Kenneth Copeland — Our Redemption Part 1Posted by admin on March 24th, 2010
“Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse for
us: for it is written, Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing
of Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we
might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith” (Galations 3:13-14).
Jesus of Nazareth was a product
of the Abrahamic Covenant. He was
an Israelite circumcised the eighth
day. As we have read from Genesis
17:1, God commanded that Abraham
walk perfect and upright before
Him; but it was not until Jesus that
this command was fulfilled. Jesus
walked perfect before God under the
articles of the covenant, and God
backed His ministry 100 percent.
He used the covenant to control the
laws of nature. He spoke the words
that broke the bonds of death and
brought Lazarus forth from the grave.
God was bound by His own words to
do what Jesus said. The Bible tells us
in Hebrews 4:15 that Jesus was “in
all points tempted like as we are, yet
without sin.” He faced as much temptation
to sin as any man on earth, yet
He withstood it all and continued to
walk perfect before God.
According to Levitical law, the high
priest was to take an unblemished
lamb and offer it as a sacrifice for sin.
Jesus of Nazareth, the unblemished
Lamb of God, served as the final
sacrifice for sin under the Abrahamic
Covenant. The High Priest offered up
the spotless Son of God on the altar
of the cross for the sins of mankind.
The blood of Jesus was poured out in
behalf of the covenant He upheld. He
was our substitute—bearing our sins,
diseases, poverty and spiritual death.
Remember what was listed under
the curse in Deuteronomy 28? Poverty
of every kind, political failure, drought,
war—every calamity known to mankind.
Jesus has redeemed us from all of
it. As we saw in Deuteronomy 28:61,
all sickness and all disease, even those
not mentioned there, come under the
curse. Therefore, we are redeemed
from all sickness and all disease. You
need to fight the temptation to be sick
just as you would fight the temptation
to lie or steal. Satan will tempt
you with sickness, but you don’t have
to give in. You can resist him with the
Word of God like Jesus did!
Kenneth Copeland Ministries