Anointing v.s Authority

There is a challenge facing the church, particularly the people of God, that needs to be addressed if collectively as the Body of Christ we're going to be in position to receive and inherit The Kingdom of God. There needs to be a distinction between the Anointing versus Authority, which could be better described as Divine Authority. A lot of the saints have a strong affinity for the Anointing and the working thereof. Which of course we should because the Anointing is of God and is from God. But I tend to run into more than a few devout and devoted children of God who even though they embrace the Anointing, have challenges with Divine Authority and the submission thereof. This is a problem saints, because if you can't submit to Divine Authority, then you can't receive the Kingdom of God. So we must distinguish between The Anointing v.s Authority.

The Anointing of God is the Presence and Operation of the Holy Spirit (1John 2). Jesus received the Anointing of the Holy Spirit when He was baptized by John the Baptist at the Jordan River (Matthew 3). Jesus later goes on to describe the activity and Divine Calling for which the Anointing of the Holy Spirit equipped Him for when He announces His Messianic Mission to the Jews (Luke 4). Every born-again believer in Christ receives the Anointing when they accept Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior (John 3). We know this because the only way you can be saved is to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit at the point of salvation, which is the Anointing (Romans 8). So every believer in Christ has the Anointing because they have the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit of God.

The Anointing is manifested in the giftings that God gives to His people in and through the Anointing of the Holy Spirit (1Corinthians 12). This is what allows a believer to preach or teach or to prophesy; it is the Anointing of the Holy Spirit. The church has learned to fall in love with the Anointing and the various gifts that are manifested through the Anointing and Administration of the Holy Spirit. However, and I've said this before, the Anointing is not enough. Atleast not enough to build the Kingdom of God. This is why the Holy Spirit makes it a point to say through the Apostle Peter in the 10th chapter of Acts that Jesus was Anointed with the Spirit and with Power. The Anointing of the Spirit that Jesus received at His baptism by John was not sufficient in and of itself to complete the Mission that the Father had assigned Him to fulfill. That's why He had to go into the Wilderness. And when He came out of the Wilderness, He came out with the Anointing of Power (Matthew 4)

Spiritual Power denotes Spiritual Authority. I run into more than a few Christians who have challenges with Spiritual Authority and the submission thereto. But please understand saints: number one, if you don't have Authority you can't have Power, and number two, if you don't have Power you don't have The Kingdom (1Corinthians 4) For this reason, we must learn to distinguish between the Anointing and Divine Authority.