa,t -nown to Aoshua at the very beginning of Aoshua7s ministry4 6ust after the /eath of "oses.
.OS0CA 1:8 8 'hi% boo6 of the ,aw %ha,, not de)art o$t of thy mo$th* b$t tho$ %ha,t meditate therein day and night, that tho$ maye%t ob%er(e to do according to a,, that i% written therein: for then tho$ %ha,t ma6e thy way )ro%)ero$%, and then tho$ %ha,t ha(e good %$cce%%.
8nother translation of the last (hrase rea/s4 5an/ then you will be able to /eal wisely in the things of life.5 .o/ tol/ Aoshua that if he woul/ me/itate in the %or/4 his way woul/ be (ros(erous an/ he woul/ have goo/ su,,ess. I taught along this line at a ministerial ,onvention4 an/ a minister who atten/e/ gave me this re(ort later. He sai/ that he ha/ been /oing everything he ,oul/ to ma-e a su,,ess of his ,hur,h. He sai/ that if he hear/ of a (astor who was /oing well4 he visite/ him4 wat,he/ what he /i/4 an/ stu/ie/ the -in/ of (rogram he ha/. !hen he woul/ try to (ut that man7s (rogram into a,tion in his own ,hur,h4 but it never wor-e/. He ha/ flown all over the ,ountry /oing this. !hen he /e,i/e/ to follow the rule .o/ gave Aoshua. He /e,i/e/ he woul/ me/itate in the way I ha/ taught4 ta-ing a little time out ea,h morning. 8fter 2 /ays of (raying this way4 not as-ing mu,h4 but 6ust waiting an/ me/itating on the %or/4 one 'un/ay they ha/ a lan/sli/e. "ore (eo(le were save/ there that /ay than ha/ been in the (revious two or three years. His (eo(le were revive/4 an/ he began to have goo/ su,,ess. !hat was his life an/ that was where he nee/e/ to have
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goo/ su,,ess. 9our life7s ,alling is something else. But it is ,ertainly true that your way ,an be (ros(erous also4 an/ you ,an have goo/ su,,ess. *ou ,an -now how to /eal wisely in the affairs of life. !a-e time to me/itate in .o/7s %or/. 'hut yourself in alone with your own s(irit4 with the worl/ shut out. Begin by ta-ing 12 or 1& minutes /aily for me/itationE that isn7t mu,h. Begin the /evelo(ment of your own s(irit. BeginB an/ then it will grow. Begin taking time. :. 3racticing the ?ord 9ra,ti,ing the %or/ means being a 5/oer of the %or/45 as we are tol/ in the boo- of Aames.
.AM@S 1::: :: #$t be ye doer% of the word, and not hearer% on,y....
%e have many 5tal-ers about the %or/45 an/ even many 5re6oi,ers about the %or/45 but we /on7t have many 5/oers of the %or/.5 Begin to (ra,ti,e being a 5/oer of the %or/5 by /oing in all ,ir,umstan,es what the %or/ tells you to /o. 'ome have thought that being a 5/oer of the %or/5 means to -ee( the !en Comman/ments. !hat is not what Aames 1322 is tal-ing about. 8fter all4 we4 un/er the New Covenant4 have but one ,omman/ment3 the ,omman/ment of love. Aesus sai/4 !* new commandment 4 give unto you, /hat ye love one another$ as 4 have loved you, that ye also love one another! :Aohn 1 3 $;. 8 5/oer of the %or/5 will /o that. If you love someone4 you won7t steal from him. *ou won7t lie about him. 9aul sai/ that love is the fulfilling of the law. If you wal- in
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love4 you won7t brea- any law whi,h was given to ,urb sin. Being a 5/oer of the %or/5 means that we are to /o (rimarily what is written in the e(istles. !hey are the letters written to us4 the Chur,h. 8s an eJam(le of /oing the %or/4 let us loo- at some instru,tions given us in one of the e(istles.
30<-<33<ANS ":8 8 #e caref$, for nothing* b$t in e(ery thing by )rayer and %$)),ication with than6%gi(ing ,et yo$r re>$e%t% be made 6nown $nto God.
%e /on7t min/ (ra,ti,ing (art of thisBthe (art that says to (ray. But if you (ra,ti,e 6ust that (art an/ not the first (art4 you are not (ra,ti,ing the %or/. *ou are not a 5/oer of the %or/.5 !he *mplified translation of 9hili((ians $3) begins4 5Fo not fret or have any anJiety about anything First we are tol/ not to fret. If you fret an/ have anJieties4 it isn7t going to /o any goo/ to ma-e reIuests. !hat -in/ of (raying /oesn7t wor-. 8n over1anJious (rayer full of fretfulness /oesn7t wor-. I felt very sorry for a minister who ,ame to me some time ago. But sometimes it /oesn7t give a man the answer 6ust to sym(athiDe with him. 'torms an/ tests were in his life. His stoma,h was u(setE he wasn7t able to -ee( anything /own that he ate. He ,oul/n7t slee(4 an/ his nerves were shot be,ause of a (arti,ular in,i/ent. He ,ame to me for hel(. I began to tell him what the %or/ sai/ an/ how to (ray about it. %hen I en,ourage/ him to ta-e this ',ri(ture we have 6ust rea/ an/ to do it, he rebelle/ an/ sai/4 5+h4 yes4 but everybo/y /oesn7t have the faith that you have.5
I tol/ him then that it was not a matter of having a lot of faith4 but a matter of en/eavoring to (ra,ti,e the %or/. I tol/ him that if he woul/ (ra,ti,e the %or/4 his faith woul/ be built u(. 8n/ I tol/ him how I (ra,ti,e this (arti,ular verse. :%hen I get alone4 I rea/ this verse alou/. I tell the =or/ that His %or/ is true an/ that I believe it.; I tol/ that minister that he woul/ be tem(te/ to say he ,oul/n7t hel( worrying an/ fretting4 but .o/ has not as-e/ us to /o something we ,annot /o. %hen .o/ sai/ not to fret4 that means we ,an -ee( from it. .o/ is a 6ust .o/4 an/ He will not as- us to /o something we ,annot /o. %hen I first began (ra,ti,ing this verse4 it was easy to believe that I ,oul/ ma-e my reIuests -nown unto .o/4 but it was har/ to believe that I ,oul/ not fret. However4 sin,e .o/ says that we /on7t have to fret4 I woul/ say4 5I refuse to fret or have any anJiety about anything.5 I tell the =or/ that I bring my reIuests unto Him an/ then I than- Him for the answer. !his Iuiets my s(irit an/ (a,ifies the trouble/ attitu/e the /evil tries to ma-e me have. !hen I get u( an/ go about my business4 but before you -now it4 the /evil is trying to get me again. I sim(ly go right ba,- an/ rea/ this verse an/ -ee( ,laiming it. !he minister began to (ra,ti,e this. He tol/ me later the (roblem was wor-e/ out an/ /i/ not get as big as he ha/ eJ(e,te/. He was being sue/ over a ,ertain matter4 but it /i/ not amount to anything. .o/ hel(e/ him out of it all. *ou ,an be,ome so fretful over something that you ,an7t eat or slee(. *our stoma,h feels as though it has butterflies in it. But all you have to /o is (ra,ti,e the %or/ an/ you will get results. 9hili((ians $3# is a result of
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(ra,ti,ing 9hili((ians $3).

30<-<33<ANS ":7 7 And the )eace of God, which )a%%eth a,, $nder%tanding, %ha,, 6ee) yo$r heart% and mind% thro$gh 1hri%t .e%$%.
"any (eo(le want what the seventh verse tal-s about4 but they /on7t want to (ra,ti,e what the siJth verse says to /o to get it. !he *mplified translation of the seventh verse says4 58n/ .o/7s (ea,e ... whi,h trans,en/s all un/erstan/ing4 shall garrison an/ mount guar/ over your hearts an/ min/s in Christ Aesus.5 .o/7s (ea,e will -ee( guar/ over your heart an/ your min/. But ,an you rea( the results an/ have the (ea,e without being a 5/oer of the %or/5< No4 you really ,annot. !he siJth verse tells us not to fret. 9eo(le who worry an/ fret ,ontinually thin- on the wrong si/e of life. Gerse 0 tells us what we are to thin- about3
30<-<33<ANS ":8 8 /ina,,y, brethren, what%oe(er thing% are tr$e, what%oe(er thing% are hone%t, what%oe(er thing% are 9$%t, what%oe(er thing% are )$re, what%oe(er thing% are ,o(e,y, what%oe(er thing% are of good re)ort* if there be any (irt$e, and if there be any )rai%e, thin6 on the%e thing%.
F+ verse 0. 9ra,ti,e this verse. !hin- about the right things. "any (eo(le thin- about the wrong things. 8n/ you -now what they are thin-ing about be,ause of what they tal- about. !he Bible says4 !out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.5 !hey ,ontinually worry4 fret4 an/ thin- on the wrong si/e of life4 an/ they ,ontinually tal- unbelief. *ou ,annot be a 5/oer of the %or/5 an/
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,ontinue to tal- unbelief. !he more you tal- about some things4 the bigger they get. If something /oes not meet all these Iualifi,ationsBtrue4 honest4 6ust4 (ure4 lovely4 et,.B /on7t thin- about it an/ /on7t tal- about it. !he *mplified translation of First Corinthians 1 3# rea/s4 5=ove ... is ever rea/y to believe the best of every (erson.5 I have foun/ through the years that most of the stories I have hear/ about (eo(le /on7t even meet the first Iualifi,ationE they aren7t true. 'o /on7t tal- about the stories you hearB/on7t even thin- about them. 'ome of the things you hear might be true4 but they might not be (ure an/ lovely :an/ noti,e this; an/ of a goo/ re(ort. !herefore we are not to thin- about them. By thin-ing about these things4 we give (la,e to the /evil. His greatest wea(on is the (ower of suggestion. He is ever en/eavoring to enter your thought life. !hat is why we are instru,te/ in .o/7s %or/4 5thin- on these things.5 .o/ the Holy '(irit s(ea-s to the Chur,h (arti,ularly in the e(istles. "e/itate on what He has to say in these letters to the Chur,h an/ be a 5/oer of the %or/.5 *ou will grow s(iritually. !. Gi(ing the ?ord /ir%t 3,ace !he training4 /evelo(ment4 an/ e/u,ation of our s(irits ,omes by giving the %or/ of .o/ first (la,e in our lives.
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.o/ says in this (assage4 !attend to my words ?give hee/ to themB(ut them first@E incline thine ear unto my sayings ?listen to what I have to say@. .et them not depart from thine eyes ?-ee( loo-ing at the %or/ of .o/@E keep them ?my wor/s@...in your heart.5 !here are ri,h /ivi/en/s for /oing this. %hy is it that .o/ tells us to (ut His wor/s first4 to listen to what He has to say4 to -ee( loo-ing at His %or/4 an/ to -ee( His %or/ in our heart< It is be,ause 5they ?His wor/s@ are life unto those that fin/ them4 an/ health to all their flesh.5 :!he margin of the King James rea/s4 5an/ medicine to all their flesh.5; Noti,e that there is healing in the %or/. It is strange to me that some (eo(le won7t (ut .o/7s %or/ first in this area. In the 12 years I (astore/4 there were members who woul/ get si,-4 go to the hos(ital4 an/ as- for (rayer afterwar/s. I am not saying that it is wrong to have a /o,tor4 ,ertainly not. %e believe in hos(itals an/ /o,tors an/ than.o/ for them. But I am saying why not (ut .o/7s %or/ first< 'ometimes Christians turn to the %or/ as a last resort. 8 Ba(tist minister who /i/n7t (arti,ularly believe in /ivine healing at the time4 tol/ how he ha/ ha/ (roblems with his tonsils. His /o,tor -e(t telling him that they must be remove/4 so the /ate was set. Ea,h morning he an/ his wife woul/ rea/ the Bible an/ (ray with the ,hil/ren before s,hool. +n the very /ate he was s,he/ule/ to enter the hos(ital4 their ',ri(ture (assage was the one whi,h tells of King 8sa who got a /isease in his feet4 an/ instea/ of see-ing the =or/4 he sought
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(hysi,ians an/ /ie/. !he minister sai/ that he was stru,- by this. He realiDe/ that he ha/n7t even (raye/ about his tonsils. He share/ this with his wife an/ ,hil/ren an/ as-e/ that they (ray together about his tonsils. %hen they (raye/4 the =or/ tol/ him not to have them remove/. !o his astonishment4 the =or/ heale/ the tonsils an/ he has ha/ no more trouble with them. !here is a lesson to be learne/ here. !he Bible /oes not im(ly that King 8sa /ie/ be,ause he (ut the (hysi,ians first. However4 it /oes im(ly that he shoul/ have (ut the =or/ first. %e shoul/ train ourselves to (ut the =or/ first. %e shoul/ train ourselves to as- ,on,erning any matter4 5%hat /oes .o/7s %or/ have to say about this<5 %e shoul/ as- ourselves what .o/ has to say about anything that may ,ome u( in our lifeBan/ then (ut that %or/ first. 'ometimes family an/ frien/s will try to rush you into things4 but you nee/ to thin- about what the %or/ of .o/ says. 9ut .o/7s %or/ first in every area of life. ". <n%tant,y Obeying the Aoice of Fo$r S)irit !he human s(irit has a voi,e. %e ,all that voi,e 5,ons,ien,e.5 'ometimes we ,all it 5intuition45 5an inner voi,e45 or 5gui/an,e.5 !he worl/ ,alls it 5a hun,h.5 %hat it is4 is your s(irit s(ea-ing to you. Every man7s s(irit4 whether he is save/ or unsave/4 has a voi,e. !he human s(irit4 as we have seen in the (revious ,ha(ters4 is a s(iritual man4 a s(irit man4 an inwar/ an/ hi//en man. He is hi//en to the (hysi,al senses. *ou ,annot see him with the (hysi,al eyes or tou,h him with
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your (hysi,al han/s. !his is the man who has be,ome a new ,reature in Christ a,,or/ing to 'e,on/ Corinthians &31#. %hen a man is born again4 his s(irit is reborn. .o/ (ro(hesie/ through both EDe-iel an/ Aeremiah that a time woul/ ,ome when He woul/ ta-e the ol/ stony heart out of men an/ (ut in a new one. He sai/ that He woul/ (ut His '(irit in us. Kn/er the New Covenant4 the New Birth be,omes available. !he New Birth is a rebirth of the human s(irit. 8s 'e,on/ Corinthians &31# tells us4 if any man is in Christ4 he is a new ,reatureBeverything that was ol/ in his s(iritB the ol/ natureBis ta-en away an/ all things be,ome new. 8s you give this newborn s(irit the (rivilege of me/itating on the %or/ of .o/4 this be,omes the sour,e of its information. *our s(irit will be,ome strong4 an/ the inwar/ voi,e of your ,ons,ien,e4 e/u,ate/ in the s(irit4 will be,ome a true gui/e4 for !/he spirit of man is the candle of the .ord.5 *our newborn s(irit has within it the life an/ nature of .o/. !he Holy '(irit /wells within your s(irit. !Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world! :1 Aohn $3$;. !he Holy '(irit /wells within youBnot in your hea/4 but in your s(irit. .o/ has to ,ommuni,ate with you through your s(irit be,ause that is where He is. *our s(irit gets its information through Him. .earn to obey your spirit= 'ome say that ,ons,ien,e is not a safe gui/e4 but that statement is not always true. !he ,ons,ien,e is a safe gui/e in the believer. *our ,ons,ien,e is the voi,e of your s(iritE an/ the voi,e of your s(irit ,an be,ome the voi,e of .o/ s(ea-ing to you. .o/ uses your s(irit to enlighten an/
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gui/e you. 8n/ as your s(irit has the (rivilege of me/itating an/ fee/ing u(on the %or/ of .o/4 it in,reasingly be,omes a safe gui/e. It is traine/ in the %or/. 9aul sai/ that he always obeye/ his ,ons,ien,e. 'ometimes (eo(le say4 5%ell4 you are a minister4 so the Holy '(irit woul/ s(ea- to you /ifferently than He woul/ to me.5 No4 He /eals with us in ministering an/ enables us to minister a little /ifferently4 but in s(ea-ing to us as in/ivi/uals about our own lives He /eals with us 6ust as He /eals with all believers. He s(ea-s to us with this inwar/ voi,eBthe voi,e of our own s(irit s(ea-ingBnot with 6ust the voi,e of the Holy '(irit. )e miss it by not always looking to the spiritual. Instea/4 we try to get .o/ to ,ome over into the sense4 or (hysi,al4 realm. %e (ut out a fleece an/ tell .o/4 5*ou /o this if *ou want me to /o that.5 .i/eon (ut out a flee,e4 but remember he /i/n7t have the '(irit of .o/. In the +l/ !estament the Holy '(irit only ,ame 5u(on5 ,ertain ones to minister. .i/eon was what we woul/ ,all a lay member. He /i/ not have the anointing of the Holy '(irit. .o/ ha/ to /eal with him through the senses. 8n/ .o/ might /o that to/ay4 but if He has to4 it is be,ause we are s(iritually /ullC Kn/er the New !estament4 Aesus sai/4 !*nd 4 will pray the "ather, and he shall give you another 5omforter, that he may abide with you for ever! :Aohn 1$31);. .i/eon /i/n7t -now the Holy '(iritE you -now Him. .o/ /eals with man through his human s(irit4 by the Holy '(irit. 8n/ Aesus sai/ of Him4 !when he, the #pirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.... 5 :Aohn
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1)31 ;. 'atan is the go/ of the sense realm. :'ee 'e,on/ Corinthians $3$.; 8n/ many times (eo(le try to get .o/ to move in the sense realm. Nowhere in the New !estament /oes it say4 58s many as are le/ by flee,es4 they are the sons of .o/.5 But you will fin/ that the Bible /oes say4 !"or as many as are led by the #pirit of God, they are the sons of God! :>om. 031$;. .o/ will lea/ an/ gui/e you through your own s(irit. *ou nee/ to -now that. !/he spirit of man is the candle of the .ord....5 !oo many miss it be,ause they are not ta-ing a/vantage of what belongs to them. +ne businessman tol/ me he lost several thousan/ /ollars be,ause he got involve/ in a business /eal when a flee,e he ha/ (ut out ma/e it loo- as though he shoul/. His home an/ more than one business were (ai/ for. 'omeone ,ame along with what soun/e/ li-e a goo/ business /eal. He /i/n7t have the ne,essary ,ash on han/ an/ woul/ have to mortgage his (ro(erty to borrow the money. He tol/ the man who ha/ (resente/ the /eal that he woul/ have to (ray about it. 5%ell4 we will have to /o something in 6ust a ,ou(le of /ays45 he was tol/4 5or this o((ortunity will be gone.5 'o he (ut out a flee,e to the effe,t of4 5=or/4 if *ou want me to /o this4 *ou /o something here in this natural realm.5 %ell4 the flee,e sai/ yes4 so he followe/ the flee,e4 an/ lost all his money. 8fter hearing me tea,h along these lines4 he tol/ me of the in,i/ent an/ sai/ he ha/ been ,onfuse/ an/ won/ere/
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where he ha/ misse/ .o/. But now he remembere/ that all the time an inward voice was telling him not to do it= %e nee/ to realiDe that .o/ will gui/e us through our s(irits. If our s(irit has the life an/ nature of .o/ in it an/ has the (rivilege to me/itate in the %or/ of .o/4 our s(irit be,omes a safe gui/e. In the earlier /ays of my ministry4 I ha/ hear/ (eo(le tal-ing about (utting out flee,es4 so I (ut one out regar/ing a,,e(ting the (astorate of a ,hur,h. "y flee,e sai/ that I shoul/ leave the ,hur,h where I was an/ ta-e the other one. %ell4 let me tell youB 4 got fleeced. I learne/ it /i/n7t wor-. .o/ has a better way than a hit1an/1miss system. !hat was the only time I ever misse/ .o/ in ,hanging ,hur,hes. !he other times I (raye/ an/ listene/ to the inwar/ voi,e an/ obeye/ my own s(irit. %hen I /i/4 I o(erate/ in the (erfe,t will of .o/. =earn to obey the voi,e of your s(irit. If you are not use/ to /oing that4 of ,ourse4 you won7t get there Iui,-ly. In the beginning of this ,ha(ter we sai/ that your s(irit ,oul/ be educated as your min/ ,oul/ be4 an/ your s(irit ,oul/ be built u( an/ strengthene/ as your bo/y ,oul/ be. But 6ust as you /i/ not begin s,hool in the first gra/e one wee- an/ gra/uate from the 12th gra/e the neJt4 your s(irit will not be e/u,ate/ or traine/ overnight. 8s you wal- in the light of the %or/ an/ (ut into (ra,ti,e the four rules liste/ in this ,ha(ter4 you eventually will ,ome to the (la,e where you will -now in your s(irit what you shoul/ /o in even the minor /etails of life. *ou will re,eive gui/an,e an/ will always instantly get either a 5yes5 or a 5no.5 !/he spirit of man is the candle of the .ord searching
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*nd a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, *nd had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, )hen she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. "or she said, 4f 4 may touch but his clothes, 4 shall be whole. *nd straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up$ and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. *nd Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, )ho touched my clothes? *nd his disciples said unto him, /hou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, )ho touched me? *nd he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. *nd he said unto her, 1aughter, thy faith hath made thee whole$ go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
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Iuestion<5 He retra,e/ His ste(s4 stoo/ ,lose to where I was -neeling4 an/ sai/4 5*ou may.5 I sai/4 5Fear =or/4 I have two sermons I (rea,h ,on,erning the woman who tou,he/ *our ,lothes an/ was heale/ when *ou were on earth. I re,eive/ both of these sermons by ins(iration. I (rea,h them everywhere I go. 8n/ every time I (rea,h them4 I seem to be ,ons,ious in my s(irit that the Holy '(irit is trying to get another sermon from this fifth ,ha(ter of "ar- to meBa sermon that woul/ ,om(lement the first two. 5!hen4 at times of (rayer when I have a great anointing45 I sai/4 5I will ,ome to the (la,e where it seems I am going to re,eive that message into my s(irit4 but somehow or other4 I fail to. If I am right about this4 I wish *ou woul/ give me that sermon.5 He sai/4 5*ou are ,orre,t. "y '(irit4 the Holy '(irit4 has en/eavore/ to get another sermon into your s(irit4 but you have faile/ to (i,- it u(. %hile I am here4 I will /o what you as-. I will give you that sermon outline. Now get your (en,il an/ (a(er an/ write it /own.5 I o(ene/ my eyes to as- for (a(er an/ (en,il. I /i/n7t see Aesus any longerE I saw the (eo(le who were (raying with me. %hen I ,lose/ my eyes4 there Aesus stoo/ as before. !his was a s(iritual vision. !here are three ty(es of visions3 :1; a spiritual vision, when you see with the eyes of your s(iritE :2; a trance, when your (hysi,al senses are sus(en/e/4 an/ you /o not -now at that moment that you have a bo/yE an/ : ; what I ,all an open vision, the highest ty(e of vision4 when your (hysi,al senses are all inta,t. *ou are not in a tran,e. *our
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eyes are wi/e o(en4 yet you see into the s(irit realm. I am not smart enough to have figure/ all of this out. +ne time when Aesus a((eare/ to me in a vision4 He tol/ me there are three -in/s of visions. He eJ(laine/ them to me an/ (rove/ them with ',ri(tures. But you /o not have to a,,e(t this 6ust be,ause I sai/ so. Fo not a,,e(t anything anyone tells you 6ust be,ause they ha/ a vision if it ,annot be (rove/ by the %or/ of .o/. If Aesus tells you anythingBif the '(irit of .o/ brings any revelation to youBit must be in line with the Bible4 or it is not from the '(irit of .o/. Holy men of ol/ wrote the ',ri(ture as they were move/ by the Holy '(irit :2 9eter 1321;4 an/ the Holy '(irit is not going to ,ontra/i,t Himself4 or ma-e Himself out a liar. Aesus sai/4 5%rite /own3 1424 4$.5 %ith my eyes shut4 I wrote /own 1424 4$. I -new the sermon ha/ four (oints. He sai/4 !4f anybody, anywhere, will take these four steps or put these four principles into operation, he will always receive whatever he wants from 2e or from God the "ather.5 I nee/ to eJ(lain here that these four ste(s He gave me ,an be (ut into o(eration imme/iately4 an/ you ,an re,eive anything in the (resent tense4 su,h as salvation4 the ba(tism of the Holy '(irit4 healing for your bo/y4 s(iritual vi,tory4 or finan,es. 8nything that the Bible (romises you now4 you ,an re,eive now by ta-ing these four ste(s. However4 some things4 su,h as some finan,ial nee/s an/ the manifestation of some healings4 et,.4 may ta-e time to /evelo(. !hen the four ste(s be,ome (rin,i(les that you must (ut into (ra,ti,e over a (erio/ of time. :8 farmer ,annot go out tomorrow an/ start (i,-ing ,otton or
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threshing wheat until it has ha/ time to grow.; But4 than.o/4 whether they are ste(s to be ta-en imme/iately4 or (rin,i(les to be (ra,ti,e/ over time4 you ,an have what you say. Fo$ can write yo$r own tic6et with God. Aesus sai/4 5Ste) 1: Say it.5 It is so sim(le it almost seems foolish. Every one of the four ste(s is sim(le. 8fter all4 Aesus4 in all of His (rea,hing4 never brought out anything very ,om(li,ate/. Fi/ you ever noti,e that< He tal-e/ in terms that even the une/u,ate/ ,oul/ un/erstan/4 be,ause few of the (eo(le He (rea,he/ to ha/ the a/vantage of an e/u,ation. Aesus tal-e/ about vineyar/s an/ or,har/s4 shee(fol/s an/ she(her/s. He illustrate/ s(iritual verities in su,h a sim(le way that the ,ommon (eo(le ,oul/ un/erstan/ him. .o/ never gives anybo/y anything so ,om(li,ate/ that it ,annot be un/erstoo/. If it ,omes from the Father4 it will be ,lear4 ,on,ise4 an/ sim(le. %e thin- sometimes that Aesus always initiate/ healings on His own4 that the (eo(le ha/ nothing to /o with it. %e may not sto( to thin- that the (eo(le then4 as now4 ha/ something to /o with itE they ha/ their (art to (lay. %hat if the blin/ man ha/ not washe/ the ,lay off his eyes in the (ool of 'iloam :Aohn 9;< %oul/ he have seen< No4 he woul/ not have seen. %hat about the man lying by the (ool of Bethes/a :Aohn &;< %hat if he ha/ sai/4 5I ,an7t get u(C5 Fi/ he have any (art to (lay< *es4 he /i/C Aesus as-e/ me this Iuestion3 5%hat was the first ste( the woman with the issue of bloo/ too- towar/ re,eiving her healing<5 !he Bible says that someone ha/ tol/ her about Aesus
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:"ar- &32#;. 'he -new about Aesus. 'he -new He was healing (eo(le. !he 20th verse tells us4 5For #,' #*41, 4f 4 may touch but his clothes, 4 shall be whole.5 !hat is the first thing she /i/3 #he said. In my vision4 Aesus sai/4 59ositive or negative4 it is u( to the in/ivi/ual. 8,,or/ing to what the in/ivi/ual says4 that shall he re,eive.5 He sai/4 5!his woman ,oul/ have ma/e a negative ,onfession instea/ of a (ositive one4 an/ that woul/ have been what she re,eive/. 'he ,oul/ have sai/4 7!here7s no use for me to go. I7ve suffere/ so long. !welve years I7ve been si,-. 8ll the best /o,tors have given u( on my ,ase. I7ve s(ent all of my living u(on (hysi,ians. I7m not better4 but growing worse. I have nothing to live for. I might as well /ie.75 He sai/4 5If that ha/ been what she sai/4 that woul/ have been what she re,eive/. But she /i/ not s(eanegatively. 'he s(o-e (ositively. For she sai/4 7If I may tou,h but his ,lothes4 I shall be whole.7 5 8n/ it ,ame to (assC For you ,an have what you say. *ou ,an write your own ti,-et with .o/. 8n/ the first ste( in writing your own ti,-et with .o/ is3 #ay it. !here are two (arts to everything you re,eive from .o/3 the (art .o/ (lays an/ the (art you (lay. .o/ is not going to fail in /oing His (art. *ou -now that. If you /o your (art4 you ,an be sure of an answer an/ the vi,tory. If you are /efeate/4 you are /efeate/ with your own li(s. *ou have /efeate/ yourself. !he Bible says in 9roverbs )324 !/hou art snared with the words of thy mouth.5 :+r4 5!hou art ta-en ,a(tive with the wor/s of thy
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mouth.5; +ne writer (ut it this way3 5*ou sai/ that you ,oul/ not4 an/ the moment you sai/ it4 you were whi((e/. *ou sai/ that you /i/ not have faith4 an/ /oubt rose u( li-e a giant an/ boun/ you. *ou tal-e/ failure4 an/ failure hel/ you in bon/age.5 If you tal- about your trials4 /iffi,ulties4 la,- of faith4 an/ la,- of moneyByour faith will shrivel an/ /ry u(. But4 bless .o/4 if you tal- about the %or/ of .o/4 your lovely Heavenly Father an/ what He ,an /oByour faith will grow by lea(s an/ boun/s. If you ,onfess si,-ness4 it will /evelo( si,-ness in your system. If you tal- about your /oubts an/ fears4 they will grow an/ be,ome stronger. If you ,onfess la,- of finan,es4 it will sto( the money from ,oming in. 8lthough that may soun/ li-e a (ara/oJ4 it is not. It is the truth. I have (roven it true again an/ again. Ste) :: Go it. Aesus /i,tate/ to me /uring my vision4 !9our action defeats you or puts you over. *ccording to your action, you receive or you are kept from receiving.5 !hat is im(ortantC =et me state it again3 *our a,tion /efeats you or (uts you over. 8,,or/ing to your a,tion4 you re,eive or you are -e(t from re,eiving. !his woman in "ar- & ha/ a number of obsta,les to over,ome. 'he /i/ not (ray that .o/ woul/ remove the obsta,lesE she 6ust got u( an/ wal-e/ over the to( of them. In Bible /ays4 a woman with an issue of bloo/ was regar/e/ in the same ,ategory as a le(er an/ was not to miJ in (ubli,4 a,,or/ing to the tea,hing of her religion. But her a,tions sai/4 5>eligion or no religion4 I7m going to get my
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healing.5 In that /ay4 women /i/ not have the (rivilege to mingle (ubli,ly. But again her a,tions sai/4 5Custom or no ,ustom4 I7m going to get my healing.5 %hen she got there4 a multitu/e of (eo(le ,row/e/ between her an/ Aesus. In her wea-ene/ (hysi,al ,on/ition4 that woul/ have been enough to ,ause her to give u(. But4 blesse/ be .o/4 her a,tions sai/4 5Crow/ or no ,row/4 I7m getting to Aesus45 an/ she elbowe/ her way through. !his woman7s a,tions showe/ her faith. Now get u( an/ wal- on to( of the obsta,les that have been stan/ing between you an/ Aesus4 an/ you an/ healing. 9ut actions as well as wor/s with your faith. It woul/ not have /one the woman with the issue of bloo/ any goo/ to have sai/4 !4f 4 may touch but his clothes! :v. 20; if she ha/ not acted on what she sai/. 'he did it4 (raise .o/4 an/ she re,eive/. Ste) !: Recei(e it. #ay it. 1o it. 0eceive it. !#he felt in her body that she was healed of that plague! :v. 29;. Aesus sai/4 5Girtue has gone out of me. 'omebo/y has tou,he/ me5 :v. 22;. :+r as a marginal note rea/s4 5He sai/4 79ower has gone out of me.75; I want you to noti,e something. Noti,e that the feeling an/ the healing followe/ the coming an/ the doing. !he woman said it first. 'he came for it se,on/. !hen she received, an/ felt in her bo/y that she was heale/. "ost (eo(le want the feeling an/ the healing first4 before the saying an/ the /oing4 but that7s not how it wor-s. *ou have to have the saying an/ a,tion first. !hen you will have the
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healing an/ feeling. Aesus sai/4 59ower has gone out of me.5 8t that time4 Aesus was the only re(resentative of the .o/hea/ at woron earth. He was anointe/ by the Holy '(irit. %hen He was on earth4 if you wante/ to go where the (ower was4 you ha/ to go where He was. In =u-e &31#4 the Bible says He was tea,hing on a ,ertain /ay4 an/ the 9harisees an/ /o,tors of the law from every town in .alilee an/ Au/aea were gathere/ to hear him. !*nd the power of the .ord was present to heal them.5 Aesus /elegate/ a ,ertain amount of that (ower to the 12 an/ sent them out4 an/ He /elegate/ a ,ertain amount to the #2 an/ sent them out. !hen4 before He went away4 He sai/4 !4t is e(pedient for you that 4 go away: for if 4 go not away, the 5omforter will not come unto you 5 :Aohn 1)3#;. %hen Aesus returne/ to heaven4 He sent the thir/ 9erson of the .o/hea/4 the Holy '(irit4 to this earth. !he Holy '(irit is the only 9erson of the .o/hea/ at woron the earth to/ay. Now4 as Aesus sai/ to me4 !+ower is always present everywhere.! +h4 if (eo(le ,oul/ only realiDe thatC He is everywhere= 8n/ wherever He is4 there is (ower. !he whole worl/ is ,on,erne/ about ra/ioa,tive material that is release/ when nu,lear bombs are eJ(lo/e/ in the atmos(here. !his is a (ower that ,annot be seen or felt4 yet it is a (ower that is /ea/ly an/ /angerous. !here is a (ower at woron the earth to/ay that is neither /ea/ly nor /angerousBa goo/ (ower4 a (ower that heals4 /elivers4 an/ sets free. 8n/ this unseen4 unhear/ (owerBthis su(ernatural (owerBis always (resent
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everywhere. It is li-e (lugging into an ele,tri,al outlet. If we ,an learn how to (lug into this su(ernatural (ower4 we ,an (ut it to wor- for us4 an/ we ,an be heale/. 4f every sick person in every sick room in the world @ust knew about this power and how to tap into it, it would heal them of every disease. If (eo(le in institutions only -new it4 there is (ower right there in that room where they areBmore than enough (ower to heal them4 to ,ure the insane4 to /rive out /emons4 an/ to /eliver those who are boun/. If the (ower is there4 you will as-4 why isn7t everyone heale/< =et7s return to this ,row/ where the si,- woman (ushe/ her way to Aesus. !1aughter,5 Aesus sai/4 !/,9 "*4/, hath made thee whole! :v. $;. !here is a se,ret here. It was her faith that ,ause/ that (ower to flow out to her. Aesus sai/ to me4 !+ower is always present everywhere 5B(ower to /eliver from every si,-nessE (ower to /eliver from every /emon an/ everything that hurts or /estroys. "aith gives it a,tion. Now we -now the se,ret. It is not a hi//en se,ret. It may be a se,ret to some4 but it has been reveale/ to us an/ to all who will listen. Aesus sai/4 5%ho tou,he/ me<5 :v. 2;4 an/ the /is,i(les re(lie/4 !/hou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, )ho touched me?! :v. 1;. "any (eo(le tou,he/ Aesus that /ayBsome through ,uriosity4 some a,,i/entally4 an/ some to see if something woul/ ha((en. But no (ower flowe/ until there ,ame a tou,h of faithC !he minute there was a tou,h of faith4 the (ower flowe/ out. !hat /ay in 19 $ when healing (ower envelo(e/ my
bo/y an/ every sym(tom of /istress4 /efi,ien,y an/ (hysi,al wrongness was /riven out of my bo/y4 I /i/n7t realiDe what I was /oing. I -now now. I sim(ly a,te/ on "ar- 1132 42$. I began to say4 5I believe .o/. I believe I re,eive healing for the /eforme/ heart. I believe I re,eive healing for the (aralysis. I believe I re,eive healing for the in,urable bloo/ /isease.5 !hose were the only three things the /o,tors ha/ tol/ me. In ,ase I misse/ something4 I sai/4 5I believe I re,eive healing from the to( of my hea/ to the soles of my feet.5 I -new I was a,ting on those ',ri(tures4 an/ that is faith. Faith is a,ting on .o/7s %or/. .lory to .o/4 I (lugge/ into the (ower hose of heaven. I felt a warm glow stri-e me on the to( of my hea/ an/ ooDe /own over my bo/y li-e somebo/y above me was (ouring honey on me. It ooDe/ over my hea/4 /own over my shoul/ers4 /own my arms4 out to the en/s of my fingers4 an/ /own my bo/y. Feeling returne/ to the u((er (art of my bo/y4 where I ha/ ha/ (erha(s #& (er,ent feeling. From my waist /own4 I felt nothingE I was /ea/. But when this (ower went /own my bo/y an/ out the en/s of my toes4 feeling returne/4 the (aralysis /isa((eare/4 an/ I foun/ myself stan/ing in the mi//le of the room with my han/s u(lifte/4 (raising .o/. I7m still heale/ now after more than &2 years. Fo you thin- .o/ sent that healing (ower from heaven 6ust that /ay< NoC !hat (ower was in that room every /ay of those 1) months I was be/fast. %hy /i/n7t it /o something< Be,ause I ha/n7t turne/ the swit,h of faith on. "any have /ie/ waiting for healing to ,ome to them4 saying4 5I believe .o/ is going to heal me sometime.! !hat is an uns,ri(tural statement an/ ,ontains no faith. It will
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not wor-. 9eo(le say4 5Brother Hagin4 /o you -now why the =or/ won7t heal me<5 'ometimes I sho,- them by re(lying4 5.o/ has alrea/y /one all He is ever going to /o about healing you.5 !heir eyes get big. 5*ou mean He7s not going to heal me<5 I tell them4 5I /i/n7t say that. I sai/ that He has /one all He is ever going to /o about healing you. *ou see4 He sent Aesus to earth nearly 24222 years ago4 an/ He lai/ your si,-ness an/ your /isease on Aesus4 an/ Aesus bore them away. <,imself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses7 :"att. 031#;. .o/ alrea/y has /one something about your si,-nesses. %hy won7t you a,,e(t what He has /one<5 .o/ is not going to /o anything about it4 be,ause He alrea/y has done something about it. He has /one something about salvation4 the Holy '(irit4 healing4 an/ /eliveran,e from /emons. It is now u( to you to (lug in. "aith is the plug, (raise .o/. Aust (lug in. How /o you (lug in< #ay it. 1o it. 0eceive it. Ste) ": 'e,, it. !he woman !came and fell down before him, and /-.1 him all the truth! :v. ;. Not only Aesus4 but the whole ,row/4 hear/ her. 'he told Him everything she ha/ /one. Aesus sai/ to me4 5!ell it so others may believe.5 *ou see4 there is a /ifferen,e between the first ste( :she said what she believe/ woul/ ha((en; an/ the last ste( :she told what ha/ ha((ene/;.
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*es4 it is s,ri(tural to go tell it :"ar- &319;. 9raise the =or/4 He /i/n7t say4 5.o an/ /ebate the Iuestion of whether a (erson in your ,on/ition ,oul/ be heale/ or not.5 He 6ust sai/4 5.o tell it.5 In the vision4 I sai/4 5=or/4 I ,an see that. I ,an see if anybo/y woul/ ta-e these four ste(s4 they woul/ re,eive healing 6ust li-e that woman /i/. 5But now *ou sai/ if anybo/y anywhere woul/ ta-e those four ste(s4 they woul/ re,eive from *ou whatever they wanted. Fo *ou mean that (eo(le ,an re,eive the infilling of the Holy '(irit that way<5 He sai/4 5"ost assure/ly4 yes.5 !hen I sai/ to Him4 5=or/4 what about Christians< 'o many believers nee/ vi,tory in various areas of their life. !hey have the worl/4 the flesh4 an/ the /evil to /eal with. 'ome nee/ vi,tory over the flesh. 'ome nee/ vi,tory over the /evil. 'ome nee/ vi,tory over the worl/. 8n/ some nee/ vi,tory over all of it. 8re *ou telling me that any believer anywhere ,an write a ti,-et of vi,tory over the worl/4 the flesh4 an/ the /evil< /hey ,an /o it<5 He sai/ em(hati,ally4 5*esC5 He ,ontinue/4 5If they /on7t /o it4 it won7t be /one. It woul/ be a waste of their time to (ray for "e to give them the vi,tory. !hey have to write their own ti,-et.5 5But4 =or/45 I sai/4 5*ou7re going to have to give me some ',ri(ture to (rove it. *our %or/ says4 <4n the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established<< :"att. 1031);. 'o give me more ',ri(ture having these same four (rin,i(les in it4 an/ I will believe it. I woul/ not a,,e(t any vision4 even if I /i/ see *ou4 if *ou ,oul/ not (rove what *ou sai/ by the Bible.5
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No4 He /i/n7t re(riman/ me. He smile/ an/ sai/4 58ll right.5 5!here is a story from the +l/ !estament45 He sai/4 5that you have -nown sin,e you were a 'un/ay ',hool boy.5 I ,oul/n7t thin- of any story that ha/ these four (rin,i(les in it4 so I sai/4 5*ou will have to tell me where it is.5 He sai/4 5In First 'amuel4 the 1#th ,ha(ter4 the story of Favi/ an/ .oliath.5 5Now wait a minute45 I sai/. 5*ou7re not going to tell me that is what Favi/ /i/<5 He sai/4 5EJa,tly. !hose are the four ste(s he too-. !he very first thing Favi/ /i/ was he said 5 :v. 2;. *ou ,an rea/ it for yourself. I rea/ it after my vision. Five times Favi/ said it before he a,te/ u(on it. Favi/ was sent by his father to ta-e (rovisions to his brothers in the army an/ to fin/ out how the war was (rogressing. %hen he got there4 Favi/ foun/ the 9hilistines en,am(e/ on one si/e of the valley4 an/ the Israelites en,am(e/ on the other. %hile Favi/ was there4 a giant by the name of .oliath ,ame out an/ ,hallenge/ the armies of Israel4 saying4 5'en/ a man out against me. If I /efeat him4 you will be our servants4 an/ if he /efeats me4 we will be your servants.5 No man in Israel woul/ go out against him4 not even King 'aul4 who was hea/ an/ shoul/ers taller than any man in Israel.
1 SAMC@- 17:!: !: ANG GAA<G SA<G to Sa$,, -et no man5% heart fai, beca$%e of him* thy %er(ant wi,, go and fight with thi% 3hi,i%tine.
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*nd 1avid said= 9raise .o/4 that7s the first thing Favi/ /i/. Here7s a ,ountry boy4 a teenager4 who says he will go out an/ fight against the giant. His ol/est brother4 Eliab4 ha/ (o-e/ a little fun at his ,oming to the battlefiel/4 saying4 5%here are those shee( you7re su((ose/ to be wat,hing<5 *et 1avid said:
1 SAMC@- 17:!" !7 !" ANG GAA<G SA<G $nto Sa$,, 'hy %er(ant 6e)t hi% father5% %hee), and there came a ,ion, and a bear, and too6 a ,amb o$t of the f,oc6: !7 And < went o$t after him, and %mote him, and de,i(ered it o$t of hi% mo$th: and when he aro%e again%t me, < ca$ght him by hi% beard, and %mote him, and %,ew him. !8 'hy %er(ant %,ew both the ,ion and the bear: and thi% $ncirc$mci%ed 3hi,i%tine %ha,, be a% one of them, %eeing he hath defied the armie% of the ,i(ing God. !7 GAA<G SA<G MOR@OA@R, 'he -ord that de,i(ered me o$t of the )aw of the ,ion, and o$t of the )aw of the bear, he wi,, de,i(er me o$t of the hand of thi% 3hi,i%tine.
Favi/ -new you ,an have what you say. He -new you ,an write your own ti,-et with .o/. Favi/ is writing it here. He -new .o/ woul/ /o anything he woul/ believe Him for. .o/ will /o the same for you4 too. !he only reason He has not /one more for you is be,ause you have not believe/ Him for moreC In fa,t4 all you are and all you have today is the result of what you believed and said in the past. 'omeone tol/ 'aul what Favi/ ha/ sai/. He sent for him. 'aul wante/ to give Favi/ his armor4 but Favi/
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woul/n7t ta-e it. !*nd 1avid said unto #aul, 4 cannot go with these$ for 4 have not proved them! :v. 9;. Favi/ went out against .oliath arme/ only with his she(her/7s sling an/ staff. %hen the giant saw him4 he /is/aine/ Favi/ !for he was but a youth, and ruddy.! .oliath sai/4 !*m 4 a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?! .oliath ,urse/ Favi/ by his heathen go/s an/ threatene/ him. Favi/ let him tal-. *ou ,an7t sto( the /evil from tal-ing. =et him blab. But when he gets through4 you have something to say. 8NF F8GIF '8IF :he7s still writing that ti,-et;4 !/hou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but 4 come to thee in the name of the .ord of hosts, the God of the armies of 4srael, whom thou hast defied! :v. $&;. Favi/ is not through yetC Favi/ tol/ .oliath4 5I will fee/ your ,ar,ass an/ the ,ar,asses of the host of the 9hilistines this /ay unto the fowls of the air4 an/ to the wil/ beasts of the earth.5 How ,oul/ a teenage ,ountry boy say that< He was not a sol/ier. He ha/ never been traine/ to fight. *et here he is ,onfronting a giant. How tall was this giant< I /i/ a little resear,h. !he Bible tells us that .oliath was siJ ,ubits an/ a s(an in height. 8,,or/ing to the famous Aewish historian4 Flavius Aose(hus4 a ,ubit was measure/ /ifferently at /ifferent times in Israel7s history. If measure/ by the shorter length4 .oliath was almost 12 feet tall. If measure/ by the longer length4 .oliath was about 11 feet tall. %hat /i/ Favi/ /o< Favi/ /i/ not loo- at the situation
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from the stan/(oint of 5how big I am5 or 5what I ,an /o from the natural stan/(oint.5 He loo-e/ at it from the stan/(oint of 5my .o/ ,an /o it.5 Favi/ was measuring the giant by the siDe of .o/. It /i/ not matter if .oliath were 11 feet tall. Com(are/ to .o/4 there is not even the resemblan,e of an ant to an ele(hantBnot even the tiniest ant. %hen you begin to measure your (roblems li-e this4 your situation loo-s /ifferent. *ou see4 5giants5 loo- big when we measure ourselves by them. *ou may be fa,ing some of them to/ay. I7ve fa,e/ them through the years. But when you (ut them besi/e .o/4 they /on7t loo- big at all4 be,ause He7s bigger. He7s Bigger. He7s BI..E>. He7s .>E8!E>C .reater is He that is in you than he that is in the worl/ :1 Aohn $3$;. =et7s thin- in line with .o/7s %or/. .o/ is greater than the /evil. He7s greater than the giants that are in the lan/. He7s greater than the enemy we fa,e. He7s greater than any (ower that ,an ,ome against us. He7s greater than any for,e that ,an be unleashe/ u(on us. %hen you thin- li-e that4 when you loo- at things li-e that4 when you believe an/ tal- li-e that4 sooner or later4 you7re going to arrive. Favi/ ran an/ hastene/ to meet the giant. He ,ut off the giant7s hea/. First4 Favi/ said it. 'e,on/4 he did it. !hir/4 he received it. 8n/ fourth4 they told it. !he women got their tambourines an/ musi,al instruments an/ began to /an,e an/ sing4 !#aul has slain his thousands, but 1avid his ten thousands! :1 'am. 103#;. 'ome might won/er4 5How /i/ Favi/ -now what .o/ woul/ /o<5
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He will /o everything He sai/ He woul/ /o4 an/ He will /o everything you believe Him for. Fo$ can write yo$r own tic6et with God. 8re you rea/y to write your ti,-et< If you nee/ healing or vi,tory over the worl/4 the flesh4 or the /evil4 say an/ a,t on .o/7s %or/4 5I am writing a ti,-et of vi,tory to/ay.5 *ou /on7t even have to have han/s lai/ on you for healing. 9eo(le boun/ by habits li-e toba,,o an/ /o(e have stoo/ in front of me an/ sai/4 5Brother Hagin4 that thing left me4 an/ I /on7t want it anymore.5 !hey wrote a ti,-et of vi,tory. !hey sai/4 5I7ve never been bothere/ by /emons anymore.5 !hey too- that giant7s hea/ off. Fon7t measure yourself by the giant. "easure the giant by .o/. Aesus sai/ to me4 5Israel is a ty(e of the (eo(le of .o/. .oliath ,an be any giant that might be in your life3 a ty(e of the /evil4 /emons4 the worl/4 the flesh4 si,-ness4 or anything else that stan/s between .o/7s (eo(le an/ vi,tory. Every ,hil/ of .o/ ,an write a ti,-et of vi,tory.5 In 19&24 we were (lanning to hol/ a tent meeting in Clovis4 New "eJi,o. %hen I tol/ my mother about our (ro(ose/ tri(4 she tol/ me to /rive ,arefully be,ause 5there are so many wre,-s all the time.5 'he a/mitte/ that when I travele/4 she staye/ awa-e all night4 (raying4 afrai/ a ,all woul/ ,ome saying I ha/ been in a wre,-. I tol/ her that if she ha/ been (raying in faith4 she ,oul/ have gone to slee(. :I ha/ to tell my own mother the truth 6ust the same as anyone else.; 'he sai/4 5'on4 I -now you have faith. I never ha/ mu,h myself.5 :'he was a member of a Full .os(el ,hur,h4
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too4 an/ she was tal-ing herself right out of .o/7s blessings.; 'he sai/ she -new I (robably (raye/ every minute I was on the roa/. I tol/ her4 5I never /o. I never even (ray that .o/ will be with me.5 5%hat ma-es you tal- that way< %hat7s gotten into you<5 she sai/. 5Nothing but the %or/45 I tol/ her. I remin/e/ her that Aesus ha/ alrea/y (romise/ us4 !4 will never leave thee nor forsake thee! :Heb. 1 3&;. I tol/ her I always start out by saying4 5Heavenly Father4 I7m so than-ful for your %or/. I am so gla/ that Aesus is with me.5 !he $th 9salm says4 !/he angel of the .ord enG campeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.5 I tol/ my mother that angels4 as well as .o/4 Aesus4 an/ the Holy '(irit4 are with me. I go singing an/ re6oi,ing. %riting your own ti,-et with .o/4 however4 /oes not mean that things will fall on you li-e ri(e ,herries from a tree. *ou are not going to float through life on flowery be/s of ease. !he /evil will try you an/ tem(t you. In 19&$4 after hol/ing meetings in +regon4 we sto((e/ in 'alt =a-e City to see the great "ormon !em(le on the way home. 8s non1"ormons4 we ,oul/ not go insi/e4 but a gui/e tol/ us about the interior. He eJ(laine/ how the "ormons ha/ trans(orte/ the stones by oJ ,art an/ ha/ built the tem(le to last for eternity. +n the s(ire of the tem(le is the li-eness of an angel blowing a trum(et. !his statue4 of ,o((er overlai/ with gol/ leaf4 is 12 1L2 feet high. It is su((ose/ to be the angel "oroni4 who su((ose/ly a((eare/ to Aose(h 'mith in the
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1022s an/ tol/ him to /ig u( the gol/ (lates from whi,h 'mith sai/ he translate/ the Boo- of "ormon. I ,annot a,,e(t the Boo- of "ormon. I have rea/ it4 but it /oes not agree with the New !estament. 8s the 8(ostle 9aul sai/4 !But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed! :.al. 130;. 8s we stoo/ there on the lawn listening to the gui/e4 I hear/ someone behin/ me fall so har/ his hea/ (o((e/ u( an/ hit again. 8 man sai/ that a boy ha/ fallen. !he gui/e sai/4 5!hat ha((ens very often when I7m telling this story.5 He thought it was a su(ernatural sign to ,orroborate what he was telling. He sai/ to /rag the boy ba,- aroun/ the treeE he woul/ ,ome to in a minute. I /i/ not loo- ba,-4 but my wife /i/4 an/ she sai/ it was our son4 Ken Ar.4 who was 1& years ol/ at the time. He ha/ hit the groun/ so har/ that his shoes were -i,-e/ off. His -nees were /rawn right u( to his ,hest. His han/s were twiste/4 an/ his mouth was wor-ing in su,h ,onvulsions that he was ,hewing his tongue. His eyes were set an/ glaDe/. Faster than ma,hine gun bullets ,an fly4 the /evil shot his /arts into my min/ an/ sai/4 5*ou sai/ that that ,oul/n7t ha((en to your ,hil/.5 He gave me mental visions of my son having e(ile(sy or some other -in/ of /isease an/ being in an institution while I was out (rea,hing. But4 than- .o/4 I -new how to write my ti,-et with .o/. I grabbe/ my son by the arms to lift him u(. He was stiff. I sai/4 5Come out of himC5 I ha/ sense/ evil s(irits when I wal-e/ on those groun/s. I sai/4 5I ,omman/ you to
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,ome out of him in the Name of the =or/ Aesus ChristC5 Ken straightene/ out an/ blin-e/ his eyes. He ,alle/ to me4 an/ as-e/ where he was an/ what ha/ ha((ene/ to him. I tol/ him that the /evil ha/ -no,-e/ him /own4 but that Aesus was bigger than the /evil. %e wrote our own ti,-et of vi,tory. !he gui/e ha/ sai/ it was a su(ernatural manifestation verifying what he ha/ sai/4 but I got ri/ of his manifestation with the Name of Aesus. *ou ,an say it an/ /o it. *ou have authority over the /evil. *ou /on7t nee/ to be /efeate/. Fo$ can write yo$r own tic6et with God. 1. 'ay it. 2. Fo it. . >e,eive it. $. !ell it.
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*nd on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: *nd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves$ for the time of figs was not yet. *nd Jesus answered and said unto it, ;o man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. *nd his disciples heard it. *nd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. *nd +eter calling to remembrance saith unto him, 2aster, behold the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. *nd Jesus answering saith unto them, ,ave faith in God. "ar- 1131211$E 22122 =et us fo,us our attention on the statement4 !,ave faith in God! :v. 22; or4 as the margin rea/s4 5Have the faith of .o/.5 .ree- s,holars tell us this ,oul/ have been translate/4 5Have the .o/1-in/ of faith.5 Aesus /emonstrate/ that He ha/ the 5.o/1-in/ of faith.5 From afar He saw that the fig tree ha/ leaves4 an/ He a((roa,he/ it loo-ing for fruit. 'ome have Iuestione/ why Aesus loo-e/ for figs on this tree when it was not time for them to be ri(e. However4 in that ,ountry those trees whi,h retaine/ their leaves usually also ha/ figs. Fin/ing no fruit
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on the tree4 Aesus s(o-e to it4 saying4 !;o man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.5 !he neJt /ay when Aesus an/ His /is,i(les (asse/ by again4 they foun/ the tree /rie/ u( from the roots. 9eter sai/4 !2aster, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away,5 whi,h brought this amaDing an/ startling statement from the li(s of Aesus3 !,ave faith in God ?have the faith of .o/4 or the .o/1-in/ of faith@. "or verily 4 say unto you, /hat whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea$ and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass$ he shall have whatsoever he saith! :"ar- 1132242 ;. 8fter telling His /is,i(les in verse 22 to have the .o/1 -in/ of faith4 Aesus went on to /efine an/ /es,ribe for us what it is. !he .o/1-in/ of faith is the -in/ of faith in whi,h a man3 :1; believes in his heart4 an/ :2; says with his mouth what he believes in his heart4 an/ : ; it ,omes to (ass. Aesus showe/ that He ha/ that -in/ of faith4 for He believe/ that what He sai/ woul/ ,ome to (ass. He sai/ to the tree4 !;o man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.5 /his is the kind of faith that spoke the world into e(istence=
0@#R@?S 11:! ! 'hro$gh faith we $nder%tand that the wor,d% were framed by the word of God, %o that thing% which are %een were not made of thing% which do a))ear.
How /i/ .o/ /o it< .o/ believe/ that what He sai/ woul/ ,ome to (ass. He s(o-e the %or/4 an/ there was earth. He s(o-e into eJisten,e the vegetable -ing/om. He s(o-e into eJisten,e the animal -ing/om. He s(o-e into
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eJisten,e the heavens an/ the earth4 the moon4 the sun4 the stars an/ the universe. He sai/ it4 an/ it was so. !hat is the .o/1-in/ of faith. God believed what ,e said would come to pass, and it did= Aesus /emonstrate/ that .o/1-in/ of faith to His /is,i(les4 an/ then He tol/ them that they ha/ that -in/ of faithBthe faith in whi,h a man believes with his heart4 says with his mouth what he believes4 an/ it ,omes to (ass. 'omeone might say4 5I want that -in/ of faith. I am going to (ray that .o/ will give it to me.5 If you attem(t this4 you are wasting your time. *ou /on7t nee/ to (ray for itE you alrea/y have it.
ROMANS 1::! ! /or < %ay, thro$gh the grace gi(en $nto me, to e(ery man that i% among yo$, not to thin6 of him%e,f more high,y than he o$ght to thin6* b$t to thin6 %ober,y, according a% God hath dea,t to e(ery man the mea%$re of faith.
Every believer has been /ealt a measure of the .o/1 -in/ of faith. 9aul wrote this to believers4 for he says4 5to every man that is among you.5 !he E(istle to the >omans is not written to the sinners in the worl/E it is written to Christians. !he letter is a//resse/ to4 !all that be in 0ome, beloved of God, called to be saints....5 :>om. 13#;. 8n/ in this letter we are tol/ that .o/ has given to !every man ?that is among you@ the measure of faith.5 Every believer4 every ,hil/ of .o/4 every Christian /oes have a measure of the .o/1-in/ of faith. Further (roof of this is seen in E(hesians 2304 !"or by grace are ye saved through "*4/,$ and that not of yourselves: 4/ 4# /,' G4"/ -" G-1.5 !he faith is not of
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yourself. He is not tal-ing about the gra,e4 for everyone -nows that gra,e is not of yourself. He is saying that the faith by whi,h you are save/ is not of yourself. It is not a natural human faith. It was given to sinners by .o/. 8n/ how /i/ .o/ give the sinner faith to be save/< >omans 1231# says4 !#o then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.5 Noti,e the eJ(ressions we have 6ust seen in regar/ to faith3 5'o then faith cometh....5 5.o/ hath dealt... faith.! 5*e ?are@ save/ through faith$ an/ that not of yourselves3 it is the gift....5 9aul says that faith is given, it is dealt, it cometh.
ROMANS 10:8 8 #$t what %aith it& 'he word i% nigh thee, e(en in thy mo$th, and in thy heart: that i%, the word of faith, which we )reach.
!he BibleBthis message of .o/Bis ,alle/ the %or/ of faith. %hy is it ,alle/ the %or/ of faith< Be,ause it ,auses faith to ,ome even into the heart of the unsave/. It ,auses the -in/ of faith that s(o-e the universe into eJisten,e to be /ealt to our hearts. Faith is given to us through the %or/. Noti,e again the wor/s of >omans 12303 5But what saith it< !he wor/ is nigh thee4 even in thy mouth, an/ in thy heart: that is4 the wor/ of faith4 whi,h we (rea,h.5 !his agrees eJa,tly with the wor/s of Aesus in "ar- 1132 4 5%hosoever shall say... an/ shall not /oubt in his heart....5 %e see here the basi, (rin,i(le inherent in the .o/1 -in/ of faith3 believing it with the heart an/ saying it with the mouth. Aesus believe/ it an/ He sai/ it. .o/ believe/ it an/ He sai/ it4 s(ea-ing the earth into eJisten,eC
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Gerses nine an/ ten of this same tenth ,ha(ter of >omans say4 5!hat if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the =or/ Aesus4 an/ shalt believe in thine heart that .o/ hath raise/ him from the /ea/4 thou shalt be save/. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousnessE an/ with the mouth confession is ma/e unto salvation.5 8 measure of faith is /ealt to the sinner through hearing the %or/. !hen he uses it to ,reate the reality of salvation in his own life. %hen Christians are as-e/4 5%hen were you save/<5 they often answer by saying something li-e4 58bout nine on the night of Auly tenth.5 !hey are mista-en4 however4 be,ause .o/ save/ them nearly 24222 years ago. It be,ame a reality to them only when they believe/ it an/ ,onfesse/ it. 'alvation belongs to everyone. Every man an/ woman in this worl/ has a legal right to salvation. Aesus /ie/ for the whole worl/4 not 6ust for you an/ me. %hen the truth is (rea,he/ to the sinner4 it ,auses faith to ,ome. %hen he believes an/ ,onfesses4 he ,reates the reality of it in his own life by his faith.
ROMANS 10:1!,1",17 1! /or who%oe(er %ha,, ca,, $)on the name of the -ord %ha,, be %a(ed. 1" 0ow then %ha,, they ca,, on him in whom they ha(e not be,ie(ed& and how %ha,, they be,ie(e in him of whom they ha(e not heard& and how %ha,, they hear witho$t a )reacher& 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Faith for salvation ,omes by hearing the %or/ of .o/. Faith for anything we re,eive from .o/ ,omes in the same
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way. !he .o/1-in/ of faith ,omes by hearing .o/7s %or/ Ban/ .o/ has no -in/ of faith other than the .o/1-in/. In other wor/s4 .o/ gives or ,auses the .o/1-in/ of faith to ,ome into the hearts of those who hear. It is no won/er then that Aesus sai/4 !/ake heed therefore how you hear<< :=u-e 0310;. *ou ,annot let it go in one ear an/ out the other4 be,ause that won7t /o any goo/. Faith won7t ,ome. If you a,t as if the %or/ of .o/ were some fairy tale4 faith will not ,ome. But when you a,,e(t it reverently an/ sin,erely4 an/ a,t u(on it4 faith ,omes.
: 1OR<N'0<ANS ":1! 1! ?e ha(ing the %ame %)irit of faith, according a% it i% written, < be,ie(ed, and therefore ha(e < %)o6en* we a,%o be,ie(e, and therefore %)ea6.
%e have the same s(irit of faith. %hat belonge/ to the Chur,h at Corinth belongs to the Chur,h to/ay. +n no o,,asion /i/ 9aul or any of the a(ostles ever write to en,ourage the (eo(le to believeE never /i/ they tell them to have faith. +ur having to en,ourage believers to believe or have faith is a result of the %or/ of .o/7s having lost its reality to us. %e are believersC %hen our ,hil/ren are away4 we /on7t have to write to them an/ say4 5Be sure to -ee( breathing.5 !hey will ,ontinue to breathe as long as they are alive. Neither /o we have to en,ourage believers to believe4 be,ause that is what they areBbelievers. How many of us realiDe that our wor/s /ominate us< !/hou art snared with the words of thy mouth....5 :9rov. )32;. 8nother version says4 5!hou art ta-en ,a(tive with the wor/s of thy mouth.5 +ne writer (ut it this way4 5*ou sai/
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you ,oul/ not4 an/ the moment you sai/ it you were /efeate/. *ou sai/ you /i/ not have faith4 an/ /oubt rose u( li-e a giant an/ boun/ you. *ou are im(risone/ with your own wor/s. *ou tal- failure4 an/ failure hol/s you in bon/age.5 .o/ ,reate/ the universe with wor/s. )ords filled with faith are the most powerful things in all the world. Fefeat an/ failure /o not belong to the ,hil/ of .o/. .o/ never ma/e a failure. .o/ ma/e us new ,reatures. %e are not born of the will of the flesh or the will of man4 but the will of .o/. %e are ,reate/ in Christ Aesus. Failures are man1ma/e. !hey are ma/e by wrong believing an/ wrong thin-ing. First Aohn $3$ says4 5.. .Greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.5 =earn to trust the .reater +ne who is in you. He is mightier than anything in the worl/. !he -ey to over,oming si,-ness an/ (roblems is the .o/1-in/ of faithBbelieving with the heart an/ ,onfessing with the mouth. +ur li(s ,an ma-e us vi,tors or -ee( us ,a(tives. %e ,an fill our wor/s with faith or we ,an fill our wor/s with /oubt. %e ,an fill our wor/s with love that will melt the ,ol/est heart4 or we ,an fill our wor/s with hate an/ (oison. %e ,an fill our wor/s with love that will hel( the /is,ourage/ an/ bro-en1hearte/4 an/ with faith that will stir heaven. %e ,an ma-e our wor/s breathe the very atmos(here of heaven. +ur faith will never rise above the wor/s of our li(s.
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Aesus tol/ the woman with the issue of bloo/ that her faith ha/ ma/e her whole. !houghts may ,ome an/ may (ersist in staying. But if we refuse to (ut those thoughts into wor/s4 they /ie unborn. Cultivate the habit of thin-ing big things. =earn to use wor/s that will rea,t u(on your own s(irit. "aith<s confessions create realities. !here are two things to noti,e about the .o/1-in/ of faith. First4 a man believes in his heart. 'e,on/4 he believes with his wor/s. It is not enough to believe anything in your heart alone. !o get .o/ to wor- for you4 you also have to believe with your wor/s. !he unalterable law of faith is as Aesus sai/4 5%hosoever shall say... an/ shall not /oubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things whi,h he saith shall ,ome to (assE he shall have whatsoever he saith ! :"ar- 1132 ;.
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