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12 11 10 09 0814 13 12 11 10 09The Key to the SupernaturalISBN-13: 978-0-89276-702-1ISBN-10: 0-89276-702-2Copyright 1979, 1982 RHEMA Bible Churchaka Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc.All rights reserved. First edition 1979Second edition 1982Printed in USA.In the U.S. write:Kenneth Hagin MinistriesP.O. Box 50126Tulsa, OK 74150-01261-888-28-FAITHwww.rhema.orgIn Canada write:Kenneth Hagin MinistriesP.O. Box 335, Station DEtobicoke, OntarioCanada, M9A 4X31-866-70-RHEMAwww.rhemacanada.orgThe Faith Shield is a trademark of RHEMA Bible Church, AKAKenneth Hagin Ministries, Inc., registered with the U.S. Patentand Trademark Office and therefore may not be duplicated.

The Keyto theSUPERNATURALKenneth W. Hagin

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The Key ToThe SupernaturalBy Kenneth W. HaginThe Lord has been showing me forsometime now that the key to the lastday move of the supernatural power ofGod will be found in two words: “unity”and “accord.”According to the dictionary, theword “unity” means “the state of beingone or united; oneness; singleness.”Another definition is “the quality ofbeing one in spirit, sentiment, purpose,etc.” Unity also “implies oneness, as inspirit, aims, interests, feelings, etc.,of that which is made up of diverseelements of individuals.”“Accord” means almost the same thing:“to make, agree or harmonize; to be inagreement or harmony; mutual agreement;

4harmony; all agreeing; with no onedissenting.”The Theme of ActsIf you have ever studied Bible history,you will know that unity (or accord) actually is the theme of the Book of Acts. Theword “accord,” for example, is found 11times in this book: Acts 1:14; 2:1; 2:46;4:24; 5:12; 7:57; 8:6; 12:20; 15:25; 18:12;and 19:29.In the King James Version, the words“unity” and “accord” are used interchangeably. The meaning of “accord” inthe following verses from Acts is “beingone in spirit, purpose, aim, and so forth.”ACTS 1:1414 These all continued WITH ONEACCORD in prayer and supplication. . . .ACTS 2:11 And when the day of Pentecost wasfully come, they were all WITH ONEACCORD in one place.

5ACTS 2:4646 And they, continuing daily WITHONE ACCORD in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eattheir meat with gladness, and singleness of heart. . . .ACTS 4:2424 And when they heard that, theylifted up their voice to God WITH ONEACCORD. . . .ACTS 5:1212 And by the hands of the apostles weremany signs and wonders wrought amongthe people; (and they were all WITH ONEACCORD in Solomon’s porch.ACTS 8:66 And the people WITH ONE ACCORDgave heed unto those things which Philipspake, hearing and seeing the miracleswhich he did.ACTS 12:2020 And Herod was highly displeasedwith them of Tyre and Sidon: but theycame WITH ONE ACCORD to him. . . .

6ACTS 15:2525 It seemed good unto us, being assembled WITH ONE ACCORD, to send chosenmen unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.(The same concept is found in Romans15:6 “That ye may with one mindand one mouth glorify God, even theFather of our Lord Jesus Christ.”)Unity in the Early ChurchTremendous things happened in theBook of Acts. Let’s study these Scriptures.In Acts 1, we see the New Testamentbelievers continuing “with one accord” inprayer and supplication.In Acts 2 we find them worshippingdaily “with one accord” in the Templeand eating their meals with gladness and“singleness of heart.”In the third chapter of Acts, we seePeter and John healing a crippled man atthe Gate Beautiful. The people rejoiced, but

7the religious leaders got upset and calledthe two apostles before the Sanhedrin.When these rulers of the people andelders of Israel heard Peter and John, theymarveled: “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived thatthey were unlearned and ignorant men,they marvelled; and they took knowledgeof them, that they had been with Jesus”(Acts 4:13).Because all of the people were for Peterand John, the leaders were afraid to doanything to them. They threatened themand let them go. The fourth chapter ofActs records the mighty prayer meetingthe believers held.ACTS 4:23–24,29–3223 And being let go, they went to theirown company, and reported all that thechief priests and elders had said untothem.24 And when they heard that, they liftedup their voice to God WITH ONE

8ACCORD, and said, Lord, thou art God,which hast made heaven, and earth, andthe sea. . . .29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants,that with all boldness they may speakthy word,30 By stretching forth thine hand toheal; and that signs and wondersmay be done by the name of thy holychild Jesus.31 And when they had prayed, the placewas shaken where they were assembledtogether; and they were all filled withthe Holy Ghost, and they spake the wordof God with boldness.32 And the multitude of them thatbelieved were of one heart and ofone soul. . . .Did those believers get down and pray,“And now, Lord, behold their threatenings:and grant unto thy servants grace to endurethe persecution and hardships. Grant thatwe can hold out faithful to the end”?Is that what your Bible says? No, that’snot what it says.

9Look closely at these verses. Grasp theconcepts of “unity” and “accord” expressedhere. There could have been more than3,000 praying here. It wasn’t just thetwo apostles praying; it was the wholecompany of believers in Jerusalem.We know that 120 persons wereassembled on the Day of Pentecost, and3,000 more came to the Lord after Peterpreached his message that day. Thatmakes 3,120 believers. There may havebeen still more in the company who hadaccepted the Lord after witnessing thehealing of the crippled man, because Acts4:21 says, “all men glorified God for thatwhich was done.”The rulers had warned Peter and Johnnot to speak “in that name.” (Theycouldn’t bring themselves even to say theName of Jesus.) But in verse 30 we seethe believers praying “by the name ofthy holy child Jesus.”

10Unity: The Key to the SupernaturalVerse 31 is the one I like: “the placewas shaken where they were assembledtogether.”When we in the Body of Christ begin tounite ourselves in the unity and power ofthe Word of God, we’re going to see someplaces shaken as they never have beenshaken before. The reason the supernatural power of God has not been demonstrated as God would have liked in yearsgone by is because believers got in unityonly at times.I believe in this last day before JesusChrist comes again there is going to comea unity among the Body of Christ thatthe world has never seen before, and thepower of God is going to be demonstratedas never before!Somebody once asked me, “Ken, whydid we see such a move of the supernaturalpower of God the last week of July at theTulsa Campmeeting in 1978?”

11I replied, “I don’t really know for sure,but I have some ideas.” That was whenGod began to deal with me about unity.Every night of that particular Campmeeting, there were at least 10,000 peoplein the Tulsa Assembly Center. Thosepeople were bound together in singlenessof mind upon the Word of God. Not uponemotionalism. Not upon sensationalism.Not upon some human personality.And when that many people get together in unity and power, God Almighty overcomes every obstacle and demonstratesHis supernatural power!The four ministries that cooperated in the Campmeeting—the KennethHagin, Kenneth Copeland, John Osteen,and Fred Price ministries—were inunity and accord. They were not there tolift up any man.Although we are diverse individualsfrom diverse backgrounds, and although wehave different names over our ministries,

12we must come into this kind of unity andharmony.As long as basic doctrine is based onthe Word of God, we must recognize thewhole Body of Christ, even though wedo not see eye-to-eye with all groups onpetty idiosyncrasies.(Some of the men may not wear theirhair short enough for you. They may wearflashy suits. Some of the women may puton makeup. You may think the womenshould wear short hair, drab suits, and nomakeup. That’s what I mean when I talkabout little idiosyncrasies.)Laborers TogetherWe need to forget these incidentalsand unite ourselves on the Word of God tofight this last-day onslaught of the enemy.Satan is going to bring every power fromthe depths of hell against God’s peopleand all humanity in these last days. TheWord of God says he has come “to steal,

13and to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10).Satan knows his time is short, and he’sgoing to give it everything he’s got.As we band together, however, in theunity of the word of God, the Body ofChrist will rise in triumphant powerover Satan—because he already has beendefeated!One person may say, “Oh, I’m a follower of Hagin.” Another may say, “I sort offollow Copeland.” Still another may say,“I like this one or that one.”That reminds me of what the ApostlePaul wrote in First Corinthians 3:1 CORINTHIANS 3:3–93 For ye are yet carnal: for whereasthere is among you envying, and strife,and divisions, are ye not carnal, andwalk as men?4 For while one saith, I am of Paul;and another, I am of Apollos; are ye notcarnal?5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos,but ministers by whom ye believed, evenas the Lord gave to every man?

146 I have planted, Apollos watered; butGod gave the increase.7 So then neither is he that plantethany thing, neither he that watereth; butGod that giveth the increase.8 Now he that planteth and he thatwatereth are one: and every man shallreceive his own reward according to hisown labour.9 For we are labourers together withGod: ye are God’s husbandry, ye areGod’s building.The Lord Is Your ShepherdPaul is saying. “It doesn’t matter whobrought you the Gospel as long as youwere saved by the blood, power, and Lordship of the Lord Jesus Christ.”No matter who brought you into thefaith—Kenneth Hagin, your pastor, orsome other minister—you are not following a man. You are not following man’sdoctrine. You are following the Wordof God—the doctrine of the Lord JesusChrist.Paul also said, “But though we, oran angel from heaven, preach any other

15gospel unto you than that which we havepreached unto you, let him be accursed”(Gal. 1:8). Notice that Paul even includeshimself in that statement.Too many people have things out ofperspective. They have taken a revelationGod gave to one man, grabbed a portionof it, ran off, and perverted it. Forgetabout human personalities and lift upthe Word!Jesus said, “And I, if I be lifted up fromthe earth, will draw all men unto me”(John 12:32). Not if Kenneth Hagin islifted up. Not if you are lifted up. But ifJesus Christ is lifted up. That is part ofthe unity we must come into.We must forget about our own ministries and fellowships. We must forgetabout who we are and what we want tobe. We must unite ourselves around theWord of God. As we do, we will see ourselves ushered into an age of the supernatural power of God. Jesus promised:

16JOHN 14:1212 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He thatbelieveth on me, the works that I do shallhe do also; and GREATER WORKS thanthese shall he do; because I go unto myFather.We have yet to see all these greaterworks to be accomplished, because theChurch of the Lord Jesus Christ hasfailed to unite, and therefore the power ofGod has been unable to move.Where there is unity, every gift of theSpirit and every fruit of the Spirit will bein operation. Then and only then can thesupernatural power of God move.Do you know why most people are notin unity and harmony? Because they don’thave enough of the Word of God—enoughpower—in them. How can the gifts of theSpirit or the fruit of the Spirit operate inthem?Too many Christians have forgottenGalatians 5:22–23, where the fruit of the