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have a fi ght, and in Jesus' Name I'm going to win," and he will fl ee from us (James 4:7). He'll show us the same respect he shows Jesus Himself because in that all-powerful Name we've already won. The devil actually knows this better than most Christians do. He and all his cohorts tremble when a born-again child of God who has faith in Jesus' Name speaks it, because they know what that Name represents. They are fully aware that not only did Jesus inherit that Name, not only was it bestowed on Him by Almighty God, He achieved it by conquest. He won it by undertaking the greatest battle ever fought and emerging from it victorious out of the very bowels of hell. An Unforgettable Defeat The devil will never forget the defeat Jesus dealt to him and his evil forces that day. It caught them totally by surprise because they thought they'd fi nally conquered Him. Having carried out their plot to get Him crucifi ed, they'd watched Him die on the cross, like a sinner. They'd heard Him cry out the fi rst words of the 22nd Psalm, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" They'd been there as He breathed His last breath and descended into the pit of hell, where He'd been tortured more than any man ever had or ever will. They hadn't understood the reason for it all, of course. Only later did the truth become clear: Jesus didn't die and go to hell because He had sinned. He hadn't! He did it to pay the price for the sin of all mankind forever. By faith, He took into Himself every sin that had ever been or ever would be committed by any human being, so that by faith, whoever believed on Him "might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus su ered "the pains of death" (plural) in our place by dying both physically and spiritually (Acts 2:24), so that we could live. "Whoa, Brother Copeland, you took that a step too far!" someone might say, "Jesus didn't die spiritually. He didn't go to hell." Yes, He did. Hebrews 2 makes that clear. It says that for some little time, God ranked the Son of man "lower than [and inferior to] the angels" (verse 7). The devil is a fallen angel. He's the angel of death. So, when Jesus "humbled himself, and became obedient unto death" (Philippians 2:8), He came under a death sentence physically and spiritually. Years ago, a Methodist pastor received confi rmation of this in an unusual way. He'd heard from some of the members of his congregation that I'd been preaching at one of the local churches there in town that Jesus went to hell for us, and he'd gotten so riled up about it he decided to confront me. Right in the middle of one of my evening services, he came barreling through the door and headed toward the platform. Watching him come toward me, I had no idea what to expect. He was a big man and I could see he was strong, so I just said, "Jesus, here he comes!" Just before he reached the platform, he pointed his fi nger at me with a frown on his face and started to verbally tear into me. But right at that moment, The LORD fi lled him with the Holy Spirit. The only English words he got out were "I'll tell you…" and after that all he could do was talk in tongues. He put his hand over his mouth and fi nally just ducked his head and walked out. Later, he came to see me and said, "Copeland, I apologize! When I got home last night, I couldn't sleep so I went over to the church and just fell down on the fl oor praying in other tongues. It was so good! After a while, I stopped and said, 'Jesus, did You go to hell?' and He answered, You'd better believe it, big boy. If I hadn't, you would (see Acts 2:27). That's true about all of us. We all would be destined for hell if Jesus hadn't gone there in our place. But, praise God, He did. In fact, it was when He was in the pit of hell that the devil and all the demonic hosts realized what a catastrophic mistake they'd made. As 1 Corinthians 2:8 says, "they would not have crucifi ed the Lord of glory" if they'd known what God had planned. But they didn't have a clue. All they knew is that once they got Jesus into hell, He stayed locked onto The WORD of God and refused to let go. Having quoted the fi rst verse of Psalm 22:1 on the 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. FlashPoint LIVE May 11-12 | Nashville, TN South Africa Victory Campaign May 12-13 | Bromhof, Randburg, South Africa Europe Victory Campaign June 1-3 | Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom 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: Word of Faith Convention Aug. 9-11 : Southfi eld, Mich. wordoffaith.cc Upper Midwest Faith Explosion Aug. 18 : Brooklyn Park, Minn. lwcc.org Schedule is subject to change without notice. 6 : B V O V

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