We are anointed, but the truth remains that the anointing you do not honour cannot bless you.
“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias.
And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son? And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.” (Luke 4:16-27 KJV)
I began by teaching you in this Easter Season about the problems that God sent and anointed Jesus Christ to come and solve. This is the same commission on the church. We are the body of Christ on earth, sent and anointed to deal with the problem of sin and death, poverty and lack, blindness and ignorance, captivity to darkness and the flesh, brokenness and depression, bruises and infirmity, and bad seasons and evil days. We are anointed to solve these seven-fold problems.
Our Lord Jesus Christ announced this in the synagogue as He stood up to read. He declared it boldly and we have the same mandate and power. We are called and graced with the same grace to solve problems.
The Lord has anointed His church to solve problems and to break the hold and dominion of sin, death, poverty, blindness, darkness, infirmity, evil days, and depression. We are anointed, but the truth remains that the anointing you do not honour cannot bless you.
The Lord was quick to tell the Jews that inasmuch as there were many lepers in the days of the prophet Elisha, none was healed except Naaman the Syrian, there were many widows in Israel but none was helped except the widow in Sarepta. Until you learn to honour the anointing, it cannot bless you. That is why the devil will try everything possible to discredit the anointing.
I exhort you to honour the anointing and the anointed. You must learn from Naaman and the widow of Sarepta. They both obeyed and sowed their seed into the ministry of the anointed. We cannot do any less. You must be willing to obey the word as we declare the whole counsel of God. May the Lord help us to honour the anointing and the anointed!
I speak as the oracle of God; when you learn to honour the man of God, his anointing will deliver the miracle and results. The Bible tells us in Acts 8, how the whole city of Samaria was filled with miracles and signs because with one accord they gave heed to the preaching and message of Philip.
The anointing you don’t honour cannot bless you. It is the anointing you honour that will bless your life. The widow of sarepta and Naaman were blessed because they honoured the anointing and the anointed.
Our Lord Jesus Christ told the people of Nazareth that; unless they learn to honour the anointing, they will die of poverty, blindness, captivity, bruises, broken heartedness and from evil days. The anointing blesses those who honour the anointed. Ghana! Honour the anointed!
There may be many charlatans and swindlers going round as prophets, but there are also real and genuine servants of God. Don’t fall into the trap of hasty generalization. You must be smart enough to know the grain from the chaff. I believe that you can begin to honour the servants of God sent to you and be blessed by their anointing. I hope you will listen!
Stay blessed; I love you!
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You are an effective teacher of the Word of God. I have been challenged by the lesson on HONOURING THE ANNOINTED.
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