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In response to your points above I would also have to conclude that your teaching on “the anointing” is extra-Biblical.

Hello TLG...good to see you again.
I wasn't sure if you were returning so I hadn't posted yet. Whether you were going to or not..I was going to post some pointers this week nevertheless.
The Priestly anointing is Biblical...but just like those who argue, the 'Triune God' is not mentioned in the Bible...You have to search deeply. It's not 'point blank.' (I'll speak of this in a separate post)

The Bible does not refer to the power by which Christ operated in His earthly ministry as “the anointing.”

It DOES to! When John the Baptist baptized Jesus, the Holy Spirit fell upon Him and thus anointed Him with POWER to begin His Ministry. (The Bible does not speak much about His childhood or teenage years or His life while in His 20s but I'm sure Jesus was Anointed then too. Or do you suppose Jesus 'disappeard' between the age of 13 and 30 since what He did or how He lived was not mentioned? Maybe Jesus wasn't around since it's NOT MENTIONED in the BIBLE what HE did between 13 and 30. Ya think?
(Just messing with you TLG)

The Bible does not refer to the power the apostles received on the day of Pentecost as “the anointing.”

WHAT !! Ya gotta be kidding me! Have you not read Acts 1:8?
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

The Amplified states it like this:
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

The Anointing of the HOLY Spirit (the Presence of God) is first on us. Then comes the Power of the Anointing UPON us..and the reason for this is so we will be fully equipped to be witnesses for the GOSPEL!

The Holy Spirit first came on them, entered them and then they received the Power of the Anointing of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in their speaking, their boldness, their ability to heal the sick...all for the sake of the Gospel...so they would be effective witnesses of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Other than this..what you wrote concerning the OT is correct.

One does not have to pray for a special anointing by God because every believer has already been anointed by God to carry out His divine purpose on the earth.

TLG, Do you not EVER PRAY that the LORD will go before you..to anoint you, to saturate you with His Presence when you know you are going to share the gospel to someone or minister to someone?

Don't you think the 'brothers' PRAY for the Lord's SPEAKING before they give a message? Why do you think we used to pray before the messages were given before the elders walked in to start the meetings?

They/WE WOULD PRAY FOR THE LORD'S ANOINTING, that is HIS PRESENCE to be in our midst!!
IF we're already anointed from the get-go why even PRAY for the Lord to be in our midst?

As you pointed out, when we are sanctified and set apart unto the Lord...living and walking in His Ways..Fellowshipping with HIM, being transformed by His Presence which comes through the Word of God and a Prayerful life as instructed to us in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, to PRAY without ceasing PRAY, the anointing, that is the Presence of the HOLY SPIRIT will be operating in us.

I 'feel' like saying to you 'GET OUT OF YOUR MIND...get YOUR S/sPIRIT in gear!'
(Don't know if you were in the LC back in the 70s but that was what we used to hear. There was even a song with those words we used to sing.)
And you know, it is really is a correct teaching..that we walk in our spirit...We just didn't know HOW to. We were programmed to behave, talk, walk, look a certain way. That to many of us was 'being in spirit'. Some of us tapped into walking in the spirit but many, many did not. Most I believe, followed a formula..Brother Lee's formula..and that's where they got in trouble. They looked to HIM as the Oracle of God...instead of the Holy Spirit leading them. (see the topic of Group think)

As you pointed out, however, some of us are lukewarm.

And these poor folks will never get to know the POWER of the Anointing in their lives because they don't know the Ways of the Lord. They are beating the air with their prayers and their prayers are never reaching the Throne Room.
They don't spend time in His Presence...where there is fullness of Joy...and that does NOT mean..lots of noise and jumping up and down. Quite the opposite in fact.

In my experience, and from what I have learned of the charismatic movement (Which includes much of Pentecostalism and the “Word-Faith” movements),

FORGETwhat you THINK Pentecostalism or Word-Faith 'teaches'...do YOU walk in the ANOINTING? Do YOU know what that really means...Have YOU experienced the MIGHTY PRESENCE of GOD. (and by mighty..I don't mean 'superhuman strength.)

Tell me about experiences you've had under the Anointing. And I'll tell you mine. :-) I'll give YOU specific instances that I had of the Anointing on me when I was in SAN DIEGO in the CHURCH there!
YOU FIRST though.
OK?