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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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Kenneth Copeland — Jesus Was A ProphetPosted by admin on April 14th, 2010

Throughout the Old Testament,
God promised to care for His people
in every way—spirit, soul and body.
He said, “I will protect you from your
enemies. If they come against you one
way, they will flee seven ways. I will
be your God and you will be My people.”
In Isaiah 58:9, God said, “Then
shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer….”
In the Hebrew language this
literally means, “You call and the Lord
will answer, even before you finish the
sentence.” God made these promises,
and they were perfectly fulfilled in the
ministry of Jesus. When Jesus spoke,
God moved! He said, “Peace, be still!”
and the hand of God fell on that
storm so strongly that it had to cease!
Jesus said, “Lazarus, come forth!” and
Lazarus had no choice but to come
forth from the grave!

We need to realize why these things
took place in Jesus’ earthly ministry. It
was not because He was the spotless
Son of God. Jesus did not minister as
the Son of God. He could have. He was
God manifest in the flesh. The important
thing to us is that He didn’t. Jesus
ministered on earth as a prophet under
the Abrahamic Covenant. He ministered
the principles in the Word of God
to Israel in faith and in the love of God.
Some people have the idea that Jesus
introduced healing to the world, but
healing was a provision of the covenant
from the beginning. Jesus did not use
one tool in His earthly ministry that was
not available to every Israelite through
their covenant with God. He didn’t use
His Sonship as a weapon against Satan.
He used the Word of God and said,
“It is written….” His weapons were
the written Word of God, faith in His
Father, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
He said, “The Father that dwelleth in
me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10).

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Kenneth Copeland — The Seed Of AbrahamPosted by admin on April 7th, 2010

We have read from Galatians 3:13-14
that Jesus Christ has redeemed us from
the curse of the law so that we might
receive the blessing of Abraham and
the promise of the Spirit. Let’s take
this a little bit further and discuss it in
more depth.

In Galatians 3:16 we read, “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.” God’s promise
was made through Abraham, but it
was actually meant for one person,
Jesus Christ. We have seen from the
book of Genesis that God approached
Abram with His proposition for a
covenant between them. God’s purpose
was to provide an avenue back into the
earth—to open the way for Jesus to
come forth.

In his lifetime, Abraham operated
only basic parts of God’s covenant. In
the following years, God revealed more
of His Word to the prophets. These
Old Testament prophets handled the
Word and operated under the covenant,
but the promise was made to
Abraham’s seed—Jesus Christ. They
used the covenant as best they could,
but it was too difficult for them to
follow completely. They were just not
strong enough spiritually to handle it,
but Jesus was! The promise was made to
one seed, which is Christ.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries