 Okay, good morning, and welcome everyone. It's a great joy to be together with each one of us this morning And to be able to connect to the mentoring are so let's pray and then we'll get started. I will introduce today's subject and Trusting God that we'll have an enriching experience So what a request one of us to please go ahead and lead in prayer. Let's pray Heavenly father and come to you under the name of Jesus. I thank you for this day Thank you for the mentoring are that we are about to have Jesus and God I pray that Lord you will speak with us I will help us to understand the deepest truth in the Bible. It'll help us to open our Spiritualized spiritual your spiritual mind and listen to the word and to be acute in every way possible Jesus We thank you for pastor Nancy, and I thank you for everyone has joined today in Jesus name. I pray amen Amen. Thank you. Tafina. I'll go ahead and share the screen today, we will talk on the subject of anointing and Yeah, feel free to pose your questions right after that and we'll do our best to answer it So let's go ahead. I hope that you can all see this present presentation so the anointing is a subject that all of us are Curious about and interested in and would like to know More about you know how God really gives us that anointing and how we can Work through the anointing of God in our lives. So we'll try to understand what the anointing is from scripture So when we consider the word Anoint There are two Greek words from the New Testament that we can consider one is Creole the other one is alpheo both of which mean to anoint and what we Recognize from these words is that it means to smear or rub with oil so to be rubbing with oil over something is what we call as To anoint and we see a practice of anointing in the Old Testament where people used This practice of anointing to consecrate someone for a particular office Or for some form of religious service So that is how the anointing was done and that is why the anointing was generally done Now when we look at the Old Testament The a person would be anointed to signify that they have Been blessed and called With a purpose. So we find that generally there were people who were anointed as Kings there were people who were anointed as prophets. There were people who were anointed as priests and The oil that we see You know used in the Old Testament We understand that it represents the Holy Spirit and People would be anointed or as we said earlier Consecrated for a special purpose and that is why they were anointed So as we consider us, you know, those who are believers filled with the spirit Holy Spirit of God and we who are now under the new covenant We no longer see that God only Chooses a few people to anoint them for his work but Under the new covenant, we all know that as believers all of us carry the Holy Spirit and All of us have the work of the Holy Spirit in each one of us And as we look at the New Testament scriptures We recognize that there is something known as the anointing within and the anointing upon So usually this term anointing we we saw the actual meaning of that but we also know that the anointing is Alternatively used for the Holy Spirit as well. So Apostle John in 1 John chapter 2 and verse 20 He says but you have an anointing from the Holy One and you know all things and In verse 27 he says but the anointing which you have received from him abides in you So he's referring to the presence of the Holy Spirit that every believer receives at the point of being born again So the anointing is the presence of the Holy Spirit that every believer carries Now this we understand However, the New Testament also refers to the Endowment of the power of God by the Holy Spirit, which is known as the anointing upon We call it the anointing upon we see that Jesus in Luke chapter 4 and verse 18 He said the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me So Jesus was saying that he was Anointed or there was the the spirit of God upon him or the power of the Holy Spirit upon him Which enabled him to do the good works that he did and so here we we see that The anointing is required upon us to do the works of God the way Jesus did the works that the father called him to do and Jesus states that you know the anointing on his life was meant to preach the gospel to the poor to Bring about healing of the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives recovery of sight to the blind and set at liberty those who are oppressed so the works of God and we can summarize this as preaching the word of salvation Seeing miracle stake place healings deliverances God's intervention in people's lives And that is the kind of work that Jesus did by the power of the Holy Spirit upon him so the Holy Spirit within us dwells in every believer and there's also the endowment of power upon us Which enables us or which empowers us to do the works that God calls us to do So what is the significance of the anointing? No, the anointing as we've seen we have it within and upon So the anointing within refers to the work of the Holy Spirit the ministry of the Holy Spirit and We we know that in every believer's life, you know, the Holy Spirit leads he Transforms and he does his work in that manner now The anointing upon that we also talked about just now is an empowering that Enables us to do the works of God More specifically the supernatural works of God that we enlisted so the Anointing the necessity for anointing in every believer's life is so that we have an impartation of the ability of God In us to do God's work Okay, so what does the anointing do? We've seen that in the life of Jesus and very similarly When Jesus said he was anointed by the Holy Spirit. He was able to function in You know in his call He was able to do the supernatural works and we too will be able to do those same works and in Align to the call of God on our lives So whatever it is that God wants us to do we can do it by his Empowering and we need the power of the Holy Spirit to do those works And that is why each of us as believers no matter which walk of life. We are in we may be part of The ministry very directly The five-fold ministry offices or you know within the church or we could be called in the market place But wherever we are we can depend on the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to do the supernatural Works that God wants us to do and fulfill his call And that is why this eagerness to know more about the anointing and to grow in the anointing so when do we receive the anointing to a Fulfill God's call and to fulfill this ministry that God has for us as we stated We need the anointing upon and we do know that the anointing upon comes When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit what Jesus spoke about in Acts chapter 1 and Was it so you know that is the initiation of that anointing upon and from then on as Good stewards we we need to engage with that anointing and also cause that anointing to increase upon our lives and so let's talk a little bit about How to increase the anointing of God on our lives I've taken Most of the content from our APC resources. So Those of us who are in Bible college you you probably have heard These aspects and some are the other course as well So how do we increase in the anointing of God on our lives? Firstly to align ourselves to the grace and the gift of God on our lives is very helpful because we recognize that God calls us to minister in accordance to the gift of grace that has been given to each one of us and so each of us has a grace upon our lives and There is a grace according to the measure of Christ So a portion of grace has been given to each of us and so the things that we can do the abilities that we have Are all different but they're according to what God has Given to us or God has entrusted us with so it's important for us to recognize the grace of God on our lives and When we recognize God's grace on our lives and we engage in doing more of What that grace enables us to do we see that there is an anointing on that Activity or on that ministry for example if someone is called to administration We see that if they have the grace of Administration we find that you know their ability to do things is Significantly more greater and you know so much more blessed by God than if they were to do Something else that they are not called to do maybe let's say you know if they're not called to lead worship But if they're called to administer we see that They have a greater anointing on that administrative ability that God has given them and similarly if someone is called to something else Such as worship we may find that they are more anointed to lead people in worship as compared to You know any other task that they don't have you know much of the grace of God in that task So here is one key and that key is to identify what we are called for step into that and as Peter Exorts the believers. He says grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ we can grow in the grace and Growing in that grace growing in that ability Will enable us to see more of God's anointing flow in and through that ministry Or that work that God is calling us to do so that is one one very Important thing that we can remember so to grow in the grace and the gift of God on our lives Now what are some of the other things that we can? Consider in order to grow in the anointing the second one is to increase in the word or to Spend more time in the word to give more attention to the word to engage in the word of God More intently and strongly the reason being the word of God as Jesus spoke about it He said my words they are spirit and they are life So there is the power of of God in his word and there is the life of God in his word And therefore as we engage in more of the word we begin to see that you know, we We are able to grow further in the ability Empowered by the Holy Spirit or in other words the anointing of God So the word itself carries the anointing and which is why engaging in the word Believing the word and you know declaring the word speaking the word living the word all of that Increases the anointing on our lives the next important thing that helps us is Consecration Consecration simply means to set apart our lives for the Lord So when we when we commit ourselves to the Lord we commit to holiness when we commit to You know Giving ourselves more to the Lord. In fact, we're supposed to give all of us all of ourselves to the Lord But you know as we rise in our commitment in our journey We see that the more the consecration the greater the anointing of God on our lives So consecration is another important thing that increases the anointing of God on our lives Then of course there is what we call as impartation and impartation Simply refers to the anointing that can be put on our lives you know, which which can come either through association with With the ministers of God it can come you know through Serving together or as I said association. So impartation can come through transfer through from a particular ministry or Person but again when it comes to impartation We need to remember that the impartation will only happen in parts And we we really do not see that, you know, God Transfers the entire whatever a kind of anointing a particular minister carries and in entirety You know that shifts on to another person. It does not really work like that So in measure the impartation happens and the impartation also happens aligned to the call of Different ones of us. So these are some things for us to remember. So in a gist, you know We talked about what the anointing is why the anointing is so significant Why we must look for the anointing upon our lives and the fact that we can grow in the anointing of God we can grow in the Ability that God gives us to minister and to serve others. So very briefly here We've shared some thoughts on the anointing But at this point, we'll just open up this time for us to ask questions anything related to the anointing please feel free to ask and You know, our faculty is on this call and we'll do our best to address The questions that may come up. So though we have a particular. Yes, please go ahead Brad Good morning pastor Nancy. Good morning. Yes. I have this question We talk of anointing Is there any difference between anointing calling and grace because it's kind of like confusing So I don't know if you can throw more light on the difference between a grace because I hear people sometimes talk of them I have a pastoral anointing or have a pastoral grace I have an apostolic calling, but I have a teaching grace. So all this is really confusing. So I don't know if you can like Explain some more. Thank you Okay. Thank you, Brad for that question. So I'll Share from my understanding So when we say The anointing as I already stated it has to do with the the power of the Holy Spirit The power of the Holy Spirit that gives us the ability to serve And to minister so that is the anointing So it is the power of the Holy Spirit the power and presence of the Holy Spirit when we talk about grace of God Grace of God is also ability That is also the empowerment of God which is given to us but you know The distinction would be that the grace of God is an ability that God gives but anointing more specifically Empowered by the Holy Spirit and when we talk about the call of God call of God is You know like a specific if you may call it a Ministry intended That God has for individuals. So that's as much as I can understand Prat, I'll just request our Faculty here to also add to it. So if there's anything more that our Faculty want to add so the difference Prat is asking for the difference between the anointing Grace and Call of God on our lives So I can see Pastor Jay Kumar So I'd like to request Pastor Jay Kumar to share Thank you so much Morning, everyone Just just a few thoughts on the call of God call of God is an actually an invitation Invitation and an opportunity That God prepares for us to minister to his people. So each individual, you know, there's a specific call People place and so on the way in which we do it and It could be Well in the five-fold ministry as we see in Ephesians 4 or it could be any other Way that it could be an overlap of one or two, you know, the five-fold ministry Or it could be any other gift that we see in the body that we are placed in the body like Romans 12 Talks about that. So so that is the call It's an invitation opportunity and an avenue through which God releases His plans and purposes through the individual to minister to either the body or, you know People outside. So that is the thing But when when we pursue the call of God, there is the anointing So we talk about the power and presence of God to fulfill that call So there is the we are anointed they are empowered by the Holy Spirit in order to fulfill The call of God. So that is that would be the distinction between the call and the Call is an invitation. No, it is the empowerment. We talk about the grace of God or the grace gifts of God This is also, you know, there's an overlap. It is yes, definitely. We are anointed, but we are also This is for you know, we see that it is for every believer. We see that, you know, every believer has can pursue Love and desire spiritual gifts. That's the exhortation. So every believer has Has been exhorted to do that. So these spiritual gifts or the gifts of grace are for every believer So that is another distinction that the all believers can pursue and desire the gifts of grace to be operational in our lives and the call of God is a specific area We need not compare with others. It could be very distinctive and from others And the anointing is the empowerment to fulfill that call. I hope that helps Thank you pastor Thank you pastor. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and But I hope that that clarifies the distinction between the words and pastor. Thank you also for Mentioning that to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit now that all of us can do that all of us have that grace all of us can Tap into that grace and all of us can operate in that grace. So thank you for you know Especially clarifying that point. I will move on to the next question here by Jeffina and she says We you said we can grow in our anointing. Is there any biblical life? Example of someone who grew in the anointing Okay all right, so I Would I mean I can think of Philip right now in the book of ads We know that he had a ministry of evangelism and we we know he had a call of God on his life for sure However, we we don't really see him you know operating He is doing his best, but then we don't see him being called as an evangelist initially when he's ministering in Samaria and then you know, you have these other incidents when he is ministering to the Ethiopian eunuch and we know that you know He's doing his his work and he is functioning in the call of God But my understanding is that he was he was growing in that grace and anointing that God had given him to the point That at one towards the end of the book of acts. We see that he's called as an evangelist Did the call already exist on his life? Yes, of course because the Bible teaches us That the gifts and callings of God are irrevocable. So the call of God already existed upon his life But you know, he would have emerged stronger in that anointing and it would have probably become more obvious Which is why people also started calling him Philip the evangelist towards the end of the book of acts So that is one example that I can think of Does that help Jeffina? Okay, thank you. Thank you so much and Also, you know was just thinking about the Old Testament and As we consider the prophets who were under training like if we take Elisha okay for for example, we find that he was in training under Elijah and When Elijah was serving we don't really see Elisha Ministering but eventually we see that he emerged with a powerful anointing on his life In fact, the Bible is very clear that there was a double portion of the anointing of God upon Elisha's life So there are measures of anointing and which is why we are saying it can increase As we pursue the call of God over our lives Thank you, Jeffy now. Thank you for that question When I a prince when I deep has a question he says so he said growing the anointing So is there a possibility to lose anointing also since we can grow in the anointing Can we also ask and desire for anointing in specific areas? We desire okay, so there are two questions the first one that Prince first question that Prince is asking is Is there a possibility to lose the anointing lose the anointing? Yes, Prince we when when we do not function in the grace of God for our lives and the gift of God We could say that the the grace and the gift they become inert and you know the Holy Spirit Even though God would like to anoint us There's really nothing much that can actually happen through our lives and so in that sense Yes, we don't see that anointing functioning through our lives And I'll open up the first question to our faculty as well. So very specifically Prince is asking Can we lose the anointing on our lives? Would any of us want to respond to that question if I may ask Pastor Ashish So I'm going to say join late. Okay, I can ask the question again. So the question is when we began this morning We shared that we can grow in the anointing of God. So the question is is there a possibility to lose the anointing on our lives? So the anointing can increase or decrease that is the level of what we carry upon our lives can increase or decrease Because you know we see in scripture There are different degrees of anointing. So examples quickly I'll give you the example So the anointing can increase or decrease So the anointing can increase or decrease Because you know we see in scripture there are different degrees of anointing. So examples quickly Elijah and Elisha There's a double portion and you know John 3 34 that God does not give the spirit by measure It means that there are there are measures and there's this there's so much more So the level of anointing can increase or decrease but for those of us who are called I mean those are us who are believers They're not going to lose the anointing in the sense that the anointing always abides with us. Jesus said that in John 16 He is with you and he will be in you. He will be in you forever For instance, the Holy Spirit for a believer is with us always Romans 11 29 the gifts of the calling of God are a provokable So along with the gifts and the calling that are obviously has to be anointing For the gifts and the calling to operate So based on this we can say the anointing is never lost as long as we are walking with God But the level of anointing can vary Now can a believer come to a place where I mean they totally lose their faith and the anointing Yeah, that's possible, he grows six but that's a totally different condition Totally different state in which a believer is But in general if somebody is walking with God you're continuing in faith You're not going to lose the anointing The level of anointing can vary also the dimensions You know like we operate in different kinds of anointing So there may be a season when you're moving more in an apostolic grace There may be a season when you're moving more in a prophetic grace or teaching grace and so on So the kinds of anointing operating in different seasons will vary But yeah, so that's just a big story Thank you, Pastor And Prince I hope it answers your first question The second question that Prince is asking is Since we can grow in the anointing, can we also ask and desire for anointing in specific areas we desire So we can do that, we can desire the anointing of God to increase in specific areas But as we stated earlier, it will only increase in the areas where we have the grace And the grace to do those things So if we desire to do something that we don't have the grace to do We will not see the mighty anointing of God the way we want on that particular ability So I just wanted to share that But if anyone else wants to add to that, please feel free to Prince, I hope that it answers your question If there's a follow-up question, you may please ask Okay, thank you Any other things about the anointing that you've been wondering about Please feel free to either unmute and ask Or you may also post your question in the chat Since we're talking about the grace and the gift of God and the connection to the anointing I was just thinking about how important it is for each of us to identify that As to what it is that God has called us for And to also discover the skills, the desires that God has put in our hearts To understand the way we are built and as the APC publication Fulfilling God's purpose for your life Even there we talk about how we discern what God has really called us for And that's such an important aspect for us to see the anointing of God flow in and through our lives Any other comments? Yes, Sam, please go ahead I'm not sure, in one of the slides I think you had mentioned the anointing comes at the baptism of the Holy Spirit But what about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, that is when you put your faith in Jesus Or are you saying that the baptism is an enhancer or an increase? Thank you, Sam I just want to clarify Before that slide, we spoke about the anointing within that every believer has So when we are born again, we receive the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit And so the anointing is already in us So that is the first time that we receive the anointing or the initiation But then when we speak about the anointing upon Where we said that the anointing upon is the power of the Holy Spirit For us to do the works of God and the supernatural works of God Now that ability comes when we are baptized in the Holy Spirit So the anointing upon, we see that we begin to move in the supernatural When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit So I hope that clarifies it If there's any follow-up question, please do ask You muted Sam, in case, oh yeah So Sam has posted in the chat and he says, yes, thank you Great question Yes, I think, right, Molly on the chat asks I just wanted to know if there are any particular notes of video which we can read or hear So in our APC resources, I'm sure you'll find a lot of content on the anointing Molly So you could just do a search and that would help you But apart from that, we also have a specific course in our second year Which is Keys to Supernatural Ministry Where we do talk about the anointing and many other aspects that help us to flow in the supernatural So in that course, we will deal with the anointing in depth I hope that is helpful, Molly, please let us know So Sam, thank you Sam says, Pastor, could you also speak about laying of hands as a form of anointing And its significance, like in the letter to Timothy by Paul So laying on of hands is as we talked a little bit about impartation And so it would come under that category of the transfer of the anointing So when Paul talks about it and he talks about laying hands over Timothy That's what it refers to So the transfer or the impartation of the power of God on Timothy's life But I think I'll request Pastor Ashish if he could elaborate on this The laying on of hands as a form of anointing So this is scripture that anointing comes from God So no man is administering the anointing The anointing simply is the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit operating through us And the anointing comes from God The anointing is God the Holy Spirit upon us But what we do see in scripture is that God uses human agency to either activate train parts More of the anointing, more of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit You see it in both of the New Testament Especially for example in the Old Testament They would anoint somebody with oil physically and the Holy Spirit would come upon them An example would be when Samuel went to anoint David that he poured oil A physical anointing But it was God saying you are anointed The Holy Spirit is going to work in and through your life And so also in the New Testament we find a similar thing That God uses the laying on of hands as one of the ways Not the only way but one of the ways to impart anointing The anointing can be released for many reasons One is obviously for towards ministry So when Paul and the elders laid hands on Timothy There was prophecy, there was impartation of gifts And so that happened First Timothy 414, second Timothy chapter 1 verse 6 So there was that anointing in relation to ministry The anointing can also be released for other things Example to heal, to deliver It's the presence of the Holy Spirit being transmitted for healing, for deliverance So you lay hands on the sick, the anointing destroys the youth Or the anointing can also be transferred to cloths in that case In Acts 1911 when Paul laid hands on handkerchiefs That carried the anointing to heal and deliver people So in summary God uses human agency to impart Transfer the anointing for various reasons It could be for ministry, it could be for healing, deliverance and so on But laying on hands only one of the ways Not the only way through which this can happen The anointing can also be imparted through association By walking with somebody The anointing can also be imparted during the ministry of the world In Luke 5.17 Jesus is teaching And then the part of the Lord is present to heal So while the word is being proclaimed The anointing is also accompanying the proclamation of the Lord of God So there are many different ways Through which the anointing can be imparted For activation ministry or for healing or other purposes I hope that summary is exciting Thank you pastor and Sanu We hope it addresses your question If you have any follow-up questions You could please unmute and ask Yes pastor, thank you Thank you so much Also just a little bit about There is almost like a responsibility I guess to prophets or to elders To lay hands and be like the agencies Or the vehicles to initiate Activate anointment Or the presence of Holy Spirit in others But also I'm thinking on the other side As a receiver As someone who is receiving anointing Externally especially The role So one is obviously If I am someone who is receiving Or participating in such To align my heart And my To be sensitive to God's calling and presence But also I think Probably it's How does one safeguard or avoid Something Because I think it's two people Coming together and also asking God's presence What would go Like I'm just thinking if there's anything That would go wrong in that I don't know if there's a scripture of Not being too quick on laying of hands So either the anointer Or the one who is receiving anointing Is not ready And how do we avoid Or any thoughts on that Thank you Pastor please Yeah So So what's the person Who God is using to invite And the person who is expecting to receive Both have responsibility Like you correctly said So talking about this whole thing On the side of the recipient There has to be hunger That means we have to be desiring We have to be hungry Yes God can work In spite of it or apart from it Because he is sovereign But the normal process is The recipient also has to be desiring The Bible teaches us to covet Spirits and things The Bible teaches us that We are blessed and we hunger and thirst For the things of righteousness The person who is the recipient Should also be sowing to the spirit Delicious six nine Seven eight nine If the recipient is sowing to the flesh But then coming in To saying I want the spirit It's not going to work The law is you sow to the spirit If you want to reap of the spirit So that's a responsibility of the recipient So that's important That we are posturing ourselves correctly In order to both impart In order to receive What I see I think all of us would observe Where we go wrong Is presumption Presumption can happen in both ways The person Ministering Can be presumptuous And this happens often They say the Lord is going to make you a great apostle Or the God is going to make you A great prophet And all of those words have been spoken Presumptuously Very often Just to make the other person feel good Or make everything look nice In front of the audience But none of that is going to matter It all depends on the call of God On that individual So I can lay hands on somebody If God has called that person to be an evangelist Now I can prophesy Till the sun goes down Saying you're going to be a great prophet And you're receiving prophetic anointing But those words are empty Because it's not aligned to the call of God On that person Those words are presumptuous words There's no prophetic anointing coming on you There'll be zero prophetic anointing coming Because the call of God on that person Is to be an evangelist So that's presumption On the side of the person Ministering Similarly presumption on the side of the person Receiving Reception always happens aligned To the call of God on that individual's life I cannot give something I do not have I cannot give something that's outside The plan and purpose of God Of the individual Same thing on the side of the person receiving We only receive Aligned to the call and purpose of God So presumption happens there as well You know where the person thinks Oh I'm going to That person ministering is a prophet Therefore I'm going he laid hands on me Or she laid hands on me Therefore I became a prophet That's presumption A prophet can lay hands on you Like the prophetic elements in your life But the operation of the prophetic Will still be aligned to the call of God On your life So if you're called to be a worship Worship musician The prophetic will express itself In that way The prophetic dimension Or if you're called to be a pastor The prophetic will express itself In the pastoral differently Or the prophetic may express itself In the evangelistic depending on the call of God So that's where the presumption happens And so that's where we have to be careful I remember Anointing follows Grace, gift And call Like what does God call The anointing flows along In line with our ways I hope that helps Yes pastor, thank you so much There was a lot of takeaways Thank you Thank you Thank you pastor And thank you Sam We've almost come to the end Of our Mentoring hour Okay So Sam also says Great notes pastor Recipient hungers and cupids for the anointing And maintains correct posture to receive anointing Avoiding assumptions By both the anointer And receiver during anointing Should be a good practice The call of God is the most important thing Reception always happens In alignment with the call and purpose of God Anointing follows grace, gifts And the call of God Thank you Thank you Sam for summarizing What we just discussed And actually that word anointer That kind of I was like earlier We had talked about this And I think pastor Ashish also mentioned that the Though anointing To human agents Ultimately the anointing comes from the Lord So I don't know If we can call the human agent As the anointer But yes we get the point Thank you once again everyone We'll wrap up at this point I request one of us To please go ahead and lead and pray Before we close Yes Daniel please go ahead Amen God and Father we say thank you Father Ashish we thank you for yet another time I will pray that you will continue To help us to understand your word Thank you for this wonderful session Of studying your word We pray that you will help us You will continue to strengthen us In the mighty name of Jesus Lord let your name be praised Let your name be exalted Father we have studied your word We pray this hour that Lord Will not only be here of your word But will be a practical doer In the name of Jesus Father Lord we thank you this hour We bless you pray that you will prepare us For the next session In the name of Jesus We bless your name of God We give you praise we honor your name In Jesus mighty name we pray Thank you so much Daniel Thank you so much Daniel Thank you everyone God bless you Have a wonderful day And even as we have the Good Friday Easter services Be blessed and We pray that you will Draw closer to the Lord And have a very blessed time So we wrap up right here And we will connect again next week next Thursday Bye for now