February 1974

The Word Of FAITH

Spiritual Forces
—by Kenneth Hagin

EPHESIANS 6:12 God is a Spirit. And the Bible because redemption had been
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and consummated, deliverance had
says that angels are spirits, and
blood, but against principalities, against
that demons are spirits. Man,
powers, against the rulers of the darkness
been effected. The "new crea­
who is a spirit, lives in the midst
of this world, against spiritual wickedness tion" came into being and He
in high places. of spiritual forces. gave the "new creation" the
In the new birth, man's spirit legal right to the use of His
becomes united with God. The Name.
new birth is a rebirth of the The new creation is two-fold
human spirit. "But he that is in nature. First, it is you and I,
The mightiest forces in the joined unto the Lord is one individual members of the Body
world are spiritual. They are spirit" (I Cor. 6:17). of Christ who are new creatures
not electricity, or dynamite, or Then (since our spirits are by virtue of the new birth. But,
the atomic or hydrogen bombs— united with God) our combat with then too, the new creation is
but unseen and unheard spiritual the spiritual forces we read of also the Body of Christ that is
power. in Ephesians 6:12, as abeliever, on the earth today, of which we
It amazed and in a sense, should always be with the con­ are all members.
staggered me when I first saw sciousness that these wicked Each of us individually are
this fact—that a Spirit had c r e ­ powers are conquered--aware new creatures and the whole
ated material things. that they are dethroned powers group together is a new crea­
Jesus declared, "God is a and that Jesus conquered them tion; something which never
Spirit...." (John 4:24). And the for us! existed before. There was no
Bible says, "In the beginning They hold sway over man only Body of Christ on the earth in
God created the heaven and the because man does not recognize the Old Testament. And there
earth" (Genesis 1:1). that he has been set free and that was no spiritual Body of Christ
It amazed me to realize that dominion over demon forces has on the earth in the four Gos­
Unseen Ability had brought into been placed in his hands. pels. The only body of Christ
being everything we know upon When Jesus arose from the here then was His physical body.
the earth in the natural realm by dead, it was because He had con­ The spiritual Body of Christ is
just simple saying, "Let there quered all the forces of hell and here now.
be...." stripped them of their authority. I CORINTHIANS 12:27
Then I realized that spiritual He had broken their dominion 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and
forces are mightier than any­ over the human spirit. And that members in particular.
thing our senses have ever victory, thank God, belongs to We are the Body of Christ, it
known. Words are more power­ you and to me. says here. We are not "trying
ful than bombs and tanks. Spiri­ Several times the Book of to be" a member of the Body
tual forces are the greatest Hebrews uses the expression of Christ--we are the Body of
forces in the world. that Jesus "sat down." You don't Christ.
God is a Spirit. And man, c r e ­ "sit down" until the job is fin­ I CORINTHIANS 12:13
ated in the image of God, is a ished. And Jesus didn't "sit 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized
into one body....
spirit being. Man has a soul and down" until the job was finished.
he lives in a body, but he is an Jesus "sat down" at the right This is not water baptism nor
offspring of God; a spirit being. hand of the Father. He did so the baptism in the Holy Ghost.
This is talking about when we The only fight we are told to When you stand upon the Word
are born again. When you are fight is the faith fight. Ephesians of God to face the unseen forces,
born again, you are put into the 6 does not tell us to fight these your weapons are effective.
Body of Christ by virtue of the evil spirits. It tells us to stand You have the Word of God.
new birth. against them. And we are told Ephesians 6:17 tellsyou to take
just what to do and how to stand "....the sword of the Spirit,
against them. You stand against which is the word of God...."
I CORINTHIANS 12:12 them in faith—you do not fight And you have the Name of
12 For as the body Is one, and hath many them. Jesus which has all authority
members, and all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body: so also
The Bible says, "...your ad­ in heaven and earth and hell.
is Christ. versary the devil, as a roaring And you have the shield of
lion, walketh about, seeking faith. "Above all, taking the
whom he may devour: Whom shield of faith, wherewith ye
This spiritual body is a new c r e ­ resist stedfast in the faith...." shall be able to quench all the
ation. Second Corinthians 5:17 (I Peter 5:8-9). fiery darts of the wicked (Eph.
says, "Therefore if any man be What does that mean, "Whom 6:16).
in Christ, he is a new crea­ resist stedfast in the faith" ? It You are told to take the
ture " The margin of my means that you stand on what shield of faith. This is some­
King James reads, "a new crea­ you believe. You say that you thing you do. It isn't something
tion." One of the modern trans­ believe the Bible so stand your God does for you. Some are
lations reads, "he is a new ground and say, " I believe the praying, "God, give me the v i c ­
species." One that never before enemy is defeated by Jesus tory over the devil." He isn't
existed. Certainly others were Christ, and in Christ I am a new going to give you victory over
Christians before you, but as creature. I stand my ground and the devil. If you are waiting on
far as you are concerned you refuse to be defeated for the Him to do it, you are wasting
are a new creation which never Name of Jesus belongs to me." your time.
before existed. You became a You are dealing with unseen However, if you will just pick
new man in Christ Jesus. forces, spiritual forces. But, up the sword of the Spirit, the
Now the new creation came thank God, those spiritual for­ Name of Jesus, and the shield
into being when Jesus ascended ces are defeated! of faith, and go out against the
on high and began His ministry This, is^lhe. faith fight. It is devil, you will -put him on the
at the right hand of the Father. our taking for granted that Satan run. You do something about it.
There He is the Mediator be­ is defeated that makes us mas­ Thank God, you can!
tween God and man. Until He ters! It is acting on God's Word The sword of the Spirit is not
began His ministry at the right as though it were true that like the literal, physical, mate­
hand of the Father, man could makes us victors! rial sword such as a Roman
not reach God as we do under We have lived too long in the soldier would have taken in his
the new covenant. The new crea­ realm of the flesh—the sense hand. You have to take this
tion came into being—and He realm—depending upon what we sword with your mouth. It is
gave the new creation the legal see with our physical eye, or the Word of God.
right to use His Name. hear with the physical ear, or Jesus gave us an example of
"All power is given unto me feel with our hands or our how we are to use the sword of
in heaven and in earth," He "feelings." For that reason, it the Spirit when He was led into
declared, and then He contin­ is so difficult for us to grasp the wilderness to be tempted
ued, "Go ye therefore...." (See the reality of the unseen. We of the devil. Satan came to Him
Matt. 28:18-19.) have depended too long on that saying, "If thou be the Son of
Jesus conquered Satan for us. which is seen. God, command that these stones
His victory over the adversary Human reasoning and sense be made bread" (Matt. 4:3).
was our victory. We are con­ knowledge will try to hold you Jesus answered, "It is writ­
querors today because of what in the realm of things seen, felt, ten...." He met Satan with the
He did. and heard. But you just step
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