THE ANOINTING COMES WITH POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (4)

Post date: Nov 29, 2018 4:44:28 AM

Acts 1:8 “But you will receive power and ability when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses to tell people about Me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.” That was a promise to the eleven disciples of Jesus Christ and it was fulfilled and the disciples were able to successfully witness Christ despite intimidations and resistance from all angles. When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, be sure he will come with the power for extraordinary things beyond your usual and normal strength, knowledge, ability, and power. The power of the Holy Spirit is not the power from man, He is the power from God to and on you for God’s glory to lifted high despite the oppositions, intimidations and frustrations and humiliations from the people and from the devil. When the Holy Spirit comes on and upon you with power, expect God to fulfill His words, to fulfill you, and to fulfill His purpose in your and for your life despite your previous years of shame or disappointments, or humiliation.

Luke 24:49 “Listen carefully: I am sending the Promise of My Father the Holy Spirit upon you; but you are to remain in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed, fully equipped with power from on high.” Did you know that one of the promises of God to you as a Christ follower is the power of the Holy Spirit? Christ Jesus did not just tell His disciples to go and preach His gospel to the world; He told them to please wait until they have received the Holy Spirit with power. He was quite sure of what He was telling them; He said despite the excitement of being disciple by Him for three years, despite the excitement of the knowledge they have concerning the things and kingdom of God, and knowing Him and accepting Him as their Lord and Savior, they should wait until they receive the Holy Spirit with power. Learning and knowledge are good but it will require the power of the Holy Spirit to fulfill the plans of God for your life. Christ was true to them of what it will take to be like Him and to do His will on earth. If it was so then, it is also the same now to every believer and follower of Jesus Christ. It is good to follow and obey the words of our Lord Jesus Christ about the power of the Holy Spirit and anointing power upon our lives as His disciples, His followers and His instruments of praise and honor today.

Again in John 14:15-17 Jesus Christ speaking about the promise of the Holy Spirit and power to His disciples said something interesting about obeying His Commandments and one of them was to wait until they receive the Holy Spirit with power before going out as He had commanded them to do earlier. “If you really love Me, you will keep and obey My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor, Counselor, Strengthener, Standby, to be with you forever; the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive and take to its heart because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He the Holy Spirit remains with you continually and will be in you.” The result of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit is always very profound and with very clear evidence and you need them now and will need them always. Here He is called the helper; I want you to know that everyone, even the rich as well as the poor, the sick as well as the healthy, those with good job as well as the jobless, the married as well as the unmarried, those with homes as well as the homeless, the old as well as the young, those with education as well as those without education, those in school as well as those out of school, those who are secured and those unsecured, the very powerful and the very weak, irrespective of location, nationality, gender and profession needs help to stand upright; and Jesus said to you, the Holy Spirit is our helper. The power of the Holy Spirit and the power of the anointing is what changes ordinary men into great and willing and able men in the hands of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and before men on earth, the power of the Holy Spirit of God cannot be mistaken and will never remain dormant and will not be irrelevant till the day of Christ return for His people. For prayers Click here