The Real Faith by Kenneth E. Hagin

Author:Kenneth E. Hagin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, pdf
Tags: miracles, Faith, Bible, Christ, The Real Faith, unbelief, Jesus, Healing, signs, wonders
Published: 2011-09-30T10:53:50+00:00

Chapter 4

Enemies of Faith

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

— 1 Tim. 6:12

In this chapter we are going to deal with some hindrances to faith. There wouldn't be a fight of faith if there were no enemies of faith. But the enemies of faith are not what most people think they are. Most people look for enemies in the natural realm, and that's not where they are at all.

The Bible says in Romans 10:17, "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. " The greatest hindrance to faith is a lack of knowledge of God's Word.

Because faith comes by hearing the Word of God, all the enemies of faith will be connected in some way with our lack of knowledge of God's Word.

If you have a knowledge of God's Word, nothing can keep it from working, because it comes by hearing. If you have heard the Word, you have faith.

People pray to get faith, yet faith only comes by hearing the Word of God. If you could get it by praying for it, then Romans 10:17 would be untrue. People who pray for faith are attempting to get what the Word alone can give.

One of the most prominent enemies of faith is a sense of unworthiness. All of us have had a battle with that. A sense of unworthiness and a sense of lack of faith go hand in hand. These two are perhaps the most subtle, dangerous weapons of the devil.

We can find the answer to these feelings in God's Word. The answer is this: Your worthiness is Jesus Christ!

God does not heal your body or baptize you in the Holy Spirit on the basis of your individual worthiness. If He did, no one would ever receive these blessings from God, because no one could be worthy in his or her own right.

Not knowing the Word, many Christians allow feelings of unworthiness to defeat them. People have told me they were sure they wouldn't be filled with the Holy Spirit because they weren't good enough—they were unworthy. Praying with people for healing, I have run into the same situation many times.

The trouble is that the individual looks at himself from the natural standpoint. He is acquainted with all of his shortcomings, mistakes, faults, and failures, and he looks at himself from this natural standpoint rather than looking at himself from the Biblical standpoint—the way God looks at him.

I struggled with this problem while I was a teenage invalid 50 years ago. I thought I was being humble. I didn't know I was just being stupid. I' m weak and unworthy, I thought. From the natural standpoint that may have been true, but it wasn't from the Biblical standpoint.

The Bible says, "The entrance of thy words giveth light" (Ps. 119:130), and once the light is in your spirit, it can't be removed, even though the devil will do his best to confuse you.

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