“... and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” .. BOOK of ISAIAH 10:27 ✧❖⌘❖✧ The anointing the Bible is talking about here is the manifest power of the Holy Spirit .✧❖⌘❖✧. We can learn an important principle regarding how the anointing works by following the ministry of Christ Jesus. In Mark 5, we see an illustration of the healing anointing in demonstration in the case of the woman with the issue of blood. Mark 5:25-34 ... "And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment (The TzitTzit of His prayer shawl) .. For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole ... And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned Him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? . . . And His disciples said unto Him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? ♔✰༒✰♕ And He looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth. And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague." There are two pivotal words in the account of the healing of the woman with the issue of blood. Those words are “virtue” and “faith.” The Greek word “virtue” is translated "dunamis", dynamite or miraculous power. Jesus knowing immediately that virtue or power had gone out of Him, looked around and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” Then Jesus turned around and saw who had touched Him, and said to the woman, ... Daughter, THY FAITH hath made thee whole! .. Mark 5:34. Some people say, “I thought that the power that flowed out of Jesus - the healing anointing - made that woman whole! But Jesus said, “Daughter, your faith has made you whole.” Why did Jesus say that? A professor at a well known University said, “In discussing Bible truths, very often it is like climbing a mountain. You climb up one side and you see one view. You climb up the other side of the mountain and you see another view, but it is the same mountain. Which view is right? It depends upon which side of the mountain you’re looking at.” Bible truth is that way too. From one view point, it was healing virtue coming from Jesus that effected the healing in the woman’s body. On the other hand, it was her faith that received her healing because it was only when her faith activated the healing anointing that it broke the yoke of bondage - the sickness in her body. When Jesus asked, “Who touched my clothes?” the disciples said to Jesus, “...thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou who touched me?” (Mark 5:31). In other words, they were saying, “How can you ask who touched you when so many people touched you?” You know yourself if you were in a crowd of people when everyone was pressing in upon you, you would get touched on every side. But the power of God isn’t activated by just the incidental touch. I’m sure there were many who reached through the crowd and touched Jesus out of curiosity to see if anything would happen, and nothing did. The power of God also isn’t activated by curious touch. No, Jesus said, “Daughter, THY FAITH hath made thee whole...” (Mark 5:34). It’s the touch of faith that releases the power of God to flow!! We know Jesus was anointed with power, because Acts 10:38 says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power. . .” Then we also read where Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me . . Luke 4:18 .. In that same passage, Jesus said, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears” ... Luke 4:21 ... In other words, Jesus was saying, “I AM ANOINTED!” *༒༺*♔*༻༒* So we know Jesus was anointed or empowered by the Holy Spirit, yet most of the time He didn’t heal people by the anointing alone. For the most part, the other person’s faith was also involved!! As you read the four Gospels carefully, not one time will you find where Jesus ever said to anyone, “According to My faith be it done unto you.” Not one single time did Jesus say to anyone, “According to the apostles’ faith be it done unto you.” But as we saw in this account of the woman with the issue of blood, again and again Jesus said, “According to your faith be it done unto you” ... Matthew 8:13; 9:29; 15:28; Mark 10:52. We need to realize that God is present everywhere. Because He is present everywhere, so is His power. His power may not be in manifestation, but it is there ... CONTINUED ☞
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 01:03:30 +0000
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