His Ministry Anointing
"When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matt. 3:16-17)
At around the age of 30 years old, Jesus and His forerunner John the Baptist, are introduced to us as beginning their public ministries, which happens to be the age that priests would begin their ministry. They both lived faithful lives of devotion to God but it was said that "Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 1:52).
Everything Jesus did was to fulfill the Law and to fulfill all righteousness from His anointing to His ascension, or when He was baptized until He was taken up into heaven. Jesus always did what He taught and He taught what He did.
He was the Word of truth that was made flesh and He gives us the Spirit of life that makes us fresh, so that we can be His witnesses wherever He calls us to be.
Have you had an anointing or empowering that prepared you to begin your ministry?
If we want to follow Jesus, we must start with a posture of RECEIVING FREELY before we are ACHIEVING for His glory.
If you are a believer and follower of Christ, then you already have the indwelling Spirit but the Spirit desires to take full control of our lives and to give us the same anointing and power that Jesus received when carried out His Father's Will.
Jesus modeled this in His own ministry and He left the disciples telling them, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
Even when Jesus was only 12 years of age, He was confounding people with His questions and answers and knew that He "must be about His Father's business" (Luke 2:49). This is precisely what the anointing is always for - to do the Father's will in the fulness of the Spirit's power...for without Him we can do nothing.
John the Baptist, on the other hand, prepared the way and to declared the way.
He showed us the importance of dealing with our hearts first. He called people to repent saying "the kingdom of heaven was at hand". We must purify ourselves by confessing our sins, which means to say the same word that God says about our sin. This should be followed by repenting of our sin toward God. This means to change our minds and ultimately to change our purpose toward pleasing God.
Do you need a change of thinking or a change of purpose today? This begins by deciding what voice you will choose to listen to.
Deuteronomy 30:19 states, "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live."
Jesus' inauguration or ministry anointing was established with two witnesses or two united voices: First, a voice on earth of one crying out (by John) and a voice from heaven approving of the Son (by His Father).
When Jesus went into the water, He showed us that it is only in Christ that we can be fully pleasing to the Father. Let us refuse our selfish will and choose Christ every day!
Far too often, people are being overcome by SIN, rather than overflowing with the SON. The children of Israel wandered in the wilderness because they were not believing or obeying, but when they crossed over the Jordan River, the promised land flowing with milk and honey became available to them.
Do you want your promised life of blessing? Then you must come over your Jordan and immerse yourself in the full baptism of Christ, starting with Faith and Repentance toward God and being filled and anointed with His Spirit and power.
Thus, we need to first COME OVER to Jesus, and then we will discover that we can OVERCOME all things in His anointing.
"But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things...
"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him" (1 John 2:20,27)
1 Thes. 1:5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
At around the age of 30 years old, Jesus and His forerunner John the Baptist, are introduced to us as beginning their public ministries, which happens to be the age that priests would begin their ministry. They both lived faithful lives of devotion to God but it was said that "Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men" (Luke 1:52).
Everything Jesus did was to fulfill the Law and to fulfill all righteousness from His anointing to His ascension, or when He was baptized until He was taken up into heaven. Jesus always did what He taught and He taught what He did.
He was the Word of truth that was made flesh and He gives us the Spirit of life that makes us fresh, so that we can be His witnesses wherever He calls us to be.
Have you had an anointing or empowering that prepared you to begin your ministry?
If we want to follow Jesus, we must start with a posture of RECEIVING FREELY before we are ACHIEVING for His glory.
If you are a believer and follower of Christ, then you already have the indwelling Spirit but the Spirit desires to take full control of our lives and to give us the same anointing and power that Jesus received when carried out His Father's Will.
Jesus modeled this in His own ministry and He left the disciples telling them, "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
Even when Jesus was only 12 years of age, He was confounding people with His questions and answers and knew that He "must be about His Father's business" (Luke 2:49). This is precisely what the anointing is always for - to do the Father's will in the fulness of the Spirit's power...for without Him we can do nothing.
John the Baptist, on the other hand, prepared the way and to declared the way.
He showed us the importance of dealing with our hearts first. He called people to repent saying "the kingdom of heaven was at hand". We must purify ourselves by confessing our sins, which means to say the same word that God says about our sin. This should be followed by repenting of our sin toward God. This means to change our minds and ultimately to change our purpose toward pleasing God.
Do you need a change of thinking or a change of purpose today? This begins by deciding what voice you will choose to listen to.
Deuteronomy 30:19 states, "I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live."
Jesus' inauguration or ministry anointing was established with two witnesses or two united voices: First, a voice on earth of one crying out (by John) and a voice from heaven approving of the Son (by His Father).
When Jesus went into the water, He showed us that it is only in Christ that we can be fully pleasing to the Father. Let us refuse our selfish will and choose Christ every day!
Far too often, people are being overcome by SIN, rather than overflowing with the SON. The children of Israel wandered in the wilderness because they were not believing or obeying, but when they crossed over the Jordan River, the promised land flowing with milk and honey became available to them.
Do you want your promised life of blessing? Then you must come over your Jordan and immerse yourself in the full baptism of Christ, starting with Faith and Repentance toward God and being filled and anointed with His Spirit and power.
Thus, we need to first COME OVER to Jesus, and then we will discover that we can OVERCOME all things in His anointing.
"But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things...
"But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him" (1 John 2:20,27)
1 Thes. 1:5 For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.
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