KENNETH: Well, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of God. You go back through the scriptures. Find the
scripture that covers your situation and abide in it.
(Singing) I know my God has made the way for
me. I know my God has made the way for me.
ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the Believer's Voice of Victory.
This week, Kenneth Copeland teaches how to use your faith to
activate the power of God and bring the results you
need. Join him today as he shares how to access
God's wisdom hidden in His Word for you.
KENNETH: Hello, everybody. This is the Believer's Voice
of Victory Broadcast, and I'm Kenneth Copeland. Father,
we thank You today for Your Word. I'm asking
You, Sir, to manifest Yourself on this broadcast any way You
desire. We receive You. We're hungry for Your presence. And we
thank You in the name of the Lord Jesus for revelation from
heaven today. And we believe it, and we receive it in Jesus'
name. Amen. Praise God. I'm so glad you could be with us today.
Let's open our Bibles to Mark 5, please. We're going to be
looking at some things about faith today and as the--as the
Lord leads and the Lord wills. I know some places I'd like to
get, but we'll just start off like the Lord instructed me to
and just see how far we can go. Thank You, Lord. Mark 5, and I
want to look again at the woman with the issue of blood. And
we'll start reading with the 25th verse. "A certain woman,
which had an issue of blood for twelve years, and had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had,
was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard
of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his
garment." Now, look at this 28th verse. "For she said--" Excuse
me. "--If I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole. And
straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt
in her body that she was healed of that plague." Now, for just a
moment here, let's flip over to the book of Acts in the 10th
chapter. And I want us to look at the 38th verse. "That word--"
Start at 37th verse, "That word, I say, you know, which was
published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after
the baptism which John preached; how God anointed Jesus of
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power." That's healing
power. It's miracle power. It is the power of the anointing. Now,
the Greek word here translated "power" is "dunamis." We get our
word "dynamo," we get our word "dynamite" from it. "Dynamic"
comes from that--the same root word there. "--with Holy Ghost
and power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him." Now then, let's
go back here where we were. This woman had an issue of blood for
12 years. Now, we--now, we know from what we just read, amen,
that this thing, "this issue of blood for twelve years, suffered
many things of many physicians, spent all that she had, was
nothing bettered, but rather grew worse--" Amen. Now, we know
she was oppressed of the devil, for "Jesus went about doing
good, healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God
was with him." Amen. Now, I want--I want you to get
something here. "And straightway the fountain of her blood dried
up; she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue--" Don't
ask me why the translators of the King James version
translated that "virtue." I don't know. It's the same word
translated "power" over in Acts 10. That's one of the reasons I
wanted you to see it. It's dunamis, the anointing. Jesus
said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He's anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he anointed me to heal the
brokenhearted, he anointed me to preach deliverance to the
captive, he anointed me to preach the recovery of sight to
the blind," and so forth in the 4th chapter of Luke, 18th verse.
And He was reading from Isaiah 61. If you go to the book of
Isaiah--we won't take time to do it now--and just back up to the
10th chapter, it says, "The yoke shall be destroyed because of
the anointing." Hallelujah. It's--we're right in the groove
here with something I want you to see. Now listen to this:
"Immediately knowing in himself that healing power had gone out
of him," that his anointing had gone out of Him, "turned him
about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?" Now, I
want you to notice, He didn't know who touched Him. Amen. But
He did know that anointing flowed out of Him into somebody.
Now, there were people--they said, "What are you talking
about? We've got people grabbing, you know, touching
you." But the touch of curiosity, the touch of wonder,
the touch of "I think I'd like to try this. Ohh, I just hope
He'd heal me." No, that won't do it. There were all kind of
people touching Him. His disciples said, "You see the
multitude thronging you, and you said, Who touched me? And he
looked around about to see her that had done this thing. But
the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her,
came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth." Now
listen to this. "He said unto her, Daughter, my anointing made
you whole." No, that's not what He said. But we know that's what
happened. Right? Say, "Right," because it's right. Ha-ha-ha.
Amen. "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace,
and be whole of that plague." "Your faith made you whole."
"Well, yes, Brother Copeland, but, you see, all of these
things have been done away with. And when the last apostle--now,
they had the power to do this." This wasn't an apostle. This was
Jesus. And He hadn't been done away with, right? "But, yes, I
know, Brother Copeland, but that's a different dispensation,
and blah-blah-blah, ba-bla-blah, bla-bla-bla-blah, bla-bla-blah"
Now, notice--in fact, let me point out something to you.
Nowhere in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, no where in the book of
Acts does it say the faith of the apostles made them whole;
nowhere, none, not once. Amen. Jesus did not say, "My anointing
made you whole." He said, "Your faith made you whole." Now, that
anointing in Him and on Him as He was walking towards Jairus'
house that day, that anointing was there and strong. But it was
her faith that made a demand on it, for she had already
activated her faith. Her faith was up. Her faith was ready. How
do we know that? Well, look at--notice what it said. Now,
let's back up there. "A certain woman, had an issue of blood
twelve years, suffered many things of many physicians, and
spent all that she had, nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
when she heard of Jesus--" When she heard of Jesus." "She said,
If I may but touch his clothes, I shall be whole." Her faith had
spoken. She had heard of Jesus. She'd been meditating on this.
She had been listening to this. Amen. Now, what did Jesus
preach? We just read what He preached. That--Peter said "He
published this throughout all Judaea preaching peace by
Jesus." Jesus preached that sermon everywhere He went. "The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he's anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor," and so forth and so on. He preached
that everywhere He went. And then once He preached that, then
He taught on that. That--that's the reason they called Him "the
Anointed" because that's what He preached, "I'm anointed." He
preached, "I'm anointed." Everywhere He went, He preached,
"I'm anointed, I'm anointed, I'm anointed." Some believed it,
some didn't. Those that believed it got it; those that didn't,
didn't. Now, here's what I wanted you to see. It is the
touch of faith that makes a demand on that anointing. And it
is actually a demand on the Holy Spirit Himself because Jesus
said, "It is the Father that dwells within me, he does the
works." He is the anointing, He is God, He is the healer, He
is--ohh, glory to God. He's the helper, He's the intercessor
He's the standby, He's the advocate, He's the counselor,
He's the teacher, He's the comforter. Whoa. Glory to God.
The Greater One. Hallelujah. But it's faith that activates that
anointing. Now then, let's back up here to the book of Matthew
and we'll look for a moment at this same--at this same area of
ministry. Matthew 9, and let's look at Verse 27. Let's see.
Here we are. "And when Jesus departed there--" Now, where is
He departing? Jesus had gone from the lake shore towards
Jairus' house to minister to his daughter. Now, we know, from
what we just read, that the woman with the issue of blood
interrupted His going towards Jairus' house. Her--Jairus'
faith put Jesus on the move toward His house. Her faith
stopped Him in the middle of the road. Now notice this. Verse 22,
"Jesus said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith made
thee whole." So we know we're right there. The reason I like
to use Mark's gospel to elaborate on this is just simply
because there's more detail there. But now there's more
detail in what I want to show you here in the book of Matthew.
Amen. Now, I want you to see this. "And the woman was made
whole from that hour. Jesus came to the ruler's house, and saw
the minstrels and the people making noise, Give place: the
maid is not dead," and so forth. "And they laughed. And he put
them out, and took her by the hand, and she rose," and so
forth. Now, Verse 27, "When Jesus departed there--" From
where? Jairus' house. When Jesus left Jairus' house "--two blind
men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have
mercy on us." Now, what were they saying when they crying,
"Son of David. Son of David"? You find this more than once.
They were calling Him the Christ, the Anointed, Messiah.
See, that's what the word "Christ" is. It's the Greek
translation of the word "Messiah," which is the Hebrew
word for "anointed." We're talking about the anointing
here. And so they were--they were literally calling Him--we
don't have time. That's another study. But they were literally
calling Him "Messiah." "Anointed one! Anointed one! Son of David,
have mercy on us. And when he was come into the house, the
blind men came to him." Now look, "Jesus said unto them,
Believe ye that I am able to do this? And they said unto him,
Yes, Lord." Now, you remember the leper that came to Jesus and
said, "Lord, I believe you can. If you will, you can make me
whole." Jesus said, "I will," and laid His hands on him, and
the leprosy departed. Now, Jesus is asking them, "Do you believe
I can do this?" Obviously, they believed it was His will to do
it because they're hollering at Him, "Son of David, have mercy
on us!" I mean, they--obviously, they believed He would. But now
notice this, "Do you believe I'm able to do this? And they said
unto him, Yes, Lord. Then he touched their eyes, saying,
According to your faith be it done unto you." What's Jesus
after here? He's after their faith so that His anointing can
flow and heal them. It was His will for them to be well and for
them to get their eyesight. How do we know that? Well, He read
the book of Isaiah. "He's anointed me to preach recovery
of sight to the blind." That's one of the anointings that's on
Jesus' life and ministry, was recovery of sight to the blind.
Amen. And now we've already read Acts 10:38. We know from that,
that it was the devil that blinded them, not God. Amen. And
Jesus, we know, had come to destroy the works of the devil.
Praise God. John wrote that in I John. "He has come to destroy
the works of the devil." Well, Brother, He destroyed it in that
day, didn't He? "Their eyes were open." And praise God. Amen.
This is so powerful, right? "Now, so, Brother Copeland, what
now?" Well, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of God. You go back through the scriptures. Find the Scripture
that covers your situation and abide in it. Abide in it. Stay
in it. Look at it. I've learned this over a period of time. When
you get up in the morning, and you stand and take that first
look in the mirror, don't look at yourself and say, "Oh, I'm so
tired, and I'm so weak. Oh, I'm so sick. Oh, God, I'm so sick."
No, no, no, no, no. All that does is make you sicker. You
look at yourself in that mirror, and you say, "This one thing I
know. I don't just believe this. I know this: 'Greater is He
that's in me than he that's in the world.' And I know this:
'Surely he hath borne my griefs, and carried my sorrows, my
sicknesses, diseases, weaknesses, and pains. And we
esteemed him stricken, and smitten of God. But he was
wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our
iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with
his stripes we're healed.' And I know this: 'That he cast out the
devils with his Word, and he healed their sick, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, that "He
took our infirmities and He bare our sicknesses."'" And I know
this, 'He bore my sins in his own body on the tree that I may
be dead to sin and live unto righteousness by whose stripes I
was healed.' I know that. I believe that, but I know that. I
know that's true. I know He did that, and I receive it today.
And by His stripes I was healed, then by His stripes I am healed.
And I am healed today all day long." Now, if you don't know
those scriptures by heart, lay your Bible right there in front
of you, but do it first. Don't put other things before the Word
of God. Do it first, and do it every day. And whatever the
situation is that you're facing, you find those scriptures. You
take the time and you look them up. And you find them. And you
feed your spirit person on it. You feed your heart, then you
feed your mind on them. Jesus said, "If you abide in me--" Do
you abide in Him? "Yes, Brother Copeland, He is my Lord, and I
am in Christ." "--and my words abide in you--" Now, that's what
we were talking about there, is feeding the Word into your
spirit until it's alive. Abide until it's alive there. And
you--to where you get to where you think about it off and on
all day. And you take time to meditate on it. And when you're
praying, you're praying based on that. "Thank God. I receive my
healing because I know these things." And go back through
those scriptures. Now, listen to what He said, "If you abide in
me, and my words abide in you, ask what you will, and it will
be done unto you." Whoa. Glory to God. There's the answer right
there. Now, remember this: The psalmist said, "The entrance of
His word brings light." Also remember this: Jesus said,
"Continue ye in my Word, you'll be my disciple indeed; and
you'll know the truth, and the truth will make you free." Now,
listen to this now. "The entrance of His word bringeth
light." If I don't have the Word on it, then I don't have
anything to feed my faith. My faith is just sitting there
waiting because it'll work, but "Faith cometh by hearing,
hearing by the Word of God." If that Word is not abiding in me,
then I'm praying in the dark. "Well, God, oh, God, would you
please heal me? I don't--oh, could it--well, oh, I--" Huh? If
you don't know the truth about it, then you're praying in the
dark. And you'll--you'll ask and do things that can work against
your faith instead of supporting your faith. You know, hey, don't
you remember what the Word of God said when it said, "You have
not because you ask not"? It didn't end there. It said, "You
ask and receive not because you ask amiss." How many--let me
make an illustration of this. This is so simple you have to
have help to misunderstand it. I get in--I get in my car, and I
take the key, stick it in the ignition, and it won't turn.
"What's the matter with this thing? I've got to--I've got to
go here." Has it ever dawned on you you've got the wrong key?
Ha-ha-ha. You may have another car, same brand and so forth.
I've done this, is the reason I'm saying it. And the key will
go in there. I mean, it just feels great. It will not switch
that ignition on, and you ain't going anywhere. Why? You've got
to have the right key. There are--there are key issues in the
realm of faith where-- "Well, I'll just believe that faith
comes by praying for it." Well, it doesn't. You can pray from
now until doomsday, and faith doesn't come. "Faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." Well, I just
believe--you know, it, really--ha-ha-ha. That--you go
back to the thing. "If my word abide--if you abide in me, and
my words abide in you--" I know what'll work faith because I
know what the Word says about it, and I'm not praying in the
dark. Glory to God. I'm praying in the light! And I'm a free
man. And I'll be back in just a moment.
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