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Because all that anointing would have gone with Jesus when He returned to heaven. And it’s only by the Anointing of God that burdens are removed and yokes of oppression—sickness, disease, poverty, fear, death and so forth—are destroyed (Isaiah 10:27). No. God was not satisfied for Jesus to come into the earth, manifest the awesomeness of His Anointing and then leave, taking all that power with Him. Had that been the case, we would still be in a mess today. God had a “new birth” in mind. Through Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection, God made it possible for each one of us to be born again. He made it possible for us to become “a new creature” in Christ—a new creature in the Anointed One, a new creature in His Anointing (2 Corinthians 5:17). That’s why to this day we are called Christ-ians...“little anointed ones.” You Have That Anointing The moment you received Jesus as your Lord and were “born again,” you received access to the very same power of Almighty God that Jesus Himself demonstrated and manifested during His earthly ministry. The Apostle John tells us “the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you” (1 John 2:27). In other words, you have the Anointing of God inside you right now. And that anointing is the power of God that enables you to live a life free of all burdens and yokes of oppression. All you have to do is feed that anointing with The WORD of God and connect your faith to it so it can be released into your life. First John 2:27 goes on to tell us that this Anointing of God inside us will also teach us. I call it the “knowing anointing.” And it has many applications in life. For instance, when this knowing anointing is fully engaged in your life, you do not need someone to tell you what you believe. Neither do you need to be told if someone is accurately preaching The WORD. You can know these things by the anointing. The Holy Spirit will give you an inward witness as to whether or not someone is teaching the truth. This anointing to know can also assist you in times of crisis. Let’s say your child is in the backyard and gets hurt while playing—and it’s not really a time when you can call your pastor for a “word from God.” Don’t panic. Just turn inward to the Holy Spirit. Get counsel from the Counselor Himself. Find out from Him how you should minister to your child in that situation. I cannot tell you how many times I have done that where my own children were concerned. Apart from all the crises in life, this knowing anointing can help you in raising your children, conducting your business affairs, keeping your marriage on course and so on. And it’s all by the Anointing of God that abides within you, enabling you to live everyday life. But now there is another aspect to the anointing. And that is the anointing that comes on us to minister God’s burden-removing, yoke-destroying power. The anointing to meet the needs of people. Remember what Jesus said in Luke 4? “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, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (verses 18-19). We know God’s Spirit had been in Jesus since forever past—long before He was born of Mary. Yet, the Spirit of God came upon Him after He was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River (see Luke 3:21-22). This anointing that came upon Jesus was the anointing to minister. It was the anointing to lay hands on the sick, cast out demons, raise the dead. It was the anointing to preach The WORD in power and to prophesy. It was the anointing of the gifts of the Spirit and the manifestations of the Spirit. It was the anointing of the apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. So where is all that anointing to minister today? Ministry Within Your Reach The power of God to meet the needs of people lies predominantly in the men and women called by God to fill what we usually refer to as the fivefold ministry offices—apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher (Ephesians 4:11-12). * * * article continues on next page * * * ********** ADVERTISEMENT ********** TEACHING YOU HOW TO USE YOUR FAITH Kenneth Copeland and You on the Mountain JUNE 27-29, 2018 Nightly Services with Kenneth Copeland Daytime Sessions on Healing and Conquering Debt Behind-the-Scene Tours FREE EVENT kcm.org/mountain #MountainFaith18 Eagle Mountain International Church Kenneth Copeland Ministries Headquarters 14355 Morris-Dido Road Newark, Texas 76071 Schedule is subject to change without notice. ********************************************** 18 : BVOV

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