Kenneth Copeland — Jesus, Our Blood Brother
For both he that sanctifieth and they who
are sanctified are all of one: for which cause
he is not ashamed to call them brethren
(Hebrews 2:11).
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need (Hebrews 4:16).
I don’t know why it is so hard for Christians to say,
“God is my Father, and Jesus is my blood brother.”
Jesus calls us brother, and we call Him Lord. At the
same time we may just as well call Him brother, because
He said he is not ashamed to call us His brethren.
There is one who holds faster than a brother,
and that is a brother of covenant, a brother of blood.
When two men are covenanted to one another, they
are blood brothers. They are more like brothers than
if they had been born from the same mother.
Jesus is your blood brother. You call Him Lord,
because you serve Him; but He said, “if any man serve
me, him will my Father honour” (John 12:26). God
calls you His son. He wants to treat you like a king.
You may have been trying to sneak into the throne
room of God, but He says, “Come boldly.” If you start
telling everyone how unworthy you are, there you go,
dishonoring the sonship God has honored you with.
Get rid of that attitude!
“But I’m bombarding the gates of heaven.”
I don’t know why. They aren’t locked.
Quit storming the gates as though you can’t get
inside. Dare to come straight to the throne room.
Enter it with a smile on your face, and say to the
Lord, “I come boldly to present to You my needs,
that I may obtain mercy and find grace to help in
time of need.”
If you will settle once and for all this question of
who you are in Christ Jesus, you will never have to
go another day without your needs being met fully
and abundantly.
Get in the Word of God and develop a firm faith
foundation. You will wake up one day and discover
those little things you were so worried about are all
yours—even the things you may have thought were a
little foolish. Your heavenly Father loves you, and He
wants you to have them.
