Developing the Force of Faith
by Kenneth Copeland
Years ago, I made a mistake I will never make again. I agreed to let a news reporter interview me. I should have had more sense, and afterward The LORD made sure I did. But at the time I just didn’t know any better. Years later, I violated His command to never do that. The results were no better, even worse.
During the first interview, things seemed to go well. The reporter asked me questions about healing and I answered her from the Scriptures. I laid it out for her as simply as I could: Here’s what we believe, here’s why we believe it and here’s what we do.
The reporter listened intently and was very cordial in her responses. But when the article came out, I could hardly believe my eyes. It was as if she hadn’t heard anything I’d said. Confused, I went to The LORD about it. “What is she trying to do?” I asked.
'She’s trying to help you,' He answered. 'What you said sounded foolish to her and, because she liked you, she changed it to keep from embarrassing you.'
The LORD told me not to do that again, and after that experience I could see why. Someone who doesn’t know The LORD has no capacity to understand those of us who do. They don’t understand who we are, and they can’t grasp how we operate.
As 1 Corinthians 2:14 says, “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
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