A RECIPE FOR THE ANOINTING --- EXODUS 30: 22-25
1. THE FIRST INGREDIENT – V. 23 - PURE MYRRH
MYRRH SPEAKS OF DEATH – SOMETHING MUST DIE IN ORDER FOR THE ANOINTING TO BE POURED OUT – THE OIL WAS POURED FROM THE HORN OF A DEAD ANIMAL – JESUS HAD TO DIE BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT COULD COME AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE ANNOINTED THERE MUST BE A DEATH.
GALATIANS 2:20 – I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST -- I COR. 15:31 – I DIE DAILY!
OUR BIGGEST ENEMY IS “I” --- “I” HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. (NOTE ISA. 14: 12-15) “I” HAS BEEN THE PROBLEM SINCE THE FALL OF MAN! --- BUT PAUL SOUNDS THE VICTORY NOTE WHEN HE SAID.... “I” AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST!
WHY DID PAUL SAY, “I” AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST? WHY DIDN’T HE JUST SAY I AM DEAD WITH CHRIST? --- BECAUSE A DEATH OF CRUCIFIXION CAN ONLY BE ADMINISTERED BY SOME ONE ELSE.... YOU CANNOT CRUCIFY YOURSELF.... YOU CAN KILL YOURSELF MANY WAYS BUT YOU CANNOT CRUCIFY YOURSELF.... SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT FOR YOU.
LUKE 9:23 - IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME.
JESUS DID NOT SAY MY CROSS, BUT HIS CROSS, A PERSONAL CROSS
LUKE 14:27 - AND WHOSOEVER DOES NOT BEAR HIS CROSS, AND COME AFTER ME, CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.
TAKING UP THE CROSS ALWAYS MEANS... DEATH TO SELF!
WE HAVE THE TENDENCY TO BRAG ON OUR SELF.... HOW WE OVERCAME A SINFUL LIFE, HOW WE OVERCAME BOOZE, CURSING, ANGER, MALICE, JEALOUSY...ETC... BUT WHAT ABOUT SELF? WE HAD BETTER BE CAREFUL OF SELF AND GIVE JESUS ALL THE HONOR AND GLORY! --- S I N --- S O N!
SELF ENERGY - ZECHARIAH 4:6 - NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS.
REMEMBER WHEN WE START SAYING “I” DID THIS AND “I” DID THAT.. I WILL NEVER DO THIS OR THAT ... REMEMBER JOHN 15:5 - JESUS SAID, WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING. --- WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE... SELF IS ON THE THRONE..... CRUCIFY SELF AND PUT CHRIST ON THE THRONE. --- GOD WILL NOT BLESS US UNTIL WE SAY NOT MY WILL BUT THY WILL BE DONE.
(EXAMPLE - DADS SICKNESS… LIB – I HAD TO SAY YOUR WILL BE DONE)
SELF COMPLACENCY - WHEN WE GET SATISFIED WITH WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND STOP WORKING. “I” IS IN THE WAY! --- OUR WORK FOR JESUS IS NEVER DON UNTIL WE REST WITH HIM IN HEAVEN! --- I SAMUEL 16:11 - LET US NOT SIT DOWN UNTIL THE KING COMES! (WORK, WORK, WORK) “I” DOES NOT WANT TO WORK. “I” DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO CHURCH. “I” DOES NOT WANT TO PRAY OR READ THE BIBLE OR GO SOUL WINNING...
BUT I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST! (NO EYES, EARS, OR LEGS, THEY ARE NOT MINE, THEY BELONG TO JESUS)
SELF-GLORY - I COR. 10:13 - WHETHER THEREFORE YE EAT OR DRINK, OR WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!
MANY TIMES WE DO THINGS FOR A PAT ON THE BACK... TO BE PRAISE OR RECOGNIZED!
I PETER 1: 24 – THE GLORY OF MAN WILL ONE DAY PASS AWAY LIKE THE FLOWERS AND THE GRASS.
II COR. 4:5 - WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS!
WHEN WE PREACH, PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SAY MY WHAT A MESSAGE; BUT MY WHAT A SAVIOUR!
THE LORD DID NOT SAY.... LET HIM DENY HIS SINS, NOR CERTAIN EXTERIOR THINGS, BUT WENT DEEPER THAN ACTIONS INTO THE VERY CENTRE OF MAN AND SAID.... LET A MAN DENY HIMSELF!
ALL OF ME – NONE OF GOD --- LESS OF ME – MORE OF GOD --- NONE OF ME – ALL OF GOD!
LET US DECLARE A NEW AND A FRESH TO RECEIVE THIS FRESH ANOINTING “I” AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST.”
2. THE SECOND INGREDIENT – V.23 - SWEET CINNAMON
SWEETNESS - IF YOU WANT GOD’S ANOINTING THERE MUST BE SWEETNESS IN YOUR LIFE.
DON’T LET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE STEAL YOUR SWEETNESS.
DON’T LET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE MAKE YOU BITTER – LET THEM MAKE YOU BETTER! STAY SWEET!
DON’T ALLOW PROBLEMS TO HARDEN YOUR HEART. REMEMBER CLAY IS NO GOOD ONCE IT HARDENS – STAY SOFT AND USEABLE IN GOD’S HAND!
DEAL WITH OTHERS WITH GRACE! REMEMBER HOW YOU JUDGE OTHERS YOU WILL BE JUDGED! FORGIVE AND YOU SHALL BE FORGIVEN. LOVE PEOPLE – LOVE YOUR ENEMIES – LOVE THOSE AND BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU AND SAY ALL MANNER OF EVIL AGAINST YOU.
3. THE THIRD INGREDIENT WAS – V. 23 - CALAMUS
A SWEET SMELLING PLANT…. IN ORDER FOR IT TO GIVE OFF ITS BEST SMELL,
IT HAD TO BE BEAT OR CRUSHED…THE MORE YOU DID THE BETTER IT SMELLED.
DON’T DESPISE THOSE BEATING AND CRUSHING’S. GOD ALLOWS CERTAIN THINGS IN YOUR LIFE TO MAKE YOU STRONGER, TO MAKE YOU BETTER! SOMETIMES WE THINK IT’S THE DEVIL’S WORK, BUT IT IS THE LORD BRINGING US TO A PLACE OF ANOINTING SO WE CAN BE USED BY HIM.
GOD’S ANOINTING INCREASES IN YOUR LIFE EVERY TIME YOU GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.
THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS DEVELOPS CHARACTER. HAS ANYBODY HERE BEEN THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS?
SOME ARE HARDER THAN OTHERS AREN’T THEY. BUT THEY ARE WORKING IN YOU CHARACTER AS LONG AS YOU RESPOND TO THEM AS GOD WANTS YOU TO. GOD IS MORE INTERESTED IN ANOINTING CHARACTER THAN GREAT ABILITIES.
4. THE FOURTH INGREDIENT WAS – V. 24 - CASSIA
THIS SPICE GROWS ONLY AT HIGH ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET.
IF YOU DESIRE GOD’S ANOINTING -- YOUVE GOT TO GO UP HIGHER WITH GOD YOU HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL!
YOU CAN NEVER ALLOW YOUR LIFE TO BECOME STAGNANT! YOU HAVE TO STAY ON THE MOVE. (WATER BECOMES STAGNANT WHEN IT STOPS MOVING)
YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE I AM GOING HIGHER EACH DAY WITH GOD.
I AM GOING TO FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND REACH HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE WITH GOD!
WHY SHOULD WE REMEMBER WHAT GOD FORGETS?
WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR PAST BATTLES AND OUR ENEMIES OF THE PAST
TO BRING US DOWN – WE MUST RISE ABOVE THEM.
LIKE THE WIND TO THE KITE – THE WIND PUSHES THE KITE HIGHER.
HERE ARE SOME THINGS WE MUST DO FOR THE ANOINTING:
PRAYER -- JESUS SAID WHEN YOU PRAY – WE MUST HAVE A WHEN… WHEN DO YOU PRAY --- WITHOUT PRAYER NO ANNOINTING!
JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE OF PRAYER. HE PRAYED IN THE MORNING, AT NOON, HE PRAYED IN THE EVENING; AT NIGHT AND EVEN ALL NIGHT!
MUCH PRAYER - MUCH POWER – LITTLE PRAYER – LITTLE POWER – NO PRAYER – NO POWER!
STUDY THE WORD – II TIM. 2:15
SHARE YOUR FAITH - MT. 28
5. ALL THE INGREDIENTS WERE MIXED WITH OLIVE OIL
THE OIL SYMBOLIZES THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
THE OIL MIXED WITH OUR CHARACTER BY DYING TO SELF, FULL OF SWEETNESS AND GRACE, BEEN MADE BETTER BY THE CRUSHINGS OF LIFE AND GOING HIGHER WITH GOD IN PRAYER, AND BIBLE STUDY, AND SHARING YOUR FAITH WILL PRODUCE THE ANOINTING.
