RECEIVE THE ANOINTING
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“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”—I John 2:27
Christ means the “Anointed One.” The moment that we receive Him, He comes into
our hearts (spirits) to live. Christ
lives in us: therefore, Christ the Anointed One” lives in us. The same anointing that Christ has we now
have, and it abides in us. The anointing
does not come and go it abides; the anointing stays constant in our lives. Jesus said,
“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” (John 14:26). Furthermore Jesus
said in Luke 4:18-19, “the Spirit of the
Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and
recovery of sight to the blind. To set
at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord.”
The six areas of anointing that
Jesus spoke of were:
1.
The anointing is given to preach the Gospel
to the poor.
Luke 6:19-20 "And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all. Then He lifted His eyes toward His disciples, and said: 'Blessed are you poor for yours is the kingdom of God." His anointing flows to those who are hungry to receive it.
2. The
anointing is given to heal and restore people.
Acts 10:38 “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with
power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the
devil, for God was with Him.”
3. The
anointing is given to proclaim freedom to the captives.
Luke 13: 11- 13, 16 “And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her,
He called her to Him, and said to her, ‘Woman you are loosed from your
infirmity.’ And He laid His hands on her and immediately she was made straight,
and glorified God.” “so ought not this
woman, being a daughter of Abraham, who Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen
years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?”
4.
The anointing is given to recover sight.
Matthew 9:27-30 “When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out
and saying, ‘Son of David, have mercy on us!’
And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus
said to them, ‘do you believe that I am able to do this?’ They said
to Him, ‘Yes Lord.’ Then He touched their eyes saying, ‘According to your faith
let it be to you.’ And their eyes were
opened…”
5.
The anointing is given to set people free.
John 8:36 “Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
6.
The anointing flows in God’s timing, and
also proclaims God’s timing
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Prayer—Father
I thank you for the anointing that abides within me. May I never hesitate to do your will in my
life, in Jesus Name. Amen.
