The Anointing

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Originally Posted by KSA

I do not think it is true to the Word :

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has ANOINTED Me to preach the gospel to the poor..." (Luke 4:18).

So the Lord's ministry on the earth was under anointing. Moreover, even His name Christ means the anointed one!

In the Bible anointing often refers to the authority and power to fulfill the ministry.

CMW, excellent job! I like what you wrote on the anointing. I do not have much to add!

Why Thank YOU KSA ! I am 'curtsing to you...a lady like bow with a humbled heart. I would also like to add that it was GOD the HOLY SPIRIT who anointed JESUS, not GOD the Father. God the FATHER was well pleased with HIS Son Jesus. But it is the HOLY SPIRIT who anointed JESUS to begin His MINISTRY. It is the HOLY SPIRIT who is the Anointing. Christ IS the Anointed ONE anointed by the HOLY SPIRIT!!!
When the Anointing fell on HIM, the POWER of the Holy Spirit, the HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF carried the LORD to the top of a mountain for JESUS to fast and pray for 40 days & nights. Interestingly enough, now that JESUS was empowered and gave Himself to fast and pray before beginning to preach and teach and HEAL using the GOSPEL, Satan tempted him. But JESUS kept answering him with the WORD of GOD for the Word of GOD was WRITTEN & set in STONE. Jesus was tempted but never gave in to the liar who quoted the Word.

Satan 'knows' the Word of God...can quote it but he has no REVELATION of the Word. That REVELATION is reserved for the Born Again BELIEVERS only! By Faith we believe...hearing the Word of God. By FAITH we become born again surrendering our lives to Jesus making Him LORD & KING of our lives and then WHAMMO! THE WORD BECOMES ALIVE in us and the LORD GIVES US WISDOM and REVELATION in HIS KNOWLEDGE! He enlightens our understanding so when we tell people about this LIVING JESUS, they can 'see' HE indeed IS ALIVE, living and operating in US for the WORD of GOD is LIVING and operating in our spirit.
Watch how the AMPLIFIED translates Hebrews 4:12!!!

For the Word that God speaks

is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective];

it is sharper than any two-edged sword,

penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and

[the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature],

exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Cool huh ?