Lesson 5

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WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. Acts 1:4
If you’ve not partook of the promise of the Father to pour His spirit on all flesh (Joel 2:28), you can’t do the work of God. Christ told His disciples though they have been taught by Himself that they should wait till they are endued with the HolyGhost. Christ Jesus Himself needed the HolyGhost before He could begin the ministry (Mt 3:16), that’s how important the Holyghost is in relation to the work of the ministry.
Without the anointing of the Holyghost we can’t function by any measure unto God in bringing salvation to the world, in fact whatsoever we do with our intelligence will only cause us to err in the name of God (Isa. 30:1).
Why the anointing:
1.    When you are anointed by the Holyghost, you become fruitful in ministry: Isa 32:15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. If God’s spirit hasn’t been poured on us, we won’t be fruitful in ministry no matter how educated and intelligent we are. A fruitful ministry is not run by the man who has a PHD in theology but the man who is anointed by the Holyghost.
2.    When you are anointed by the Holyghost, you don’t need know how to preach to make a difference: John the Baptist can be considered a bad preacher in our days, he only said ‘repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Mat. 3:2)’ and calls people brood of vipers (Mt 3:7) etc. yet all Judah went after him to listen to the same words which he kept repeating day after day (Mat. 3:5). When you are anointed by the Holyghost, your little words will make a big impression in life of the people.
3.    When you are anointed by the Holyghost, you become bold: Peter when faced with defending his relationship with Christ before a some three people in three different occasions lost his cool and denied Christ, he was even better, other disciples ran away and returned back to their previous life but after they were anointed by the Holysghost, Peter stood before thousands, without a microphone and proclaimed Christ Jesus, winning 3000 souls with one anointed sermon (Acts 2:14). We need anointed words not intelligent words to win the world for Christ.
4.    When you are anointed by the Holyghost, at least a spiritual gift gets quickened: when Christ ascended, He gave spiritual gifts to all men (Eph 4:8), but these gifts get quickened (comes alive) whenever we experience the anointing of the Holyghost. Most people need the anointing of the Holyghost before they begin to notice the working of their spiritual gifts.
5.    When you are anointed by the Holyghost, you can’t administrate God’s church: it’s not only for preachers, the architects of the house of God, tailors, designers etc. were anointed by the Holyghost before they could build and design the house of God (Ex. 31:1-3, Ex. 28:3), yes, ushers, church decorators, cleaners, financial officers etc. all need the anointed of the HolyGhost to effectively do the work of the Lord in their area (Nu 11:29). Stephen was a deacon (church steward or administrator) and the bible records that He was anointed or filled with the Holyghost (Ac 6:5). The reason the administrations of many ministry is so poor today is because men that aren’t anointed by the Holyspirit are handling its affairs.
How do we get this anointed of the Holyghost. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 7:37-39
If you believe in Christ Jesus and begin to show desire for the anointing of the HolySpirit, it would come on you.
If you’ve received the anointing of the Holyspirit (baptized in the Holyghost) you can share your experience on how it came on you.
God bless you

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