Are you anointed? Just what is “The anointing” anyway? How is it attained? Is it a thing to be desired? Does the Bible teach that there are levels of it to be attained? These are just a few questions Pastor Landis is teaching about in this installment of our current study in the epistle of First John. Come on in and listen as we here from the Word important facts on this fascinating topic of study.
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 143:1 – 12 (NASB)
Psa 143:1 (A Psalm of David.) Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Thy faithfulness, in Thy righteousness!
Psa 143:2 And do not enter into judgment with Thy servant, For in Thy sight no man living is righteous.
Psa 143:3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
Psa 143:4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me.
Psa 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doings; I muse on the work of Thy hands.
Psa 143:6 I stretch out my hands to Thee; My soul longs for Thee, as a parched land. Selah.
Psa 143:7 Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Thy face from me, Lest I become like those who go down to the pit.
Psa 143:8 Let me hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in Thee; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to Thee I lift up my soul.
Psa 143:9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in Thee.
Psa 143:10 Teach me to do Thy will, For Thou art my God; Let Thy good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psa 143:11 For the sake of Thy name, O LORD, revive me. In Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Psa 143:12 And in Thy lovingkindness cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Thy servant.
New Testament Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:26 – 29 (NASB)
1 John 2:26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.1
John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.
1 John 2:29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
Transforming Power Statements:
#1) The greatest area of deceit from the world, the flesh and the devil, is concerning the deity of Jesus The Son of God that is the fact that He is equal with God.
#2) God’s anointing with His Holy Spirit of each and every true believer of His gospel of Jesus Christ, His Son, is the seal of their salvation as God promised by His “New Covenant” to give freely to all trusting in Messiah Jesus as Savior and LORD, and provides the teaching, guidance, and conviction needed for progress in the Christian walk.
#3) The practice of righteousness is the proof of the new birth, and guards against guilt in the present and shame in the future at Jesus second coming.
