Bible Faith

Here's a little formula for the faith that pleases God. You can make this Bible faith work for you. It is the same faith that Abraham used and it worked for him because it is faith that is based on what God has said.

1. Have God's Word for what you desire to receive from God.
2. Believe God's Word.
3. Consider not the contradictory circumstances.
4. Give praise to God for the answer.

Follow these four steps and you'll always get the desired result because these are four certain or sure steps to deliverance, healing, answered prayers, or whatever it is that you are seeking from God. Then notice Thomas' faith. Thomas' faith was not based upon what God said: Thomas' faith was based upon what his own physical senses told him. For example, Thomas said he would not believe unless he could see.

So many people say, "When I see it or when I feel it then I'll know I have my petition." But that's not Bible faith. That's natural human faith and any sinner already has that kind of faith. You see, real faith in God is based upon the Word of God. Real faith in the Word says, "If God says it's true, it is." Believing God is believing His Word! I like something Smith Wigglesworth said. He said, "I can't understand God by feelings. I can't understand the Lord Jesus Christ by feelings. I can understand God the Father and Jesus Christ only by what the Word says about them. God is everything the Word says He is." Wigglesworth went on to say, "We need to get acquainted with the Lord Jesus Christ through the Word."

Too many people try to get acquainted with God through feelings, and when they feel good, they think God has heard them. But if they don't feel good, they think He is not hearing them. Their faith is based on their feelings, but my faith is based upon God's Word. If God's Word says He hears me, then I know He hears me because He said so, and His Word cannot lie. In other words, if my faith is based upon my feelings, then I am just using a natural human faith. I'm trying to get spiritual results with natural human faith, and I cannot do that. I have to use scriptural faith, Bible faith, and believe God's Word. And if my faith is based upon the Word of God, then I believe the Word regardless of evidences which would satisfy my physical senses.

Too many people are trying to get Abraham's blessing with Thomas' faith, and that just won't work. We who are believers have the Abraham kind of faith because Galatians 3:29 says, "And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." And Galatians 3:7 says, "Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." We have the Abraham kind of faith. We're not trying to get it; we have it.

Authority on the Earth

Jesus added, "Here are your four witnesses. I am the first, James is the second, Peter is the third, and Paul is the fourth. This establishes the fact that the believer has authority on earth, for I have delegated my authority over the devil to you on the earth. If you don't do anything about it, nothing will be done. And that is why many times nothing is done."

Now you can understand why things have happened as they have. We've permitted them to happen! Not knowing our authority—not knowing what we could do—we have done nothing, and we actually have permitted the devil to keep on doing whatever he wanted to do.

We need to realize this. Let's wake up. We may have to change our way of praying and get after the devil. I did. It won't hurt you to change; it's good for you. We have authority to do this. We're sitting at the right hand of the Father, far above principalities and powers. If we're far above them, then we have authority over them.

Ephesians 1:22,23 goes on to say, "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church [The feet are members of the body. Feet aren't members of the head.], Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all." As John A. MacMillan pointed out, how wonderful to know that the least members of the Body of Christ—those who are the very soles of the feet, the little toenail, or the little toe—are far above the mighty forces we have been considering.

Remember, Jesus said in Luke 10:19 to the other seventy disciples that He sent out, "Behold, I give unto you power [authority] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." How much authority over the devil does the Church have? Any less than this? No, thank God, no.

Yet if you'd listen to the average Christian talk or hear some preachers preach, you'd get the impression that the devil is bigger than everybody and that he's running everything. Yes, he is the god of this world, so he's running the world system. But we're in this world, not of this world, the Bible says, so he's not running us. The devil has been walking on us too long.

These things are not joking matters. We're foolish to make light jokes about these things. A preacher once said to me at a convention, "Well, Brother Hagin, I've got the devil on the run. The trouble is, I'm running and he's after me!"

Making a statement like that just shows ignorance. In the first place, you haven't any business running from the devil. The Bible says he'll run from you. You need to put him on the run. Unfortunately, I think that is the picture of preachers and churches too much of the time; in fact, most of the time. We see it everywhere.

God's Mightiest Work

Matthew 28:18 is another verse where the word "authority" should have been used instead of "power." In the King James Version it reads, "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ALL POWER is given unto me in heaven and in earth." It should read, "ALL AUTHORITY is given unto me in heaven and in earth."

When Christ ascended, He transferred His authority to the Church. He is the Head of the Church, and believers make up the Body. Christ's authority has to be perpetuated through His Body, which is on the earth. (Throughout Ephesians and elsewhere in the epistles, Paul uses the human body as an illustration of the Body of Christ.)

Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father—the place of authority—and we're seated with Him. If you know anything about history, you know that to sit at the right hand of the king or pope means authority. We died with Christ, and we were raised with Him. This is not something God is going to do in the future; He already has done it!

God's Mightiest Work

EPHESIANS 1:18-23
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Notice especially the nineteenth verse: "And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power. " In other words, there was such an overwhelming display of God's power in raising Jesus from the dead that this actually was the mightiest work of God ever recorded!

The Resurrection was opposed by Satan and all his cohorts. However, his forces were confused and defeated by our Lord Jesus Christ, who arose, ascended, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father, far above them.

Remember the text in Colossians 2:15? "And having spoiled principalities and powers, he [Christ] made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it [His death, burial, and resurrection]."

These are the same demonic powers we have to deal with, but, thank God, Jesus defeated them. Other translations say He "put them to nought" or "paralyzed them."

In ancient times, victorious kings bringing back captives would have a parade, making a show of them openly. Jesus did this with the devil, putting him on display before three worlds—heaven, hell, and earth—after He defeated him. God gave us this account in the Scriptures so we in this world would know what had happened.

God wants us to know what happened in the death, burial, resurrection, and seating of Jesus Christ. He wants us to know that He has set Christ "Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named...." (Eph. 1:21).

Five Rules to a Successful Prayer Life

"Five Rules to a Successful Prayer Life " by Kenneth E. Hagin.

Kenneth E. Hagin DVD Series Packages

Description: This powerful package DVD teachings will feed your faith and provide practical insight into key issues that affect your life! Included are Holy Spirit-inspired, dynamic messages from Kenneth E. Hagin.

DVDs Featuring Kenneth E. Hagin:
    El Shaddai
    Empty Cisterns or Full Resorvoirs
    Five Rules for a Successful Prayer Life
    Gathering Up the Spoil
    How to Reign as a King in Life
    Incline Thine Ear - Part 1
    Incline Thine Ear - Part 2
    Incline Thine Ear - Part 3
    Just Know God
    Loose Him and Let Him Go!
    Love: The Way to Victory
    The Believer’s Authority
    The Most Important Things You Should Know About Healing
    The Precious Blood of Jesus
    The Spirit-Filled Life-Part 1
    The Spirit-Filled Life-Part 2
    The Reality of Heaven and Hell
    Turning Hopeless Situations Around
    Understanding the Name of Jesus
    Victory Over Darkness and All the Power of the Enemy
    When the Spirit Gets to Movin’

Specifications:
    Publisher: Faith Library Publications
    Media: DVD
    Actual Weight: 7 pounds 1 ounces

Kenneth E. Hagin CD Packages

Description: This package contains CD series and single CD by Kenneth E. Hagin packed with powerful teaching and rich insights from the father of the modern day faith movement! Turn your daily commute or household chore time into a Bible study! Listen at home, in the car, or while cooking, cleaning, or exercising.


CDs Feauting Kenneth E. Hagin:
    A Fresh Anointing CD
    Answered Prayer: An Obtainable Goal CD
    Campmeeting Classics Vol 1 CD
    Campmeeting Classics Vol 2 CD
    Campmeeting Classics Vol 3 CD
    Campmeeting Classics Vol 4 CD
    Casting Your Cares Upon the Lord CD
    Confession CD
    Deliverance From Demonic Influence CD
    Demonic Influence CD
    Developing the Human Spirit Series
    Doubt: The Thief of God’s Greater Blessings CD
    Faith Classics CD
    God's Medicine CD
    Healing Belongs To Us CD
    Healing Classics CD
    Healing Faith CD
    Healing Scriptures Single CD
    Healing: How to Receive It and How to Keep It CD
    Holy Spirit CD
    How To Receive From God CD
    How To Receive God's Best Single CD
    How to Write Your Own Ticket With God CD
    How You Can Be Led By The Spirit Of God CD Vol 1
    How You Can Be Led By The Spirit Of God CD Vol 2
    How You Can Know The Will Of God CD
    In Him CD
    Knowing God as Your Father CD
    Love: The Way to Victory CD
    Ministering to the Lord CD
    Miracles of Healing Vol 1 CD
    Miracles of Healing Vol 2 CD
    Miracles of Healing Vol 3 CD
    Mountian Moving Faith CD
    My Life and Ministry CD
    Our Inheritance: Priceless CD
    Plans, Purposes, and Pursuits CD
    Prayer and Priase CD
    Prayer! Shaping the World Around You CD
    Reality of Heaven and Hell CD
    Redeemed From Poverty, Sickness & Spiritual Death CD
    Reigning in Life as a King CD
    Right & Wrong Thinking CD
    Seven Things You Should Know About Divine Healing CD
    The ABC's of Bible Faith CD
    The Believer's Authority CD
    The Gifts And Calling of God CD
    The Glory of the Lord CD
    The God-Kind of Faith Single CD
    The Love Walk Single CD
    The Most Important Message You Will Ever Hear CD
    The Name of Jesus Vol 1 CD
    The Name of Jesus Vol 2 CD
    The Name of Jesus Vol 3 CD
    The New Birth CD
    The Woman Question CD
    Tongues: Their Scriptual Purpose CD
    Understanding How to Fight the Good Fight of Faith CD
    What It Means to Believe with the Heart CD
    What to Do When Faith Seems Weak & Victory Lost CD
    You are God's Garden CD
    Your Individual Prayer Life Single CD

Specifications:
    Publisher: Faith Library Publications
    Media: CD
    Actual Weight: 42 pounds