The key to Spiritual Healing By Kenneth E. Hagin

secrets from the scriptures that unlock the blessings of divine healing.

In this book, Kenneth Hagin reveals secrets from the scriptures that unlock the blessings of divine healing. Rev. Hagin begins by taking a look at seven common misconceptions that block healing. He then sights areas of disobedience in the lives of Christians that can open the door to the devil. Finally, he reveals an important recipe for life and health from the Word of God. By removing hindrances to healing and by following the scriptural principles outlined in this book, the believer will hold the key to divine health.When some people pray for healing, they think they should pray, "If it be thy will." That prayer, however, is unnecessary, because God has plainly told us in His Word that it is His will to heal us.

A sinner wouldn't pray, "Lord, save me if it be thy will." That kind of prayer would be ridiculous, because God's Word already has declared that He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). God's Word also states that "whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely" (Rev. 22:17). Therefore, the sinner doesn't have to pray "If it be thy will."

It is just as ridiculous for a child of God to pray, "Lord, heal me if it be thy will." God's Word plainly tells us that Jesus already has paid the price for our healing. Matthew 8:17, for example, says, "Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses."

When I read this verse and understood fully what it really meant, I rejoiced in it, for then I was able to emphasize the word "our." He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses—and I am included in that word "our." I can say that He took my infirmities and bore my sicknesses. That brings it right down to where I live. I don't have to bear my sicknesses any more. He bore them that I might be free!

When I made this discovery, I decided there wasn't any need for both Him and me to bear them. If Jesus bore them that I might be free, why should I pray, "If it be thy will"? The Bible states that it is His will!

Most people who don't believe in divine healing stay away from this Scripture. However, occasionally a brave soul will come up with what he thinks is the answer to the Scripture once and for all.

One person said this Scripture meant that Christ took the sicknesses of the people who lived at that time, but it doesn't apply to us today. He forgot that Matthew wrote his Gospel after Jesus died. If healing had applied only to those living when Jesus lived on this earth in the flesh, Matthew would have written, "He Himself took their infirmities and bare their sicknesses." But Matthew didn't write it that way. The Holy Spirit, through Matthew, wrote, "He Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses."

Someone else advanced the theory that this Scripture, rather than referring to the past, refers to the future; thus, this would come to pass during the Millennium. That can't be true, however, because there will be no need for healing then; the curse will be lifted. Paul said we will all be changed in a moment, "in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Cor. 15:52). Our bodies won't be plagued with sickness during the Millennium, so we will not need this provision for healing.

The promise of divine healing belongs to us now, for we are subject to sickness in this life, not in the next. The promise that He took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses belongs to us today. Therefore, we don't need to pray, "If it be thy will." His Word has clearly shown us His will.