by Kenneth Copeland
“He paid the price to set us free from sin, hell, sickness, lack, fear and every other part of the curse.”
Believe It and Receive! One of the things I most love about Jesus is how easy He is to receive from. When it comes to securing for us all the benefits of salvation, He did all the hard work. He did everything it took to set us free from sin, sickness, lack, fear and every other part of the curse. What’s more, He did it before we ever asked Him for anything. He did it, as Romans 5:8 says, “while we were yet sinners.” I remember when this first hit me. It was back before I knew much of anything about the Bible. I’d asked Jesus into my heart, so I’d received the new birth, but I didn’t think I deserved much more. Because of the way I’d messed up my life, I thought for sure that I had sinned away my opportunity to preach. Then, I found out from the Scriptures that “Christ died for the ungodly” (Romans 5:6). Man, I qualify for that! I thought. I also learned that “if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Together, those two truths absolutely made me free! 2 : B VOV
I realized that the old Kenneth died the instant I was born again. He doesn’t even exist anymore, and there’s no record in heaven that he ever did. The Kenneth who exists now has been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. “For [God] hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Talk about easy! I didn’t have to jump through any religious hoops to get Jesus to do that for me. I didn’t have to talk Him into it. He’d already done it 2,000 years ago. I just had to believe it and receive. “Yes, Brother Copeland, I know that’s how it is with the new birth. But I’ve already been saved. What I need now is healing, and it’s a different matter.” No, it’s not. According to the Bible, both the new birth and healing are part of the great salvation Jesus provided for us. He paid the price for them at the same time. On the Cross, Isaiah 53:5 says, “He was wounded
