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1968-06 WOF Vol 01-03, Six Hindrances to Faith
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PUBLISHED BY KENNETH E. HAGIN EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION, P. O. Box 50126, - TULSA, OKLA. 74150 JU NE , 1968 V o l . I No. 3 SIX HINDRANCES TO FAITH I Timothy 6:12 - "Fight the good fig ht of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses." I want you to noti ce par ti cu- lary the first clause of this verse, "Fight the good fight of faith." "Fi ght the good fight of faith." Well, the only fi ght we have is the fight of faith. I hear folk say sometimes that they're going to fight the devil. I don't know what for because they wouldn't be a match for him anyway. And second ly, Jesus has al ready defeat ed him fo r you. He was your substitute. Then again I hear folk say, "I'm goin g to fight sin." Well, I 'm not. I 'm goin g to preach the cure for sin. No use fightin g it. I have a cure fo r it. Jesus is the cu re. No , the only fight that the believer is calle d upon to fight is the good fight of faith. Well, there is a fight to faith for this text says, "F ig ht the good fight of faith." If there is a fight, then there must be enemies or hindrances to faith. If there weren't any enemies to faith or hindrances to faith there wouldn't be any fig ht to it. So, we'll talk about the six big hindrances to faith. T he Bible says in Romans 10:17, "So then faith comet h by hearing and hearing by the word of Go d. " Many people, when you talk to them, will con fes s t heir lack of faith, when actually they are only failing to release it. Their lack of faith is rea ll y no t the pr ob le m. The real reason for lack of faith is a lack of knowl edge of God's Word. " F o r faith cometh by hearin g and he ari ng by the word of God." Someone said to me, "Yes, that's my proble m. I don't know much about t he Word but I need faith." You can't get it any other way except through the Word. Someone else said, "I'm praying God will give it to me." Well, you are wasting your time. You migh t as well twiddle your fingers or thumbs and sing, " Tw in k l e, Tw in kl e, L i tt l e Star," beca use it would do just as much good as if you pra ye d f o r fait h. But if yo u' ll take time to feed upon the Word of God yourself, and listen to the many ministry gifts that God has put into His church, (and teachers are a min ist ry gift that He has put there), then faith will come to ^yo ur sp ir it and life, for you can receive knowledge that way. A lack of knowledge will hinder us an d ho ld us in bon dage , be cause we do not act upon Go d' s Word, beyond knowl edge . Faith will grow with an understanding of the Word and if yo ur faith is not growing then your under standing of the Word isnot grow ing. A lack of kn owl edg e of what God's Word say s, a lack of knowledge of our redemption, a la ck of k nowl edge of our re demptive rights in Christ Jesus are oftentimes the reasons for unbelief. I. L e t me give yo u these six b ig hindrances to faith. The first is lack of understanding of what it means to be a new creature or what the new crea tion me an s. In II Co r . 5:17 it says, "Therefor, if any man be in Christ, he is a new crea tu re . Ol d things are passed away, behold all things are new." 1 A lack of understanding of what the new creature is and what it means to be a new creature hin ders our faith life. Many peopl e do not know that they are new creatures. They think God just forgave them of their sins but it wouldn't do any good for God ju st to forgive the sinner of his sins. It would n't help him a bit in the world if that was al l the sinner re ce i ved. He would sti ll go to hell for he's a child of the devil. He has to be bo rn aga in. He has to be come a new creature in Christ Jesus. N o, we are not just forgiven sinners. No, we are not poor, s t a g g eri n g , si nni ng, barely-getting-along ch ur ch members. No, we are not living down at the end of the bl ock on b a r e 1 y-getting-a 1 o n g street next to grumble alley. That's not for us. We a r e n ew creatures, created by God in Christ Jesus with the very life and the nature of God in our KENNETH E. HAGIN
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spir its . We are chil dren of God,
sons of God , and hei rs of God , joint heirs with Jesus Christ.
Many p eople do not know theyhave eternal l i fe . They think ofthemselves as being sav ed fromsin. But John s ays in his fir stepistle, "These things write Iunto you that be l ieve on the nameof the Son of God that ye mayknow that ye have eternal l i f e . "
When you know what you haveand who you are in Chr is t, itmake s all the dif fer enc e in theworld.
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The second hindrance i s thatso many have a lac k of understanding of our place in Christand Christ's place in our l ife.
I suggest to Christians e v e r y where that we need to do somed e f i n i t e study along cer tai nl ines. I suggest to folk to gothrough t h e New Tes tame nt,part icul arly the Epi stle s, andwri te down entire phra ses. B ecause what you wr it e down, you
remember better. You ' l l findthese express ions, "I n Chr ist ,"" In W h o m , " and "In Hi m. "You'll find that'expressions likethese occu r 133 or 134 ti me s inthe New Test ame nt. The reasonI say 133 or 134 is because 1use a couple that don't say thes eexact words but infer it. Forinstance, I use I John 4:4 thatsays, "G re at er is he that is inyou than he that is in the wor ld . "The oth er one I use l ike this isCol. 1:13 which says, "Wh ohath d e l i v e r e d us f rom thepower of dar kne ss, and hathtranslated us into the kingdomof his dear Son." Who refersto God, the F at he r. If you'llgo through the New Testa me ntand confess, "This is who Iam ," "T hi s is what I ha ve ,"you'll find life will be differentfor you.
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The third hindrance is a lackof understanding of righteousness, what it g ives and what
it is. Thi s hold^ mo re peopl ein bondage than anything else.I never shall forget when I layon the bed of affliction yearsago, that I began to see thescriptures on healing and faith.I came to James 5:16, which
says, "The effectual fervent
pr ay er of a right eous man ava i l -eth much." I looked at that verseof scr ipt ure and I thought, "O hmy, if I we re only righteous,if I could e v e r get to be righteous, God would h e a r mypr a y e r s. " One day I happened tobe reading that a little mo rec lose ly and noticed God saidElijah w as s u b j ec t t o likepas sion s as we ar e. He gave himas mi exam pl e of a righ teou sman. Something registered inme and I thought if this man
could be called a righteous man
I could too becau se I was likehim. He had his high momentsand his low mo me nt s. I thoughtto myse lf, " H ow could God calla person like that righteouswhen he was so inconsistent."But I rea d in Psa lm 32 whe reit says , " B le ss ed is the manwhose sin is cove red . Blessedis the man to whom the Lord
imputeth not i niq uity ." God im puted right eou sness to those
whose sins had been coveredby the blood. Then I found inII Cor. 5:21 where it says, " Forhe hath made him to be sin forus, who knew no sin ; that wemight be made the right eou s
n e s s of God in him." I saw thenthat the b l o o d of J e s u s
cleanseth us f rom all sin andthat by the new bi rth we beco mea righteous new cr ea tur e. NowGod did not make an unrighteousnew creatur e. W e are create dby God in Ch ri st Jesus . He made
a righteous new cr eat ure . Wear e sons and daughte rs of Godas though we ne ve r sinned. Wecan stand in His - pr es en cewithout any kind of feel ing ofi n fe r io r i ty , sin-consciousness,or without any kind of emba rra ssm ent . We don't have to betongue-tied becau se of fea r. Wecan come into His presence because we belong the re. Whenwe were born again our sinswere remitted because our pastlife stopped exi st in g. God said
that he would not remember ourtran sgres sions. He doesn't re member , so why should were mem Ix) r ?
Someone might say he hassinned a lot since then and is soweak but 1 have new s for him .
In I John 1:9 it says , " I f we
confess our sins , he is faithfuland just to fo rg iv e us our sins,and to cleanse us f rom all unrigh teou snes s." He does twothings for the be l i eve r who mayhave sinned. When he confesseshi s sins the Lord forgives him.When we have sinned we feel
guilty and have a sense of unrighteousness. We feel embarras sed and spir itua lly inf eri orto come into His presence. Buthe says that He also cleansesf rom all unrigh teousn ess. Un
righteousness is just the word,righteousness with the prefix"un" on the front of it thatmeans not or no n-rig hteou ness.If I am cle ans ed f rom non-righte ousnes s then I' m righ teou s again. I' ve found manyt imes that when I get folk to seethis, th e y automatically gethealed. T h e y ' v e been under condemnat ion and have thought Godwas mad at them. They failed
to understand that they are theright eousn ess of God, in Chr ist.
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The fourth hindran ce is a lackof understandi ng of our p r i v i
lege or right to use the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ . This will
hold us in bondage and wil l give
us a sense of weakn ess . Whenwe know what that name will dothen we can defeat Satan and en joy v i c to ry . Everybody believes
that the name of Jesus can beused in pr ay er , because Jesus
said, "W ha ts oe ve ry ou shall ask
the Father in my name He willgive it you. H ithe rto ye haveasked nothing in my name, askthat y our joy may be fu l l . " Isuggest that the name of Jesuscan be used everywhere that theWord indicates that it can. Jesushimself said that in the verseswe just quoted in John 16:23, 24.In the 16th chapt er of Mark Hesa ys , " G o ye into all the world
and preach the gospel to every
creature." He goes on saying," H e that believeth and is bap
t ized shall be saved; but he thatbelieveth not shall be damned.An d these signs shall follow
them that b e l i e v e . " To them thatbel ieve 'the gos pel these sign sshall follow them - - not theear ly church, not the apostle s,
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SOME SUBJECTS DEALT WITH
IN F A I T H STUDY COURSE •
1. How to Tr ai n the Human
Spirit.
2. Confession BringsPossession.
3. How to Turn Your FaithLoose.
4. Seven Steps to The Highe stKind of Faith.
5. Doubt, Thief of God'sGreatest Blessings.
6. How to Write Your Own
Ticket with God.7. What it Means to Be l ieve
with the He ar t.8. Faith Actions that
Correspond with The Word.
9. You Can Have What You Say.10. How Faith Comes, etc. etc.
The above list g i v e s you abird's eye view of some of themost interesting and intriguingsubjects d e a l t with here inBrother Hagin's own inimitablemanner. They contain not only
the Word of God, a "thus
saiththe L o r d , " but nuggets of truth,sparkling side light s, sto rie sand ri ch il lus tra tions out oftwenty-five y ear s of preachi ngthe Go s p e l by Evang elis tKenneth Hagin. Th is s t u d ycourse can and wil l change thewhole cours e of your l i fe ifyou begin to put into pr ac ti cethe truths and scriptures taughthere by our own ma st er tea che r,Brother Hagin. Your e d i t o rfee l s it is well worth twice the
investment. (W.B.C . )PRICE $5.00. Ord er you rs
today f rom KENNETH E. HAGIN
EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION,
P .O. Box 50126, TUL SA, O KLA.
74150.
A I R L I F T T R I P CANCELLEDBecause of ve ry serious i l l
nesses in both of our familiesmy wife and I we re unable tomake the F . G . B . F . I . Scandinavian Ai r l i f t . We have also hadto al ter our May sche dule. Wewill however be conducting a
Seminar in the latter part ofMay in D a l l a s , Texas atChris tian Cent er. Thank youfor your prayer and financialsupport in this time of crisis.
N o t h i n g l i es be y ond t he r e a c h of prayer
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God .
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Our new book, "The Min i s try Of The Pr op he t, " just offthe p r e s s is one of gre at int eres t to p eo pl e e v e r y w h e r e .Bro the r Hagin te ll s in thesepages of his visit with the LordJesus who ca me to him in pe rson while he was in the hosp ita l.Jesus talked with him and gave
him much s o u n d instructionrela t ive to his own mi ni st ry ,which is , as mos t of you know,The Ministry Of a Prophet.Read what Jesus told him personally about one of the Min i s try Gifts as taught in the Ne wTestament. Everything taughthere is backed up by the NewTestament, and experience.
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SIX HINDRANCES - Cont'd
not the pre ac he r - - but the
b e l i e v e r s . They can cast out
devi ls in His name.
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The fifth hindrance is a*lackof understanding about actingupon the W ord . We should stoptrying and start acting. TheBible says, "Tr us t in the Lord
and l e a n not unto thine ownu n d e r s t a n d i n g . " All that'sne ce ss ar y fo r you to ask is
"What has God sai d?" If weknow that the Word is true andwe act as though it were trueit be co me s a rea li ty in ourl ives .
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The sixth hindrance is a lackof understanding that we are tohold fast to our co nfe ss ion offaith. In Hebrews 4:14 it says," L e t us hold fast our co nf es sion." Our faith keeps pace withou r c onf ess ion. In Rom ans 10:10
it says, " F o r with the heartman believeth unto r ighteousne ss ; and with the n.ou" confession is made unto salvation."Jesus said in Ma rk 11:23, "T ha twhosoeve r shall say unto hismountain , B e thou re mo ve ^ andbe thou cast into the ser; andshall not doubt in h:'s neart,but shall be l i eve tha* thosethings which he saith sh_Jl com eto pass; he shall hav ; what soe v e r he sa i th." When I wasprea chin g in St. Lou i s , a young
full gospe l mi ni st er, who wasserving as youth di rec to r ofthe church there said, " Br o .Hagin, I'm 32 and the doctorshave said it is impossible forus to have any children. Will
you talk and pr ay with me andmy w i f e ? " I told them I would.So we talked and his wife saidshe would confess that theywould have a chil d. She said thatshe would say now that theywould have one instead of sayingthey' d like to have one. After
12 months I re ce iv ed a lette rthat said they had a bouncingbaby g i r l . Al l they needed wasto act upon the W ord . Faith ismeas ured by our confess ion.Our usefu lnes s in the Lord ismea sur ed by our confessi on.
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Bible Faith Study Course
by
KENNETH HAGIN
P . O . B o x 5 0 1 2 6
T U L S A , O K L A H O M A 7 4 1 5 0
