Recently, the Lord began to show me how the anointing can be misused in this dispensation of Grace. He actually took me to a place where someone else's anointing does not have a negative effect or working on me.
There are indeed negative workings of an anointing. It is all over Scriptures especially the Old Testament. Jesus Christ redefined the terrain by His examples and His doctrine.
Luk 9:54-56
54 And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? 55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
(KJV)
In the scriptures above, Jesus Christ makes it abundantly clear that He is not here to destroy men's lives.
He gave His mission statement earlier at the start of His ministry...
Luk 4:16-21
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up:and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
(KJV)
Jesus stopped reading where there is a comma injuction. You wouldn't do that most likely.
Why did He close the book at that point when the scriptures He read from continues with these words " Isa 61:2 ...and the day of vengeance of our God...
(KJV) ?
This is what a man of God refered to as 'rightly dividing the word of truth'.
Jesus Christ made it abundantly clear in that statement that He is not here for vengeance yet.
And you think of it; whose death or illness or misfortune would you trace to Jesus Christ? Like maybe someone resisted and offended Him and He cursed the person or the person just began to experience ill luck because of Jesus? Even when he was being put to the most agonising of human torture, hear His words...
Luk 23:33-34
33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
(KJV)
Wow! Who can do such a thing? A prophet was mocked in the Old Testament by some children who called him 'bald head', see that happened...
2Ki 2:23-24
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel:and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
(KJV)
How did you see that? It sounds good to prove that one is called of God except that the victims were little children whom you feel thw prophet should overlook and forgive.
Story: My experience with a big MOG at a crusade in OAU Ife
Let's see another Old Testament order...
2Ki 1:9-12
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him:and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
(KJV)
What a testimony! 'If I be a man of God...'
But Jesus laid a higher standard when He came.
You see, anointing is like a weapons given to a force man by the government of a country. The government expects that force man to be responsible in the use or the catridges primary to protect and not to destroy the same citizens he was empowered to save.
Likewise, the Lord Jesus was anointing and He used it for good only.
Act 10:38
38 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.
(KJV)
And He has given to us His ministers the ministry of reconciliation... not destruction.
2Co 5:18-21
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us:we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
(KJV)
This ministry of reconciliation involves edification, exhortation and comfort - NOT DESTRUCTION!
2Co 10:8
8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
(KJV)
2Co 13:10
10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
(KJV)
We are anointed (authorised) to minister edification of men and not their destruction.
The Church of Jesus had revelled in the "Die! Die!" Ministry and it is okay for that time being. It reminded men and demons that we have the power. But it is counter productive. Men are no longer attracted to our gospel of destruction. Now we must grow up.
- Adeolu Olumodeji
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