THE ANOINTING OF THE SPIRIT
"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 broken hearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised. To
preach the acceptable year of the
LORD."
Luke 4:18-19
Many People who have been anointed
with the Holy Ghost dont know the
reason God anointed them.A greater
number of believers all around the
world think the Holy Ghost is primarily
to help them speak in tongues but
thats not his primary purpose. JESUS
said, "But ye shall receive power after
that the Holy Ghost has come upon
you and ye shall be witnesses unto
me..." Acts 1:8 God didnt say ye shall
receive tongues, he said ye shall
receive power and one of the things
this power does it to energise you to
speak in tongues.
God has anointed us so that we can be
effective witnesses of his ressurection.
God would have us produce more than
enough evidence to the world to prove
the reality of the gospel. We are not
anointed to just shake and fall on the
ground like maniacs. No, a thousand
times no. Many people who shake and
fall claiming to do all this because of
the anointing, demonstrate the least
power. They dont preach to anyone,
they dont heal the sick or cast out
devils. These folks are misinformed
about the anointing.
The Holy Ghost has come to live in us
to enable us to do the acts of God. He
is the one that continues the ministry
of JESUS in the earth today and he
works through us and with us. We are
married to his vision. We are carriers of
God.
That portion is not saying God has
anointed us so that we can start to
deliver ourselves, and heal ourselves,
casting out devils from ourselves. No,
we have Christ in us not devils. If you
believe this message i am telling you,
THAT CHRIST IS IN YOU AND YOU
DONT HAVE DEVILS,even if you had a
legion of devils after you, they would
all leave you at once and you would go
out and start casting out devils from
sinners today. We are free people who
are sent to preach freedom, we are
healthy people who are sent to preach
healing, we are rich people who are
sent to preach to the poor. We are not
captives, we are God's free men called
to set the captives free. Many
Preachers tell their flock that they are
anointed to set the captives free and in
reference their flock are the ones who
are captives. This is very erroneous. if
you are born again and have the Holy
Ghost you are not a captive. Any
Pastor ,Prophet or Evangelist when
speaking to the saints should stand on
Eph 4:11 That says ,he is called "for
the perfecting of the saints for the
work of the ministry, for the edification
of the body of Christ". All Christians
should practise Luke 4:18-19 to
sinners. These are the captives. We
are anointed to bring them into the
kingdom. It takes power to do that.
People who are on fire for God are not
those who shake and fall in church
trying to get the attention of the
people as if God is doing a wonder
through them. Most of these folks dont
even give a tithe in church. People who
are on fire for God are known for
declaring the gospel. You can not be on
fire for God and be quiet about JESUS.