Presence and Power Of God

And that sacred anointing oil symbolized the PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD

And today, when we talk about the anointing, we're not talking about just the oil, we're in effect talking about…

--God's blessing

--God's presence

--God's favor

And the way that God imparts the anointing in this day and age is not through liquid, but THROUGH THE PERSON OF THE *****HOLY SPIRIT*****

Jesus said…

Luke 4:18-19 (KJV) "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."

In other words, the ANOINTING TODAY COMES THROUGH THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

That's why you need…

--the Holy Spirit after you're saved

--to be sanctified and filled with the Holy Spirit

Because the more you are aquatinted with the Holy Spirit – the more access you have to the anointing in your life

That's why the prophet Zechariah said…

Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) "…Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."

It's through the ANOINTING that's imparted by THE HOLY SPIRIT that the YOKE IS DESTROYED IN OUR LIVES

So, if you want to go from the PROBLEM TO THE SOLUTION, you need aquatint yourself with the Holy Spirit!

He's the originator of the anointing and the anointing DESTROYS THE YOKE!!

NOW there are MANY YOKES that bind us for various reasons

There are…

--physical yokes (sickness, disease, infirmity, health issues)

--mental yokes (depression, fear, anxiety)

--financial yokes (debt, poverty, theft)

--family yokes (children on drugs, rebellious teenagers, marriage problems)

--habit yokes (drugs, alcohol, etc.)

But here the prophet heralds of a brighter future, where there is a promise of…

--a great deliverance

--a great breakthrough

--a great answer to prayer

What is the anointing?

The anointing is referring specifically to that oil that was used in the Old Testament that symbolized…

--God's favor

--God's approval

--God's presence

--God's power

Jesus with the ANOINTING…

--fed the five thousand

--raised the dead

--healed the sick

--cleansed the lepers

--opened blind eyes

--walked on water

--came out of the grave on the third day!

The ANOINTING IS THE DIFFERENCE!

What's needed again, is anointed…

--churches

--preachers

--teachers

--Christians

Why? Because the anointing IS THE DIFFERENCE

IN CLOSING

Do you need some yokes destroyed in your life?

Then come forward for the anointing

The anointing IS THE DIFFERENCE…

--in your business

--in your finances

--in your marriage

--in your prayer life

--in this church

Ver. 20.—In that day of glorious recommunion with you, begun in the Resurrection-surprises, which will aid your faith and triumphantly establish the mysteries and marvels of Pentecost, you shall know what you now most imperfectly apprehend by faith, that I am in my Father, as One lifted up into God, and that I act entirely with and for and as my Father, fulfilling all that I have told you of my personal relationship with him; and then, he adds, you shall know that as I am in my Father, you (are) in me, living in and by my power, and continuously drawing life from me; and what is still more, I in you; i.e. as the Father has acted in and through my will, and I have spoken his words and done his works. so I will energize in you. Your “greater works” will prove my “greater power.” Your own consciousness of my presence, and of continuous communion with me, will reveal to you, as you never knew before, that I am in my Father, and also that I am in you. So the apparent paradox presents itself, that in order to know the Father, to see the Father, we must commune with the humanity of Jesus; but in order to realize and come into contact with that humanity, we have to grasp that it is lifted up into God. Because he is in tire Father he is able to be with and in us.

Spence-Jones, H. D. M. (Ed.). (1909). St. John (Vol. 2, p. 228). London; New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.