Appendix D: Faith Teachers and the Blood

Appendix D

Do Faith Teachers Give Low Value To The Blood of Jesus?

To say that Christ went to hell as the scriptures teach, does not take away from the precious Holy blood of the sin offering, the blood of the sacrifice. We believe His blood cleanses, washes away sin, and that we have redemption through His blood (1 John 1:7; Rev. 1:5-6; Eph. 1:7), just as we also believe we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, and He was raised for our justification. But there could be no redemption without the death, suffering and resurrection of Christ. He had to conquer satan and death also. It all is a part of the whole plan for saving man. -Ted Rouse[1]

Do the Faith Teachers give a low value to the blood of Jesus? The answer is a resounding NO!! As I have stated in part 3 of this series of essays, I have never heard any group of preachers who affirmed the power and covenant of the blood more than these men. There are more books and tapes that teach on the importance of the blood by the teachers in the Faith Movement than any other segment of modern Christianity.

We have shown the reader in these essays that the Word-of-Faith teachers have not been the first to teach that our Lord suffered a spiritual death. The well known devotional writer, Andrew Murray believed that our Lord suffered in this manner:

"Death is inseparably connected with sin, and the curse which God pronounced upon it. When Jesus, as the Second Adam, tasted death for all; when in Gethsemane, He with strong crying and tears besought His Father that the cup might pass from Him; when on the cross He cried, My God! My God! Why hast thou forsaken Me? He tasted death in all its bitterness, both as the terrible fruit of sin, the revelation of what sin is in its very nature, and as the penalty God had attached to it."[2]

Yet, who in their right mind would dare accuse Andrew Murray of either not believing in the blood of Jesus or the importance of the cross of Christ or giving a low value to either? Not only does Murray place a great emphasis on the blood of Jesus in the same book from which we quote[3], but Murray wrote two books that dealt extensively with the blood.[4]

Every person that we quoted in Appendix A who believes in that Jesus experienced some form of spiritual death would be quite upset if they were told that they have in some way diminished the efficacy or the necessity of the cross and the blood of Christ.[5]

However, one of the differences that we might find between some classic teachers and some modern day faith teachers is their beliefs concerning what happened after the cross.[6] Some (not all) Faith Teachers believe that Jesus suffered in hell after His physical death as part of the penalty for having died spiritually.[7] Even this is not a new teaching since this was advocated by the 16^th century reformer John Calvin and one of his many successors, John Owen (and even many Calvinists today such R. C. Sproul).[8]

One Charismatic teacher and author who I am not sure that I can classify as a Word-of-Faith teacher is Richard Booker. In his book, Seated in Heavenly Places, Booker taught that Christ spent some time suffering in hell:

... Jesus dismissed His spirit and died. They took His body down and put it in a burial tomb. But His spirit and soul went to hell. This was necessary because the penalty for sin is death. This is the physical and spiritual death. Spiritual death is separation from God. Jesus had to pay the full penalty for us. (Italics are his)[9]

However, Booker has also written a bestseller titled "The Miracle of the Scarlet Thread" in which he affirms that the blood of Jesus made a perfect "atonement" for us:

We have been forgiven and made clean once and for all by the blood of Jesus. He is the perfect sin offering. Through His blood, He has forever made us holy and righteous in the eyes of God. The blood of Jesus did what the blood of bulls and goats could never do. It didn't just cover sins, it took them away to be remembered no more. (Italics are his)[10]

Considering that Booker wrote a whole book dealing with the importance of the blood sacrifice that Jesus made, yet book believed along with some Word-of-Faith teachers that Christ suffered for some amount of time the sorrows of Hades, would we be justified in accusing Booker of denying or devaluing the cross and the blood? I personally don't think so, however, I am sure that the critics of this teaching will come up with crafty ways to try to make such an accusation stick.

As I stated earlier, there are more books and tapes that teach on the importance of the blood by the teachers in the Faith Movement than any other segment of modern Christianity. On my own book shelf I have several titles by Faith Teachers and other well known Charismatic teachers that deal with the subject of the blood of Jesus.

E. W. Kenyon, who is the one everyone credits (or discredits) for having introduced the "Jesus Died Spiritually" teaching (or "heresy" in the opinion of its critics) has written a book titled "The Blood Covenant." In this Book Kenyon taught:

"From the fall of man until Jesus sat down at God's right hand, no man had ever approached God except over a bleeding sacrifice, through a divinely appointed priesthood, or by an angelica visitation or dream. On the ground of His High Priestly offering of His own blood, He perfected our redemption, He satisfied the claims of justice and made it possible for God to legally give man Eternal life, making him righteous, and giving him a standing as a Son. [11]

In the same book, Kenyon says that,

"Jesus, as High Priest, carried His blood into the Holy of Holies, satisfying the claims of justice that were against natural man."[12]

Kenyon believed that it was necessary for Jesus to take His blood into the Holy of Holies (or the Most Holy Place) in order to redeem man[13]. A Scriptural case can be made for this (see part three in this series of essays). Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with Kenyon on this, no one can say that this man did not teach on the blood of Christ or placed a low value on the blood at the expense of a spiritual death of the Messiah.

The Blood Covenant was not the only book in which Kenyon expressed a high degree of faith in the blood sacrifice of our Lord. In his Advanced Bible Course, Kenyon talks about the importance of Christ's death:

It is very important that we know that Christ's death on that cross and His substitutionary sacrifice not only met our needs, but it reached back and canceled all the promissory notes of that First Covenant, so that every man that believed in the blood was perfectly redeemed by the blood of Jesus carried into the Holy of Holies. They were redeemed as servants; we are redeemed as sons.[14]

The man who has been credited with being the father of the modern Faith Movement, Kenneth E. Hagin has shown how much he values the blood of Christ when he wrote the pamphlet, "The Precious Blood of Jesus." In this Pamphlet, Hagin tells us why he believes that the blood is precious:

The Blood of Jesus Christ is precious because of its REDEEMING power.

The Bible teaches that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin (Heb. 9:22). As we saw in our text, the Word of God teaches that the blood of Christ is precious. It is precious because of its redeeming power. We were not redeemed with silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ.[15]

Further in his teaching, Hagin shows us his respect for tradition in this area:

We used to sing songs about the blood – and we need to sing them again. One went, "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.[16]

This is not the only time Hagin taught on the value of Christ's precious blood or have shown his respect for the tradition of the church in this regard. In his excellent book, The Triumphant Church, Hagin tells us how we gain victory over the devil:

Every benefit and blessing we possess in our redemption, including complete and total victory over Satan, is based on Jesus and His triumph over Satan at the cross. We have victory over Satan at the cross. We have victory over Satan because of Jesus' shed blood. The oldtimers in Pentecost understood a truth about the blood of Jesus. They would plead the blood against the devil. That's Scriptural.[17]

When Jesus conquered Satan in His death, burial, and resurrection, He stripped from Satan all his authority over spiritual death. Jesus now has "... the keys of hell and of [spiritual] death" (Rev. 1:18) [18]

Satan has even blinded the minds of some Christians so they believe that too [that he rules in the affairs of men]. That's why believers need to get the eyes of their understanding enlightened - to see the truth and power of the finished work of the cross.[19]

What is the wisdom of God that those who are spiritually mature in the Word will see and understand? It is knowledge of the inheritance that God has already prepared for them in Christ; it is the wisdom of knowing who they are in Christ. The wisdom of God is that believers only need to stand against demons in the finished work of the cross - in the victory that Jesus already won for them.[20]

Rather than always trying to stand against something, why don't we stand for something - the truth of the Word of God and Jesus' victory over Satan at the cross of Calvary.[21]

You see, instead of emphasizing the triumph of Jesus over Satan, the finished work of the cross, the triumphant position of the believer in Christ, and the authority that is resident in each believer, this warfare teaching portrays believers as being oppressed and defeated and still under the Lordship of Satan, trying to "war" his way free to a place of victory. [speaking of the imbalances in the spiritual warfare movement][22]

Since Hagin is often accused of having embraced all of Kenyon's theology and later founded the Faith Movement, people will naturally accuse Hagin of the same "heresies" as Kenyon. Yet, we do see some differences in how both of them approached the defeat of Satan. Hagin believes that Satan's defeat was at the cross while Kenyon believes it was accomplished in hell. These are minor disagreements as both of these men placed value in both the cross and the blood and both have the reasons for their approaches due to their understanding of the Scriptures.

Kenneth Copeland has been the most misquoted and misunderstood in this area. Here is a common misquote found on many websites that supposedly originated with Copeland: "When His blood poured out it did not atone."(Kenneth Copeland: From a personal letter to D. R. McConnell, dated 12/3/79. Cited in A Different Gospel, p.120)"[23]

When I first read this quote, I could not understand what Copeland could have meant by this though I strongly suspected that this quote was taken out of context as this is the pattern often followed by heresy hunters. After discussing it with some friends on the WordandFaith.com forum, one of them brought it to my attention that Copeland does not believe that the New Testament teaches atonement by the blood, but remission and cleansing.

As I looked this up in my concordance, I saw only one place in the New Testament that had the word which was in Romans 5:11. The dictionaries and commentaries I consulted showed me that the word "atonement" used in this passage actually means "reconciled." This is a different meaning as that which is used in the Old Testament which means "to cover."[24] The well known commentator, Adam Clark, taught that Romans 5:11 was misinterpreted:

It was certainly improper to translate katallage here by atonement, instead of reconciliation; as katallage signifies to reconcile, and is so rendered by our translators in all the places where it occurs. It does not mean the atonement here, as we generally understand that word, viz. the sacrificial death of Christ; but rather the effect of that atonement, the removal of the enmity, and by this, the change of our condition and state;[25]

Barnes Notes also offers some insightful comments on this:

The atonement. Marg., or reconciliation. This is the only instance in which our translators have used the word atonement in the New Testament. The word frequently occurs in the Old, #Ex 29:33, 36, 37, 30:10,15,16| etc. etc. As it is now used by us, it commonly means the ransom, or the sacrifice, by means of which reconciliation is effected between God and man. But in this place it has a different sense. It means the reconciliation itself between God and man; not the means by which reconciliation is effected. It denotes not that we have received a ransom, or an offering by which reconciliation might be effected; but that in fact we have become reconciled through him.[26]

And then we have Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words:

katallage translated "atonement" in the AV of Rom. 5:11, signifies, not "atonement," but "reconciliation," as in the RV. See also Rom. 11:15; 2 Cor. 5:18,19. So with the corresponding verb katallasso, see under RECONCILE. "Atonement" (the explanation of this English word as being "at-one-ment" is entirely fanciful) is frequently found in the OT. See, for instance, Leviticus, chapters 16 and 17.[27]

So in light of this can we say that Copeland belittled the significance of Jesus' blood in bringing about redemption for mankind? E. W. Kenyon was bold enough to point out something significant in this regard that I believe Copeland himself was more than likely alluding to in what I believe is a misquote:

The word "atonement" means "to cover". It is never used in connection with the blood of Christ because the blood of Christ does not cover – it cleanses."[28]

If it is true that the Old Testament atonement simply means "to cover," then Jesus' blood did far more than that. What Jesus did cannot be limited to that only a covering. Many scholars might not agree with Kenyon's (and Copeland's) position, yet, Kenyon (and Copeland) is not alone in advocating it. Some dictionaries seems to support this view. For example, The American Tract Society Bible Dictionary says:

The English word atonement originally denoted the reconciliation of parties previously at variance. It is used in the Old Testament to translate a Hebrew word which means a covering; implying that by a Divine propitiation the sinner is covered from the just anger of God. This is actually effected by the death of Christ; while the ceremonial offerings of the Jewish church only secured from impending temporal judgments, and typified the blood of Jesus Christ which "cleanseth us from all sin."[29]

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia also offers us some insight on this point:

The English Word: It is obvious that the English word "atonement" does not correspond etymologically with any Hebrew or Greek word which it translates. Furthermore, the Greek words in both Septuagint and New Testament do not correspond exactly to the Hebrew words; especially is it true that the root idea of the most frequently employed Hebrew word, "cover," is not found in any of the Greek words employed.[30]

So we can see that Kenyon and Copeland are not advocating a unique position by stating that Jesus' redemptive work could not be properly classified as atonement. If these "discernment" ministries spent as much time searching through Copeland's writings for the truth as much as they do to find something to use against him, they might find that he, like Kenyon, placed a high value on the blood of Jesus. Below are some quotes that tell us what Copeland really believes about the blood of Christ:

You and I are Abraham's seed. We are heirs according to the promise (Galatians 3:29). It is no longer by the blood of cows and sheep, but by the blood of Almighty God, Himself. Ours is a covenant between a resurrected immortal man, Jesus, and a holy and infallible God.[31]

All we need to do, now, is begin developing a consciousness of Jesus' blood, a consciousness of our blood covenant with God. When the devil comes against you, when sickness and disease come against you, when fear, worry, harm or poverty, come against you remember the covenant![32]

Praise shuts the devil's mouth. So put it to work. Praise God that the mountain is gone even while it's still standing there. Praise Him for setting you free. Praise Him for the blood of Jesus that paid the price for your sin and delivered you from every curse. Shout your way to work every morning and shout your way home every night.[33]

After I judge myself as dead to sin, I take the bread and the cup - the body of Jesus broken for me, which established a covenant before God's throne of grace ... the blood of Jesus shed for me to eradicate, remit and remove all my sin - and I take those elements into my body.[34]

You were an old sinner, but you're not one anymore. By the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Ghost, you've been made the righteousness of God! You've been born into this royal family. God Almighty is your Father and Jesus of Nazareth is your brother.[35]

Statements such as these simply do not sound like a man who denies the blood of Jesus as an important factor in our salvation. These quotes show us the blatant dishonest practiced by many so called "discernment" ministries. It is one thing to disagree on doctrine – and this can be done in love. But to misquote the one with whom you disagree in order to paint a picture of the person other than what he/she truly is says something more about the one who does this.

Billye Brim, who is close friends with the Copeland's has written an excellent book titled "The Blood and the Glory."[36] I mention this specifically for the fact that, not only is it one of the best books I have ever read on this particular subject, but because Brim has appeared on Kenneth Copeland show numerous times. It is unlikely that she would appear on their show is she felt that the Copelands denied the blood of Christ.

Other well known Faith teachers have shown that they place a high value on the blood of our Lord as well. Commenting on Leviticus 16:15, 16, Charles Capps says:

This is a type or foreshadowing of the blood of Jesus making atonement for the sins of the world.[37]

Bob Yandian's comments on Eph. 1:7:

The word redemption means "to buy back." We were owned by the Lord at one time and, through sin, we were lost to Him after Adam's transgression. Jesus came into this world as the "last Adam" to go to the cross and pay for the ransom price through the shedding of His blood on the cross. The wages of sin is death, and man did not have the price to pay in order to free himself. Jesus' blood represented His life because the life of the flesh is in the blood (Lev. 17:11).[38]

Dr. Frederick K. C. Price, while teaching on the two stages of man's redemption (the new birth of our spirits and later the redemption of our bodies at the return of Jesus), he states:

Man's redemption is actually in two stages; however, God includes both stages under one covering – the blood of Jesus[39]

There should no longer be any doubt in the mind of the reader as to how the major Faith Teachers feel about the value of Christ's holy blood that was shed on our behalf. If I ever for once thought that they denied this important aspect I would not have this web page here today.

Yet, this is the alleged denial of the blood is the heresy that many critics of the Faith Movement use to judge these teachers as heretics and to accuse them of teaching a different gospel.

They also accuse the Faith teachers of adding to the sacrifice of Christ. Since the critics believe that all that was needed for the redemption of man was the cross and the blood they accuse the Faith teachers of adding to the work of Christ. This is a false accusation and is very misleading.

The Faith Teachers do not add to the work of Christ by teaching that our Lord suffered for a short period in time in hell anymore than someone who teaches the necessity of the resurrection. Paul himself said, "And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins." (1 Cor. 15:17). Not only this, but belief in the resurrection of Christ is essential to salvation (Rom. 10:9-10).

So are those who teach this truth adding to the work of Christ to redeem man? This resurrection goes beyond the cross and the blood. Yet Paul points out its very importance to our salvation. Therefore how could anyone accuse the Faith Teachers of adding to the gospel (and thereby, preaching another gospel) by saying that Christ suffered in hell as our substitute due to the fact that hell is part of the penalty that sinners pay when they reject Christ? The same accusation would have to be leveled at those of us who teach the necessity of His resurrection.

The book of Hebrews shows us that nothing was complete until Christ went into the Most Holy Place and offered His blood as our sacrifice:

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. (Heb. 10:12-14)

Christ has fulfilled all of the Old Testament typology to the letter. Christ had to go into the Holy Place, offer Himself as our sacrificial lamb and High Priest, and then sat down at the right hand of the Father to continue His work as our High Priest. Redemption is complete. Nothing needs to be added to it. Yet, it was not complete until all things had been fulfilled.

If this critics would understand this aspect of redemption they would cease from making false and unfounded accusations against the Faith Teachers. It is not necessary that one agrees with the Faith Teachers on their belief that Christ suffered in hell, but to judge them as heretics and accuse them of them adding to the work of redemption is unnecessary and has caused far too much division.

Below is a bibliography of some excellent books by some Charismatic and Word-Faith Teachers that deal with the cross and the blood of Jesus. I highly recommend the purchase and reading of these books.

Bibliography

1. Ollison, Larry Life Is In The Blood (Osage Beach, MO: Larry Oliison Ministries, 2001). Larry Ollison is a Word-Faith Teacher. This book is excellent. Get the tapes on the same subject. I have been blessed by his teaching in this area.

2. Whyte, H. A. Maxwell The Power of the Blood (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1973). An outstanding and non-technical book that deals with the practical use of the blood of Jesus as a weapon against the devil.

3. Roper, J. R. The Blood of God (Portland, Oregon: Revivals of Deliverance). I have personally sat under Dr. Roper's ministry and can attest to his anointing. This book will help you understand some vital truths about the blood of Jesus.

4. Prince, Derek Atonement (Grand Rapids, MI: Chosen Books, 2000). Excellent and thorough teaching on the provision made available through the cross of Christ.

5. Lamb, Bob The Overcoming Blood (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1993). Shows you how to take the blood and use it as a weapon against the devil.

6. Walmarans, Theo The Blood Covenant (Evandale, South Africa: Christian City Ministries). goes into depth of how Jesus has obtained a blood covenant for us and how through this we can be assured that every promise God has made will be fulfilled in our lives.

7. Snell, Jay How To Exercise God's Megaton Power Now (Pearland, TX: Jay Snell Evangelistic Association). Teaches how Jesus' blood enables you and I to receive the material as well as spiritual blessings of Christ in our lives.

8. Booker, Richard The Miracle of the Scarlet Thread (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, 1981). Very good book explaining the significance of the sacrifices in the Old Testament and how they were all a type the coming Christ.

9. Brim, Billye The Blood and the Glory (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1995). An outstanding book by a Word-of-Faith teacher. Highly recommended.

10. Kenyon, E.W. The Blood Covenant (Lynnwood, WA: Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 1969). If nothing else, this book proves that Kenyon highly valued the blood.

11. Shaw, Gwen The Power of the Precious Blood (Jasper, AK: End Time Hand Maidens, 1978). A Bible study on the power in the blood of our Messiah.

12. Alsobrook, David The Precious Blood Study Guide (Paduchah, KY: David Alsobrook Ministries, 1979). Probably the most thorough study on this subject having come from a Charismatic teacher.

I would also highly receommend many of the books by the Keswick/Higher-Life teachers such as Watchman Nee, Andrew Murray, and others in this movement. The Cross and the blood was often a central teaching in this movement.

Notes

Rouse, Ted Faith and the Pharisees (Tulsa, OK: Insight Publishing Group, 1999), p. 196. Rouse also adds concerning this position that some Faith Teacher's advocate on Christ's sufferings, "Well known ministers from Watchman Nee to Andrew Murray, books from the Wycliff Bible Commentary, which represent a wide cross section of American Protestant Christianity, to books written by Martin Luther, say similar things concerning Christ's sufferings."
Murray, Andrew The Holiest of All (Tarrytown, NY: Fleming H. Revell Co.,), p. 296
Ibid., see pages 283 to 323 in which Murray extensively explains the need for the blood of Jesus. It is also worthy to note that Andrew Murray's commentary can be purchased through Kenneth Copeland's ministries. If the Copeland's would promote this book, doesn't it make sense to believe that they agree with Murray's teaching?
Two of Andrew Murrays books that deal with this are The Blood of the Cross (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1981) and The Power of the Blood (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, 1984).
Albert B. Simpson, who was greatly admired by Kenyon and even invited Kenyon to speak at his Church was one who we quoted as having believed that Jesus suffered desertion on the cross. Yet, he also writes, "We may be on the wrong side of the cross by failing to claim and receive the full purchase of His blood and the full meaning and value of the cross. That blood was too sacred and costly for us to waste, and we have no right to let one drop of it be shed in vain." (The Cross of Christ, Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, pp. 52, 53). I seriously doubt that Simpson would invite Kenyon to speak at his church if Kenyon and Simpson had any disagreements in this area.
I say this is one of the differences because another difference is, in all honesty, E. W. Kenyon, the man who is credited with popularizing the JDS doctrine in our day, probably emphasized the spiritual sufferings of Christ far more than his contemporaries. Pastor Joe McIntyre gives us a possible reason for this: "Kenyon did not believe that the physical or mental sufferings of Christ, as dreadful as they were, were dramatic enough to capture the sinner's heart. He felt that the spiritual sufferings of Christ held the greatest appeal to the lost in that they revealed such a tremendous love for mankind." (E. W. Kenyon: The True Story, Lake Mary, FL: Creation House Publishers, 1997, p. 180).

McIntyre's assessment can probably be affirmed by Kenyon himself. In lesson 9 of his evangelism course, Kenyon give this advice for drawing the sinner to Christ: "Explain clearly that Christ was delivered up for man's offenses, bore the judgement that was ours, because He had been completely identified with us. He was all that we were, and this identification was so complete that Jesus could not be raised from His condition as our sin substitute until we wer declared righteous. (Kenyon's Personal Evangelism Course, Lynnwood, WA: Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society)
A faith teacher named Michael Bruno who wrote a book that defends the Faith Movement and thoroughly refutes the false accusation written in the popular book, Christianity in Crisis, is one of those who does not necessarily agree with the teaching that Christ suffered in hell. Bruno states that "Mr. Hanegraaf twists much regarding different teachers of faith sharing that Jesus indeed suffered in hell. As many, I do not advocate this position. However, I am not going to say that my position is necessarily correct. Those advocating this position have a definite rationale for their beliefs that certainly demands attention. They simply believe that Jesus continued to suffer before being raised ... Mr. Hanegraaf tries to take this to paint a picture of aberrance." (Christianity In Power, Slippery Rock, PA: Abba Ministries, 1994, p. 147). My beliefs are closer to Bruno on this. I believe that a good case can be made both for and against the teaching that Jesus suffered in hell. However, I find it to be evil, slanderous, and dishonest on the part of the critics of the Faith Teachers to insinuate that those who teach that Jesus suffered in hell in some way devalue the blood of Christ.
See Part Two of our series of essays.
Booker, Richard Seated in Heavenly Places (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, 1986), p. 13
Booker, Richard The Miracle of the Scarlet Thread (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers, 1981), p. 128
Kenyon, E.W. The Blood Covenant (Lynnwood, WA: Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 1969), p 44.
Ibid., p. 45
Pastor Joe McIntyre writes, "Kenyon's critics, seeking rightly to honor the sacrificial death in the "outer court" (His physical dying), do away with his priestly ministry in the heavenly holy of holies. Perhaps this is not their intention, but to insist that the atonement was accomplished by Christ's physical death alone is to say that the work was totally finished when Christ died. They insist that the atonement was accomplished entirely in the "outer court," so to speak" (E. W. Kenyon: The True Story, Lake Mary, FL: Creation House Publishers, 1997, p. 180).
Kenyon, E.W. Advanced Bible Course (Lynnwood, WA: Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 1970), p 43.
Hagin, Kenneth E. The Precious Blood of Jesus (Tulsa, OK: Rhema Bible Church, 1984), p. 2
Ibid. p. 3
Hagin, Kenneth E. The Triumphant Church (Tulsa, OK: Rhema Bible Church, 1993), p. 187
Ibid., p. 147
Ibid., p. 149
Ibid., p. 156
Ibid., p. 176
Ibid., p. 197
This quote can be found on a multitude of web pages that use this to falsely claim that Copeland denies the blood of Jesus. It is pathetic that people would stoop this low to make Copeland out to be a heretic.
Larry Ollison has dealt with this exact point in his excellent book, Life Is In The Blood (Osage Beach, MO: Larry Oliison Ministries, 2001, pp. 18, 19). I highly recommend the purchase of this book for anyone who wants to learn about the life changing power of the Blood of Christ from the perspective of a Word-of-Faith teacher. Go to http://www.ollison.org
Clarke, Adam Adam Clarke's Commentaries (Online version available at http://www.godrules.net)
Barnes, Albert Barnes New Testament Notes (Tempe, AZ, The CrossWire Bible Society), The Sword Project Bible Software which can be downloaded for free at http://www.crosswire.org/.
Vine, W. E. Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1985), pp. 43, 44
Kenyon, E.W. Two Kinds of Righteousness (Lynnwood, WA: Kenyon Gospel Publishing Society, 1965), p. 18
The American Tract Society Bible Dictionary (Tempe, AZ, The CrossWire Bible Society), The Sword Project Bible Software which can be downloaded for free at http://www.crosswire.org/.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Tempe, AZ, The CrossWire Bible Society), The Sword Project Bible Software which can be downloaded for free at http://www.crosswire.org/.
From an article by Kenneth Copeland which was first published in the Believer’s Voice of Victory magazine, April 2000 issue, Vol. 28, No. 4
Ibid.
Copeland, Kenneth Surviving The Counter Attack (source unknown)
Copeland, Kenneth Building A Wall Between You and Sin (An Article from cfaith.com, 2001)
Copeland, Kenneth Believe The Love (An Article from cfaith.com, 2002)
Brim, Billye The Blood and the Glory (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1995). This is also an excellent book and one that I highly recommend.
Capps, Charles Authority in Three Worlds (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1980), p. 152
Yandian, Bob Ephesians: The Maturing of the Saints (Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1985), p. 27
Price, Frederick K. C. The Way The Walk, and The Warfare of the Believer (Los Angelos, CA: Faith One Publishing), p. 16

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