Opening the Gates of Heaven Perry Stone

sacred relic (2 Kings 18:4). It is possible that at Christ’s crucifixion, when the Roman soldiers were gambling for Christ’s seamless outer garment, they may have believed it held some supernatural healing power, and perhaps one of them could use it for personal gain (John 19:23–24). However, it was not the garment that cured the woman with the issue of blood (Matt. 9:20–21) but the anointing and virtue dwelling in the Man who wore the garment! The handkerchief or apron is a very simple and common object that holds little if any monetary value and is actually quite insignificant. This makes the answered prayer all the more interesting, and the fabric on the cloth can never receive credit for the healing. It is very unlikely that someone is going to worship a small piece of fabric that may have a few tears or drops of anointing oil on it. This is how God uses “the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty” (1 Cor. 1:27). It is how He demonstrates that “the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him” (1 Cor. 2:14). You can always pray prayers in which you speak the Word, and God will “hasten my word to perform it” (Jer. 1:12, KJV ). The method of anointing a cloth has a New Testament basis and can be used in faith as it was centuries ago. “According to your faith be it unto you” (Matt. 9:29, KJV ). In the New Testament, the Lord gave us several faith tools, such as the power of agreeing, the anointed prayer