Isaiah 61:1-3 give us a beautiful prophecy of the coming Messiah. Jesus quoted this passage in part and applied it to Himself at the beginning of His ministry thereby declaring that He is the awaited Messiah. The power of the anointing was released through Jesus as He proclaimed His Gospel. We are called to the same anointing so that we might continue all that He began to do and teach. Not as individuals but as the body of Christ, His Church.

The anointing comes to us through our relationship with Jesus the Anointed One. The anointing brings specific blessings that we receive and then can pass on to others through the declaration of the Good News, The Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Pentecost is a harvest Festival that began around 1,500 years before Christ. Like Passover it is a prophetic revelation of the life and ministry of Jesus. Jesus is our Passover Lamb and He also is the One that ascended to heaven and when He did He sent the Holy Spirit on Pentecost Sunday. Friends we need the mighty baptism in the Holy Spririt to carry out the Great Commission.

The Fifth Commandment given to Moses was to honor father and Mother... The Lord our God has always honored women in scripture. Women have been instrumental in the formation of the Chosen People, Israel, as well as many important points in Old Testament history. Certainly without a woman the Savior could not have come as He did. God bless our mom's.

Psalm 133 gives us a beautiful prophetic picture of the blessings of unity conveyed to us through our Great High Priest Jesus Christ.

Israel's first king serves as our example of the power and pitfalls of the anointing. As kings and priests unto our God we are to be anointed as Jesus was to walk in the power and purity of the Holy Spirit. The pathway to a good finish in life is the way of humility.

As a part of our understanding of the anointing we must acknowledge that Jesus warned us about false Christs, false prophets, and false teachers. The closer we get to the return of Jesus the greater the enemy's deception will be.

Pastor Pat Shares some thoughts on the anointing and encourages us to see ourselves not as individual Christians only but as connected with all of the saints to something greater and eternal.

The importance of faith in God, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is in you, He will give life to your mortal body. Our lives in Christ Jesus are animated by the Holy Spirit and no longer by our selfish nature.

Continuing with the Anointing of the Holy Spirit we look at Jesus and the apostles, the early Church, and then make application for our lives today.