Our Covenant With God by Kenneth Copeland

Author:Kenneth Copeland
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Our Covenant With God, Faith, Bible, Christ, prosperity, obedience, Jesus, Christianity
Published: 2011-09-30T10:48:07+00:00

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The Seed of Abraham

We have read from Galatians 3:13-14 that Jesus Christ has redeemed us from the curse so that we, the Gentiles, 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. Then 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 was Christ.

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. 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 the reason 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 took the principles in the Word of God and ministered them 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. He 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.

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