BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

He has to submit to God's WORD on your lips just as surely as the mountain does because, just like the mountain, he is a created being. He was created "perfect" (Ezekiel 28:15) and though iniquity was later found in him, satan came into being the same way all creation did—by the faith-fi lled WORD of God (Hebrews 11:1, 3). Remind him of that the next time he comes around trying to tell you God's WORD won't work for you. Remind him that he's talking down the force that brought him into existence. Remind him that God fathered all of creation with His WORD, and that creation still responds to the force that set it in motion— whether the devil likes it or not. "But Brother Copeland, a lot has changed since God created the earth." God's WORD hasn't changed. Psalm 119:89 says, "For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven." Jesus said, "It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail" (Luke 16:17, NKJV). A tittle is the Hebrew equivalent of a punctuation mark in English. That means it's easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one comma of God's WORD to fail. Why? Because heaven and earth are the child. God's WORD is the parent. His WORD is as real and mighty as He is. God and His WORD are One. You cannot separate them. God doesn't change and neither does His WORD. His WORD is His bond. Its integrity is beyond reproach. Nothing in heaven or earth is more sovereign than God's WORD. That's why He didn't intervene before Adam sinned in Eden. His WORD was on the line. He had given Adam dominion on earth, which meant Adam could do with it what he chose. Adam chose to give it to the devil, who took it and started ruling it. Adam actually committed high treason. The devil, however, still had to yield to 6 : B V O V POINTS TO GET YOU THERE: 1 God and His WORD are One, so His WORD never changes. (Psalm 119:89) 2 The force of faith God released through His words is the parent force of all creation, and creation still responds to His WORD. (Luke 16:17) 3 In Jesus' earthly ministry, He overcame satan by speaking God's written WORD. (Matt. 4:10) 4 The Apostle Paul overcame both religious and occult darkness by continuing to declare God's WORD. (Acts 19:20) 5 Jesus promised God's WORD of faith in your mouth will prevail for you just as it did for Him. (Mark 11:22-23) "God doesn't change and neither does His WORD.... Nothing in heaven or earth is more sovereign" burned them in the sight of everybody" (verses 18-19, Amplifi ed Bible, Classic Edition). If The WORD of God prevailed that mightily in Ephesus, it will prevail in your life. That's the reason our enemy is so afraid of it. It's also why the fi rst thing we see him doing in the Bible is trying to steal God's WORD from mankind. If you've read the book of Genesis, you remember how he did that. He set out to plant doubt in Eve's mind by asking her, "Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1). That's where Eve got in trouble. She wasn't clear about exactly what God had said. She came up with her own version of it and fell for the devil's lie, and he deceived her into disobeying God. Adam was right there the whole time, and he wasn't deceived. He knew what God had said. He could have used God's WORD against the devil and sent him packing. He could have exercised the dominion that God, by His WORD, had given him "over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:28) and said to the serpent, "Get out of this garden right now!" and the serpent would have had to obey him. Command the Mountain To Move When he shows up in some area of your life, deal with him the way Adam should have. Declare God's WORD by faith and he will fl ee (James 4:7). Command him to get his hands oŸ you and what belongs to you, and he will have no choice but to obey you. How do I know? Because Jesus said, "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20, New King James Version). If a mountain will move out of the way in response to God's WORD spoken in faith by a believer, satan must too.

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