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Notice it’s the Spirit of the Lord that transforms you into Jesus’ image so that you look on the outside like who you are on the inside. You don’t do it by beating yourself up over all the ways you’ve missed it, and trying in the flesh to live under a set of laws. No, that’s legalism and there’s no life in that. Life, Jesus said in John 17:3, comes from knowing God. It comes from spending time with Him in the Word and in prayer, maintaining a living connection with Him and walking in the spirit. For if you “walk in the Spirit…ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). When you’re walking with God in the spirit, you don’t live legalistically. You aren’t thinking all the time, I can’t do this, and I can’t do that, and struggling to put off the old man. You’re focused on the can-do’s and putting on the new man. You’re seeing yourself in the Scriptures and thinking, I can live righteously because I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I’ve been made holy with His own holiness, so I can live a holy life and let others see His glory in me! Years ago, I heard Sister Clara Grace, a prophetess who used to minister sometimes with Brother Hagin, say this is how Jesus Himself lived when He was on earth. I found Myself in "The Book," He said to her once during a spiritual visitation. Every time I laid My head down and rested on the bed, I meditated on what God’s Word said about who I am. Jesus Had to Live by Faith, Just Like Us Many Christians have the idea that Jesus was able to live as He did when He was on the earth because He had special divine power. That He could be holy because He’s God. But that’s not correct. Jesus laid aside His divine privileges as deity when He left heaven and took on flesh. He came to the earth as a man. As a man He had to overcome sin and temptation, just as we do. He didn’t just live a holy life automatically. He had to resist the devil, stand on God’s Word and “live by faith” (Romans 1:17). Since “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God,” the Word was the foundation of Jesus’ entire life and calling. Remember how He first introduced His ministry in Nazareth? He quoted from the Scriptures. He opened to what Isaiah prophesied about Him and said: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord…. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears” (Luke 4:18-19, 21). * * * * article continues on p. 30 * * * * ******************************************* ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** PICTURE YOURSELF A GRADUATE KCBC students Mikaela, Gabe and Catherine Register now for campus weekend Feb. 27-Mar. 1 KENNETH COPELAND BIBLE COLLEGE TM “Our curriculum is focused on developing a real-life faith that will equip every student with practical tools for ministry and life, as well as spiritual depth and maturity.” —Dr. Tony Erby Dean and Chief Academic Officer ● Courses based on the foundational teachings of Kenneth Copeland ● Electives to further your unique ministry callings ● Well-known instructors who’ve lived what they teach ● Experiential learning both inside and outside the classroom ● Affordable tuition at $1800 per semester ● Fully accredited, earn your associate degree in biblical studies * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * FOR MORE INFORMATION: KCBibleCollege.ORG +1-817-420-8100 Application Deadline June 30, 2020 Fall 2020 Schedule begins Aug. 24 Application Fee $100 ******************************************** BVOV : 29

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