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Messiah
Anointed of God
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Isaiah 11:2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowlege
and of the fear of the Lord;
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3 And shall make him of quick understanding in
the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the
sight of his eyes, neither reprove ater the hearing of
this ears:
The Messiah is the anointed one. He
is anointed by God. He has understanding that is by God's
Spirit and not learned by man. He has the spirit of counsel,
might and knowledge in the fear of God. He does not judge by
what He sees and hears but by the Holy Spirit at His first
coming. By the Holy Spirit He was able to discern between
good and evil.
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Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall He
judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of
the earth: and He shall smite the earth with the rod of
His mouth , and with the breath of His lips shall He
slay the wicked.
The Spirit or anointing will cause
Him to be able to judge in righteousness or right living.
This is the only true way to judge with fairness and without
partiality. Wickedness will be destroyed and right living
will remain. Jesus had this anointing when He walked the
earth 2000 years ago and when He returns He will judge the
earth with this anointing.
The anointing of the Holy Spirit
is also something we can have now if we obey God and receive
Jesus Christ into our lives. This requires following the
Lord and seeking Him on a daily basis. This requires us to
be deeply committed to seek the mind of the Spirit and not
just do according to our own feelings, desires, what we see
and what we hear. Someone with the gifts and anointing of
the Holy Spirit can heal the sick, cast out devils and do
the works of Christ. This sometimes comes by prayer and
fasting and being totally dedicated to God and His service.
Jesus Christ was such a person and came with the sole
purpose of obeying God and bringing the gospel of salvation
to all of mankind. He then had to pay the penalty for the
sin of the world by His death on the cross. After rising
from the dead He got victory over death and is now able to
grant eternal life to as many as will receive it. He had to
overcome and make the way first. Now all who come to Him and
ask forgiveness for sins and salvation can also.
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Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good
tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and
the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
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2. To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of
vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Although Isaiah had the anointing
of God to preach also, this prophecy refers to the coming
Messiah who was to be anointed by the Holy Spirit to preach
good news to the meek, to bind up the brokenhearted, to
bring liberty to the captives and open the prison to them
that are bound.
At His first coming, Jesus preached the gospel and showed
that repentance and believing on Him as the savior would
bring eternal life. No man comes unto the Father but by Him.
When we are still in sin, we are the same as being in prison
and bound with chains. Sin's chains are heavy and hard to
bear. Sometimes I've heard testimonies of a those who came
to Christ for the first time. Some say that it felt like a
great weight is lifted and they feel so fresh and clean.
Others do not feel anything but take salvation by faith and
their lives are also changed. We are actually in bondage to
sin before coming to Jesus.
That is why we can't get victory over hate, greed,
selfishness, pride, vanity, lust and other sins of the flesh
before coming to Jesus. The whole earth will never stop
hating, conquering and killing until the whole world is free
from sin and living in righteousness. We can't get this by
ourselves or by doing good deeds although we should do good
deeds. We have to let Jesus Christ into our lives in order
to have true love, joy, peace and overcome sin that kills,
steals and destroys.
- Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows. Psalms 45:7
The Psalmist David also prophesied of the anointing of the
Messiah. A true prophet of God will love righteousness and
hate wickedness. This is how Jesus is and how a true
follower of Jesus is. If someone is confessing to have Jesus
living within them and being filled with His spirit and
still loves sin and follows wickedness, something is wrong.
A believer might sin once in a while but they will hate the
sin and want immediate victory over it. We cannot have
fellowship with Christ and love sin at the same time. The
two do not mix. A true child of God will love right living
and hate wickedness.
When we find ourselves full of
bitterness, hate and sin whether we are Christians or
non-Christians, what do we do?? REPENT. We cry out to God.
If we have never received Jesus Christ as savior, we cry out
and say something like,
"Lord I do not want to be lost. I do
not want to sin. Forgive my sin and come into my life."
If you are a Christian who knows all
these things but somehow has gotten away from the love, joy
and peace that comes from God's spirit and has allowed,
unforgiveness, hate, bitterness, envy, selfishness or some
other sin to enter you live and rob you of your joy in Jesus
Christ then the answer is to also REPENT.
"Lord I do not want to be lost. I do
not want to sin. Forgive my sin and come into my life."
If you are a Christian who knows all these things but
somehow has gotten away from the love, joy and peace that
comes from God's spirit and has allowed, unforgiveness,
hate, bitterness, envy, selfishness or some other sin to
enter you live and rob you of your joy in Jesus Christ then
the answer is to also REPENT.
"Lord, help me to overcome. Forgive me of my sin. I hate it.
Help me to love and forgive, overcome selfishness and be a
fruitful Christian and reflect your love to others instead
of prejudice, hate, backbiting and other things I've allowed
in my life."
We overcome by repenting, changing and constantly being in
the presence of the Lord by prayer, bible study and seeking
the fellowship of other believers in a good bible believing
church or assembly.
We then ask to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that we can
have the power to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with
others without fear.
Fulfillment of the anointing in the New Testament:
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Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized,
went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the
heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is
my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
We see here that Jesus was anointed
and filled with the Holy Spirit of God after He was baptized
in water by John the Baptist. A voice from heaven witnessed
that Jesus was indeed the Son of God in whom God was well
pleased.
The day will come when we will face
God ourselves. I hope Jesus will be able to say to me, "Well
done good and faithful servant, Enter into the joy of the
Lord."
What a blessing to be able to hear
that God is pleased with us. We don't have to settle for
anything less. We can one day hear him say that if we come
to Him now and receive He gift of salvation.
Messiah
Index
Messiah
Part 9
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Son of Abraham
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5The
Anointed One
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Messiah's Birth
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
The Forerunner
part 1
part 2
part 3
The Son of God
part 1
part 2
His Ministry
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Prophet & Priest
part 1
part 2
Suffering Messiah
part 1
part 2
part 3
part 4
Death & Resurrection
part 1
part 2
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