"But you have an anointing from the Holy One and you know all things."
1 John 2:20 NKJV
Anointing means that we are set apart, spiritually gifted and prepared by the Holy Spirit. What an honour! We know the truth because the Holy Spirit teaches us and illuminates our minds, guarding us from error.
One of the main heresies the first century church faced was false teaching. In other words, Gnotiscism. Followers of this teaching claimed to have secret knowledge of the truth that led to salvation. John here, was opposing this teaching by asserting that all believers of Jesus, knew the truth. There is no secret about Jesus at all and He, and His followers do not have to act in such a way. In contrast to false teachers, Christians possess an understanding of spiritual realities through the illuminating ministry of the Holy Spirit.
The word anointing here, means that you have Jesus' anointing, if you belong to Him. Psalm 92:10 says, 'But my horn, You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.' The horn is a symbol of strength. It is also gives a position of prominence, security, social standing and stately grace and favour. This is you; this is your anointing and the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth. He will tell you things to come. John 16:13.
So do you agree, that it time that we begin to act like this - to take on this wonderful and awesome anointing. We are ambassadors for Jesus, His representatives. Wherever we are, we are there to show Jesus to the world. Rather like a company representative shows other companies that what he is offering, they need and can't do without. In the same way, this is what the anointed, set apart, ambassador and representative of Jesus Christ should do wherever he or she walks. People need Jesus, they really cannot exist eternally without Him. We hold the truth, if the people we meet don't know the truth, then they are existing on fake news, on a lie and if we or other people don't tell them, they will find this out one day, but it may be too late.
Is there any other reason why Jesus should give us this anointing other than being His representative? No, none at all. He has anointed us so that we can go out and present Him to all in need. So, therefore, again I ask, don't you agree that it is time to take up our cross and do the work for Jesus? Let us never waste this anointing that He has given us. It is not given so that we can just sit in church and give prophecies or preach and worship. It is given us to do a job, and we know what it is now.
Copyriight 2020 Grahame Howard
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