B V O V
:
5
by Kenneth Copeland
Do you ever stop and remember what
life was like for you before you were in
covenant with God? Surprising as it may
seem, the Bible specifi cally tells us, as
believers, to do so. It says in Ephesians
2:11-12, "Remember, that ye being in time
past Gentiles in the fl esh…that at that
time ye were without Christ, being aliens
from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise"
(Ephesians 2:11-12).
To remember means "to recall
something you know or have experienced."
So, before we, as believers, can "remember"
that we were once "without Christ, being
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel,
and strangers from the covenants of
promise" (Ephesians 2:12), we must fi rst
know what that statement means. We
must understand what a covenant is and
that we now have one with Almighty God.
It's sad to say, but multiplied millions
of Christians all over the world don't
know those things. Even though they're
born again, they're still strangers to God's
covenants.
They know the Bible is composed of the
Old Testament and the New Testament,
but they're unaware that the word
testament means "covenant." They don't
know those two Testaments are binding
legal documents given by God to His
covenant people that declare His will and
reveal what He has provided for them.
For years, I didn't know it either. I
remember the day the realization fi rst
When God called Himself
El Shaddai, He was saying
to Abram, 'I am everything
you are ever going to need'"
"
