The Lord S Anointed

At the heart of the earliest Christian self-understanding, explicit or implicit in much Christian use of the Old Testament, and crucial for Christian theology and interpretation, the concept of 'messiah' in the Old Testament has, however, been eclipsed by the pursuit of other goals in the Old Testament studies. Few recent sustained treatments have appeared from any school of thought. The Lord's Anointed aims to redress the balance. It also recognizes that the study of this topic must always be contemporary: Old Testament studies have changed dramatically in recent years, giving rise to new challenges as well as new opportunities for Christian reading of it.

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The clearest definition of the anointing we are referring to here is given in the Book of Isaiah 10:27: And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken awayfrom off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall bedestroyed because of the anointing.According to the bible, the anointing is:1. The burden removing weapon.2. The yoke breaking power of God.3. The yoke destroying power.Anointing is the most effective and devastating weapon against the burden or the yoke of the enemy.The Bible says: 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 then that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19Anointing is the burden removing and yoke breaking power of God. Anointing is what empowers a man or a woman to function supernaturally. Anointing is that which enables you to do supernatural things. Beloved, you must understand that Christianity is a spiritual thing. Christianity is not just a religion. It is an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. It is an experience from heaven. The anointing is the supernatural power for supernatural assignments. The anointing is a heavenly electric power. If you are plugged to that power men and women will see you as somebody from another world. The anointing is the liquid power that comes with the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. The anointing is the presence and power of God.What are those things that the anointing can do for you?1. The anointing opens doors that have long been shut.Samson in the Bible was just a normal man but whenever the anointing cameupon him he became a super man. When the anointing came upon Samson, he tore the mouth of a lion. When the anointing comes upon your life doors that have been shut by enemies will open forcefully.A husband and wife who were Professors had a son who was almost a dunce. The boy always came last at the end of term examination but they attended one of our services and a word of knowledge came concerning the boy's situation which they both claimed. When the boy wrote another terminal examination he came first. The teacher could not believe it because of the boy's previous record. By the anointing, the door of destiny that was shut against the boy was opened.2. The anointing makes you to succeed when other people fail.On the first night that a pastor spent in a new branch, a serpent crawled into his apartment and made straight for his bed. The serpent crawled around the pastor's neck to strangulate him to death and realizing that his life was slipping away, the pastor began to pray in tongues making the serpent loose its grip and fall. Eventually the serpent turned to an old woman and the pastor ran back to the headquarters requesting for fresh posting to another place.Another pastor was posted to the same branch but unfortunately, he died when he was tested by the evil powers in the church environment. However, when a third pastor was posted to the same church, he prayed and cut the evil tree that the occult used as their power base. This action made the seven major witch doctors in the area come out and give the pastor twenty-four hours to die. But, because the pastor was anointed, the seven native doctors died instead and some people gave their lives to Christ. Once you key into the anointing you will definitely succeed when others are failing woefully.3. The anointing empowers you to press on.When everyone tells you to stop, when everything is hindering you from moving forward, the anointing will empower you to move. When men and women have become weary, you will be enabled to move on once you have tapped into the anointing of God.4. The anointing makes you another man entirely.5. The anointing makes your face to shine

At the heart of the earliest Christian self-understanding, explicit or implicit in much Christian use of the Old Testament, and crucial for Christian theology and interpretation, the concept of 'messiah' in the Old Testament has, however, been eclipsed by the pursuit of other goals in the Old Testament studies. Few recent sustained treatments have appeared from any school of thought. The Lord's Anointed aims to redress the balance. It also recognizes that the study of this topic must always be contemporary: Old Testament studies have changed dramatically in recent years, giving rise to new challenges as well as new opportunities for Christian reading of it.

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