Do God’s Ministers really need the physical oil to function spiritually?

(…continues from part five…)

6)            The first time we see ‘anoint’ in the Bible is when we read, “I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar” of Genesis 31:13. ‘Anointedst’ is mâshach (maw-shakh’): ‘to smear, spread a liquid (as consecration).’ Anointing sets apart to make holy a deity or for religious ceremony. That is what Jacob was reminded of in Genesis 31:13 by God. The next anointing is performed in Exodus 28:41 “And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.” Moses was instructed by the LORD God to so do in the institutionalization of the Aaronic sacerdotalism.

                The LORD God, after that began to deal personally with Aaron, the high priest; neither did we read anywhere in the Bible that Aaron went about looking for fresh anointing from other people. But what do we see and hear these disappointing men of God practice? They encourage people of Christianity on embarkation of anointing search from various teachers of the Bible, a lot of which are truly not genuine ministers of Jesus, unfortunately. Is it not disappointing that they do not know that, as born again Christians of the New Testamentary Order, our anointing is more potent, surpassing that of Moses, Elijah and Samuel? The Holy Spirit did sit upon them in those Old Testament days; these New Testament days, the Trinity dwells eternally in us – we have become His Tabernacle. It says, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.

Isaiah 61:1-2 fulfilled in Jesus Christ in Luke 4:18-19

                In the New Testamentary order we read in Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” The Holy Spirit that anointed Jesus is also the same Person who baptized Christianity for the establishment of the Church. Is there anywhere in the Scriptures we see Paul seeking anointing from Barnabas, James, Peter or John? He never had to, why? When Jesus called him into the apostolic office, he was equally consecrated for the ecclesiastical work. Hallelujah!

                2Corinthians 1:21-22 21) “Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22) Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.” Paul used the pronoun “us” not “me”. Let us look at the Greek definition of ‘anointed’; it is chriō (khree’-o): ‘Enduing Christians with the gifts of the Holy Spirit; to smear or rub with oil, that is, (by implication) to consecrate to an office or religious service.’ Paul wrote this Book to Christians in Corinth. What is Paul telling us here? The Apostle and the laity have the anointing – that set apart from other people – from God the Father, Who also sealed us with the Holy Spirit. The word ‘sealed’ is sphragizō (sfrag-id’-zo): ‘to stamp (with a signet or private mark) for security or preservation (literally or figuratively); by implication to keep secret, to attest.’ And the word ‘earnest’ is arrhabōn (ar-hrab-ohn’): ‘a pledge, that is, part of the purchase money or property given in advance as security for the rest.’ This is what anointing that is of Christianity is all about.

The Day of Pentecost is the ultimate Christian anointing

                The seal of our Christianity has the eternal stamp of the Holy Spirit; the official roles of Christianity come with the seal of the Spirit of Jesus; and the same Person of the Holy Spirit attests to the Divine pledge and security of God’s ministers. What is Apostle Joshua Selma looking for, running helter-skelter looking for fresh anointings, when it is scripturally clear that the Third Member of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit, remains the Christian’s chriō? Will there not be a resultant contamination of a Christian’s life if a fallen Adamic anointing gets spread or mingled with that of the Holy Spirit’s? Selah! Let us dig again into Scripture where it reads, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him” (1John 2:27). The Bible, and no other protocolary, remains the only Magna Carta of every minister of God. Why should we jettison the inherent Spirit of God and jet off to seek human aid, when the matter is strictly God’s Kingdom business?

                The second Satan sees one warming up to a veering off the Scripture of his projection, he begins to give one many reasons to adhere to the projections of Satanism. Lucifer will never let you know his malicious intention towards you. Secretly, in a pad and a creep, he comes to steal, kill and destroy. Quite unlike Satan, God publishes His entrance. Almost all the prophets announced the Incarnation. Adam and his wife knew when He approached Eden. John cried through the streets of Jewish land proclaiming the eventual Incarnation. But, Satan? He does not let you know his ways. Why? Lucifer is evil.

Getting born again is a conscious effort on the part of an individual. Get born again. You were born in sin. Say this sinner’s prayer.

“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord, and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”

(…to be continued…)

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