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   The Anointing

The Holy Spirit has greatly pressed upon my spirit-man the importance of the "Anointing" in our daily walk and warfare as children of God and soldiers of the cross.

In John 16:7 Jesus tells us that it is to our advantage that He goes away to be in glory because He will send the Helper or Comforter to us. It is the Holy Spirit who anoints us to walk in the miraculous and to do even greater things than Jesus did (John 14:12)! There are many avenues to explore the vast doctrine of the "ANOINTING" but I would like to touch on a few things in order to encourage and inspire you to receive and walk in the fullness of the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit".

First we need to look at these foundational scriptures pertaining to the teaching of the anointing. Understanding these scriptures and gaining revelation through these passages will give you great insight into the anointing. These are the scriptures: John 14:12, John 14:16-18, John 14:26, John 16:7, John 16:13, Romans 8:14, 2 Corinthians 1:21 and 1 John 2:20,27

“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."

"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever - the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you."

"However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come."

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God."

"Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God"

"But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things."

"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him."

Jesus promises to baptize us in the Holy Spirit and fire. Jesus also promised that once He ascended into Heaven He would send us the Helper and Comforter, the Holy Spirit. It's to our advantage that Jesus returns to the Father. Once you have received the Holy Spirit through regeneration (not to be confused with the baptism of the Holy Spirit) He will never leave you nor forsake you, He will guide you into all truth, He'll bring to your remembrance all the words of Jesus that are found in Scripture at your time of need, He will teach you all things concerning your walk with the Lord and purpose on the earth. Through the anointing it is possible to know all things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.

Let's consider what Paul teaches us in 1 Corinthians 3:16:

"Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"

The anointing is the unusual presence of the Holy Spirit in a person or place at a particular time, for the express purpose of the manifestation of God's will and power. In the Old Testament, we see the Holy Spirit anointing coming on people to accomplish a specific task or purpose. In the New Testament era, the Holy Spirit anointing has come to stay with the believer permanently.

There were many Priests, Prophets and Kings who were anointed for various and specific functions in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, believers need to function in the fullness of the 5 types of anointing which sum up the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit".

1) King David was anointed to rule, you have been anointed and chosen to rule as kings and priests. We are to be on earth just as our Father is in Heaven. Turn to Revelation 5:10, 1 Peter 2:9 and 1 John 4:17 to see what Scripture has to say about being anointed to rule.

"And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

"But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light"

"Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world."

2) Samson was anointed to destroy the enemy - you have been anointed in the Holy Spirit to destroy the works of darkness. This is what Judges 15:14-16 and Matthew 10:7-8 teaches: 

"When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands.He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and killed a thousand men with it. Then Samson said: "With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men!"

"And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give."

3) Gideon was anointed to destroy poverty. The Holy Spirit has anointed you to annihilate the spirit of poverty. In the time of Gideon, Israel was held in extreme poverty by sin and satan through the Midianites and Amalekites, but through the anointing the shackles of poverty were broken off Israel. Nothing has changed, the Amalekites and Midianites, although disguised differently, still need to be defeated today. You have been anointed to be a blessing in all the earth, whether in spirit or flesh. Let's have a look at Judges 6:3-4 & 34, John 10:10 and 3 John 2:

"So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them. Then they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey."

"But the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon; then he blew the trumpet, and the Abiezrites gathered behind him."

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."

4) Elisha was anointed to perform signs, miracles and wonders, so you too have been called and anointed to walk in the miraculous. Any believer who chooses to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit will preach the gospel accompanied with these attesting signs. Let's examine 2 Kings 2:19-25 and Acts 19:11.

"Then the men of the city said to Elisha, 'Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.' And he said, 'Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.' So they brought it to him. Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, 'Thus says the Lord: ‘I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.’” So the water remains healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, 'Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!' So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths."

"Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul"

5) Elijah was anointed to witness unto the greatness of God, you too have been called to witness unto the resurrection and second coming of Jesus. Let's examine 1 Kings 18:21 and Acts 1:8:

"And Elijah came to all the people, and said, 'How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' But the people answered him not a word."

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

The anointing is available to anybody who is willing to receive it from the Lord Jesus Christ by faith.Take a look at what Matthew 7:7-8 and John 7:37-39 says:

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened."

"On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, 'If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.' But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified."

It is high time that you receive the fullness of the Promise and the Anointing found in Acts 2:39 and 2 Corinthians 1:21 which tells you and I emphatically:

"For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

"Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God!"