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Gloria Copeland — Spiritual Answers VS Natural Problems
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The Body of Christ needs to major in mercy. It is what
gives us the proper spiritual perspective on the minors. We
must see that the problems in the natural, physical realm
cannot be solved with just natural realm solutions. It takes
a spiritual answer to solve a natural problem.
However, trying to answer a spiritual problem with
a natural answer is even more impossible. We cannot get
rid of demons with aspirins. That natural answer will
not work, yet this is what has been happening in church
so frequently. We have gathered committees to take care
of spiritual problems and dealt with them in the natural
realm. We have asked the person who upsets the church
service to leave, instead of getting a prayer group together
and interceding for them.
We have attacked cancer the wrong way too. We have
approached it as if it were from the natural realm. We
have failed to understand that all diseases are not on the
same level in the spirit realm. Some infirmities are more
natural than others, but cancer is not natural and neither
is arthritis or leprosy. Bitterness is their root cause.
Therefore, when it comes to curing cancer and other
such spiritual problems, we are not limited to natural
means. We can attack the spirit that is causing them with
the mercy and compassion of God. In the power of God, we
can stand on the Name of Jesus and His redemptive blood.
We can take His Word and drive that spirit out.
We must learn not to be governed by the minors in the
natural realm. Evangelist Smith Wigglesworth said, “I am
not moved by what I feel; I am not moved by what I see; I’m
moved by what I believe.” And I like to add: “I believe the
Word of God, and with the Word of God, I can change the
way I feel and what I see.” This is the proper perspective.
The earthly ministry of Jesus is our example of mercy
in operation. His was a ministry of mercy and comfort. He
said, “I did not come to destroy the law; I came to fulfill
it (Matthew 5:17).” And He did by extending His mercy
to us. The Church has not always recognized the mercy
of God. They have been approaching God like He is able
to heal them, but are unsure that He will.
That would be the same as if your child came to you
and said, “Dad, I want to go to college and I know you
love me, and I know you would help me if you could. I am
just not sure whether you can afford it or not.” But if that
child said, “Daddy, I want to go to college and I know you
can help me, but I don’t know whether you will or not.”
That is an outright insult.
We do not have to approach God either way. We do
not have to wonder about His will concerning salvation,
healing or prosperity. We already have His will written
down in the Word of God for us to know.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Possessing The Mercy Of God Part 3
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I know people who come to meetings where I preach
and spend their entire time criticizing what I have on and
miss what I say. I am not saying you should not dress well.
I think you should represent Jesus Christ in a right way by
looking your best with what you have. If you are faithful
over little, He will make you master over much. However,
we need to put our emphasis in the right places. Many
times we have done just the opposite.
Another minor that we have majored in is sacrifice. It
seems like everyone has wanted to give up something for
God. God desires mercy rather than sacrifice. Mercy is the
major. Mercy is when you give to people out of your heart
because you love them and want to see them prosper.
Please do not misunderstand me. Sacrifice is necessary
in an obedient Christian’s life and needs to be studied. If you
will learn mercy while you are learning how to sacrifice,
then your sacrifice will count. The Apostle Paul said that
even if he gave his body to be burned and gave everything
he had to the poor and did not have love, he would gain
nothing. So, if you major in the sacrifice without the mercy,
it doesn’t do any good. You do not impress God.
When you give from a mercy motive, it starts flowing
toward you. As I begin to give, it is given to me again.
The more I give, the more I receive and vice versa.
It then becomes a continuous cycle of reaching out to
others. This is the way mercy works.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Possessing The Mercy Of God Part 2
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Many do not understand that they are a triune being—
spirit, soul and body. They have been so conscious of the
natural world they have assumed their physical bodies are
their true identity, but not so. Our physical bodies are just
our earth suits. My coat would be a good illustration of
this. I am the life of my coat. When I move, the coat moves.
If I were to die, it would be like taking my coat off because
dying is simply the laying aside of my natural body.
What I am saying is that we have majored in the minor,
which is the natural realm. We get disturbed over what we
are going to wear, what we are going to eat and what is
going to happen to us. Even preachers have emphasized
the minors. They have spent a lot of time preaching to
women about what they wear. The Bible says in 1 Peter
3:3-4 that a meek and quiet spirit is important and not the
plaiting of hair or the wearing of gold or apparel.
How women dress is a minor point. God is really talking
about the spiritual attitude of a woman and whether or
not she is trying to call attention to herself through her
dress. A woman who has a meek and quiet spirit will come
to church to worship God and to help others. She will not
come to try and show off her wardrobe.
It is true that some women are dressing to get attention
out of pride, but if you major in the spirit, you will settle
this matter with God and begin to dress to please Him.
Likewise, if you will do the same with mercy and major
in it, then the minor of God’s wrath will take care of itself.
In short, if you will concentrate on the quality of life your
spirit is living, you will have no trouble with your body.
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Possessing The Mercy Of God Part 1
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In most of the religious world, we have majored in the minors
and minored in the majors. We have majored in God’s anger and
minored in His mercy. But Psalm 30:5 says God’s anger “is but for a
moment,” (The Amplified Bible) and Psalm 136 says that “God’s
mercy endures forever.”
There are other areas where we have gotten the wrong perspective,
too. In majoring on the body and minoring on the spirit,
we have placed the wrong emphasis on the physical realm.
The truth is that the existence of the spirit realm is as real
as the existence of the natural realm. When we were born
again, we were born in the spirit. We have tried to get the
things of God to go from the outside in, instead of from the
inside out. We need to turn inside and let what was born
in the spirit flow outward.
Healing is a good example of this. It comes from inside
the spirit man out into the body. We have wanted to have
healing rubbed on us like an ointment. We have tried to
get a treatment by getting into the prayer line expecting to
receive healing the way we put on a salve.
Many people have a hard time receiving from God because
they approach healing this way. They have had little
understanding of the difference between the physical and
the spiritual realm. They have failed to understand what
Jesus said to Nicodemus in John 3:6: “That which is born
of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit.” The flesh represents the natural, or physical realm
that is perceived by the five physical senses. By contrast,
the spirit realm is more real than what we see, hear, feel
and taste.
We must understand that God, a Spirit, created the
natural realm. This makes the spirit world, the realm of the
Creator, the authority over the natural. Therefore, it would
be foolish to consider that the creation is more powerful
than the Creator.
When you confessed Jesus as Lord, your spirit was
born again. Ephesians 4:24 says you were created in
righteousness and true holiness. You are made in the image
of God. You are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a
body. To worship God, you must enter the spiritual realm.
Jesus said those who worship Him must worship Him “in
spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).
Gloria Copeland
Gloria Copeland — Take Off The Limits Part 2
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But with God all things are possible! There
are no limitations in the kingdom of God! It
knows no impossibilities! So what we need
to do is obey the instructions Jesus gave in
Matthew 6:
Take no thought for your life, what
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink;
nor yet for your body, what ye shall
put on…. (For after all these things
do the Gentiles seek:) for your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye
have need of all these things. But
seek ye first the kingdom of God,
and his righteousness; and all these
things shall be added unto you
(verses 25, 32-33).
The Amplified Bible clarifies that last
verse even more. It says, “seek (aim at and
strive after) first of all His kingdom and His
righteousness (His way of doing and being
right).” In other words, if we want to operate
in the dominion of God, we have to find out
His way of doing things and then do things
His way. We’ll have to change the way we
think. We’ll have to start thinking and acting
like He does instead of thinking and acting
like the world.
We’ll have to seek Him and His principles,
put our dependence first and foremost on
Him, and then He’ll see to it that our natural
needs are met.
You see, the principles of the kingdom of
God always work. God has spoken and set
them into motion by His Word. They will
work for anyone who will put them to work.
For example, one of those principles, the
primary one, is the law of sowing and reaping.
Galatians 6:7-8 states that law very simply:
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also
reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”
Actually, the law of sowing and reaping
works in both the kingdom of God and the
kingdom of this world. If you sow into the
kingdom of darkness, you reap the harvest
of that kingdom––death in all its forms.
If you invest your time and money in the
concerns of the world, you’ll end up on drugs,
pornography and alcohol. You’ll end up sick
and unhappy.
On the other hand, if you sow to the
kingdom of God, you’ll reap the harvest of
that kingdom––abundant life in all its forms.
As Romans 8:6 says, “For to be carnally
minded [to think like the world thinks] is
death; but to be spiritually minded [to think
like God thinks] is life and peace.”
