Hurry, the
sale ends Saturday: Three tubs of anointing only $20.00; guaranteed non greasy.
If you take the time to goggle “The Anointing” under brand name TV ministries
you can find “Deals” for special
spiritual impartations, double or even triple portions, transfers of personal
anointing, and even Elijah’s mantle is up for grabs. Books providing “The Three
Keys” or “The Four Steps” to acquiring
“Fresh Oil”, ‘Unlimited Anointing”, ‘Overflowing Anointing”, “The Anointing
Without Measure”, etc., abound and an endless assortment of cloths, trinkets,
oil packets, mantles, etc, including such creative items as a plastic replica
widow’s mite, a miracle popsicle stick, and a little sack of corn, have been
”anointed” and are being sold to God’s gullibles as a “point of contact” to
supposedly augment the transfer of The Anointing. Popular teachings on The
Anointing include the concept of “layers of anointing”, sort of the layered
look in the spiritual realm, “spiritual covering”, the necessity of submitting
to an anointed leader in order for one to become anointed, The Anointing as a
physical substance, and teachings on how The Anointing can restore
relationships, bring prosperity, heal diseases, and save lost love ones, to
mention only a few. In the fast paced world of televangelism The Anointing has
become a hot commodity.
There are six
different Greek words translated anoint (ed) (ing), used a total of 19 times in
the New Testament. Five of these words, either in meaning or textual
applications, have nothing to do with this concept we call The Anointing. This
leaves only the noun Chrisma, which means “an unguent (ointment) or an
anointing”. The specially prepared
anointing oil used in the Old Testament was called “Mishah godes” in Hebrew and
“Chrisma hagion” in the Greek Septuagint, both meaning “anointing holy” oil
(Ex. 29:7, 30:25). The word refers to
that with which the anointing is performed, the substance used, and not
the act of anointing. Chrisma is used
three times in 1 Jn. 2:20, 27, which, contextually, paints a very specific
descriptive picture of what The Anointing is: So what is it that saints receive
from Jesus, that dwells continuously in saints after reception, that is a
person, that has the nature and character of Jesus, that knows and imparts
absolute divine truth, that imparts intuitive knowledge and teaches the saints
all (spiritual) things? It is clear
that the use of “Chrisma” in these passages is not referring to an anointing
oil or substance, or metonymically to a “feeling or sensation” or “spiritual
anointing”. The Anointing, as used in 1
John 2:20, 27 is none other than the indwelling person of the Holy Spirit, the
very Spirit of the living God, indwelling His children, it’s just another name,
a synonym, for the Holy Spirit. Some may think it is insignificant if we refer
to the works of the Holy Spirit as “The Anointing”, but the difference is very
significant when one deprives the Holy Spirit of recognition, implies man can control
and impart His “dumanis” power, and barters His works as common market place
wares. We should be hearing the ice cracking for we are surely on “Thin Ice”
when we treat God’s Spirit as a commodity, insulting the Spirit of grace. It is
very significant... not to mention dangerous, to focus on anything besides the
Holy Spirit as the operational power behind all that God does on planet earth.
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