Now for the past five weeks, we've been
looking at the Eternal Spirit.
And we took a whole evening to prove
the personality of the Spirit.
To prove that the Spirit of God, the
Holy Spirit, that He is a person.
And we went to great lengths to make
this absolutely watertight.
And I think the thing that clinched it
for most people was, when Peter looked at
Aaronias and Sapphira and said, Why hath Satan
filled thine heart to lie to the Holy
Ghost?
You can't lie to an influence as far
as I know.
Some of the Russellites, you know, try to
tell me that the Spirit of God is
just the power of an influence emanating from
God.
Well you can't lie to an influence.
You can lie to a person, and they
lied to the Holy Ghost, but we're not
going over that again tonight.
And then we took a whole evening to
prove that this person is God.
We had no troubles about this, and we
went on into all the titles of the
Spirit of God.
And we not only looked at the personality
and the deity, but we took another evening
looking at the residency of the Spirit, that
He indwells every believer, and we mean every
believer.
Of course we had to take up all
the thoughts that we get around us from
this source and another, and that evening some
people say, you know, that you get saved,
and that's not very important.
Not until you get this experience where the
Spirit of God comes into your life, and
then you become holy.
And I don't believe that preach, of course.
And the reason I don't believe it is
this, that when Paul was writing to the
Corinthians, he said to the Corinthians, know ye
not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you.
And mind you, the books he was writing
to were far from holy.
He had to say to them in chapter
3, I could not speak unto you as
unto spiritual.
Oh, they had the Holy Ghost, I know.
Their body was the temple of the Holy
Ghost, but they were not spiritual.
He says, ye are yet carnal, for don't
come round with this trash, and more we
can't take time to deal with nonsense.
Oh, it's very true that they had the
Spirit of God, but it's equally true that
the Spirit of God had not all of
them.
This is where we need to get to
in our Christian experiences.
And we've come along to this mighty spot
tonight where we're looking at the anointing of
the Eternal Spirit, the anointing of the Spirit.
And we've got to take time and get
into this properly.
Now, let's look at the verse or two
in 1 John this evening.
And we're at 1 John, chapter 2 please.
1 John, we're at chapter 2 and we're
at verse 1.
John writing here said, My little children, and
I want to sort of hold that so
that you'll you'll get it very clear who
John is writing to.
My little children.
He's writing to believers.
My little children, these things write I unto
you that be sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an
advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous.
So he's writing to save people.
He calls them my little children.
And he's writing so that they sin not,
and yet he's conscious that they may sin.
And he's wanting to teach them that they
have an advocate with the Father.
So that he's writing to all the children
of God, because all the children of God
have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ
the righteous.
You see, verse 12 of this chapter, he
says, I write unto you little children because
your sins are forgiven you for his name's
sake, so you have no troubles now.
He's writing to save folk all right.
Writing to people whose sins are forgiven them
for his name's sake.
Then he says in the next verse, I
write unto you fathers because ye have known
him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you young men because ye
have overcome the wicked one.
I write unto you little children because ye
have known the Father, and he's embracing the
whole household of faith.
All the saints.
Let's get who he's writing to just then
to view before we go on with his
thing.
And then on down the chapter, he said
this, verse 18, little children, he's back to
just reminding them, it is the last time,
and as ye have heard that Antichrist shall
come even now, are there many Antichrists whereby
we know that it is the last time.
They went out from us, and he's differentiating
between they and us.
But they were not of us, for if
they had been of us they would no
doubt have continued with us.
But they went out that they might be
made manifest that they were not of us.
But ye have an unction from the Holy
One.
That's the bit I want to get to.
Who is he talking to?
Just some of the children of God?
Talking to the boys who got in the
back room and closed their eyes and got
through as they say?
I'm afraid not.
I'm afraid he's talking to all the children
of God.
Young believers, all believers.
All the children of God.
And he's saying to them, ye have an
unction.
Yeah, that's a very interesting word.
It's the word charisma.
As in the Greek it's charisma.
It's the word that charismatic comes from.
That's the word.
Charisma.
Now when he says ye have an unction,
what is he meaning?
We've got to get into this, because all
the children of God are this.
Not just one or two of ye, you
know.
Not just the very holy boys.
Talking to all the children of God now,
he says ye have an unction from the
Holy One.
See verse 21, I have not written unto
you because ye know not the truth, but
because ye know it, and that no lies
of the truth.
Who is a liar but he that denieth
that Jesus is the Christ?
He is antichrist that denieth the Father and
the Son.
Whosoever denieth the Son, the sameth not the
Father, but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath
the Father also.
Let that therefore abide in you which ye
have heard from the beginning.
If that which we have heard from the
beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall
continue in the Son and in the Father.
And this is the promise that he has
promised us, even eternal life.
These things have I written unto you concerning
them that seduce you, but be anointed.
That's the word again.
You know what it is?
It's charisma.
Sometimes it's translated by an English word unction,
sometimes it's translated by the English word anointing.
Don't get it mixed up now, because every
believer hath this anointing.
Every one of them.
If you want to start a wee sect
on your own and try to make it
out of them, just a few of you
have it.
Well, it's a pity of you, because you're
going against the truth and the Spirit mustn't
be working properly with you at all.
Because when he talks to all the children
of God, he says ye have an unction.
He says but the anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you.
Sure, we must take time with that must
we?
But as the same anointing teaches you of
all things and is truth and is no
lie, and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in it.
So we're going to look at the anointing
of the Spirit this evening.
We're going to look at this charisma, going
to look at this unction, going to look
at this anointing, going to find out what
it really means.
If you look at your notes you'll find
that it's before us in this Bible in
many senses.
When we go back into the Old Testament
for a moment or two, we'll find it's
there in a ceremonial sense.
Oh yes, when the high priest and his
sons were anointed.
And then of course it's there in an
official sense when the king and the prophet
was anointed.
Because when the king was anointed and the
prophet was anointed, they were set apart for
a very specific job.
And you'll find that this anointing is in
the book in this ceremonial and official and
typical sense right back there.
Because we're going to have a look at
our Lord Jesus Christ who is the anointed
one.
The word Christ is the same word.
Yes, charisma, Christ, anointed.
Yes, you see that's in an exceptional sense
of course.
And we'll go into that.
And then of course we're going to have
a look at this mighty phrase when the
father speaks to the son in Hebrews chapter
1 and he says, God, even my God,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness
above thy fellows.
That's metaphorical because you're taking the word gladness
in the metaphorical sense.
What do we mean when we talk about
being anointed with the oil of gladness?
What do we mean when we say that
Christ was anointed with the oil of gladness
above his fellows?
Who are Christ's fellows?
You'd ask all these questions if you're going
to tear this into daylight this evening.
So it's in this book, in this ceremonial
and official and typical and exceptional and metaphorical
sense.
And of course we'll come back to John
2 where it is in a general sense
to the whole church.
And then of course we'll have a look
at it as we go along and see
its many special senses.
Well let's go way back to the book
of Exodus chapter 40 please.
Book of Exodus and we're at chapter 40.
We won't waste much time with this but
I think it's good that the young people
see it for themselves.
And remember I've got to carry a young
company with me as well as the old
students in the class.
And we're at the book of Exodus chapter
40.
And the Lord is speaking unto Moses.
Do you see the first verse?
And the Lord speak unto Moses say.
Had Moses way up in the mount with
him and he's giving him a great many
details and this is what he said way
down at verse 13 in chapter 40.
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy
garments and anoint him and sanctify him that
he may minister unto me in the priest's
office and thou shalt bring his sons and
clothe them with coats and thou shalt anoint
them as thou didst anoint their father that
they may minister unto me in the priest's
office for their anointing shall surely be an
everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Oh this was just the time in the
old testament when Aaron and his sons were
set apart to be the priests to the
Lord.
And this special anointing just there was for
that purpose and that purpose only.
Now let's move on to first Samuel chapter
10 please.
First book of Samuel and we're at chapter
10.
Verse 1.
Then Samuel took a vial of oil first
Samuel chapter 10 verse 1.
Then Samuel took a vial of oil and
poured it upon his head and kissed him.
And we're talking about Saul being anointed as
king and said is it not because the
Lord hath anointed thee to be captain over
his inheritance.
And from that moment because of this anointing
he is sanctified and set apart in that
sense to be the captain of the Lord's
host in that sense.
So you see the priest being anointed and
you see the king being anointed.
Let's move on to first Kings chapter 19
please.
First book of Kings chapter 19.
And this is where we find Elijah in
the cave.
He had run away from the job and
the Lord came looking for him.
Verse 13 we're at first Kings 19 13.
And it was so when Elijah heard it
that he wrapped his face in his mantle
and went out and stood in the entering
in of the cave and behold there came
a voice unto him and said what doest
thou hear?
Elijah what's a place for the man of
God to be found?
In an old dark damp cave where there
was neither light nor heat nor food.
And if you're in a modernistic church this
evening that's just where you are.
You're in an old dark damp cave where
there is neither light nor heat nor food.
And I'm sure the Lord comes around sometimes
and says what doest thou hear?
I can't understand some of them.
They seem to be so bright about salvation
and they can stick it when the minister
tears pages out of the book and denies
the virgin breath and so on.
What doest thou hear?
I don't think you can go on like
that you know.
I think you have to come out and
be separate you know.
That's what the book says anyway.
And the Lord is saying to him what
doest thou hear Elijah?
And he said I've been very jealous for
the Lord God of hosts because the children
of Israel have forsaken my covenant thrown down
thine altars and slain thy prophets with the
sword and I even I only am left
and they seek my life to take it
away.
Trying to make a bit of a stand
for himself.
And the Lord said unto him go return
on the way to the wilderness of Damascus
and when thou comest anoint Hazael to be
king over Israel and Jehu the son of
Nimshah shalt thou anoint to be king over
Israel and Elisha the son of Shaphat of
Abel me hola shalt thou anoint to be
prophet in my room being thought of sack
now.
You can see this country you can see
the anointing of the prophets and the priests
and the king.
Want you to get the whole of that.
And this oil was used.
And you know that when the woman anointed
the body of our Lord Jesus onto the
burying as our Lord says she hath anointed
my body onto the burial that she did
it with ointment.
And both the oil and the ointment were
symbols of the spirits anointing coming upon believers
of this very age.
And we've been into some of the symbols.
We've looked at the wind.
And we have looked at the rivers.
And we've looked at the dove.
And we're not taking time to go into
the symbolical of this this evening of either
the oil or even the ointment.
I just want to stop and say to
all the believers.
I hope you know that the day you
were saved though you remember that moment when
you came so timidly and maybe afraid and
maybe crying maybe not too sure sort of
saying I believe help my unbelief.
The moment that you came the moment that
you were saved the moment that you passed
from death on to life at that moment
you were made kings and priests unto God.
Sometimes I have to talk to some of
the tight boys from the brethren and there
are some here now.
And you know you don't want the woman
to be priest.
Somehow you've got it into your head that
only the men in the assembly are priests.
And I don't know how you've got it
in.
Because I'll tell you you've got to stand
in heaven one day and you'll hear the
whole redeemed host men and women singing.
Thou art worthy for thou art slain and
hast redeemed us unto God by thy blood
out of every kindred and tongue and people
and nation and hath made us kings and
priests unto God.
And you'll have to take it in then
whether you take it in now or not.
I'd love to go into the priesthood with
you.
And remember we are kings and we shall
win.
James McHenry used to say to me you
know Willie if the folks really knew who
we were they would take their hats off
as we passed by.
Well they have no notion of taking their
hats off just now.
We're outside the camp James I said bearing
his reproach.
But let's have a look at this anointing
that came Christ's way.
It's got to Luke's gospel chapter 4 for
a moment.
The gospel by Luke.
And we're at the fourth chapter.
And you'll find that after his baptism in
the Jordan that he was taken into the
wilderness to be tested of the devil.
And you'll find that after the test verse
14 says we're at Luke's gospel 4 and
14.
Jesus returned in the power of the spirit
into Galilee and there went out of fame
of him through all the region round about
and he taught in the synagogues being glorified
of all and he came to Nazareth where
he had been brought up and as his
custom was and I like that bit he
went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day.
So I'm sure he could have picked holes
in it all right.
Must have been one or two old Pharisees
in there.
Anyhow he went there as his custom was
and stood up for to read.
And there was delivered unto him the book
of the prophet Isaiah and when he had
opened the book he found the place where
it was written the spirit of the Lord
is upon me because he has anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor.
Oh that's very thrilling to me you know.
Yes I like this bit you know this
was him being set aside for this particular
purpose at this particular time and it was
to preach the gospel to the poor.
And remember he always clothed his gospel preaching
in words that the common people understood and
they heard him gladly and yet at the
same time he speak as one having authority
and sometimes even the officials have to stand
and say never man speak like this man.
And you remember let's go to the Acts
of the Apostles chapter 10 and in Acts
chapter 10 Peter is preaching in the house
of Cornelius and what a message he brought
to this company.
See verse 34 when he got into the
house and had them all settled down then
Peter opened his mouth and said of a
truth I perceive that God is no respecter
of persons but in every nation he that
fears him and works righteousness is accepted with
him.
The word which God sent onto the children
of Israel preaching peace by Jesus Christ he
is Lord of all that word I say
ye know which was published throughout all Judea
and began from Galilee after the baptism which
John preached.
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power who went about
doing good and healing all that were oppressed
of the devil for God was with him.
That's a special anointing again for a special
purpose.
Oh I know he was anointed of the
spirit of God to preach the gospel and
anointed that he might heal all who were
oppressed of the devil.
I think we've got to see these special
unctions that's been given.
I'm very sure that we don't need to
waste the time again because you can see
that Christ was anointed in an exceptional sense
because he was the anointed one right from
his birth.
Let's have a look at this metaphorical one
in Hebrews chapter 1 the letter to the
Hebrews.
I always think that this is thrilling because
this is the only book in the New
Testament that begins with the word God and
that tells us God who at sundry times
and in divers manners speak in times past
unto the fathers by the prophets have in
these last days spoken unto us by a
son.
You see in times past God was speaking
unto the fathers and when you say the
fathers you must think about the Jewish fathers
and he was speaking unto the Jewish fathers
by the Jewish prophets.
What was he talking about?
He was talking about Christ because to him
gave all the prophets witness and in those
times times past he was talking about Christ.
Now in these last days he's speaking unto
us by his son.
You see the only message that God has
for a perishing sinking world this evening is
Christ.
I wish we could get that into our
young men going out preaching.
You go preaching Christ son.
Yes you talk to the people about Christ,
Christ's birth and Christ's life and Christ's death
and Christ's resurrection and ascension and coming again.
You preach Christ to the people.
God has this message for the world today.
I think that's the best bit about it.
This is the father speaking to the son.
Look at verse 8 but unto the son
he saith.
If you go back up the chapter you'll
find it's the father speaking unto the son
he saith thy throne O God he called
him God because he is God the son.
Thy throne O God is forever and ever.
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of
thy kingdom.
Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity.
Once I was asked when I went to
the university to preach on the things Christ
hated.
They thought they had me in a fix
you know.
I can pick you out one or two
teepees for the rest of the night you
know.
He hated iniquity.
Make no mistakes about it.
You know some people grew up with the
idea that our master was a sort of
softy.
That he always played the soft pedal and
got out of every situation by just being
sort of dumb and saying nothing and doing
that.
I'm afraid you're mistaken.
I'm afraid when he went into the temple
he got the end of the table and
turned it over and you can hear a
clatter of the shofar.
It was the master that turned that over.
It was a master who shouted take these
things hence.
Thou hast made my house a den of
thieves.
It was the master who turned on the
pharisees and said woe unto you pharisees, hypocrites,
whited sepulchers, full of dead men's bones and
rottenness how shall you escape the damnation of
hell.
Don't let's ever get this idea that he
was unbalanced.
Not a bit of it.
And I don't think you're going to be
a Christian if you're unbalanced either.
I think there's a time to stand up
and earnestly contend and there's a time for
a kind word.
I'm perfectly sure about all that.
Well he's speaking unto the son here and
he's saying thou hast loved righteousness and hated
iniquity therefore just because of that wonderful life
of thine therefore God thy God hath anointed
thee with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
And you can see this is in the
metaphorical sense because it's taking gladness and using
the phrase the oil of gladness.
You've got to settle first of all who
are Christ's fellows.
Well I believe this you see when you
get into this mighty book this wonderful letter
to the Hebrews I believe of course that
the whole letter deals with our great high
priest.
It's a consideration of our great high priest
the one who was the apostle and high
priest of our profession.
This is what Paul says let us consider
the apostle and high priest.
That's the whole book that's what we're doing.
And when you think of him as the
apostle he's the one who came out the
apostle comes out with a message.
He's the one who came out from God
with a message for men.
When you think of him as the high
priest he's the one who went in to
represent the men who had accepted the message
for he ever appears in the presence of
God for us just now us believers.
I want you to get the hold of
this that if you go back through the
book oh how many are there thousands of
priests right from Aaron?
How many high priests?
These were his fellows.
Oh well he has done more for those
who are depending on him than they've ever
done.
And you know it's a great joy for
him to help us to succor us when
we're tempted.
How he can be touched with the feelings
of our infirmities and so on.
And if you go through the book you
will see the ability wondrous ability of our
great high priest.
Because if you like to take it back
through the book you can find there's a
lot of saviors back there.
Moses saved the nation, Joshua saved the nation.
Yeah you can go through them all or
only in a certain sense of course they
say just a temporal way.
Ah when our savior saves it is not
temporal it happens to be eternal.
Yes you know he's aware about his help.
Yes if you like to go through the
book you can find so many things and
you'll find that the high priests or the
priests or the saviors you'll find some of
the great warriors.
Ah he's away above them.
Sure he only fought the battle once and
it never needs a second fight because it
didn't leave a second thought.
But I think you know the main thing
about this anointing of the spirit is where
we were beginning this evening.
Let's go back to this first John and
let's go back to chapter 2 and let's
go back to where he said this in
verse 20.
Now please let's be honest that he's talking
to all the children of God.
Calls them little children, young men, fathers, whatever
you like.
And he says in verse 20 but ye
have an anointing from the holy one and
you know all things.
I've not written on to you because you
know not the truth but because you know
it.
And that no lie is of the truth.
And down here in verse 27 he said
this but the anointing or it's the same
word as anointing but the anointing which ye
have received of him abideth in you.
And you need not that any man teach
you.
Let's sort of thought that bit out first
of all.
I don't think I need to say to
you that this does not refer to Christian
teaching like what I'm doing now.
Well you wouldn't like to think that John
was saying to these believers that you don't
need a teacher who is gifted and sent
from God.
Otherwise it would be stupid of him to
say I have written on to you.
Let's go back to the gifts for the
moment or two and we'll come back here.
This is the easiest way to do this.
Let's go to first Corinthians and we're at
chapter 12.
First Corinthians chapter 12.
Verse one now concerning spiritual gifts.
Brethren talking to believers.
I would not have you ignorant.
You know that you were Gentiles carried away
onto these dumb idols even as you were
led.
Wherefore I give you to understand that no
man speaking by the spirit of God calleth
Jesus accursed.
And that no man can say that Jesus
is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost.
Now there are diversities of gifts.
Did you get the big word diversity?
There's all of the different kinds of gifts.
But it's always the same spirit.
There are differences of administrations but the same
Lord.
He says verse 8.
For to one is given by the spirit
the word of wisdom.
To another the word of knowledge by the
same spirit.
To another faith by the same spirit.
To another the gifts and there is a
nest there.
The gifts of healing by the same spirit.
And he goes on to talk about these
gifts.
Now they're all given by the spirit.
Now here's what he says in verse 28.
And God hath set some in the church.
I want you to watch the order that
these gifts are placed in the church.
First apostles.
They were very important characters because they were
a sort of part of the foundation.
First apostles.
Secondly prophets.
Thirdly teachers.
I want to ask you the question does
the spirit of God put teachers in the
church?
Now the spirit of God is not putting
teachers in the church.
I'm not putting them in this particular high
up place because the apostles and prophets are
gone.
We were built upon the foundation of the
apostles and prophets and you don't take the
foundation up to the roof you know.
So what we have mainly today are teachers.
That's what I'm doing these nights.
That's why this place is filled with people
with their bibles.
You're not saying that the Holy Ghost has
given teachers to the church and then you're
not to listen to them.
When it says you have no need that
no man teach you.
Not talking about the teaching in the church.
We'll have to get the no man right.
But let me do a little bit more
here.
You see here are the gifts in the
church.
Verse 28.
God has set some in the church.
First apostles.
Secondly prophets.
Thirdly teachers.
After that miracles.
Do miracles come after teaching?
Yes they do.
Then gifts of healing and there is a
nest there again.
Then helps.
Then governments.
Then diversities of tongues.
Where are they coming in though?
Until then?
Oh you're trying to tell me unless I
go to the back room and get through
some gymnastic thing that I'll be no use.
Is that what you're trying to tell me?
I'm trying to tell you this.
That it's right at the end.
I'm trying to tell you that this teaching
happens to be third.
I'm trying to tell you that the apostles
are gone and the prophets are gone.
And the important thing for the church tonight
is teaching.
That's what I'm trying to tell you.
And I'm trying to tell you that the
Spirit of God is given the gift of
teaching to some.
This is where the church of Jesus Christ
goes wrong.
Getting a wee fella in the back room
who knows nothing about it trying to teach
the church truth.
Let me tell you this is a real
gift.
And let me tell you the sooner we
recognize it the better.
Not every wee lad can do it.
I think it's time we did it.
You see he asks a lot of questions
here.
Are all apostles?
Is everybody in the church of Jesus Christ
apostles?
You know the answer don't you?
No.
Watch again.
Are all prophets?
You know the answer.
No.
Are all teachers?
No.
Just some.
Are all workers of miracles?
No.
Have all the gifts of healing?
No.
Do all speak with tongues?
Say it now.
No.
And some of you are going around telling
the wee fellows unless they speak with tongues
they're not right.
I don't think you're reading the book at
all.
I need to take you in and have
a week with you.
Talk tripe at times.
Oh my dear friends let's get this bit
fixed now right back here.
Yes we're going back to first John and
we're going to first John chapter 2.
You see I think this text has been
abused down through the years.
I'll have to take this coat off you
don't mind do you?
Because uh I'm in one of those moods
tonight.
Not in a bit of a hurry at
all.
Now he's taken my time tonight.
Now watch this.
Let's do it properly now for the Lord's
sake.
Verse 27.
But the anointing, the charisma, the unction which
he which every believer hath received of him
abideth in you.
Now it's some divine grace isn't it?
And because it's within you you need not
that any man teach you.
Now let's skip that word any man because
I'm afraid that that has been that has
been abused.
Here we follow saying you know we don't
need to go to the class.
We don't need any man to teach us.
How dare you son if the Holy Ghost
has sent teachers and he has placed them
in the church and they're third and they're
now first.
How dare you upset God's team just because
you think you're clever.
We thought you didn't even know how to
read this.
You're the boy that would need to be
here.
You see this word any man we've got
to get it correct now.
Let me go over to first Corinthians chapter
two to sort of fix it up for
you because it fixes itself out here better
I think and then we'll come back to
this.
We're in first Corinthians chapter two and we're
at verse nine and Paul says but as
it is written I have not seen nor
ear heard neither have entered into the heart
of man the things which God have prepared
for them that love him.
Now you see that's the way that the
apostles talked at times.
Now what he means there I'll read it
to you the way he means it and
then I'll prove it of course.
The eye of the natural man nor the
ear of the natural man neither have it
entered into the heart of the natural man
the things that God have prepared for them
that love him.
You say now you're very sure of what
you're doing here yes I'm very sure I'm
very sure.
You see it must be the natural man
because he's what it says I have not
seen nor ear heard neither have entered into
the heart of man the things which God
have prepared for them that love him but
but God hath revealed them unto us by
a spirit.
Now you see you must see a difference
between them and us that never entered into
the heart of the natural man.
But that doesn't say it hasn't entered into
the heart of the spiritual man no the
spiritual man God hath revealed these things unto
him by the spirit.
God has revealed them unto us.
You see when we go down the chapter
it comes out into clear light it says
we'll read it on down just to get
the proper connection for what man verse 11
for what man knows the things of a
man save the spirit of man which is
in him even so the things of God
knoweth no man but the spirit of God.
Now we have received not the spirit of
the world but the spirit which is of
God that we might know the things that
are freely given to us of God which
things also we speak not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth but which the Holy
Ghost teacheth comparing spiritual things with spiritual but
the natural man now that's the time he
put the word in there that's what he
should have been putting in all along but
the natural man receiveth not the things of
the spirit of God for they are foolishness
unto him neither can he know them.
You see you can get the natural man
he may come out of Queen's University and
he's gone through some department and he's come
out with honors of the highest degree bless
him he knows his subject all right but
he's just a natural man and although he
may have a scroll hanging on the wall
and names at the bottom with honorable names
and he's the doctor or the scientist or
whatever he is if he's a natural man
he doesn't know the things of God neither
can he know them they are foolishness unto
him now you don't need that boy to
teach you that's what they're saying over in
the other place let's go back to the
other place now we're at first John chapter
2 and I'm afraid this abuse has been
too much you see but the anointing which
we're at verse 27 but the anointing yea
the unction yea the charisma which he have
received of him abideth in you and ye
need not that any natural man teach you
is that putting light into it no I'm
telling you this there are natural men who
are very clever men there are natural women
who are very clever women and I'll tell
you this some of the cleverest women in
the world have started sex Christian science so
do you know something about that spiritism do
you know something about that you know they've
come out and they've said you know we've
found out a whole new revelation it's not
in this book but God has given it
to us don't you let that crowd teach
you but I'll tell you this if you
really see it you see this unction you
see this charisma do you see this anointing
which is in every saint somehow the moment
that some diabolical thing is mentioned there's something
inside you rebels it happens to be truth
because that's what this unction put in you
truth Dr. Irons had told me this himself
said I led a big collared man to
the law he said it was Friday night
and we were on our knees and he
was crying and he was really sad says
next Tuesday I saw a man out in
the open air up on a table and
he was trying to pull the bible apart
never say that he pulled it apart you
say he was trying he will never pull
it apart and so he said this fellow
was getting about this in a mighty way
and I watched the collared man he said
he was listening and I kept up behind
him and said Sambo what do you got
to say to this he says he's clever
I cannot I cannot argue with him he's
too clever for me but something inside me
tells me he's a liar that ever happen
to you you just know when things are
wrong yeah it doesn't mean that you put
away the teachers God has sent you does
it oh this has been abused you know
yet we fellows who come to this text
and sit in the back room for the
rest of the life say no we're not
going out we don't need anybody I'm afraid
that God the Holy Ghost has given teachers
and placed them in the church and has
placed them there that you might be edified
and in the early church when there was
no new testament when there was no Paul
before he was saved when they met in
the early mornings in the upper room you
know there was no organ no hymn book
no bible no new testament I'll tell you
this the prophet stood up and the prophet
speak new testament truth before the new testament
was there and they speak unto edification exaltation
and comfort that's why you should be there
that's why we should be there in the
morning meeting yet and that's why the teacher
should be teaching you see I believe we've
got a lot of elders here co-equal
with me some of them I believe are
becoming better preachers than I am I think
Albert is doing tremendously well I'm allowed to
say what I'm thinking and I shall say
it and I'll tell you this I'll tell
you this that the sheep shouldn't be feeding
the shepherds you know how morning meetings are
spoiled by the sheep trying to feed the
shepherds we fellows get up in the morning
nothing at all about wasting the time of
the assembly and somebody should put their arm
around them and squeeze them tight and tell
them all about it put my arm around
a wee man not so long ago and
he says your wife never tell you you're
a fool we are not having the morning
meeting ruined we are having gift talking here
so that people will be edified or exalted
or comforted we must keep it in its
proper line looking yes did you notice these
special senses I don't know if we have
time to do much about them you see
our lord was anointed to do good of
course he went about doing good and you
know the prophet was anointed to prophesy Elisha
the prophet and our lord Jesus was anointed
to preach and he was anointed to die
oh yes his body was anointed against the
day of its burial he was anointed to
minister yes we're anointed to know just to
know yes the king was anointed to rule
I believe that we live in the Laodicean
period and maybe all of us would need
our eyes anointed with thyself I heard a
man praying in the prayer meeting not so
long ago lord have we lost the vision
where there is no vision sometimes I think
we get so rolled up in truth that
we forget that our old mother at home
is going to hell you forget your children
are not saved yet and the lord is
coming maybe we would need our eyes anointed
next week we are going on with the
incarnation yes what does this entail how did
the spirit come upon Mary what happened in
the womb of the virgin no the womb
experience of the lord Jesus is probably beyond
us all but we are going to deal
with the spirits work in incarnation and we'll
see the enemies against it and all the
rest of it