October
2 0 2 4 / P A R T N E R L E T T E R
What a wonderful time of the year!
Leaves are changing colors, and there
is a freshness in the air.
Let's begin by turning in The WORD to
1 John 4:7-9, Amplified Bible, Classic
Edition:
Dear Partner,
"But I tell you, Love your enemies and
pray for those who persecute you."
And in Luke 6:27-28, also in the AMPC,
Jesus said, "But I say to you who are
listening now to Me: [in order to heed,
make it a practice to] love your
enemies, treat well (do good to, act
nobly toward) those who detest you
and pursue you with hatred, invoke
BLESSINGS upon and pray for the
happiness of those who curse you,
implore God's BLESSING (favor) upon
those who abuse you [who revile,
reproach, disparage, and
highhandedly misuse you]."
What did He say in verse 27? He said,
"Make it a practice to love your
enemies!" "But Brother Copeland," you
might say, "you don't know what they
did to me. They really hurt me with
what they said to me and about me." I
know. I've been there. However, what
they said and what they did have to
bow the knee to what the Master said.
His words are Truth and they are Life.
Just look at the back of the Cross. By
those stripes, you and I are healed!
John 10:10-11 is why Jesus came. Let's
look at it in the AMPC: "The thief
comes only in order to steal and kill
and destroy. I came that they may
have and enjoy life, and have it in
abundance (to the full, till it
overflows). I am the Good Shepherd.
"BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE
ANOTHER, FOR LOVE IS (SPRINGS)
FROM GOD; AND HE WHO LOVES [HIS
FELLOWMEN] IS BEGOTTEN (BORN)
OF GOD AND IS COMING
[PROGRESSIVELY] TO KNOW AND
UNDERSTAND GOD [TO PERCEIVE
AND RECOGNIZE AND GET A BETTER
AND CLEARER KNOWLEDGE OF HIM].
HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HAS NOT
BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH GOD
[DOES NOT AND NEVER DID KNOW
HIM], FOR GOD IS LOVE. IN THIS THE
LOVE OF GOD WAS MADE MANIFEST
(DISPLAYED) WHERE WE ARE
CONCERNED: IN THAT GOD SENT HIS
SON, THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OR
UNIQUE [SON], INTO THE WORLD SO
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM."
Notice, first of all, that our God does
not have Love. He is Love.
In Matthew 5:44, AMPC, Jesus said,