How You Can Know The Will Of God by Kenneth E. Hagin

Author:Kenneth E. Hagin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: prosperity, hearing from God, Bible, Christ, guidance, wisdom, How You Can Know The Will Of God, Jesus
Published: 2011-09-30T10:49:56+00:00

Although Cornelius was a devout man, he was not saved. He was a Jewish proselyte. When Peter told the brethren in Jerusalem what had happened, he said, "And he [Cornelius] shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved" (Acts 11:13,14).

The Scripture tells us Cornelius saw an angel in a vision.

Angels do have the ability, as God permits, to take upon themselves a form that can be seen with the natural eye. Paul said, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Heb. 13:2). But the Scripture here calls Cornelius' experience a vision. If anyone else had been present, they probably would not have seen the angel.

Types of Visions

There are three kinds of visions mentioned in the Scriptures.

The first is what is called a spiritual vision. You see with the eyes of your spirit; not with your physical eyes. When Paul saw the Lord in Acts 9, that was a spiritual vision. He didn't see Him with his physical eyes, because the Bible says, "And when his eyes were opened, he saw no man" (v. 8). He was blind. So when he heard the Lord speak to him, his eyes were shut, and when he opened them they were blind. Yet he said he saw the Lord. He was not seeing with his physical eyes; that was a spiritual vision.

The second type of vision is when one falls into a trance.

Cornelius didn't fall into a trance, but the Scripture says Peter did. "On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance" (Acts 10:9,10).

When you fall into a trance, your physical senses are suspended. You don't know where you are. You don't know what is going on around you.

The third type of vision is called an open vision. That is where you actually see with your physical eyes open. Of all the visions I've had, only two of them have been open visions. I had my eyes wide open, and to me it was very real. In some of my other visions, I fell into a trance; others were spiritual visions.

Nonetheless, the Bible calls this appearance of the angel to Cornelius a vision. It tells us also that when Peter fell into a trance, he saw heaven open, and a certain vessel descending. In the 19th verse we read, "While Peter thought on the vision ...."

Although this was a different type of vision, it was still a vision. He didn't know what it meant. Of course, Cornelius knew exactly what his vision meant, because the angel spoke to him, telling him what to do: send men to Joppa to a certain house, and call for one Simon Peter, who would tell him how to be saved.

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