Ministers and believers alike are citizens of the kingdom of heaven; called, ordained and empowered to enforce the kingdom of God upon planet earth such that this earth realm can become the kingdom of our God.
The anointing is simply divine enablement or empowerment that invokes the supernatural upon the natural through the power of the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is but the beginning of infilling, outpouring and the empowerment that God gives which culminates in the anointing as exemplified in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ [Luke 4:1, 4:14 & 4:18].
The anointing is the power of the Holy Spirit upon the life of a believer which bestows grace to stand or function in a particular office. It is called divine authorization to do far above our natural ability.
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, in the life and ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ” – Luke 4:18 KJV
In Christ dwells the fullness of the Godhead and from His fullness we have all received the very nature of the Godhead and grace upon grace. The above scripture is not only true for the Lord Jesus Christ but for as many as are called and ordained of God, whether clergy or laity. First, we have the ministry of reconciliation; to reconcile man back to God. Second, we have the ministry of healing; to heal the broken hearted and those sick in their physical bodies. And then, we have the ministry of deliverance; to deliver those held bound, oppressed, harassed and repressed by the devil [ Isaiah 61:1-3]
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