Spiritual and Physical Law Part 2 - Kenneth Copeland

Salvation is available to every human being on the face of the earth because the Word says anyone who calls upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved (see Joel 2:32; Romans 10:13). This higher spiritual law of life is here in the earth, but every day people die and go to hell. Why? Because the law of salvation hasn’t been put to work in their particular lives. It will work  only  when it is put to work.

This same rule is true in prosperity. There are certain laws governing prosperity revealed in God’s Word. Faith causes them to function. They will work when they are put to work, and they will stop working when the force of faith is stopped. The Bible says God’s Word is established forever, and it is law (see 1 Peter 1:25). When God speaks, His words become law in the world of the spirit. Jesus said,  “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”  (Matthew 4:4).

 

The success formulas in the Word of God produce results when used as directed. Mark 11:23 says,  “…whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.”  Here Jesus introduced a principle—a spiritual law—that works. It doesn’t make sense to the natural mind that with faith you can have whatever you say even though it may be contrary to what you can see with your physical eyes, but Jesus said it and by the eternal Almighty God, it is so! When you act on it, mix your faith with it, don’t doubt in your heart, this spiritual law will work for you! Do you see how this functions?

 

The laws of prosperity work the same as the laws of salvation, healing and so forth. We  are dealing with the same God, the same Word, the same Jesus, the same force of faith and the same thief, Satan, who is trying to steal it away from you! There are many people who have the world’s idea of salvation, and they will go to hell with it! It is wrong! Man’s good intentions have nothing to do with eternal salvation. You can have good intentions to fly, but you will never get off the ground until you make the proper arrangements—until you put the proper laws into operation. A farmer can intend to have a good crop, but if he never plants the seed, how can he possibly produce a harvest?

 

These laws, both spiritual and physical, must be followed if you expect to get results. The Bible says in Deuteronomy 29:29,  “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”  

Any law that God has ever revealed to His saints will never pass away. It will work every time it is put to work. Anything God taught Abraham or his descendants about operating financially will work just as well today as it did several thousand years ago. If you don’t believe it, you’ve never met a Jew!

The formulas still work, and they always will! Every law God has given us is recorded in His Word, and He sent the Holy Spirit as our teacher to lead and guide us in these laws and show us how they operate  for one reason—so that we will put them to work. Each time one of these laws operates, it glorifies the Almighty God who spoke it and adds one more defeat to Satan who said it would not work.

 

– Laws of Prosperity

Spiritual and Physical Law Part 2 - Kenneth Copeland

World’s System vs. God’s System Part 1 - Kenneth Copeland

God has a highly organized system to meet the needs of every facet of your life. The world’s system of meeting our needs works exactly opposite from God’s system.

God’s system is totally adequate.  

The world’s idea of anything is very limited at best and stands 99.9 percent chance of being totally wrong.

As believers, we must be careful not to limit God in our individual lives to what the world says is so. The problem with the world and its system of operations is that there is a spiritual mad dog loose in it and his name is Satan. The world has a system of healing that is a miserable failure! We thank God for what good has been done with it, but we are forced to admit it falls far short of being adequate to meet the needs of the sick around us. Some men are dedicated to it as if it were a god.

The world’s system of healing makes a god of the hospital and a god of medicine. Actually, for the most part, it leaves God out entirely, and without God, it will not work! There is no way to get healing except through the power of God, either directly by His power or by the power He built into the human body. No man on earth can heal apart from God.

There are two choices before you—

1. The world’s system of healing or

2. God’s system of healing.

 

God’s system and its laws are contradictory to the world’s system. The world cannot understand God’s system of caring for the human body.

The Bible says the things of God are foolishness to the world (see 1 Corinthians 2:14). God made the human body. He definitely should be able to repair it.

Ford Motor Company has that much sense! If they can build the whole car, surely they can build parts for it. We haven’t known much about the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and a lack of understanding has caused problems in making this law function for our benefit.

The Apostle Paul wrote,  “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind…”  (Romans 12:2). In order to be successful at God’s business, we must understand how His system works.

 

Don’t expect God’s best to come from the world’s system. He will work around and through it in order to reach you, but it is always far below His best. 

 

The absolute priority in studying prosperity is that you should  never  think of it from a carnal viewpoint, from the world’s attitude.

You must train yourself to think in line with God’s Word. If you’re not careful, when you think of the laws of prosperity, all you will see is money—only a very small part of prosperity.

True prosperity is God manifesting Himself to us in His Word. If He is manifesting Himself through His Word, He is always within easy contact because you can handle the Word. The only way you can have God with you on a continual daily basis is through His Word.

We should not judge by our feelings or by our emotions, but by what God has said in His Word.

 

Let’s look for a moment at the world of finance, the biggest problem area on earth. Sickness is not our main concern. There are many healthy people who are head over heels in debt,  and God’s people have no business being in debt!  Here again, we find that the world has a system of finance which is complex and very poor in operation.

It continually rocks back and forth between the two extremes of depression and inflation. However, when you are functioning in God’s system of finance, life can be very simple.

Don’t borrow from anyone— get it from God. The problem with borrowing is that it is controlled by the world’s system. In order to borrow, you must subordinate yourself to another person. Proverbs 22:7 says the borrower is the servant to the lender. By borrowing, you subordinate your name to another person. This is very important because of the spiritual significance of your name.

Your name is the same as your nature. If your name is good, then you are good—your reputation is good. You can do whatever your name can do. 

However, when you borrow and go into debt to someone else, you bow your knee to that person and look to him as your source of supply. This creates a spiritual problem that can be very serious, particularly if the other person is ungodly.

Look to God, He will  give to you, not loan to you! 

 

– Laws of Prosperity

World’s System vs. God’s System Part 1 - Kenneth Copeland

Spiritual and Physical Law Part 1 - Kenneth Copeland

We  must understand that there are laws governing every single thing in existence. Nothing is by accident.

There are laws of the world of the spirit, and there are laws of the world of the natural.

The laws of the world of the natural govern our activities in this natural, physical world. We  don’t float; we walk. If the law of gravity were not in action, we would float. These physical laws can be manipulated. For instance, the law of gravity is used when flying an airplane, but it is superseded by another physical law, the law of lift. When you put the law of lift into operation, you can fly, but you must know something about the law of gravity in order to use the law of lift.

You don’t do away with the law of gravity; you just supersede it with a higher law. These are natural, physical laws, and they govern this natural, physical world.

 

We  need to realize that the spiritual world and its laws are more powerful than the physical world and its laws.

Spiritual law gave birth to physical law. The world and the physical forces governing it were created by the power of faith—a spiritual force. God, a Spirit, created all matter, and He created it with the force of faith. Hebrews 11:3 says,  “…the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

The law of gravity would be meaningless if gravity were not a real force. Faith is a spiritual force, a spiritual energy, a spiritual power. It is this force of faith which makes the laws of the spirit world function. When the force of faith is put to work, these laws of the spirit function according to the way God says they will. Romans 8:29 says,  “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

 

There are two functional laws in the world of the spirit.

One, the law of sin and death, was put into operation by Adam when he disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden.

The other, the law of the Spirit of life, was put into operation by Jesus Christ at His Resurrection. The law of the Spirit of life is the master law under which we operate as children of God. It supersedes the law of sin and death and faith causes it to function. There are certain elements which, when combined, will bring forth the result God intends.

-Laws of Prosperity

Spiritual and Physical Law Part 1 - Kenneth Copeland