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Kenneth Copeland — The Daughter of Abraham Part 3Posted by admin on June 9th, 2010

When a person lives out from under
the curse and is walking uprightly
before God, he has the power of God
in his corner. He has the power of the
Spirit Himself backing him. The Word
of God states very clearly in Hebrews
7:22 that Jesus is the surety, or the
guarantee, of this new covenant. Jesus
Christ of Nazareth will have to fail before
the covenant can fail, and in Him
there is no failure. Why? Because Jesus
is love and love never fails.

Go to the Word. That is what it is
for. That is why it was written. It is
a copy of your contract—your covenant—
with God. It sets out the things
God promised Jesus that He would do.
Hebrews 1 speaks of Jesus’ inauguration
as Lord of the universe. It says
that He is upholding all things by the
Word of His power. If you want to be
upheld, get on the Word.

Once you make Jesus Lord over
your life, you become a covenant man
under the new covenant. Remember
God said, “As for Me, these things
are so.” He said, “As for Me, you are
healed. As for Me, you are redeemed
from the curse of the law. As for Me,
the blessing of Abraham is upon you.”
The only reason these blessings are not
operating in your life is because you
have not stood up and said, “Well, as
for me, it is so, too!”

Make this confession from your
heart before God.

“Father, in the Name of Jesus, I
believe in my heart that Jesus has been
raised from the dead. I make Him Lord
of my life now with the confession of
my mouth. I am His and He is mine!
Jesus has redeemed me from the curse
of the law. Sickness will have to depart.
Disease will have to depart. Poverty
will no longer be in my house, for I am
redeemed from the curse of poverty.
I am a believer and not a doubter. I
have the Name of Jesus and the power
of the Holy Spirit. Thank God, darkness
is over. The storms of life will no
longer be victorious over me. Jesus
is my intercessor. The Spirit of God
strengthens me. You, God, are my very
own Father. I praise Your Name!”

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Kenneth Copeland — The Daughter of Abraham Part 1Posted by admin on May 26th, 2010

Let’s look at Luke 13:10-12: “And he
was teaching in one of the synagogues
on the sabbath. And, behold, there was
a woman which had a spirit of infir-
mity eighteen years, and was bowed
together, and could in no wise lift up
herself. And when Jesus saw her, he
called her to him, and said unto her,
Woman, thou art loosed from thine
infirmity.”

Notice that Jesus did not say, “I am
going to loose you” or “Be loosed.” He
said, “Woman, thou art loosed.” Jesus
did not waste words; He used them.
Words had an extremely high priority
in His ministry. “And he laid his hands
on her: and immediately she was made
straight, and glorified God.”

When the ruler of the synagogue
questioned Him about healing on the
Sabbath day, Jesus said, “And ought
not this woman, being a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan hath bound,
lo, these eighteen years, be loosed
from this bond on the sabbath day?”
(verse 16). That woman was a daughter
of Abraham, and therefore had a
right to be loosed from that infirmity.
You see, she had lived with her infirmity
for eighteen years because she didn’t
know the blessing of Abraham—the
blessing that would set her free!

This same ignorance of God’s covenant
caused Israel to live in bondage
for 400 years.

The Word of God was just as valid
and real when they went into bondage
as it was the day they were set free.
The only problem was, they didn’t
know it. God had to call Moses and
explain the covenant to him so that he
could lead them out of Egypt. Moses
went before Pharaoh in behalf of that
covenant and led the Israelites out of
bondage. It was the same God, and His
Word was just as true 400 years before,
but the people had lost sight of it.

Jesus did not pray for that daughter
of Abraham. He told her that she was
loosed, and then He laid hands on her.

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Kenneth Copeland — The Word Of God, The New CovenantPosted by admin on May 12th, 2010

The promise God gave to Jesus has
now been given to the believer. We
are to receive the blessing of Abraham
written in Deuteronomy 28. As the
seed of Abraham, I intend to receive
everything that is mine by Christ Jesus
as a glory to God. God’s Word tells us
that we have a right to pray and expect
God to answer, not because of what we
have done but because of what Jesus
has done for us! God said, “If ye be
willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land” (Isaiah 1:19). Obedient
to what? The Word of God, the new
covenant of God. The old covenant
was fulfilled by Jesus on the cross. He
walked perfect and upright before God,
then took the penalty for breaking the
covenant. He went to hell and paid the
price for our sin. But because He was
sinless, because He had not broken the
covenant, hell could not hold Him! He
whipped Satan and took the keys of
death and hell! (Revelation 1:18).

You can expect God to move because
of His Word, because of His
promise to Abraham’s seed. Find out
what the covenant says. Put the Word
first place in your life. Matthew 8:17
says, “Himself took our infirmities,
and bare our sicknesses.” That is God
speaking directly to you, the believer.
Christ has redeemed you from the
curse of the law so that the blessing
of Abraham will come on you through
Jesus Christ, that you might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The blessings of God belong to every
born-again believer. All you have to
do is stand on God’s Word and allow
these blessings to manifest themselves
in your life.

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Kenneth Copeland — The New Covenant Of Life!Posted by admin on April 28th, 2010

In the old covenant, we can see
that the power of sin was very much
in force. Satan took the authority that
Adam had given him and perverted
it, using fear and death against men
instead of the life and faith they had
in God. The power of sin was operating
throughout the Old Testament.
A man could make the decision to
live in line with God’s Word, but sin
would still plague him night and day.
For instance, Noah performed the
greatest act of faith known to man
and then got roaring drunk! This is
why the decisions of the Old Testament
saints spoken of in Hebrews 11
were such outstanding feats of faith.
The power of sin was still inside them
and spiritual death was lodged in their
hearts. Then Jesus came to earth. He
bore the penalty of spiritual death,
broke its power, and was raised from
the dead, triumphant over Satan and
his kingdom. When you made Jesus
your Lord, the power of eternal life
enveloped your spirit and a new man
was born inside you: “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new. And all things
are of God” (2 Corinthians 5:17-18).
This is the new covenant!

Wherefore then serveth the law? It
was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom
the promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of
a mediator. Now a mediator is not
a mediator of one, but God is one.
Is the law then against the promises
of God? God forbid: for if there
had been a law given which could
have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law. But
the scripture hath concluded all
under sin, that the promise by faith
of Jesus Christ might be given to
them that believe. But before faith
came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should
afterwards be revealed. Wherefore
the law was our schoolmaster to
bring us unto Christ, that we might
be justified by faith. But after that
faith is come, we are no longer
under a schoolmaster. For ye are
all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus. For as many of you as
have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ. There is neither Jew
nor Greek, there is neither bond
nor free, there is neither male nor
female: for ye are all one in Christ
Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye
Abraham’s seed, and heirs according
to the promise (Galatians 3:19-29).

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Kenneth Copeland — The Promise Is In ForcePosted by admin on April 21st, 2010

Everything Jesus used in His earthly
ministry is available to the believer
today. The only thing Jesus did that
no other person on earth could ever
do was to die on the cross as the Son
of God and pay the price for sin. God
did not answer Jesus’ prayers simply
because He was His Son. He answered
Jesus’ prayers because of the covenant
(the promise), that Jesus was operating
under—the covenant that God had
allowed Abraham to handle so many
years before.

In the light of this truth, let’s read
again from Galatians 3:16-19:

Now to Abraham and his seed
were the promises made. He saith
not, And to seeds, as of many; but
as of one, And to thy seed, which
is Christ. And this I say, that the
covenant, that was confirmed before
of God in Christ, the law, which was
four hundred and thirty years after,
cannot disannul, that it should make
the promise of none effect. For if
the inheritance be of the law, it is
no more of promise: but God gave it
to Abraham by promise. Wherefore
then serveth the law? It was added
because of transgressions, till the
seed should come to whom the
promise was made.

You see, the law was brought in to
protect the promise. Then when Jesus
came forth, the promise was in force.

Once God’s Word has been loosed
in the earth, there is nothing Satan
can do about it. Isaiah 55:11 says, “So
shall my word be that goeth forth out
of my mouth: it shall not return unto
me void, but it shall accomplish that
which I please, and it shall prosper in
the thing whereto I sent it.” God’s Word
will come to pass. There is no way
Satan can stop it! When you received
salvation, when you made the decision
and acted on it, no devil in hell was
powerful enough to stop the new birth
from taking place in your life.

Satan is helpless before the Name of
Jesus because the power of the curse
has been broken. He will walk all over
you if you allow him to, but his actual
power has been removed. The power
of sin has been broken. Satan cannot
dominate you once you recognize the
power of the Word of God and allow
that power to operate in your life.

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