ANOINTING

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Key Verse

  • how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 NRSV

Other versions

  • how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with great power; and He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMP
  • How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMPC

The Process

  • Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. Luke 4:1-2 NKJV
  • Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. Luke 4:14 NKJV

In summary, one could conclude that the Anointing was preceded by Fasting. Fasting is usually accompanied by Prayer. So it would not be unreasonable to think that Jesus was Fasting and Praying in the wilderness. What GOD did for Jesus, He can do for you. 
Read: FASTING
Read: PRAYER
Read: No Favouritism

Purpose of the Anointing

  • “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:18-19 NRSVUE
  • “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound Isaiah 61:1 NKJV
  • I am anointed with fresh oil [for Your service]. Psalm 92:10 AMP
  • How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:38 AMPC
  • And whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are the Son of God!” Mark 3:11 NASB
Other versions
 
  • “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19 NKJV

  • The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound]. Luke 4:18-19 AMPC

In summary, what the Anointing will do for others (through you)
  1. Evangelise
  2. Release of captives
  3. Recovery of sight
  4. Freedom for oppressed
  5. Proclaim GOD’s favours
  6. Cure

Effect of Anointing in You

  • And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke1 shall be destroyed because of the anointing. Isaiah 10:27 KJV
  • As for you, the anointing [the special gift, the preparation] which you received from Him remains [permanently] in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But just as His anointing teaches you [giving you insight through the presence of the Holy Spirit] about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as His anointing has taught you, you must remain in Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him]. 1 John 2:27 AMP
Yoke = maltreat, pain, abuse, mock
In summary, what the Anointing will do for you 
  1. release from every yoke put on you by the devil 
  2.  teach you

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Footnotes

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  1. 5923 עול על [‛ôl ‛ôl] \{ole} ole\ From 5953; a yoke (as imposed on the {neck}) literally or figuratively: - yoke.
    5953 עלל [‛âlal] \aw-lal'\ A primitive root; to effect thoroughly; specifically to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to {overdo} that {is} {maltreat} be saucy {to} {pain} impose (also literally): - {abuse} {affect} X {child} {defile} {do} {glean} {mock} {practise} {throughly} work (wonderfully).