The Anointing Today

Scripture Text: Acts 1:8

INTRODUCTION

Revival & Anointing Go Together

DEFINITIONS: Websters

ANOINT', v.t. [L. ungo.] To pour oil upon; to smear or rub over with oil or unctuous substances; also to spread over, as oil. To consecrate by unction or the use of oil.

• Thou shalt anoint the altar and sanctify it - Exodus 29.

• He anointed the eyes of the blind man with clay - John 9.

The use of oil in consecration was of high antiquity. Kings, prophets, and priests were set apart or consecrated to their offices using oil.

REVI’VE, v.i. [L. revivisco; re and vivo, to live.] To return to life; to recover life. To recover new life or vigor; to be reanimated after depression. To comfort, to quicken, to refresh with joy or hope.

• Wilt thou not revive us again? Psalms 85.

Throughout the Bible, the anointing is found, bringing healing, help, hope, and restoration wherever it flows. The flow of the anointing can be seen throughout every significant revival in church history. Simply put, if there were no anointing, there would be no revival. The anointing is the burden removing, yoke destroying power of God.

I. Jesus Was Anointed

A. The Public Proclamation of the Anointing by Jesus.

1. After 40 days of fasting, prayer, and being tempted by satan, Jesus emerged from the wilderness and showed up in the synagogue on the Sabbath day.

a. Why the Wilderness? Because the wilderness takes you out of you!

B. Luke 4:18–19. He stood up as His custom was to read and selected a passage out of the book of Isaiah.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.”

C. Jesus was anointed for ministry, during ministry, and at the end of His earthly ministry.

1. For Ministry in the Wilderness

2. During Ministry by Mary Magdalene

3. After His Earthly Ministry for Burial

II. The Anointing and Old Testament Typology

A. The Priest’s anointing in the Old Testament is a “type” of the Spirit’s enduement for Divine service in the New Testament.

1. The anointing makes the difference! 1 John 2:20 – But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

2. Acts 1:8 says, “But she shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you…” (emphasis mine). This “after blessing” is the anointing for life and service.

B. Uses for the Anointing

1. The anointing as an act of hospitality is a type of anointing for servanthood and servant leadership today.

a. The goal of the anointing to serve should be to refresh and invigorate the body of Christ as they prepare to enter the presence of the King of kings and the Lord of lords through praise and worship.

2. The anointing used to prepare for war is a type of anointing for spiritual warfare.

a. With this anointing, we tear down strongholds, bind and loose, preach the gospel to the poor, recover sight to the blind, set at liberty those that are bruised, and preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

b. Satan is deathly afraid of a Spirit-filled Church who knows their place in God’s Kingdom and is prepared to take back what he has stolen from previous generations.

3. The anointing oil was used for medicinal purposes and to dress wounds.

a. This oil is a type of anointing oil that they would use for healing the sick.

James 5:14 – Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

C. The Application, a.k.a. “The Anointing.”

1. The Old Testament anointing oil ingredients made it very thick and very aromatic. The spices mentioned in Exodus 30 created a very fragrant experience.

a. In typology, this signifies that the anointing that we receive from the Holy Spirit should be so strong that it fills up an entire room and leaves no individual untouched.

2. The smearing application was a type of pressing the oil in.

III. The Anointing is Tangible

Tangible - TAN’GIBLE, a. [from L. tango, to touch.] Perceptible by the touch; tactile. That may be possessed or realized – Webster’s. Another way to say this is “the effects of the anointing are visible!”

A. In I Kings 8:1-11, we see the manifestation of God’s presence in the form of a cloud.

And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.