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the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. The words saved and salvation in that passage are both translated from the Greek word sozo. Unlike the English word salvation, which we use to refer primarily to the new birth, sozo has a very broad meaning. It speaks not only of deliverance from the penalty of sin but of deliverance from all harm or danger, spiritual and physical, temporal and eternal. It's the word used in James 5:15 that says, "the prayer of faith shall save the sick." James used sozo to refer to healing there, because he understood what many believers today don't—that both healing and salvation are wrapped up in that one Greek word. This is the reason the crippled man in Acts 14 (verses 7-10) received faith to be healed while he was listening to the Apostle Paul preach about salvation. He spoke Greek! In Romans 10, when Paul said believe on and confess The LORD Jesus and thou shalt be saved," that man heard "thou shalt be saved and healed." So, when Paul said to him, "Stand upright on thy feet," he leaped and walked. In other words, according to the original language in which the New Testament was written, the new birth and healing are both included in salvation. They were never meant to be separated. Deliverance for the spirit, deliverance for the body and deliverance for the soul are all part of the same package, and they're all received the same way—by faith! Faith Always Comes "But what if I don't have faith for healing like I did for the new birth?" you might ask. "What should I do?" Open your Bible and get some. Romans 10:17 says, "Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Faith always comes in response to The WORD! Even now, as you're reading this article, faith is coming to you. It isn't something you feel with your body or your soul. Faith is a spiritual force that comes through your spirit. It is the inevitable result produced by the Anointed WORD and covenant of the living God. Faith for healing comes from hearing, reading and meditating on scriptures about it. It comes through verses like Exodus 15:26: "If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I AM The LORD that healeth thee." Talk about a marvelous healing scripture! That verse removes all doubt about the fact that healing is always God's will for His people. It tells us that healing is so much a part of who He is that one of His covenant names is Jehovah Rapha, which is Hebrew for I AM The LORD that heals you. Healing couldn't have possibly passed away with the fi rst apostles, as some people have claimed. For that to have happened, God would have had to change His Name, and that's a scriptural impossibility. He said it Himself: "I AM The LORD, I change not" (Malachi 3:6). Of course, as Exodus 15:26 confi rms, to walk in the healing He has provided for us we do have to hearken to His WORD and keep His commandments. But that's OK because, as born-again believers, we're well- equipped to do both. We not only have a Bible, we have the Holy Spirit living in us so we can always hear God's voice. And because the Love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts (Romans 5:5), we have everything it takes to walk in Love, which fulfi lls all God's commands. Will we miss it sometimes? Yes. But God made provision for that. He said, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 6 : B V O V For updated event information visit: KCM.ORG/EVENTS EVENTS 2023 Sacramento Victory Campaign March 23-25 North Highlands, Calif. Branson Victory Campaign April 13-15 | Branson, Mo. Chattanooga Victory Campaign June 22-24 | Chattanooga, Tenn. Southwest Believers' Convention July 31-Aug. 5 Fort Worth, Texas St. Louis Victory Campaign Oct. 26-28 | St. Louis, Mo. Omaha Victory Campaign Nov. 9-11 | Omaha, Neb. Kenneth Copeland is also speaking here: Holy Ghost Meetings Jan. 6-7 : Murietta, Calif. dufresneministries.org/events Word of His Power Conference Feb. 24-26 North Miami Beach, Fla. wordsofl ife.com Word of Faith Convention Aug. 9-11 : Southfi eld, Mich. Wordoffaith.cc Schedule is subject to change without notice.

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