Kenneth and Gloria Copeland
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"I believe one of the most important things God has called us to do is to meet together. As you join in the corporate anointing at [a KCM meeting], the intense exposure to the Word of God will renew your mind so you will become prosperous-minded, healed and well."
Kenneth Copeland
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Be Baptized in Water...
Now that you have accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, be baptized in water!
The first thing to do as a follower of Jesus is to be baptized in water. Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15) Jesus' first instruction concerning believers (persons who have received Him as Savior and Lord) is that they be baptized in water.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Matthew 28:19,20
Water baptism (the act of being submerged in water as Jesus commanded) symbolizes what happened to the believer when he or she accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord.
The new believer identifies with Jesus' death, burial and resurrection. At the moment a person receives Jesus as Savior and Lord, he or she became a new creature, dead to sin and alive to God. The act of baptism, is an outward demonstration of the inward change that took place. It is also a means of witnessing to others that one has accepted Jesus as Savior and Lord.
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