10/30/2026
in the 1950s just after a month of his first encounter with Christ at Rockwall Texas in which the Lord Jesus Christ anointed him to minister healing to the sick. Brother Hagin was ministering at a revival meeting at Oklahoma. On one of the days, he was on the healing line ministering to the sick by the healing anointing. On the line was this man who suffered from Tuberculosis of the spine and could not bend down to touch his feet. This however was a sickness caused by a devil or spirit of sickness.
So when brother Hagin got to him, by the anointing he knew that the sickness was not of a natural cause but demonic. He then commanded in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that the evil spirit leave the man. After doing that he told the man, "Bend down and see IF you can touch your toes." The man tried and could not because the pains were still there. This however was because the spirit did not leave. By the anointing brother Hagin checked and was shocked that the spirit did not leave. So again he commanded, "Youfoul spirit that oppresses this man's body, I command youto come out of him in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!"Again he said to the man, "See IF you can stoop over. Bendyour back and touch your toes." This man's back was as immovable as before, because brother Hagin was acting in unbelief anddidn't realize it.
Then brother Hagin said, "Well, we will try (which is unbelief, too)the third time." By the anointing he knew the devil was still binding the man.For the third time he said, "You foul spirit that oppresses this man's body, I command you to come out ofhim in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!" To the manhe said, "Now see IF you can stoop over. See IF you can bend
down." He couldn't, of course. Brother Hagin finally gave up and went on to pray for the next person.
Theman walked back down the aisle.
Brother was standing on the platform not far from the pulpit. As the next person stepped up to beprayed for, he looked over to his left for some unknownreason, and he saw Jesus standing there as plainly as anyman he had ever seen in his life! Brother Hagin thought everybody sawHim, but he learned later that no one in the congregationsaw or heard Him except him.
The congregation heard whathe said, but they didn't see or hear anyone else.
Jesus was standing beside the pulpit so cIose that brother Hagin could have
reached out and touched Him. Jesus pointed His finger atbrother Hagin and said, "I said that in my Name the demon ordemons will leave!" Brother Hagin replied,"Lord, I know You said that. It has been only a month since You appeared to me in Rockwall, Texas, and toldme to command the demon or demons to come out in yourName. I told the demon to come out of that man, but hedidn't."
Again Jesus pointed His finger at brother Hagin and said, "I said,in my Name call out the demons and they will leave thebody!"Brother Hagin replied, "I know You said that, Lord, and I commanded thespirit to leave this man's body in the Name of the LordJesus Christ, but he didn't go."
Jesus put His finger in brother Hagin's face and said for the thirdtime, "I said in my Name the demons will go! Call them
out in my Name, and they will leave the body in myName!"Weakly, he replied again, "Lord, I know You said that.
It happened just a month ago, and it is as fresh in my mindas if You said it last night. I know what You told me. And
I did tell that demon to leave this man's body, but he didn'tgo.
Then brother Hagin said, "I think I know how Jesus looked when He drove the
money-changers out of the Temple, as recorded in the11th chapter of Mark's Gospel. Suddenly it seemedas if His eyes shot fire; I could see flashes of lightning inthem." For the fourth time Jesus Christ jabbed His finger at him andsaid emphatically, "Yes, but I said the demons will go!"
Then He disappeared.
Immediately brother Hagin realized then that he had acted in unbelief. We sometimes think that if we have spiritual authority, a special gift or anointing tominister, it always will work — but that is not the case.No matter how much authority we might have, no matterhow many special gifts we might have, or how much power we might possess, it works by faith and faith only.
When brother Hagin realized that he had exercised doubt instead offaith, he saw his mistake. He called the man to come backto the platform. He was standing at the rear of theauditorium and hadn't gone back to his seat yet.He pointed to him and said, "Come back up here,brother." He retraced his steps back up the aisle. Brother Hagin stood
on the platform waiting for the afflicted man to come around to the altarto where he was. The instant he stood before brother Hagin, he slappedhim on the back, and with my other hand on his chest he said, "Satan, I told you to leave this body! Out you goin the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ!" Then he said to the
man, "Now, my brother (he didn't put an "if" in it this time),stoop over and touch your toes!"Instantly his back was completely healed. The tuberculosis of thespine was gone. The spine which had been as stiff as aboard was healed. He could stoop over and touch his toes
as well as any normal person. He was completely well!
They didn't see the healed man until two weeks later. He came backto be in the last night service.Brother Hagin asked him if he was still able to stoop over and touch his toes."Yes, I am still free," he said with a big smile lightinghis face. He stepped out into the aisle, stooped over,touched the floor, and went through several exercises toprove that he was still limber and free.
This experience demonstrated to brother Hagin once and for allthe importance of following God's Word explicitly. And
he learned that no matter who we are, if we move in unbelief,we will stop the flow of God's power.