BVOV Magazine 2013 - present

Some people would even say it sounds too good to be true. Yet, according to the Bible, it’s the plan of God for every one of His children. It was His plan in the beginning when He BLESSED Adam and put him in the Garden of Eden. It was His plan when He made covenant with Abraham and promised to BLESS him and his seed; and it was His plan when He said to us in the book of Isaiah: “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord…” (Isaiah 51:1-3). “But Brother Copeland,” you might say, “those verses are in the Old Testament. They’re talking about God’s plan for the Jews and for Israel.” They’re also talking to us as believers. According to the New Testament, Abraham is our father too (Romans 4:16). We’re his seed and heirs of what God promised him (Galatians 3:29). We’re citizens of Zion, the city of the living God (Hebrews 12:22). If you’re a believer, then God is talking to you in those verses! He’s telling you that you have an Eden covenant. He’s promising that if you’ll look to Abraham and follow his example, you can walk in the fullness of His BLESSING and it will turn your life into a veritable Garden of The LORD. Gloria and I know what that’s like. It’s been happening to us for quite a while. Not because we’re some kind of spiritual hotshots, but because almost 50 years ago we started learning how to cooperate with God’s system. We started learning what He meant when He said, “It is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed” (Romans 4:16). Faith and grace are big with God. Faith is big because it’s the spiritual force that connects us to grace. Grace is big because it’s what made the way for God to bring things back to the Garden of Eden level without having to wait until this whole age is over. When you connect by faith to God’s grace, He can treat you like sin never even happened. Talk about big! That’s as big as it gets! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Don’t miss out on the BLESSINGS God has for you. Rise up and become a world champion of faith. Here are some points to get you there: 1) As a believer, you have an Eden covenant. Isaiah 51:3 2) It’s a covenant of faith and grace. Romans 4:16 3) The devil doesn’t have the power to rob you of your Eden BLESSINGS because Jesus has defeated him. Colossians 2:15 4) When the devil hits you with doubt, hit him back with faith like Abraham did. Romans 4:20 5) There’s nothing in this world order that can overcome your faith in God. 1 John 5:4 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BVOV : 5

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