Partial Account of Visitation with the Lord & Kenneth Hagin
"If you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have."
“While Jesus was talking to me, an evil spirit that looked like a monkey ran between Jesus and me and spread out something that looked like a black cloud or a smoke screen. I couldn't see Jesus anymore.
“Then the demon began jumping up and down, waving his arms and legs, and yelling in a shrill voice, "Yakety-yak, yakety-yak, yakety-yak."
“I paused for a moment. I could hear the voice of Jesus as He continued to talk to me, but I could not understand the words He was saying.“
“I thought to myself, Doesn't the Lord know I am missing what He is saying? I need to get that—it is important—but I am missing it. I wondered why Jesus didn't command the evil spirit to stop talking. I waited for a few more moments. Jesus continued talking as if He didn't even know the evil spirit were present. I wondered why the Lord didn't cast him out, but He didn't.“
“Finally, in desperation, I pointed my finger at the evil spirit and said, "I command you to be quiet in the Name of Jesus Christ!" He stopped immediately and fell to the floor. The black smoke screen disappeared and I could see Jesus once again. The spirit lay on the floor whimpering and whining like a whipped pup. I said, "Not only must you be quiet, but get up and get out of here!" He got up and ran away.“
“I was still wondering why Jesus had not stopped this evil spirit from interfering, and of course Jesus knew what I was thinking. He said, "If you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have."
"Lord, I know I misunderstood You! You said You couldn't do anything about it, but You really meant that You wouldn't."
"No," He said, "if you hadn't done something about that spirit, I couldn't have."
"But, Lord, You can do anything. To say You couldn't is different from anything I've ever heard preached or preached myself. That really upends my theology."
"Sometimes your theology needs upending," the Lord answered.“
Kenneth E. Hagin
"I Believe in Visions"
Pg 77-78
"The least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else."
"He continued, "Not one single time in the New Testament is the Church ever told to pray that God the Father or Jesus would do anything against the devil. In fact, to do so is to waste your time. The believer is told to do something about the devil. The reason is because you have the authority to do it. The Church is not to pray to God the Father about the devil; the Church is to exercise the authority that belongs to it. "The New Testament tells believers themselves to do something about the devil. The least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else, and unless believers do something about the devil, nothing will be done in a lot of areas."
"We believe that certain people have power. No, Jesus said the least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else; and when we start believing that, that's when we're going to get the job done. Jesus continued, "I've done all I'm going to do about the devil until the angel comes down from heaven, takes the chain and binds him, and puts him into the bottomless pit [Rev. 20:1-3]."
"That came as a real shock to me.”Now," He said, "I'll give you the four references that prove that. First of all, when I arose from the dead, I said, 'All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth’ (Matt. 28:18). The word 'power' means 'authority.' But I immediately delegated my authority on earth to the Church, and I can work only through the Church, for I am the Head of the Church." (Your head cannot exercise any authority anywhere except through your body.)
"If you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have."
“While Jesus was talking to me, an evil spirit that looked like a monkey ran between Jesus and me and spread out something that looked like a black cloud or a smoke screen. I couldn't see Jesus anymore.
“Then the demon began jumping up and down, waving his arms and legs, and yelling in a shrill voice, "Yakety-yak, yakety-yak, yakety-yak."
“I paused for a moment. I could hear the voice of Jesus as He continued to talk to me, but I could not understand the words He was saying.“
“I thought to myself, Doesn't the Lord know I am missing what He is saying? I need to get that—it is important—but I am missing it. I wondered why Jesus didn't command the evil spirit to stop talking. I waited for a few more moments. Jesus continued talking as if He didn't even know the evil spirit were present. I wondered why the Lord didn't cast him out, but He didn't.“
“Finally, in desperation, I pointed my finger at the evil spirit and said, "I command you to be quiet in the Name of Jesus Christ!" He stopped immediately and fell to the floor. The black smoke screen disappeared and I could see Jesus once again. The spirit lay on the floor whimpering and whining like a whipped pup. I said, "Not only must you be quiet, but get up and get out of here!" He got up and ran away.“
“I was still wondering why Jesus had not stopped this evil spirit from interfering, and of course Jesus knew what I was thinking. He said, "If you hadn't done something about that, I couldn't have."
"Lord, I know I misunderstood You! You said You couldn't do anything about it, but You really meant that You wouldn't."
"No," He said, "if you hadn't done something about that spirit, I couldn't have."
"But, Lord, You can do anything. To say You couldn't is different from anything I've ever heard preached or preached myself. That really upends my theology."
"Sometimes your theology needs upending," the Lord answered.“
Kenneth E. Hagin
"I Believe in Visions"
Pg 77-78
"The least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else."
"He continued, "Not one single time in the New Testament is the Church ever told to pray that God the Father or Jesus would do anything against the devil. In fact, to do so is to waste your time. The believer is told to do something about the devil. The reason is because you have the authority to do it. The Church is not to pray to God the Father about the devil; the Church is to exercise the authority that belongs to it. "The New Testament tells believers themselves to do something about the devil. The least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else, and unless believers do something about the devil, nothing will be done in a lot of areas."
"We believe that certain people have power. No, Jesus said the least member of the Body of Christ has just as much power over the devil as anyone else; and when we start believing that, that's when we're going to get the job done. Jesus continued, "I've done all I'm going to do about the devil until the angel comes down from heaven, takes the chain and binds him, and puts him into the bottomless pit [Rev. 20:1-3]."
"That came as a real shock to me.”Now," He said, "I'll give you the four references that prove that. First of all, when I arose from the dead, I said, 'All power [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth’ (Matt. 28:18). The word 'power' means 'authority.' But I immediately delegated my authority on earth to the Church, and I can work only through the Church, for I am the Head of the Church." (Your head cannot exercise any authority anywhere except through your body.)
