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doesn’t mean you accept the poverty. You hate the poverty, you despise it, because it’s death.
It’s trying to kill something in their life. It’s all a manifestation of death—that came in through
the door of sin.
But Jesus came. In John 10:10, Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life.” If it’s not life,
it’s not Him. The thief comes to do what? He comes to steal, to kill, and to destroy.
Why are millions of Christians accusing God of doing the stealing? “God stole my baby.” “God
destroyed our house with a storm.” People are saying it all over the place, aren’t they? Preachers
will stand up over pulpits and say, “God took this one in death,” when the Bible very plainly tells
us that death is the enemy of God in 1 Corinthians 15:26.
No, God is the God of life. His will is life. When He manifests, what manifests? Life. If death is
working in your relationships, in your finances through poverty, in your body through sickness,
none of it is the will of God. When God’s will is done, life is manifested.
Why did Jesus come? He came so you could have life and not just a little. So you could have it
more abundantly.
What if something is stealing from you? Who is it? In John 10:10, Jesus said it’s the devil. What
if it’s killing something in your life, trying to destroy something in your life? Don’t get confused.
Jesus said it’s the devil doing it. That’s what we believe. It’s what He said.
The scripture goes on to say that He has redeemed us from the curse of the Law and its
condemnation, “By [Himself] becoming a curse for us.”
The New Living Translation says, “Christ has rescued us.”
You might say, “
I
need to be rescued.” No, you have
been
rescued.
“Lord, I need you to rescue me.” He already has.
The Twentieth Century New Testament says, “He has ransomed us.” Other versions say, “He has
rescued us.” “He redeemed us.” The Amplified Bible says, “He purchased our freedom.”
How did He buy it? First Peter 1:18-19 says, “…ye were not redeemed with corruptible things,
as silver and gold, …But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb...” Redeemed. We’ve
been bought with that Blood.
Was our body bought as well as our spirit? First Corinthians 6:20 says so. “For ye are bought
with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Both of
them have been bought and paid for, redeemed.
Now the Scripture tells us to do something with this. Psalm 107:2 says, “Let the redeemed of the
L
ORD
say so.” Should you vocalize and express it? Should you confess it and say, “I’ve been
redeemed?”
