JANUARY 1974

THE WORD OF FAITH

Don't Blame God

-by Kenneth Hagin

JOHN 14:7-10 which are governing the earth then God is working against
7 If ye had known me, ye should have today very largely came into Himself.
known my Father also: and from henceforth
ye know him, and have seen him.
being with the fall of man. When But we know that cannot be for
8 Philip saith unto him, L o r d , shew us the Adam sinned a curse came upon Jesus said, "...if a kingdom be
Father, and it sufficeth us. the earth. divided against itself, that king­
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long It is because men do not dom cannot stand. And if a house
time with you, and yet hast thou not known
understand this that many ac­ be divided against itself, that
me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen
the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew
cuse God of the accidents which house cannot stand" (Mark 3:
us the Father? occur; of sickness; the death of 24-25).
10 Believest thou not that I am in the loved ones; of storms, catastro­ No; these things came with the
Father, and the Father in me? the words phes, earthquakes, and floods. fall of man, when Adam sinned.
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
They accuse God of those things Their author is Satan. And when
but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth
the works. and He is not responsible for, Satan is finally eliminated from
nor the author of a one of them. the earth, then all of these laws
All these natural laws, as we shall stop functioning.
(J esus said, " ...the Father that understand them, were set aside The Bible declares that when
dwelleth in me, he doeth the by Jesus whenever it was neces­ Satan is bound and put into the
works" (John 14:10). And then in sary to bless humanity. bottomless pit there shall be
Acts 10:38 we see what those Jesus stood on board that ship nothing that shall hurt or de­
works were that the Father did. and rebuked that storm, saying, stroy. That should make it plain
"Peace, be still." And accord­ enough where those things come
ACTS 10:38 ing to what Jesus said in John from!
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
14:10, it was God in Him who
with the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good, and healing all that
did that work. Jesus said that JOHN 10:10
were oppressed of the devil; for God was God did it. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal,
and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that
with him. Well, if God caused the storm,
they might have life, and that they might
God would be working against have it more abundantly.
Notice also, that those Jesus Himself in causing it to cease.
healed were "oppressed of the It was the same with the heal­
devil." This verse calls sick­ ings Jesus performed. Jesus " I am come...." He says here.
ness Satanic oppression. said, "The Father in me, He Well now, who is He? The Bible
Other Scriptures substantiate doeth the works." All the heal­ says that He is God manifested
it, particularly in the New T e s ­ ings, all the miracles, all the in the flesh. In the Scripture we
tament. The Bible is progres­ works that Jesus did--Jesus have just read Jesus said, "He
sive revelation. said that God did them. that has seen me has seen the
It is difficult for those who are Well then, if God is the author Father."
not acquainted with the Scrip­ of sickness and disease, and God If you want to see God--if
tures to understand that the laws is healing people through Jesus, you want to know what God is
really like—just look at Jesus. accept the teaching that disease That means that if you have been
He's just like Jesus. If you want and sickness are of God! The born again, if you belong to
to see God at work—look at very nature of God the Father Christ—then you are Abra­
Jesus! For Jesus said, "Hethat refutes the argument! ham's seed and have fallen heir
has seen me, has seen the Jesus plainly taught us in to his promise. Glory! And did
Father." many Scriptures that sickness you know that the first thing God
and disease are of the enemy. promised Abraham was that He
JOHN 1:1-3; 14 Take the following passage for was going to make him rich.
1 In the beginning was the W o r d , and the instance: Now let's look at the 7th verse
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was In the beginning with God.
in that same chapter:
3 All things were made by him; andwithout LUKE 13:11-16
him was not any thing made that was made. 11 And, behold, there was a woman which
14 And the Word was made flesh, and had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and GALATIANS 3:7
dwelt among us.... was bowed together, and could in no wise 7 Know ye therefore that they which are
lift up herself. of faith, the same are the children of
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her Abraham.
Jesus is God manifested in the to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art
flesh. And Jesus said, " I am loosed from thine infirmity.
come " Or, in other words, 13 And he laid his hands on her: and imme­ Jesus said that this woman in
diately, she was made straight, and glo­ Luke 13 ought to be loosed
God said, " I am come that they rified God.
might have life, and that they because she was a daughter of
14 And the ruler of the synagogue an­
might have it more abundantly" swered with indignation, because that Abraham. And God is saying the
(John 10:10). Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, same thing today. You ought to
In that very same verse He and said unto the people, There are six be loosed! We are the spiritual
days in which men ought to work: in sons and daughters of Abraham
said, "The thief cometh not, but them therefore come and be healed, and
for to steal, and to kill, and to not on the sabbath day.
and we ought not to be bound by
destroy...." 15 The Lord then answered him, and said, sickness or disease. We ought
He is contrasting His works Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you to be free!
on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from
with those of the devil, whom the stall, and lead him away to watering?
He calls a thief. " I am come I had a struggle years ago on
16 And ought not this woman, being a
that you might have life, and daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
the bed of affliction. Very often
that you might have it more bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed before you can receive healing
abundantly, but the thief has from this bond on the sabbath day? for your body you have to find
come to steal, to kill, and to the answers to those things
destroy." Jesus made three positive which are holding you back,
That which kills, that which statements: (1) It was Satan who those things in your mind which
have you all hung up.
steals, that which destroys, is had bound her; (2) She ought to
the devil's work! That is the be loosed; (3) The reason she As a 16 year old boy, lying flat
devil at work. That is plain ought to be loosed is that she is of my back on the bed of afflic­
enough, isn't it? a daughter of Abraham. tion I asked myself, "Who is r e ­
Considering together Jesus' There are some who would sponsible for this? Why me?
description of the Father; His say, "Healing belonged to the Why have I been afflicted all my
statement that "he that hath seen Jews all right, but that's just for life, never able to run and play
me hath seen the Father;" His the Jews." like other children, bedfast now
with five doctors saying I have
statement that "the Father in me
to die? Why me? I didn't have
he doeth the works;" and the G A L A T I A N S 3:13-14
anything to do with it.
fact that Jesus "went about doing 13 Christ hath redeemedus from the curse
good, and healing all that were of the l a w , b e i n g m a d e a c u r s e f o r u s : for it "God," I asked, "did You?"
oppressed of the devil;" makes is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth All I knew was what I had
on a tree: heard preachers and other peo­
it impossible for one moment to 14 That the blessing of Abraham might
ple say, "That's God's work.
come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ;
God is doing that."
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It's right in this verse, "How Jesus is the Deliverer!
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