Gloria Copeland — A Ministry Of Heavenly Breakthroughs
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Of course, Jesus is the One who made
that possible for us. He opened the way. He
established God’s kingdom among us and
showed us how to bring it into manifestation
in this natural world.
“But Gloria,” you may say, “I thought Jesus
said His kingdom wasn’t of this world.”
He did, but that doesn’t mean His kingdom
didn’t operate in this world. What it means
is that its power didn’t originate here. The
Amplified Bible says it this way, “My kingdom
is not from here (this world); [it has no such
origin or source]” (John 18:36).
Jesus’ whole ministry was one of preaching
and demonstrating the kingdom of God. As
Mark 1:14-15 says, His ministry began when
He “came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of
the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is
fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
Jesus was saying, “You don’t have to wait
anymore. The dominion of God, His kingdom,
is here right now! You can come in. God’s power
is here to break into this natural world to heal,
deliver and set you free! So change your mind.
Quit thinking like you used to think. Believe
this good news!”
Luke 4 spells that message out even more
clearly. It tells how Jesus stood in the synagogue
and preached from Isaiah 61, saying:
The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me,
because He has anointed Me…to
preach the good news (the Gospel)
to the poor; He has sent Me to
announce release to the captives,
and recovery of sight to the blind, to
send forth as delivered those who are
oppressed [who are downtrodden,
bruised, crushed, and broken down
by calamity], to proclaim the accepted
and acceptable year of the Lord [the
day when salvation and the free favors
of God profusely abound]…. Today
this Scripture has been fulfilled while
you are present and hearing (Luke
4:18-19, 21, The Amplified Bible).
Jesus said, “I am anointed.” What is the
anointing? It’s the manifestation of God’s
presence that brings deliverance. The anointing
is the kingdom of God bursting in upon this
natural realm and bringing God’s free favors
profusely. Profusely means lavishly, liberally,
extravagantly, over and abounding. Hallelujah!
Jesus didn’t just preach about this divine
kingdom. He demonstrated it. He operated
in the dominion of God by taking authority
over the evil spirits that had people bound,
by laying hands on the sick and driving the
sickness out of their bodies.
Read through the Gospels and see for
yourself. Time after time, Jesus exercised the
dominion of the kingdom of God. He came
to Peter’s house, found Peter’s mother-in-law
sick, laid His hands on her and healed her.
The leper came to Him for healing and
Jesus said, “Be thou clean,” and immediately
the leprosy was cleansed. Jairus’ daughter
died, and Jesus raised her from the dead.
He cast the demons out of the madman of
Gadara. When there wasn’t enough food to
feed the thousands who were listening to
Him preach in a remote place, He multiplied
a few loaves and fishes into more than
enough food to feed the whole crowd!
Do you know what those instances were?
They were times when the kingdom of God
broke through into this natural realm by
the anointing that was on Jesus. They were
heavenly breakthroughs!
