Faith Bible Study Guide Kenneth E Hagin How Faith Comes – Part 1 ............................................................................................ 6 Faith Comes by Hearing the Word ............................................................................... 6 How I Got Faith To Be Healed ..................................................................................... 8 How Faith Comes - Part 2 ........................................................................................... 14 Human Faith vs. Bible Faith ....................................................................................... 14 Appropriating God's Strength by Faith ....................................................................... 14 Proving God's Word by Acting on It ............................................................................ 15 Mental Assent vs. Heart Faith .................................................................................... 16 Believe What the Bible Says - Not What Your Senses Tell You ................................. 17 What Faith Is - Part 1 ................................................................................................... 23 The Difference Between Faith and Hope ................................................................... 23 Faith Is Present Tense ............................................................................................... 23 Hope vs. Faith in The Prayer of Agreement ............................................................... 25 Hope Is Future Tense ................................................................................................. 27 Changing My Hope to Faith ........................................................................................ 27 You Cannot Believe Beyond Actual Knowledge ......................................................... 29 Believe You Receive Your Petition Before You Have It .............................................. 29 The Faith Principle Works In Any Area of Receiving .................................................. 32 Changing Hope to Faith To Receive the Holy Spirit ................................................... 32 Hope: A Good Waiter, but a Poor Receiver ................................................................ 33 What Faith Is - Part 2 ................................................................................................... 34 Faith Is Not Hope ....................................................................................................... 35 Faith Is Present Tense ............................................................................................... 37 Faith Is of the Heart, Not the Head ............................................................................. 39 Turn Your Faith Loose By Saying What You Believe ................................................. 40 What Faith Is - Part 3 ................................................................................................... 41 Faith Is Active ............................................................................................................. 42 New Testament Example of Active Faith .................................................................... 42 Acting on God's Word Brings Results ........................................................................ 43 You Can't Receive From God Without Faith ............................................................... 43 The Holy Spirit Prompts, But You Must Respond ....................................................... 44 Faith Is Cooperating With God ................................................................................... 46 If You Believe, You Will Act ........................................................................................ 47 What Faith Is - Part 4 ................................................................................................... 48 Thomas' Faith vs. Abraham's Faith ............................................................................ 50 Bible Faith .................................................................................................................. 51 An Example of Walking by Sight Instead of by Faith .................................................. 52 Divine Healing Is Spiritual Healing ............................................................................. 52 Receiving the Holy Spirit Is a Spiritual Reality ............................................................ 53 Fleshly Demonstration Is Not Necessary In Receiving the Holy Spirit........................ 54 Receive the Holy Spirit, Then Speak With Tongues ................................................... 55 Don't Try God's Word - Believe and Act on It! ............................................................ 56 What It Means To Believe With the Heart - Part 1 ..................................................... 56 The Heart of Man Is the Spirit of Man. ........................................................................ 57 Present Your Body; Renew Your Mind ....................................................................... 59 Man Is a Spirit Being .................................................................................................. 60 Lazarus and the Rich Man: Man's Spirit and Soul After Death ................................... 61 I Went to Hell .............................................................................................................. 63 Physical Death Is Separation From the Body ............................................................. 66 The Spiritual Realm Is Real ........................................................................................ 67 The Hidden Man of the Heart Is the Real Man ........................................................... 67 What It Means To Believe With the Heart - Part 2 ..................................................... 68 The Heart of Man ....................................................................................................... 68 Hidden Man of the Heart ............................................................................................ 69 The Revelation of God's Word in Your Heart ............................................................. 70 Believe and Receive - Then Have! ............................................................................. 72 God's Word Is Faith Food ........................................................................................... 74 Faith Casts Down Human Reasonings ....................................................................... 76 Walk By the Word - Not by Sight or Feelings ............................................................. 78 How To Turn Your Faith Loose - Part 1 ..................................................................... 79 Four Kinds of Confession ........................................................................................... 79 The Jews' Confession of Sin ...................................................................................... 79 The Believer's Confession of His Sins ........................................................................ 80 The Believer's Confession of Faith ............................................................................. 80 The Confession the Sinner Makes ............................................................................. 83 The Believer Confessing His Sins .............................................................................. 85 How To Turn Your Faith Loose - Part 2 ..................................................................... 90 Believing Plus Confessing Equals Activated Faith ..................................................... 91 Right Thinking, Believing, and Confessing ................................................................. 92 The Positive Side of Confession ................................................................................ 92 ‘Confession’ Defined .................................................................................................. 92 What Are We To Confess? ......................................................................................... 92 Confessing Who We Are in Christ .............................................................................. 93 New Creatures in Christ ............................................................................................. 93 In Whom We Have Redemption ................................................................................. 95 Redeemed From the Curse of the Law ...................................................................... 95 Redeemed From the Curse of Poverty ....................................................................... 95 The Blessing of Abraham Is for All Believers ............................................................. 97 Heirs of Abraham's Blessing ...................................................................................... 99 The Riches of the Earth Are for Us! .......................................................................... 100 You see, faith doesn't believe for the possible; faith believes for the impossible. ..... 102 How To Turn Your Faith Loose - Part 3 ................................................................... 102 Don't Take Sides Against the Word .......................................................................... 103 Confession - Affirming, Testifying, Witnessing ......................................................... 104 God Works Through Believers To Confirm His Word ............................................... 104 Confession Is Witnessing to What You Know .......................................................... 106 Confess Your Rights and Privileges in Christ ........................................................... 106 No Faith Without Confession .................................................................................... 108 Confession Is Made Unto ... ..................................................................................... 109 How to Turn Your Faith Loose - Part 4 .................................................................... 110 Wrong Thinking, Believing, and Confessing ............................................................. 111 Don't Confess Fear - Resist It! ................................................................................. 112 Don't Confess Doubt - Resist It! ............................................................................... 113 Don't Confess Your Sickness - Confess your Healing! ............................................. 114 Healed by Hearing and Confessing the Word .......................................................... 114 Believing God's Word for Your Own Healing ............................................................ 115 Don't Confess Your Sins and Weaknesses - Confess God's Forgiveness ............... 116 Confess God's Forgiveness for Your Sin ................................................................. 116 Seven Steps to the Highest Kind of Faith - Part 1 .................................................. 117 Step Number One: Know the Integrity of God's Word .............................................. 117 The Word Comes First .......................................................................................... 118 My Decision To Believe the Word ......................................................................... 118 Step Number Two: Know the Reality of Our Redemption in Christ .......................... 119 Delivered From Satan's Kingdom .......................................................................... 119 Redeemed From Sickness .................................................................................... 120 No Trespassing - Devil, This Means You! ............................................................. 121 Step Number Three: Know the Reality of the New Creation .................................... 122 Don't Pass Judgment on God's Creation ............................................................... 123 Repentance vs. Doing Penance ............................................................................ 123 Seven Steps to the Highest Kind o f Faith - Part 2 ................................................. 124 Separation From the World, Not Segregation ....................................................... 125 Believers are Called `Righteousness' and `Light' .................................................. 125 Step Number Four: Know the Reality of Our Righteousness in Christ ..................... 126 God's Righteousness Is a Gift ............................................................................... 127 God Is Our Righteousness .................................................................................... 128 My Own Search To Understand Righteousness in Christ ..................................... 129 Elijah, An Example of a Righteous Man ................................................................ 129 Seven Steps to the Highest Kind of Faith - Part 3 .................................................. 132 Step Number Five: Know the Reality of the Indwelling Presence of the Holy Spirit . 133 The Greater One Lives in Us ................................................................................. 133 The Power Source Within ...................................................................................... 133 Believers Are the Body of Christ ............................................................................ 135 A Better Covenant ................................................................................................. 137 God Dwells in People - Not in Buildings ................................................................ 138 Don't Place Too Much Significance On Natural Things ......................................... 140 The Greater One in Us, Can Make Impossibilities - Possibilities ........................... 141 The Holy Spirit Is a Gentleman.............................................................................. 141 The Holy Spirit Is Our Helper ................................................................................ 141 The Holy Spirit Works Through Us As We Act in Faith .......................................... 142 Seven Steps to the Highest Kind of Faith - Part 4 .................................................. 143 The Holy Spirit: Our Intercessor and Guide ........................................................... 144 The Holy Spirit Will Show Us Things to Come ...................................................... 145 Praying in Tongues Helps Make The Spiritual Realm More Distinct ..................... 145 Your Emotions Have Nothing To Do With Speaking in Tongues ........................... 146 Make Your Flesh Submit! ...................................................................................... 147 Step Number Six: Know the Reality of Our Fellowship With the Father ................... 148 Prayer Should Be a Rest, Not a Struggle .............................................................. 149 Step Number Seven: Know the Authority in the Name of Jesus .............................. 150 We Have the Power of Attorney in Jesus' Name ................................................... 150 Six Big Hindrances to Faith ...................................................................................... 151 Fight the Good Fight of Faith .................................................................................... 151 Lack of Faith Comes From Lack of Knowledge of God's Word ................................ 151 Hindrance Number One: Lack of Understanding Regarding the New Creation ........ 152 I Knew I Was a New Creation .................................................................................. 153 Hindrance Number Two: Lack of Understanding of Our Place in Christ ................... 154 Hindrance Number Three: Lack of Understanding Regarding Our Righteousness .. 155 As God's Righteousness, Receive the Bountiful Fullness of God ............................ 156 Hindrance Number Four: Lack of Understanding Regarding Our Right To Use the Name of Jesus ......................................................................................................... 157 Hindrance Number Five: Lack of Understanding About Acting on the Word ............ 158 Act Like the Word Is True! ........................................................................................ 158 Hindrance Number Six: Lack of Understanding About Holding Fast to Our Confession of Faith ..................................................................................................................... 159 The God-Kind of Faith ............................................................................................... 160 Have Faith in God .................................................................................................... 161 Don't Pray for Faith - Exercise the Faith You Already Have ..................................... 162 Faith Is a Gift of God ................................................................................................ 163 Faith Comes by Hearing God's Word ....................................................................... 164 Exercise the Faith You Have To Be Healed ............................................................. 164 Believers Have the Same Spirit of Faith ................................................................... 165 Don't Let Your Words Become Your Prison ............................................................. 166 Confess What You Believe ....................................................................................... 167 The Power of Our Words .......................................................................................... 168 Let Negative Thoughts Die Unborn .......................................................................... 168 Faith's Confessions Create Realities ........................................................................ 168 Confession Brings Possession ............................................................................... 169 Feed and Exercise Your Faith .................................................................................. 169 Exercising My Own Faith .......................................................................................... 170 We Have Because We Believe ................................................................................ 170 Believe and Say ....................................................................................................... 171 Believe God's Word, Confess It, Then Possess It .................................................... 171 Salvation, the Holy Spirit, and Healing: Confession First, Then Possession ............ 172 Receiving the Holy Spirit by Faith ............................................................................ 173 The Holy Spirit Urges - Never Forces ....................................................................... 174 Confession Before Possession: Receiving the Holy Spirit ........................................ 174 Confession Before Possession: Healing .................................................................. 175 Thanking God for the Answer ................................................................................... 176 Confession Is the Expression Of What We Believe .................................................. 177 Actions That Correspond With Faith ......................................................................... 178 Confession Plus Wrong Actions Equals Faith Failures. ............................................ 179 Doers of the Word Withstand Life's Storms .............................................................. 179 Talkers vs. Doers of the Word .................................................................................. 180 Talking Doubt and Failure Brings Defeat .................................................................. 180 Learning To Approach God on His Terms - According to His Word ......................... 181 Giving Up the Worry Habit ........................................................................................ 183 Acting as Though We've Received Our Answer ....................................................... 186 The Language of the Senses vs. The Language of Faith ......................................... 186 Wrapping Ourselves in the Promises of God ........................................................... 188 How to Write Your Own Ticket With God ................................................................ 189 Four Steps To Receiving Your Answer From God ................................................... 191 Step Number One: Say It ......................................................................................... 192 Never Speak Defeat ................................................................................................. 193 Changing Lack of Finances To Provision by Faith ................................................... 193 Step Number Two: Do It ........................................................................................... 196 Step Number Three: Receive It ................................................................................ 196 Saying and Doing Comes Before Feeling and Healing ............................................ 197 Step Number Four: Tell It ......................................................................................... 197 We Write Our Own Ticket of Victory ......................................................................... 198 Old Testament Example Of the Four Steps of Faith ................................................. 198 Living in the Protection of God by Faith .................................................................... 199 Resisting the Devil With the Word ............................................................................ 201 Receiving Salvation by Faith .................................................................................... 202 Doubt, the Thief of God's Greater Blessings .......................................................... 203 God's Best: Receiving by Our Own Faith ................................................................. 204 Don't Look at the Circumstances .............................................................................. 205 Don't Criticize Others Until You've Walked on the Water Yourself ........................... 205 Doubt and Fear Rob People Of God's Blessings ..................................................... 206 Doubt and Unbelief Will Hinder Ministry to the Sick ................................................. 207 Not a Lack of Power - A Lack of Faith ...................................................................... 209 Stephen: A Man Full of the Holy Ghost, Faith, and Power ....................................... 210 Utilize the Power of God Within You ........................................................................ 211 Trying the Word Is Doubting the Word ..................................................................... 211 You Can Have What You Say .................................................................................. 212 An Evil Report vs. A Good Report ............................................................................ 213 Locating People by What They Say ......................................................................... 215 Wrong Thinking, Believing, and Speaking - The Giants That Defeat You ................ 215 Faith Confessions Bring Faith Victories .................................................................... 215 Don't Prepare for Failure .......................................................................................... 216 Holding Fast to My Confession of Faith .................................................................... 216 Having What I Said in My Ministry ............................................................................ 218 You Can Have What You Say .................................................................................. 219 Having What I Said in My Finances. ......................................................................... 219 Having What We Say Works for All Believers .......................................................... 221 Having What I Said in Buying a Home ..................................................................... 222 Having What I Say for My Family ............................................................................. 222 How To Train the Human Spirit ................................................................................ 223 Step Number One: Meditate on the Word ................................................................ 224 Step Number Two: Practice the Word ...................................................................... 225 Practice the Word by Not Fretting ............................................................................ 225 Don't Talk the Problem ............................................................................................. 228 Step Number 3: Give the Word First Place In Your Life ........................................... 228 Step Number 4: Instantly Obey the Voice Of Your Spirit .......................................... 229 Don't Put Out a Fleece - Look to Your Spirit. ............................................................ 230 Learn to Obey Your Spirit Even in the Affairs of Life ................................................ 231 How Faith Comes – Part 1 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. - Hebrews 11:6 Notice particularly the first part of Hebrews 11:6: "But without faith it is impossible to please him...." If God demands that I have faith when it is impossible for me to have faith, then I have a right to challenge His justice. But if He places within my hands the means whereby faith can be produced, then the responsibility rests with me whether or not I have faith. Faith Comes by Hearing the Word God has told us that without faith it is impossible to please Him, but He has also told us how to get faith. If we don't have faith, God is not to blame. To blame God for our lack of faith is nothing in the world but ignorance. If we lack faith, we are to blame. This is also true concerning faith for salvation. Faith for salvation also comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Rom. 10:17). Paul said in Ephesians 2:8: "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." We know that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God, but how are we to get faith to get saved? Romans chapter 10 tells us. ROMANS 10:8-10,13,14 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, WHICH WE PREACH; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation ... 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and HOW SHALL THEY BELIEVE IN HIM OF WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD? and how shall they hear without a preacher? Men are saved by hearing God's Word, because the Scripture says, ". . . faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). You cannot believe and have faith without hearing the Word. In Acts 10 and 11 we read about Cornelius, who, although devout, had not yet been saved. He had not heard the gospel yet, so how could he have been saved? No, Cornelius was not saved until he heard Peter preach. An angel of the Lord appeared to Cornelius (Acts 10:3). The angel who spoke to Cornelius couldn't preach the gospel to Cornelius because angels can't preach the gospel; God sent men to preach. Remember Jesus said, ". . . Go YE into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). But the angel could tell Cornelius where to go to get someone who could preach the gospel to him (Acts 11:13). The angel instructed Cornelius to call for Peter: "And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do" (Acts 10:5,6). Acts 11:14 reports that the angel said that Peter would preach the gospel to Cornelius: "Who shall tell thee WORDS, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved." This verse also shows us that men are saved by hearing words - God's Word: "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). You can't believe without hearing. So many are trying to believe without hearing. How does faith for healing come? The same way - by hearing the Word of God concerning healing. In Acts 14 we are told the story of the impotent man who received his healing because of what he heard. ACTS 14:7-10 7 And there they [Paul and Barnabas] PREACHED the GOSPEL. 8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: 9 The same HEARD Paul SPEAK: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. The casual reader of the Word of God might say, "Isn't it wonderful how Paul healed that man?" You've heard that said, and so have I. But Paul did not heal the man. The man was not healed because Paul was an apostle. The man was not healed by Paul's faith. The man himself had the faith to be healed. But notice what had to take place before this man was healed: "And there they [Paul and Barnabas] PREACHED the GOSPEL" (Acts 14:7). So Paul did three things: 1. He preached the gospel to the man. 2. He perceived that the man had faith to be healed. 3. He told the man to rise up and walk. The man also did three things: 1. He heard Paul preach the gospel. 2. He had faith to be healed. 3. He leaped up and walked. The man was not healed by some special power that Paul had. The man himself had faith to be healed. Where and how did he get faith to be healed? He got it from what he heard! Remember Acts 14:9 says, "The same [man] heard Paul SPEAK. . . ." What did Paul speak? Verse 7 says, "And there they PREACHED the GOSPEL." If Paul preached what we call the gospel of salvation, how did the man get faith to be healed? The man got faith to be healed because Paul preached what the Bible calls the gospel, which also includes healing. How I Got Faith To Be Healed More than fifty five years ago on the bed of sickness as a young denominational boy reading Grandma's Bible, the more I read the Word, the more I learned. I realized that I had never heard the full gospel, just part of it. The fullness of the gospel hadn't been taught in my church. But the more I read the Bible, the more I realized that I didn't have to die. The more I read God's Word, the more I realized that I could be healed. Of course, the devil was right there trying to tell me that healing had been done away with. I had been taught that God would heal if He wanted to. But saying that God could heal, but that He might not want to is an even bigger insult than saying He couldn't heal. Both of them are lies. I read the Word concerning healing. But the devil was right there to try to oppose me. The devil brought to my remembrance all the doubt and unbelief I'd ever heard. He brought to my remembrance all that I'd been taught on the subject of healing. Something that helped me immeasurably was that even though people had told me that healing had been done away with, I couldn't ever remember hearing that faith had been done away with. I'd never heard that. As I studied the Word of God, I saw that faith had not been done away with. For example, the text in Acts chapter 14 says that the man at Lystra had faith to be healed. And in Mark 5:34, concerning the woman with the issue of blood, Jesus said, "... Daughter, THY FAITH hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague." Therefore, the Bible clearly shows that faith has not been done away with. The man at Lystra had faith to be healed, and concerning the woman with the issue of blood, it was her faith that made her whole. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Notice in Mark 5:34 that Jesus didn't say that His power or His faith had made the woman whole. Jesus said to the woman, "... THY FAITH hath made thee whole. .." (Mark 5:34). When I saw this, I knew that if her faith made her whole, then my faith could make me whole too! And, thank God, it did. My faith tapped into the power of God and I was made whole! My paralysis disappeared and my heart condition was healed. Since then I've been going at a hop, skip, and a jump, and I have been preaching the truth of the gospel, including healing, ever since. Let's look more closely at the man at Lystra who had faith to be healed. How did he get that faith? From what he heard. What did he hear? He heard the Word of God. Is there something about hearing the gospel that would cause a life-long cripple to be healed? Decidedly, yes. Emphatically, yes! Healing Is a Part of the Gospel Paul preached the gospel of salvation which includes healing. The Bible simply calls it the gospel. How do we know he did? Look at Romans 1:16. ROMANS 1:16 16 For I am not ashamed of THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST: for it is the power of God unto SALVATION to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. The footnote in the Scofield Bible says, "The Hebrew and Greek words for salvation imply the ideas of deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness." I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ! It is the power of God unto deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness. Paul preached the full gospel, not just part of it. We also know that healing was a part of the gospel that was preached because other scriptures indicate it as well. ACTS 8:5-8 5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and PREACHED CHRIST [the gospel] unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing THE MIRACLES which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were HEALED. 8 And there was great joy in that city. Notice in verse 7 the miracles that followed the preaching of the Word - the gospel. Those healing miracles and deliverances all came about as the result of preaching Christ. The New Testament knows no Christ without Christ the Healer. Physical healing - divine healing - is a part of the gospel. If there is no gospel of healing today, then none of us has a gospel of salvation to preach either because healing is included in the atonement (Isa. 53:4,5). P. C. Nelson was a great Baptist minister. He said, "Healing is part and parcel of the gospel." During the time Rev. Nelson was pastoring a church in Detroit, Michigan, in 1921, he was run over by an automobile. The doctors said that one of his legs would have to be taken off at the knee. They said that if by some miracle it didn't have to be amputated, at the very least it would be stiff for the rest of his life. But P. C. Nelson related that as he lay there in the hospital, the Lord began to talk with him. The Lord brought to his mind James 5:14 and 15. JAMES 5:14,15 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Rev. Nelson said that he tried to excuse himself by telling the Lord they didn't practice that in his church. He said that the Lord reminded him of a man and his wife Rev. Nelson knew who believed in the anointing with oil according to this scripture. The Lord told Rev. Nelson that he should call them and have them pray for him. So Rev. Nelson contacted them, and they came to pray for him. They anointed him with oil and prayed, and he was healed. His leg didn't have to be taken off, and his knee wasn't stiff. God's Word is good. The Bible says, .. faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17). Down in Texas several years ago, a fine denominational minister had a very outstanding ministry. Many of the denominational churches would sponsor him in citywide meetings. In his evangelistic endeavors he became sick. And by his own testimony, within a couple of years, all of his own money was gone. He had had $10,000 in the bank, and that was a lot of money back then. But in two years' time his money was gone. He had to sell his automobile, his home, and most of his books in order to pay his doctor bills. He had been everywhere, including the Mayo Clinic to try to receive help, but was none the better; rather, he grew worse. Finally he was hospitalized in California. The doctor said that he was going to die. The minister contacted his brother who lived in California to borrow some money so he could go home to Texas where he could die. Their eighty two year old mother lived in Texas and he wanted to see his mother before he died. So his brother sent him the money and he went home. The minister went to live with his mother at the old home place in Texas where he grew up. His mother was so glad to see him. He told his mother that he had come home to die. His dear old mother had a nineteen year old boy who lived there with her who did the chores around the place. This nineteen year old boy became the sick minister's nurse; the boy had to turn the sick man on his bed and dress him. One day the boy said to him, "Why don't you let the Lord heal you? The Bible says that if there is any sick among you, let them call for the elders of the church, and let them pray for you" (James 5:14,15). Here was a minister who supposedly knew the Bible and yet didn't even know that these scriptures were in the Bible. He had gone to school and studied everything but the Bible! The minister told the boy to get his Bible and find that passage of Scripture, but the boy had never learned how to read. The man asked him how he knew that passage of Scripture was in the Bible. The boy said that his preacher had told him it was in the Bible. So the denominational minister looked up the scriptures and read them. The boy told the minister that his preacher was having a healing meeting under a brush arbor and invited the minister to come.