Anointing isn’t gifted worship or preaching. It’s the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It’s God’s will that every believer should be filled with the Spirit. That’s one reason we’ve been saved (study Galatians 3:6-14). Why?
Power
Jesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses” (Acts 1:8). There is no greater witness than healing and deliverance. In Nepal, 90% come to Christ through healing.
The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (1 John 4:4), including the devil’s diseases.
The nature of the Spirit
The Spirit is God—Now the Lord is the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17). We cannot have just a little bit of him. He’s a person! We either have him, or we don’t. If we do, we have ALL of him, including ALL his fruits and gifts and power.
The Lord’s anointed
We’re called Christ-ians, not Jesus-ites. “Christ” means the anointed one. We’re anointed by the Spirit: He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts (2 Corinthians 1:21-22).
We are protected: “Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm” (Psalm 105:15).
We are channels
We’re not spiritual batteries needing regular recharging. Like electric wires, we’re spiritual conductors—we have no power in ourselves, but if we’re connected, the power flows.
We connect to the Spirit by faith. We connect to people by compassion. We lay hands, we speak words, we command. We do what Jesus did, and not what he didn’t. We have the same Spirit.
If the Spirit can do it, we can do it, if we step out in faith.