He Died Three Times. (I Went to Hell - Kenneth E. Hagin)

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Product:	I Went to Hell - Kenneth E. Hagin
Date:	04/10/01 (1027 review reads)
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Advantages: Understanding some beliefs.

Disadvantages: May go against other religious teachings.

Kenneth E. Hagin, known to his followers as a 'Prophet', is believed to be the founding father of the Word Of Faith Movement. (that credit actually goes to E.W. Kenyon, but that's another story). Hagin is viewed by this Movement as a true prophet of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hagin has no college education nor seminary training, and yet his teachings are accepted without question by his followers, and in fact he is acknowledged as their true spiritual father. Why you may ask, has he reached such stature? Well Brother Hagin is a very special man who has had many visionary encounters with Jesus Christ himself, whereby he was not only given the gift of healing the sick, but Jesus communicates through him, telling him how to further his teachings and develop his ministry here on earth.

Kenneth Hagin is a born-again Christian, but like no other, and he explains how it all came about, in his short book, I Went To Hell.

CONTENT.

As a lifelong member of the Southern Baptist Church, Kenneth Hagin had been brought up to be a devout Christian. He was also a very sickly child who suffered from a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease. As the years passed he became weaker and weaker, and by the age of 15, he was bedridden and dying. Then at 7.40pm on the 22nd of April 1933, he knew his time had come:-


"Then the inner man rushed out and left my body lying dead. . .I have proof that I was actually dead. My eyes were set, my heart stopped beating. . .Finally, below me, I could see lights flickering on the walls of the caverns of the damned, caused by the fires of hell. . .Upon reaching the bottom of the pit, a voice spoke from far above the blackness... I don't know if it was the voice of God, Jesus, or an angel"

Throughout his experience, he claims he did not lose consciousness, and although he could see his family in the room, he could not communicate with them. Then finally he arrived back on
the porch, where he floated through the wall, then back into his body, where he could at last talk to his grandmother who had been holding him.


"My heart stopped beating for the second time. . .I leaped out of my body and began to descend: down, down down. . .The voice spoke from heaven and again my spirit came up out of that place"

This time he surfaced at the foot of his bed, and could actually see his own body lying there. He somehow knew though that his ordeal had not ended, and this time left some parting words with his family. Then:-


"...my heart stopped for the third time. I leaped out of my body and began to descend. . .Thank God that voice spoke. I don't know who it was . . .I began to pray, "O God! I come to you in the Name of Lord Jesus Christ. I ask You to forgive me of my sins and to cleanse me from all sin. . .That was the very hour I was born again due to the mercy of God through the prayers of my mother."

Hagin finally returned and entered his body for the third time. Shortly afterwards he completely recovered from his lifethreatening illnesses.

WHAT IS THE BOOK ACTUALLY SAYING.

Well, Hagin is saying that these experiences actually happened to him and proves that, a) he died, b)he went to Hell, c) he was born again while out of his body. He equates his experience of having died three times to the fact that in the bible, Jesus raised three people from the dead, but in essence what he is really saying is he, like Jesus, died a sinner, and was raised from the dead a born-again righteous man.

There is of course much more to this little book, and indeed to the man himself, but to find out more, you should read the book.

<br>I must also stress here, that this book, as indeed the Word Of Faith Movement itself, is not widely accepted by other Christian Movements. If you are toying with reading this book, I would suggest you check out the followi
ng links first to see if you agree with the principles behind their teachings, as many Christians may find them offensive to their own beliefs.

For the Word Of Faith Movement go to:-

http://www.discernment.org/WOF.htm

Kenneth Hagin and his sons also run a large worldwide organisation called RHEMA, and you will find the link below. Here you will find out all about his teachings and can even buy I Went To Hell, price $1, code 257, from the online bookstore. You can also make donations online.

http://www.rhema.org/khm/index.html


Would I recommend reading this book? Well, if like me you are interested in how various religions function, where their doctrines come from, how they differ and the history behind them, yes. If on the other hand you are mainstream Church of Scotland, Church of England, Roman Catholic etc., I would say probably not.

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