The Apostolic Anointing - FCCA-Int

1 THE Apostolic ANOINTINGWhat is the Apostolic Anointing ? How can the Apostolic Anointing be described?Let us look at what the Scriptures has to say about the Apostolic Anointing ?Ephesians 4:11-16He gave some to be emissaries; and some, prophets; and some,evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;12 for the perfecting of the holy ones, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body ofMessiah;13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a fullgrown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah;14 that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with everywind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error.

2 15 but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head,Messiah;16 from whom all thebody, being fitted and knit together through that which every jointsupplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the bodyincrease to the building up of itself in 4 gives us the introduction of the Apostolic Anointing to the Church. The followingis Messiahgave the different anointings-vs. is more powerful anointings and these anointings are referred to as offices in which theperson, on whom the Almighty bestowed this Anointing , is Purpose of these anointings is for the perfecting of the saints-the body.

3 The saintsare to be taught in such a way as to become mature Christians-vs. the work of the ministry-these are the people that the Almighty normallyuses in ministry to edification-informing, encouraging and training ofthe body of His what period will these anointings be effective? everybody comes in the unity of the faith notaone everyone comes in theknowledge of the Son of the those that are appointed inthese offices prophet,evangelist, pastor andteacher edifiedthe body of Christ to the measure of the stature of is the expected result? the Church will bematureand stable in the faith and not be shaken by falseteachings of doctrine, that the trickery and craftiness of false teachers will haveno effect because the Scriptures warns us that they WILL lie in wait todeceiveusandlead us into errorwhere ever they truth in love whilethey grow up untoHim inall things everypart ofourexistence forHe is the Head, our Messiah.

4 Him the whole body will fitand be joined together as one body that supports eachother by each joining of these mature Christians Anointing can supply, and how thatwillincreasethe ability to build itself up in that wehavesomeunderstandofthe purposeof these anointings, wecanlook attheiroverallfunction and the Apostolic basic ministryisafourfold ministry that matures into a fivefold is the basicministry/ Anointing ? Everyone thatreceivestheapostolic anointingstartedin one of the four basicanointingsofprophet,evangelist, pastor and Apostolic Anointing comes on a person only after he/she has reached full maturity inthat basic office. The Almighty appoints whom He wants in one of the offices of the is the best example to look at,becausethe wayhe becamean apostleisthe closest towhatanyone would experience then compared tothe other apostles; they were appointedby Jesus,ourMessiah.

5 Paul had to grow from being a newlyborn again,to a disciple,tobeingappointedin the office of an evangelistand grow to maturity inthe Almighty, to receivethe Anointing of the was called to become a follower of the Messiah, an immature born again follower,whenhe met with ourMessiah on the road to Damascus. He accepted Jesus as hissaviour nothingmore at that he was trained and grew to maturity as a follower adisciple andonly then was heobedient to the call of the Almighty on his lifetopreach themessage of took a long time and a lot of hardship because Paul had to unlearnthe things he wastaught as aPhariseeand had to learn the ways of the Almighty.

6 Only then was heappointedin the office of an evangelist by the is not a calling and Anointing that anyonecanpronounce over him/herself, not even achurch or denomination can do that, only the Body canonly recognize suchan Anointing because it is given by the he began to write to the different churches he qualified his calling and position in theMessiah:Romans1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,calledtobean apostle, separated unto thegospel of GodPaul declaredthathe was still in the stage of being called to be an apostle separatedunto the Gospel of the :1 Paulcalledtobean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, andSosthenesourbrother,Once again Paul describes his calling and the fact that it was by the will of the Almighty.

7 He,however, made sure that the difference between his calling and that of his companion,Sosthenes, is :1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothyourbrother, untothe church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all AchaiaIn his second letter to the Corinthians we see a differentreference to his calling:Paul,anapostle of Jesus :1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith ofGod's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;Paul had sucha wonderful way of statinghis calling and his view of the calling: Paul, a servant of the Almighty An Apostle ofJesusour Messiah According to the faith of God s elect Andthe knowledge of the truth which is after showed that there is no elevated position of importance in having received the anointingof an apostleplaced onhis is appointed as an apostle by the Father,he is always first andjusta servantof the Almighty.

8 Paul called himself firstly a servant andthen an the title of apostleindicatesa total lack of understanding of the truth about the callingand Anointing given by the Almighty; as a matter of fact so is using any of thecallingsin theoffices of the Spirit as a :prophet or is interesting that Paul was never referredastheapostlePaulin the 129 times he ismentionedin the book of Acts; or the 28 times in the rest of the New the 9timeshe greets thechurches he was writing to, heevery timementions his Anointing , againnever as a s look at the truth of his apostleship. Paul onlybecame an apostle after he spent a largeportion of his life as a believertravellingto preach the gospel.

9 We noticethat in the firstletter to the Corinthians he refers to himself as: Paul, called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christthrough the will of God . He knew that there was anapostolicanointing developingon hislife. When he wrote the next letter to them, he greeted them in a different manner: Paul, anapostle of Jesus Christ by thewill of God .. Confirming the Anointing and the appointmentplaced on his , Pauldifferentiates between being calledto be and being an apostle .A number of people are teaching in the church today, that only apostles are calledto plantchurches. Theygettheir informationfrom themisinterpretationoffactPaul planted so manychurches and thatPaul was an truth, however, is that Paul was an evangelist and he planted the churches as anevangelist.

10 Paul reached maturityas an evangelist, and then the Almightyplacedtheanointing of an apostle on his life andappointedhim. We can refer to Paulas anevangelistic apostle. His heart wasstill to reach out to the lost, but he now became avisionary in the body of the is this of any importance?The anointingas an apostle became evident when he sent Titus to setin orderthe thingsthat was wanting in the :5 Forthis cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things thatare wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:Firstly,hesawthat things were not in order in thecities he visited, secondly, he saw theneed for elders to beappointedand, thirdly, he prescribed the way they were to beappointed and, fourthly the attributes he had to look for in their lives before appointing four steps are the steps an apostle will takethat will resultin putting things in order inthe people believe that anapostlecan automatically function in alltheofficesofprophet,evangelist, pastor and teacheras he wills,but they can only functionin another office thanthe one he/she was appointed in.