BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Jesus commanded us to operate in the same God kind of faith He has. He also told us that anyone who did it would have the same results. After all, it's His faith that's in us. He put it there. That being the case, how do we deal with the fact that so many Christians are being defeated by sickness, poverty and every other kind of prob- lem? By understanding that those defeats are "fact," but they are not "truth." You see, facts can be changed. Truth can't. Truth supersedes fact. Spiritual law super- sedes natural, physical law. The law of gravity, for example, is a fact. But there is a higher law than the law of gravity. Those in the aeronautical industry know it as the law of lift. If you do certain things— make an airplane, build the wing right and engine powerful enough and so on—you'll be able to put the law of lift into motion and make an airplane fly. How does that happen? Does gravity cease to be a fact? No. The law of lift simply supersedes it. In the same way, sickness and disease are facts. But those facts can be super- seded by the truth in Fact vs. Truth Isaiah 53:5, "With his [Jesus'] stripes we are healed." It's a truth that can never be changed. What's more, if you'll apply that truth, it will overcome sickness every time! Truth applied changes facts. Applying it. That's the key. You can put on your finest traveling clothes, pack your luggage and go sit down in a perfectly good airplane...but you won't get 6 inches off the ground unless somebody turns on the engines and begins to put the law of lift into motion. What we need to do is apply our faith just like Jesus did. We need to learn to supersede our natural circumstances by activating the supernatural law of faith. So apply the truth to your facts today. Speak Isaiah 53:5 to your body. Speak Philippians 4:19 to your needs. Speak Isaiah 54:13 over your children. And watch the truth change the facts! prophecy. Prophecy is not limited to revealing the future, as some might think. Prophecy often warns, reveals error, and gives correction and direction. Prophecy, as a simple gift of the Spirit, edifi es, exhorts and comforts (1 Corinthians 14:3). But when the ministry o ce of the prophet fl ows in that gift, it carries a di erent level of impact. It is more empowering and far-reaching. Often, the impact reverberates even beyond the ones who actually heard the prophecy because a spiritual force is released. Depending on the call and assignment, a church, a city, a nation or the whole Body of Christ may be changed. Perhaps the greatest aspect of the New Testament prophet's ministry is his/her preaching and teaching. Yet, it is the least valued. Who are named as the three greatest prophets in the Bible? That would be Moses, John the Baptist and, of course, Jesus. Though they all prophesied, they were least known for their prophecies. But all three were teachers of the Word. The di erence in their teaching than that of others is twofold: It had a di erent quality of revelation knowledge that seldom accompanies other teaching. Also, it goes to the heart and mindsets of entire groups of people. The Lord knows how to perfect the saints! He knows it will take all the ministry gifts— apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher—to get the job done. When, as 1 Corinthians 12:31 (AMPC) instructs, we desire, cultivate, love and pray for those ministry gifts among us, the kingdom of God will be magnifi ed and His glory will fi ll the earth! The hidden things of God "are created now [called into being by the prophetic word]" (Isaiah 48:7, AMPC). Terri Copeland Pearsons is Chief Visionary Of cer of Kenneth Copeland Ministries and president of Kenneth Copeland Bible College. The eldest daughter of Kenneth Copeland, along with her husband, George Pearsons, she is also senior pastor of Eagle Mountain International Church at KCM in Fort Worth. B V O V : 1 5 i by Kenneth Copeland Facts can be changed. Truth can't. Truth supersedes fact. Spiritual law supersedes natural, physical law." "

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