The Anointing Of Reverence
Foundation Statement: There’s an anointing
available for us to live a character life-Is 11:1-2
I.
There is an anointing of
character and reverence available to us (Isaiah 11:2)
A. The anointing is the
supernatural power of God working on and through a man giving that man the
ability to do things that he otherwise couldn’t do without that anointing
1. It’s God’s ability on
your ability giving you supernatural ability to do what you could not in your
natural ability (EX: Mary --- Peter --- David)
a. That spirit on him is
going to manifest in an anointing of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of
might, of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord
2. There was a supernatural
ability on him to reverence God and walk in character
B. When we walk in character
and do what’s right and reverence God there’s much more to it than just your
will power to do it
1. You need your will to do
it, will power alone won’t be enough
a. Zechariah 4:6 – Not
by might, nor by power, but by my spirit says the Lord
2. I can do all things
through the anointed one and the anointing that was on him giving me strength
(Philippians 4:13)
a. Christ-Anointed One,
Messiah, Greek translation of the Hebrew Word Messiah which means anointed one,
refers to pouring or smearing sacred oil on a person in a ceremony of
dedication, symbolizing divine empowering 2 accomplish a task
(1)
Christ is the English term
for the Greek (khristos)
meaning "the anointed.” Khristos
was used to translate the Hebrew (Mašíaḥ,) (messiah), meaning "[one who is]
anointed." Khristos in
classical Greek usage could mean covered in oil, and is thus a literal
translation of messiah.
(2)
Christen
> To baptize > To submerge
(3)
The
anointing removes the burden and destroys the yoke
b. It’s that anointing
that’s enabling me
C. There’s grace/an
anointing of reverence to reverence available (Hebrews 12:28)
1. Grace – The
merciful kindness that God uses to exert His holy influence upon people,
turning them to Christ, keeping them, strengthening them, increasing them in
Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindling them to the exercise of the
Christian virtues
a. Philippians 1:7 (KJ &
AMP) – Grace = Spiritual blessing
b. 1 Corinthians 15:10
– By grace Paul said I am what I am
2. By this grace we are
going to serve God acceptably with reverence and Godly fear
a. A part from this grace
(anointing) you can’t do it and it can’t be done
II.
Grace cannot be earned,
but it must be received
A. Eph 2:8-When people see
that grace is not of works immediately they think that it has nothing to do
with them and they have no part in whether or not they walk in grace
1. James 4:7 – God
resists the proud and gives grace to the humble
a. Humility is not us
working to earn grace, but us positioning to receive grace
2. The grace and anointing
to walk in reverence towards God is not going to come to you automatically just
because you’re saved and then if you do wrong you can just say well God didn’t
grace me to do right
3. God is a grace giving God
and His hands are out towards us with all the grace that we would ever need to
do anything that He’s ever called us to do (2 Corinthians 9:8)
a. We have to play our part
and receive that grace
B. We don’t work to earn
grace; there’s nothing we can do to earn it
1. We position ourselves to
receive it
2. Faith is not works it’s
receive
III.
We receive grace through
the channel of faith; Faith is the channel through which the grace of God can
flow and be transmitted into your life; without faith you don’t have the
channel necessary through which grace flows
A. Faith is the channel
through which grace flowed and saved you (Ephesians 2:8)
1. Without the channel of
faith grace has no access into your life
2. God can & does have
all the grace in the world, but until u provide him w/ the faith channel
necessary through which that grace can flow he has no way to give it to u
3. Rom 4:16 – Without
the faith the promise can’t be given as an act of grace
4. Romans 5:2 – We
have access by faith into this grace
B. Hebrews 4:14 – Faith
to receive the anointing of reverence
1. Jesus is the High Priest
– Minister or Administer or grace
2. Profession (Homologia)
a. Subjectively: whom we
profess to be ours
b. To say the same thing as
another, i.e. to agree with, assent
c. To concede, not to
refuse, not to deny,
to declare openly, speak out
3. Infirmities – Lack
of strength or weaknesses
4. Let us therefore –
What for?
a. Because we have a great
high priest
b. Who is seated at the
right hand of God
c. He’s the administer of
grace
d. Who is touched with the
feelings of your weaknesses
e. He was tempted like we
were
f.
And
he never missed it
g. That’s the perfect person
to go to in the time of temptation (Heb 2:18)
5. Touched with the feelings
of your weaknesses – To be affected with the same feeling as another, to
sympathize with, to feel for, have compassion on
a. Your weakness touch him,
but they don’t move him as the minister of grace
b. You don’t need to touch
Jesus w/ your problem u need to move him w/ ur faith
(1)
Mark
5 – She didn’t touch Jesus with her problem, she moved the anointing that
was in him out of him with her faith
6. Come boldly –
That’s confidently and trusting in him – That’s reverent (Psalm 115:11)
a. Holding fast to your
profession, confession of faith (Hebrews 10:23)
7. The throne and the very
source of grace
a. So that we can obtain the
mercy and find the grace to help
IV.
Supernatural reverence
and character is an empowerment to do what’s right and reverent towards God in
greatly pressured situations
A. Supernatural Reverence
1. Jesus
a. Luke 23:34 – They
were taunting him and treating him like the scum of the Earth and he responded
with supernatural character
b. John 8:29, Hebrews 4:15
– He never missed he accessed the anointing of supernatural character
2. Joseph-No matter what
happened and where went he did what was right (Ge 39:2)
3. Abraham-There was
supernatural reverence in his life in believing for Isaac and sacrificing Isaac
4. Noah – There was a
supernatural reverence in his life to build that ark for 100 years
5. The 3 Hebrews –
There was a supernatural reverence in their life to not bow in life and death
6. Daniel – There as a
supernatural reverence in his life
B. The anointing that was on
Jesus to live like this is available to us (Phil 4:13, Acts 1:8, Jn 14:12,
16:7)
1. He accessed that
anointing/grace by humility & faith; it’s not something that you don’t have
access to
C. There’s a character
anointing available where you’ll swear to your own hurt and change not (Psalm
15:4)
1. 2 Timothy 2:1-3 –
There’s a grace available to endure the hardness as a good soldier
D. You access by making a
decision of quality and then taking a step of faith towards what you know in
your heart is right