FRESH NEW ANOINTING FROM THE FOLY SPIRIT! 2KINGS 2v 9-15 And it came to pass as they have gone over that Elisha sais unto Elijah ask what I shall do for thee before I am taking away from thee and Elisha said, I pray thee let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. and he said thou has ask a hard thing nevertheless if thou see me when I am taking from thee, it shall be so unto thee but if not it shall not be so, and it came to pass as they still went ahead and talk that behold there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire and parted them asunder and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried my father, my father! The chariot of Israel and the horsemen and thereof he saw him no more; and he took hold of the end of his own clothe and rent the in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and he went back and stood at the bank of Jordan. And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and he smote the waters saying where is the Lord God of Elijah and when has smitten the waters, it parted hither and thither and he passed over, and when the sons of the prophet which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said the spirit of Elisha rest on Elijah and they came to meet him and they bowed down to him. The spirit of God is going to come upon someone tonight. A new anointing will begin to operate in your life. What is anointing? For us to fully understand anointing we have to do some teaching tonight. When a generator is working, electricity flows. Now electricity is not the same as generator, it is the generator that produces electricity. Anointing flows from a spirit, Anointing is not a spirit. It flows from a spirit and take note I said anointing flow from a spirit. Because there are different kinds of anointing; there is divine anointing; that flows from the Holy Spirit ACTS 10 v 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing those who were oppress of the devil, for God was with him. Divine anointing comes from the Holy Spirit but then there is demonic anointing. That comes from demons that flow from evil spirit, it is the devil’s anointing. In MATTHEW 8 v 28 the bible tells us that there were two wild men and they are feared, that wherever they are, nobody could pass by that place. No one could pass by that place. There is an anointing that flows from the devil. And anger is an example of demonic anointing. When electricity flows, it generate power, in the same manner when anointing flows, it generate power. Now power is ability to do work so when the anointing flows it gives the anointed power to what is normally humanly impossible to do. in JUDGES 14 v 5-6 when an anointing flow in Samson, he tore a lion into two and I am decreeing tonight that because of the anointing of God that is going to come on you, any lion that standing on your way will be dead. In MARK 5 v1-4 the bible tells us of the mad man of Gadarenes, that when they bound him with fetters of iron, he would tear it with ordinary hand; that is demonic anointing flowing in him. Producing power! In the same manner, when an anointing is correctly channel. When anointing is correctly handled, it can produce light. In JOHN 9 v1-7, it will interest you that the bible says that when Jesus saw that man that way born blind, he spat on the ground made mud out of the clay and the bible says he anointed his eyes with the mud. So it is not the mud that gave that man eyes it is the anointing in the mud. LUKE 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointing me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. WHAT IS ANOINTING? "Understanding the Anointing". It is going to be the first message in several that relate to the anointing, so it is going to be a general teaching covering various aspects of exactly what the anointing is. Well, what is the anointing? We have all heard the term. Everybody speaks about it, but what exactly is it? Is it something that you can put your finger on? Is it something that you can look at under a microscope? Is it something that you can measure on a meter? What is the anointing? How do you know when the anointing is there? And, can you tell when it is not there? The Anointing Will Show When there is anointing on the man of God who is speaking forth the Word, there will action on the people who are hearing it. There will be results. When the anointing is there, it will show. When the anointing is not there, it will not show. You will be able to see when the anointing is there. And anybody who has ever stood up to preach knows what it is like to preach when the anointing is there. And oh, if you are a preacher I can guarantee you know what it is like to stand up and preach when the anointing is not there. It’s like chewing on rubber. It is horrible! It is one of the most devastating and humiliating experiences that you can have to stand behind the pulpit and try to preach the Word without the anointing. You feel like crawling out after the meeting. You don’t know what to do with yourself. You feel a failure. You feel useless. You feel miserable. People are trying to avoid you at the door so that they will not have to say to you that it was a nice message because it would be a lie. It is a horrible experience, let me tell you. It is like the Lord came to the meeting and said, "I’m not attending today. Do it on your own." And He just left you and walked out the door and you had to struggle on your own. Oh, it’s a horrible experience. MIGHTY EXPLOITS Miracles, power and anointing. The anointing of the Spirit of God, when it came on those heroes of faith, made them do mighty exploits. GIDEON Gideon, this mighty man – the angel came to him to tell him that God had called him, and he was hiding away from the Philistines. The angel came and said, "God is with you, Gideon, you mighty man of valor." And I think Gideon looked around and said, "Who are you talking to? Who me?" "Yes you." "Me, a mighty man of valor?" "No, you’re a little wimp, but I am going to make you into a mighty man of valor. Now the first thing you do is go down and cut down that idol that your father and his family are worshiping." So you know what this mighty man of valor did? He sneaked in at night when nobody was looking, and cut it down. But you see, he took a step in the right direction. And the Scripture says, "And the Spirit of God came down on Gideon." Then he stood up and blew the trumpet! Well, you cannot hide when you blow a trumpet. Something happened to this little wimp when the anointing of the Spirit of God came on him. He had a new power, he had a new boldness. And he went and defeated the whole Philistine camp with 300 men. Talk about change! The anointing of God will do that to a person. It will bring change. It will bring power. It will bring strength, and it will bring wisdom and boldness. DAVID How about David? David said, "By my God I can run through a troop; I can jump over a wall." David, the Psalmist who released the power of God through song; who could go against the giant Goliath with just a little sling and a stone, because he came against him with the anointing of God. The power of God was upon him. So we see some of the early prophets – Samuel, Elijah, Elisha, and the mighty miracles and signs and wonders that they performed when the Spirit of God came upon them. The anointing gives you supernatural divine abilities. It brings a change. EXTERNAL ANOINTING But what kind of anointing are we talking about? As we read in the Old Testament we see the same expression coming again and again. It says, "And the Spirit of God came upon Gideon..." "And the Spirit of God came upon Samson..." "And the Spirit of God came upon Saul …" "The Spirit of God came upon …" You see it again and again, that same expression, "The Spirit of God came upon..." Well, it is that same picture of the anointing oil. It is the same picture of this oil being poured on top of a person, on his head and running down and spreading throughout his whole body. It is an anointing that is external. It comes from without and comes upon the person. It comes upon their body and seeps into their soul and into their spirit and fills them and saturates them. It is like being caught in a rain storm and walking in a rain forest, or getting a thunder shower suddenly coming down upon you. It is going to drench you. It is going to make you wet. It is the external anointing. The anointing came upon the prophets and they prophesied. We read how Samuel said to Saul that the anointing would come upon him and he would prophesy.
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