He Did It All For You by Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland
Authors: Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland
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Chapter 1
Welcome to the Family
by Kenneth Copeland
Welcome to the Family
God loves you and cares for you
...so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to be a sacrifice for you.
...so much that He sent His precious Holy Spirit into the earth to be your comforter and teacher.
...so much that He has provided for you to live free from sickness and disease.
God desires the very best for you! You can begin today to receive His best in your life.
God’s Word says it’s yours, so get ready to receive!
How to Become a Christian
Do you know where you stand with God?
If you have never made Jesus the Lord of your life, then you are separated from God by sin. You are the reason God sent Jesus to the cross. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God loved you so much that He gave His only begotten Son for you.
Second Corinthians 5:21 says that God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us. Jesus was the spotless Son of God. Sin was the reason He came to earth. He died on the Cross and went to hell for one reason: to pay the price for sin. Once that price was paid, Jesus was raised from the dead, triumphant over Satan, and the sin problem was taken care of.
God does not hold your sin against you. The only thing keeping you from becoming a child of God is failure to turn from your present world and your present god—Satan—and make Jesus the Lord over your life.
When Jesus paid the sin price for you, He became your substitute. Heaven has it recorded that you died on that cross over 2,000 years ago. You have been set free. But that doesn’t mean you will automatically go to heaven. Even though God sent Jesus to pay for your sin—even though He holds nothing against you—you can still go straight to hell. Why? Because you have not made the choice to receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior—to accept His sacrifice as yours.
You have a free will—the right to choose your own destiny. God will not force you to receive salvation. The choice is yours. You can go straight to hell and God will not lift a finger to stop you. He did all He is going to do when He sent Jesus into the world.
The choice is set before you.
If you do choose to make Jesus your Lord, God will receive you as His very own child. You will become a part of His family. He will be your Father and you will be His child. This is not just a theological idea. It is a fact. It actually happens.
Jesus actually walked the earth as a man, went to the cross, died there, was raised from the dead, and is alive today. He is seated at the right hand of God in heaven.
When you become a Christian—or born again—you take on His nature, the nature of God, your heavenly Father. The nature of sin and Satan is death but the nature of God is life. Jesus spoke to the people of His day saying, “Ye are of your father the devil...” (John 8:44). When you accept Jesus as your Lord, you are turning your back on your father the devil, or on “the god of this world,” as Satan is called (2 Corinthians 4:4). You take on a new Father, a heavenly Father, and you are born again—not physically, but spiritually. Your spirit is reborn in the likeness of God.
You see, you are a threefold being: You are a spirit, you have a soul (mind, will, emotions), and you live in a body. Jesus referred to this in a conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:3-7). Jesus said to him, “You must be born again.”
Nicodemus replied, “What do you mean? Do I have to go back again into my mother’s womb?” Jesus answered, “No. What is born of the flesh is flesh. What is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Being born again is a spiritual rebirth. You are born of the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit was sent into the earth to carry out this new birth. When you make Jesus the Lord of your life, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell you and causes your own spirit to be
Welcome to the Family
by Kenneth Copeland
Welcome to the Family
God loves you and cares for you
...so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to be a sacrifice for you.
...so much that He sent His precious Holy Spirit into the earth to be your comforter and teacher.
...so much that He has provided for you to live free from sickness and disease.
God desires the very best for you! You can begin today to receive His best in your life.
God’s Word says it’s yours, so get ready to receive!
How to Become a Christian
Do you know where you stand with God?
If you have never made Jesus the Lord of your life, then you are separated from God by sin. You are the reason God sent Jesus to the cross. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God loved you so much that He gave His only begotten Son for you.
Second Corinthians 5:21 says that God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us. Jesus was the spotless Son of God. Sin was the reason He came to earth. He died on the Cross and went to hell for one reason: to pay the price for sin. Once that price was paid, Jesus was raised from the dead, triumphant over Satan, and the sin problem was taken care of.
God does not hold your sin against you. The only thing keeping you from becoming a child of God is failure to turn from your present world and your present god—Satan—and make Jesus the Lord over your life.
When Jesus paid the sin price for you, He became your substitute. Heaven has it recorded that you died on that cross over 2,000 years ago. You have been set free. But that doesn’t mean you will automatically go to heaven. Even though God sent Jesus to pay for your sin—even though He holds nothing against you—you can still go straight to hell. Why? Because you have not made the choice to receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior—to accept His sacrifice as yours.
You have a free will—the right to choose your own destiny. God will not force you to receive salvation. The choice is yours. You can go straight to hell and God will not lift a finger to stop you. He did all He is going to do when He sent Jesus into the world.
The choice is set before you.
If you do choose to make Jesus your Lord, God will receive you as His very own child. You will become a part of His family. He will be your Father and you will be His child. This is not just a theological idea. It is a fact. It actually happens.
Jesus actually walked the earth as a man, went to the cross, died there, was raised from the dead, and is alive today. He is seated at the right hand of God in heaven.
When you become a Christian—or born again—you take on His nature, the nature of God, your heavenly Father. The nature of sin and Satan is death but the nature of God is life. Jesus spoke to the people of His day saying, “Ye are of your father the devil...” (John 8:44). When you accept Jesus as your Lord, you are turning your back on your father the devil, or on “the god of this world,” as Satan is called (2 Corinthians 4:4). You take on a new Father, a heavenly Father, and you are born again—not physically, but spiritually. Your spirit is reborn in the likeness of God.
You see, you are a threefold being: You are a spirit, you have a soul (mind, will, emotions), and you live in a body. Jesus referred to this in a conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:3-7). Jesus said to him, “You must be born again.”
Nicodemus replied, “What do you mean? Do I have to go back again into my mother’s womb?” Jesus answered, “No. What is born of the flesh is flesh. What is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Being born again is a spiritual rebirth. You are born of the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit was sent into the earth to carry out this new birth. When you make Jesus the Lord of your life, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell you and causes your own spirit to be
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