Kenneth E Hagin - Leaflet - The Individual's Faith
Kenneth E Hagin - Leaflet - The Individual's Faith
Kenneth E Hagin - Leaflet - The Individual's Faith
by Kenneth Hagin
been r a i s e d in a denomination
which
did not teach that these
And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
things
were for us now. About
And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
the best teaching I had heard
and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, When she had heard of Jesus,
came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
was that God could heal if He
wanted to. But then every time
For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
I would get hold of a pretty
good scripture which seemed to
And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body
that she was healed of that plague.
encourage me, the devil was
there to remind me of what I'd
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue (or power) had gone out of him,
been taught and heard preached
turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
all my life. He would whisper
And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, into my e a r , "Well yes, but you
Who touched me?
are one of those that it is not
His will to heal. After all, that
And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
has really been done away with
for today. That's just something
But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her,
came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
God could do by a sovereign act
of Hisif He wills."
And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace,
One day, however, as I was
and be whole of thy plague.
meditating on the s c r i p t u r e s ,
the Spirit of God spoke to me.
Mark 5:25-34
Down on the inside of me, in my
spirit, something ( r e a l l y s o m e
one, the Holy Spirit) said, "Did
you notice in Mark 5:34 concerning the woman
tJLsus said, "Thy faith hath made thee whole."
with the issue of blood that J e s u s said to her,
It was not J e s u s ' faith. It was not someone
'Daughter thy faith has made thee whole,' and that
e l s e ' s faith. It was h e r faith. He was anointed
it was her faith that healed h e r ? "
with healing power and this power went out of
Lying flat on my back on the bed, I answered
Him, when she touched Him, and healed h e r .
But He said, "Your faith did it."
right out loud because it startled me, "No, I
didn't notice that."
It is not J e s u s ' faith that gives action to the
healing power with which He is anointed. It is
With difficulty, because my a r m s and hands
the faith of the individual who comes to receive
were partially paralyzed, I managed to thumb
healing which gives action to that power. And,
back a few pages in the Bible, which someone had
though he is anointed with it, that healing power
opened and laid in front of me, to that place in the
is inactive and is passive until faith is exercised.
Gospel of Mark and I read the whole story again.
When I got to the 34th v e r s e , I read where Jesus
I had quite a struggle with this v e r s e of
scripture (Mark 5:34) the first time I r e a d it
said, "Daughter, thy faith has made thee whole.
back in 1933. I was on the bed of affliction, given
Go in peace and be whole of thy plague."
up to die by medical science. My body was
Right out loud I said, " T h a t ' s right! I hadn't
practically totally paralyzed. I suffered with two
noticed that. Her faith made her whole."
serious organic heart troubles, an incurable
Then on the inside of me this question was
blood d i s e a s e , and my body had wasted away
asked, "Did you ever hear anybody say that faith
until I only weighed 89 pounds.
has been done away with?"
After a time of thinking and meditation I
As I read the s c r i p t u r e s I began to see a few
answered, "No, I have never heard anyone say
glimpses of light here and there on faith and
healing. But the struggle came because I had
that faith has been done away with."
Published by the Kenneth E. Hagin Evangelistic Ass'n.
Post Office Box 50126, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74150