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Gloria Copeland — Investing in the Gospel

14 Apr

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

As we have read in Mark 10:29-30, Jesus said, “Verily I say
unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters,
or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in
this time.” This is an investment in spreading the gospel
throughout the world. The Great Commission says, “Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark
16:15). We all are obligated to this; and if we can’t go, we are to
send someone in our place. Everyone is to function in this
commission. The missionary is an apostle of God, an instrument
to evangelize the world. Unfortunately, he has been grossly
underrated and occupies the bottom rung of the ladder instead
of the top. However, they deserve our support both in finances
and in prayer. God will support the communication of the gospel
with whatever power and resources it takes. Unless the
Word is preached, there is no faith (see Romans 10:14).
Without faith, no one is saved (see Ephesians 2:8). To the man
who has never heard the Word, Jesus has never died. You can
see that if God did not support communication of the gospel,
the Cross would have been in vain.

Another area to invest in the gospel is supporting ministries
that are assigned the job of teaching God’s people how to function
in spiritual affairs. The teaching ministries have a great
responsibility placed on them by God. Consequently, they are
greatly blessed.

Any investment expert will be quick to tell you that the
most productive form of investing is a steady, regular investment
into solid business. There is nothing more solid than
God’s work! Begin to be a regular investor. Be faithful to it.

Let’s go back to what Jesus said in Mark 10:29-30, He has
said that this will work for every man. Peter had said, “What
about us? We have left all and have followed You.” He asked
this as if he thought Jesus’ staff stood in some special place
where these laws are concerned. Jesus answered him in no
uncertain terms. Every man who invests into the gospel has a
right to expect the staggering return of one hundredfold.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Giving To The Poor Part 2

07 Apr

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

This puts a different light on the subject. The poor consider
this a rich man’s world. Satan has dominated them with poverty
and suppression of all kinds. When you realize that Satan is
behind their oppression, you will see their need for the power
of God in their lives. Then you won’t be afraid to obligate them
to the gospel when you give material things to them. Whenever
I give in this way, I always explain what the Word says and tell
them about Jesus. I let them know that Jesus is my source of
supply and is willing to be theirs. Show them that they, too, can
become God’s channel in the earth to someone else. You see,
you can feed a thief all day long, but all you will have is a thief
full of food. The food won’t change him, but the Word of God
will transform him on the inside. If you give to the poor in the
proper way, then you can witness to them and introduce them
to the power of God. I never give to the poor without telling
them about Jesus. If they are to get my material goods, they will
first have to listen to what I have to say about Jesus.

Jesus taught about giving alms, which is giving to the poor.
Evidently, Jesus was well-known for giving to the poor from the
scriptural accounts of His ministry. In the Sermon on the
Mount, Jesus taught about giving alms. He said, “Let not thy left
hand know what thy right hand doeth” (Matthew 6:3). You can
get more fun out of giving to someone anonymously! It is a joy
you will never get from anything else, and the next verse says,
“And thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee
openly.” HE HIMSELF shall reward you. Praise the Lord for His
generous propositions!

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Tithing Part 2

17 Mar

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

This is our confession of redemption equivalent to Israel’s
deliverance from Egypt. The Bible says this is a type of our
deliverance from Satan. Israel pointed to Egypt; we point to
Calvary. Now as a guide for you to use, we have set out this
entire confession based on Deuteronomy 26:

We profess this day unto the Lord God that we have
come into the inheritance which the Lord swore to give
us. We are in the land which You have provided for us
in Jesus Christ, the kingdom of Almighty God. We were
sinners serving Satan. He was our god. But we called
upon the Name of Jesus, and You heard our cry and
delivered us from the power and authority of darkness
and translated us into the kingdom of Your dear Son.

Jesus, as our Lord and High Priest, we bring the first
fruits of our income to You and worship the Lord our
God with it. We rejoice in all the good which You have
given to us and our household. We have hearkened to
the voice of the Lord our God and have done according
to all that He has commanded us. Now look down from
Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless us as You
said in Your Word.

All of this is involved in tithing. You can readily see that it
can’t be done in the few seconds before the plate is passed in
church. It must be done on purpose, but I guarantee you, it is
worth every minute of it! My wife and I write our tithe checks,
hold them before God, and take the time to pray over them.
Our money then becomes a tool used in worshiping God.

Deuteronomy 26:10 says that the high priest will set the tithes
before God and worship Him with them. Can you grasp Jesus
worshiping God with your money? Wow! That’s quite a picture.

There is another part of this confession, from verses 14-15,
which is very important: “I have hearkened to the voice of the
Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded
me. Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and
bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as
thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and
honey.” In contrast, we have thought, I’ll just keep giving and
maybe one of these days He will notice it and bless me. This is
wrong. The blessing of God is received by faith in His Word. It
does not come automatically, just as salvation does not come
automatically. You could say, “Well, go to church and God will
save you one of these days, if you’re lucky!” No, the laws governing
salvation must be acted on in order for them to work in
your life. Prosperity comes the same way. As we can see in
Malachi 3:10-11, God has promised the tither that He will open
the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that there will
not be room enough to receive.

We had an opportunity to put this to work some years ago
when a friend of mine had come to a standstill in his construction
business. He hadn’t received a contract in a long time and
something had to be done, so he and his wife came to us for
prayer. As I was praying about his situation, the Lord showed
me how to handle the problem. He was a tither, so we used
what was his according to the Word in Malachi 3:10-11, “Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine
house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will
not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing,
that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time
in the field.” We prayed in line with this and believed God for
an abundant blessing. Then we rebuked the devourer, Satan.
We said, “Satan, this man is a tither, and you have no right to
bind his business. In the Name of Jesus, we command you to
get your hands off and do it now!” When I spoke with him
about three months later, he said that business had begun to
pour in. Praise the Lord! These are our rights as tithers according
to the Word of God.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Tithing Part 1

10 Mar

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

This is, of course, the most familiar financial subject to
Christians. Nearly all of us are aware of the practice of tithing,
but very few actually realize its true significance. It was a commandment
of God to Israel that 10 percent of their first fruits
belonged to God. As I mentioned earlier, when God told me to
teach this subject for the first time, He led me to Deuteronomy 26
where He first introduced it to Israel. Let’s start with the first
verse and relate this to our role under the new covenant.

“And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it,
and dwellest therein.” How does this relate to the Christian? The
Word says in Colossians 1:13 that God has delivered us from
the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom
of His dear Son. We are living in the kingdom of God. We have
entered into our inheritance in Jesus Christ and possess it in
His Name. We have the title deed to this kingdom through faith
in Jesus Christ. The authority has been given to us, and God is
showing us how to exercise our tithing privileges in order to
maintain control efficiently in the financial world.

Verses 2-3, “That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of
the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God
giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place
which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there. And
thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days.” Who is
this priest? Hebrews 3:1 says that Jesus is our High Priest.
Hebrews 7:8, speaking of Jesus, says He receives our tithes
personally. Therefore, we are to go to Him with our tithes and
say to Him, “I profess this day unto the Lord God that I am
come into the inheritance which the Lord swore to give me.”
This is a very important point in the tithing procedure: Make a
confession before your High Priest.

Verse 4, “And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand,
and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God.” Can you see
where we have been missing it? We quickly drop our tithe
money into the offering plate as it passes by or stuff it into an
envelope without a thought. Instead, we are to present it to
Jesus, who, in turn, will set it before the altar of God.

Then in verses 5-10, the Lord builds Israel a confession telling
of His mighty work in their lives and of delivering them from
bondage in Egypt. At this point, we Christians need to switch to
our position under the New Testament. We were sinners in the
world, and our confession should be something like this: “I am
in the land which You have provided for me in Jesus Christ, the
kingdom of Almighty God. I was a sinner serving Satan. He was
my god. But I called upon the Name of Jesus, and You heard my
cry and delivered me from the power and authority of darkness
and translated me into the kingdom of Your dear Son. Jesus is my
Lord, and I bring the first fruits of my labors to Him as the High
Priest and worship You with it. We rejoice in all the good which
You have given to us and our household.”

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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Gloria Copeland — Your Heavenly Account Part 2

10 Feb

Kenneth And Gloria Copeland

First Timothy 6:17-19 illustrates this same point. “Charge
them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly
all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in good
works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in
store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come,
that they may lay hold on eternal life.”

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches.” Paul was referring to those
who are rich here on earth—that they should not trust in their
riches. This is the reason Jesus said it was hard for a rich man
to enter the kingdom of God. When a rich man trusts in his
money, his heart will be in his riches. Satan then will be able to
deceive him; the deceitfulness of riches will choke the Word of
God and cause it to become unfruitful in him (see Mark 4:19).

“Nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth
us richly all things to enjoy; That they do good, that they be rich in
good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up
in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come,
that they may lay hold on eternal life.” You don’t lay hold on eternal
life after you get to heaven. You lay hold on it by faith while you
are here on earth, taking a firm stand and standing fast in the
liberty into which you are called. The 23rd Psalm speaks of God
preparing a feast before us, and we have thought of this as a
heavenly feast. However, it says He is preparing a table before us
in the presence of our enemies. Our enemies are not in heaven.
They are here on earth! When the Lord showed me this, He said,
“The only problem I have is getting My kids to come to the
table!” Paul tells us to “lay up in store” for ourselves in our
heavenly bank account by being “ready to distribute” and “willing
to communicate.” Then when we need it, we have it on
deposit in heaven! ALL the money, gold, etc., is already in the
earth. By giving, heaven declares certain portions as mine. No
force on earth then is able to keep it from coming to me when I
call for it! Heaven’s record says so, and earth dares not refuse.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

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