 Many believers understand the power of impartation and today I want to talk to you about the three different kinds of Impartation that will accelerate and increase the power of God on your life And as we go into what the scripture has to say about this very important topic I pray that you would become a believer who gives impartation, receives impartation, and shares impartation with your fellow believer Stephen Mock, who is here with me as usual, he's going to lead you in some worship right now That we're going to come right back and get into this lesson I pray that you would become a believer who gives impartation, receives impartation, and shares impartation with your fellow believer Stephen Mock, who is here with me as usual, he's going to lead you in some worship right now I pray that you would become a believer who gives impartation, receives impartation, and shares impartation with your fellow believer Stephen Mock, who is here with me as usual, he's going to lead you in some worship right now I pray that you would become a believer who gives impartation, receives impartation, and shares impartation with your fellow believer In fact, we had some commenters say that this was the first time they ever felt the presence of the Holy Spirit manifested around them while watching a YouTube video So I really believe that as you engage with this content, that God's not only going to touch you, He's going to speak to you, He's going to transform you And I truly believe that you're going to be drawn closer to the presence of the Holy Spirit So today I want to talk to you about impartation as I talked about at the top of the program So this spirit church study is going to be dedicated to three different types of impartation that the believer can participate in So when I was about 11 or 12 years old, I was very hungry for the presence of the Holy Spirit And as I had often told you before, I would go from churches to churches I mean, granted, I was grounded in one specific home church But still, I was very hungry to receive everything that God had for me So anytime there was a conference, a church service, a miracle service, I would go and I would receive Man, I would take notes, I would read books I was the one sitting on the front row trying to stand out to the Prophet so he'd give him a word And that was really my pursuit of everything that God had for me Now, when I was about 14 years old, I was sitting in a church service in Whittier, California And my friend, Prophet Robert Sanchez, who many of you know from this program But this is before Prophet Robin, I knew each other So I'm sitting in the service, I'm watching, I'm engaged I'm watching the Prophet give words to different people And it looked as though people were just having complete break them You could tell by the looks on their faces, the tears streaming down their faces That God was really getting a hold and making some transformative work in them And so the Prophet calls me out and he stands me up and I'm like ready to receive from God I'm like, okay Lord, whatever this Prophet says, I'm going to believe it's from you I'm going to receive the word and as many of you know, Prophet Robb is a gifted prophet of the Lord So he starts to prophesy over me And the first thing he told me, surprisingly Because I didn't know that a Prophet could be so specific with his words of knowledge The first thing he says, because I had a friend from school who was actually sitting right by me So I think it was more for my friend next to me But he said, you're the type of kid And I see that you don't even have to study for your test But you aced them and upset everybody in the class who was studying And my friend, Alba, me said, oh my gosh, that's you And I said, I know, how did he know that? And so he starts saying all these other things very specific to my personality And then he told me something that really stood out in my mind Because it was a visualization of the spiritual realm He began to talk about how bees pollinate and they go from flower to flower And he began to talk about the concept of cross-pollination And at that age, 14 years old, when I received one of the first impactful prophetic words in my life And the Prophet told me, he said, you're going to be the type of ministry that is cross-pollinated In other words, you're going to receive from various types of other ministries And God's going to make a hybrid out of all of them And it's going to be created in one ministry And so I found that to be true And the truth is that not only does everybody you'll ever meet know something that you don't know But every believer that you meet most likely has developed some character trait of Christ further than you Whereas some people might be more developed in their humility Others might be more developed in their peace or in their joy or in their love for others Or in their ability to show mercy And these character traits within one another are the perfecting of Christ And it is all of us together that come together as the collective believer that we begin to cross-pollinate We begin to impart one to another and we start to rub off on each other So whereas I might need help in doubt and faith I'll run into a believer who needs help in doubt and faith And maybe I might be able to help them with humility and vice versa So we have to recognize that when you receive from all kinds of anointings Not just receiving from someone who's more anointed than you are Which there are levels to the anointing The scripture teaches that you can grow in the anointing And anything in which you can grow has levels to it Otherwise there's no room for growth So we have to acknowledge first of all in humility That some people are further along on their spiritual journey than we are So I think people like Moses and Joshua, Elijah and Elisha Jesus and the disciples And I talk about this type of receiving faith That's able to create within you a hybrid of those around you At that very young age of 14 Once I received that prophetic word I was very determined and I told myself I'm going to observe and listen to the fiercely intellectual The deeply spiritual The those who carry holy integrity Those who have a mind for teaching Those who have a gift for evangelism Those who have a grace for the prophetic anointing Those who have the miraculous workings of miracles in their ministry I'm going to pay attention to each and every one of those And I'm going to do my best to glean from the best in every ministry And therefore in my own life see an increase in the anointing And this is God's plan for the generations God is not just a multicultural, multiracial God He's a multi-generational God All he does is all about the passing of his glory from one generation to the next And the closer you get to the end-time generation The more perfect the church has become This is why I believe that every generation of believers Is to in fact be more anointed than the generation before them Be more powerful than the generation before them Be more influential And all of those are the positive qualities that we seek to acquire in the church world I think that with every generation those things should grow So this type of impartation that I'm talking about There are three kinds of it And I'm going to talk to you real quickly about the first two And I want to spend a little bit more of my time on the third Because I think it's the most insightful That at least I found in the scripture anyway So number one The first kind of impartation that there is Number one It's given impartation Matthew chapter 28 verse 19 says this And this is Jesus talking Therefore go And make disciples of all the nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father And the Son And the Holy Spirit Now Jesus is giving this command Not just to those disciples who were hearing this When he spoke it But he offers that command to you today Every believer has an obligation And a spiritual responsibility To disciple his fellow man To disciple his fellow believer So you may say well I'm not really that far along in my walk Or I'm not really that advanced Or I'm not really that anointed or gifted But the truth is that within you God has deposited something of value Maybe you're just saved Just born again And while I do acknowledge that the scripture Such as in Timothy gives us qualities and traits To which we are to aspire if we're going to be Meeting the standards of a church leader There is also a participation that Every believer can have in world evangelism In world discipleship no matter where they are On the spectrum of spiritual growth So maybe you have come to a place In your spiritual walk with God You're saved That's okay Now you know Jesus as Savior And you can help guide those who've yet to come to Christ The moment you receive Christ as Savior You are qualified to evangelize your loved ones So don't ever get discouraged And tell yourself you're not gifted in those areas Because as long as you're further along Than somebody else You can help them get to where you are now Even if it's just one step ahead So every believer has this responsibility To make disciples You say okay well I'm saved Well therefore you know Christ as Savior So you can communicate the saving grace of Christ To the person who comes after you So every single one of us are to participate In given impartation Now you notice Jesus says disciples He does not talk about memberships Your job is not to go and solicit for your church Though I believe in outreaching And inviting people to church Because that's the greatest evangelistic tool In the world The local church I myself am a part of a local church And I'm planted under a pastor But when it comes to this type of teaching You have to understand That membership is very different than discipleship Everything that God does You look at the plant life You look at the fish You look at man You look at molecules You look at cells Everything that he does Is about multiplication And so God's plan His agenda for the ages As it goes with world evangelism Is multiplication This is why the enemy's primary plan Is division Because nothing destroys multiplication Faster than division And so we see here That members are a matter of addition But disciples are a matter of multiplication Membership is addition Discipleship is multiplication Why? Because only true followers of Christ Can reproduce If I look at a flower or a plant That was created out of plastic It may look and feel like the real thing They even have some technology nowadays Where they can give it the scent Of an actual plant The problem is that that plastic plant Will never be real Because it can never truly reproduce So you can always tell the authentic believer By the fact they're able to reproduce themselves This is the act of discipleship You are to teach and everyone can teach Because everyone of us knows something about the Lord You are to live as an example And it is that teaching and living That creates the impartation of giving So when you're giving an impartation You're helping those around you So again, I want to emphasize No matter where you are On the spectrum of spiritual growth God has called you to impart something To someone somewhere Number two, shared impartation So we just talked about number one Given impartation Number two is shared impartation This is talking about fellowship And the truth is that all of us Can impart to someone below us And I mean that as it goes to spiritual growth I don't mean in value And all of us can share an impartation Because many of us are on the same path of growth In our Christian lives And we can share an impartation This one is very important Because it has to do with fellowship So before I get into talking about shared impartation I want to emphasize this point Is that just as you can impart good things You can also impart negative things There is such a thing As ungodly impartation 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 33 says this Don't be fooled by those who say such things For bad company corrupts good character So this ungodly impartation comes Not when we're spending time with sinners For Jesus himself spent time With the lowliest of sinners This type of ungodly impartation comes When you allow yourself to be influenced By the others Instead of being the influence in their lives So of course we are to communicate With the loss Of course we are to have unsafe friends Of course we are to settle Some time for our family Who doesn't know Christ We have to otherwise how are we going to reach them You can't spread the gospel if you're quarantining Like it's a disease And like you don't want to go out and touch anybody Who doesn't have it You have to treat the gospel as something That needs to be spread And you have to treat the ungodly With love and respect and care and honor So that you can communicate That creates the bridge Relationship is the greatest means of evangelism So I'm talking about allowing others To have an influence in your life Have you ever noticed that the same spirit Comes on those who people hang out with you Who grew up in maybe an area of town That wasn't the best And so this kid By hanging out with those who are involved In gangs and violence and the like He ends up becoming just like them He loses that sweet innocent spirit And starts to become angry and violent And entitled and prideful and blind And participates in the activities Of the ungodly in that environment That has to do with ungodly impartation So we have to be careful To avoid the influence of the ungodly Not the contact with them So this is talking about working together Now God removes those from us who don't belong The scripture says in Amos chapter 3 verse 3 Can two people walk together Without agreeing on the direction? 1 John chapter 2 verse 19 says These people left our churches But they never really belonged with us Otherwise they would have stayed with us When they left it proved That they did not belong with us This working together This cohesiveness, this unity Creates a certain power And it causes within you A growth that you couldn't find anywhere else You think of all the commands of scripture About living peacefully with one another About not gossiping about fellow church members About giving in union with one another You know a lot of these commands are impossible To fulfill unless you're attending a local church I know some people who don't like this But it's the truth, you need to be in a local church All legitimate ministries are connected With a local church So we talk about this type of impartation With sharing, it's impossible to fulfill Unless you're plugged into a church So the writers of the epistles Are already working on the assumption That their readers know they're supposed to be in a church Anyway, so it's a very solid case there But it is when we share in this impartation With one another that we can grow And maybe you found yourself Disconnecting from certain groups And I'm not talking about leaving in bitterness And unforgiveness, I'm talking about Being directed by God to another place In another ministry in another church That happens sometimes, I know most pastors Stay there for the rest of their lives, it's just not biblical The truth is that God has called you somewhere And as long as your heart is not filled with bitterness As long as you are honestly following The leading of the Holy Spirit, you should have no worries about this But God will bring you to a certain stream In which you'll have influence I know I myself am attracted To certain ministries that emphasize the supernatural I receive my impartation If I said the name of the people that imparted into me Whether from close relationship or from a distance You would know their names But that's not my main point I'm not going to name the names My point is that God's going to bring you around Certain people who share in a similar spirit And carry similar giftings So that you can participate in a similar goal To reach people for Christ In God's great river of ministries There are many streams In God's great river I see you can even tell by watching it There's a distinction, not a disconnect Or a dislike, but there's a distinction Between say for instance The Christian Christian movement Which is called the Hope movement And then you look at Jesus culture Then you look at the TBN crowd There's all these different types of ministries And there's church growth ministries Like Victory Outreach and Praise Chapel And Calvary Chapel There's another one called Harvest And you see that And you notice there's different sections of the church That use certain lingo, preach in certain styles And that's okay Because we are all called to do something for Christ And where God has placed you Usually is where God wants you to receive impartation from So this shared impartation we must emphasize We must embrace and we must look for it And we have to be humble enough To receive from each other The scripture says not neglecting to meet together As in the habit of some But encouraging one another And all the more as you see the day Drawing near, that's Hebrews 10 verse 25 Proverbs 27 verse 17 says Iron sharpens iron And one man sharpens another And this is one of my favorite verses That has to do with preferring one another Philippians 2 verse 3 Let nothing be done Through strife Or vain glory Now what is that? Vain glory You know that there are people who are competitive in ministries That when they've identified another ministry That's similar to theirs That they do their best To try to outdo and compete with that ministry You see the kingdom of God is not about competition It's about complimenting each other It's about uniting for a common goal I myself am linked with various ministries Who carry a similar anointing and a similar goal Because we could be more effective that way And the body of Christ wants to see that They don't want to see their leaders fighting each other Or competing, they want to see their leaders united Humbly in one cause Reaching out to the world and declaring the goodness of Christ And so let nothing be done Through strife or vain glory But in loneliness Of mind And each esteem the other Better than himself That's Christ's like thinking And it is within that That type of mindset It is with that kind of paradigm That you'll find a greater power when you unite And receive impartation For example, I work with several ministries here You've seen it on the channel You've seen prophet Rob Sanchez You've seen Ken Brown You've seen David Harabidin You've seen John Morgan He's one of a really good friend of mine And the reason we do that Is because it's cross-pollination Prophet Rob and I for years Partnered with each other's ministries I would send him $25 a month And he would send me $25 a month Now people looking at that might say Why didn't you just keep the money And save on the fees for processing But the principle was That we were investing in one another We were demonstrating a godly principle By supporting one another And the reason that we started supporting each other's ministries I saw in my life An increase on the clarity of the word of knowledge To where I started seeing into people's lives Clearer than I had ever seen Why? Because of my friendship with the prophet The prophetic was sharpened An increase to my life Likewise and conversely Prophet Rob saw an increase In miracles and he was talking about People dropping their canes, coming out of wheelchairs The type of stuff you see regularly on the counter TV And we began to see each other's giftings The same thing with Ken Brown He saw the same effect of both of our giftings on him And we saw an increase on the teaching anointing Steven Moctezuma When he starts working with us I saw an increase on my worship ministry He saw an increase on his revelation and the word So this is all about cross-pollination And it's that impartation that we must Participate in So don't get caught up in your own thing Look for the cross-pollination So that's number one, is given impartation Number two is shared impartation Now this is one of my favorites Because I personally benefited From this and many of you You can see the various ministries that have influenced me Just by the way I minister Even though I embrace my own unique sound My own unique cadence, my own unique giftings And personality, I do reflect A lot of the other ministries from which I've received impartation But this reminds me of Elijah Now we know the prophet Elijah He's a gifted prophet of God He predicted the three-year drought He miraculously was fed by ravens He challenged a widow to give Of her best when she was at her lowest And she saw an increase on her life That brought her through the famine We see that he defeated the prophets of Baal He called down fire from heaven And so this is a very gifted man of God So it's a very bold thing to look at a man of God That anointed and say, I want to double what you got Because that's what Elijah did And in my life, I remember when I was I think I was about 11 or 12 years old When I first, I was slipping to Christian television And I really do believe that was That was one of the first moments of divine destiny I can explain to you And it's not in the book Carriers of the Glory Not everything about my spiritual walk Is in there, but just kind of the highlight points But leading up to the point Where Carriers of the Glory picks up Just a couple months before Where that book picks up I was flipping to Christian television And I had grown In my hunger for Christ I became fascinated with the person of Jesus Fixated on his face His attributes, his nature, his thinking His words, and I wanted to understand And my heart's cry was simply, Lord, I want to know you more So I'm flipping through these channels Christian television, and don't get me wrong I loved all the teaching, I loved all the preaching But I stumbled across something unique When I suddenly came When there was this picture on my screen There's a very peaceful image of people worshiping And their hands were uplifted Their eyes were closed There was a peace on their face and they were singing There seemed to be a soft and gentle presence Of the Holy Spirit among them And I saw almost like a breeze Sweeping across the room A refreshing of God's Holy Spirit And as I watched and heard them worship I consensed the presence of God There was a sweetness to it There was a beauty and elegance to it And I was drawn to it, I was allured I felt myself being pulled in as I was watching this And with their hands uplifted They sang songs that sounded like angels Should be joining in with them Because it was a heavenly tone to it When they were usually they would cut away from the worship And go right into the message I instead saw something different To my pleasant surprise I saw a man Standing on a platform Looking to one side saying what happened here And that man over there on the other side of the platform Pulled this man or woman up He says this woman came or this man came And she had this, this and this And explained an ailment that she had And was completely healed The woman was standing up there healed Rejoicing, clapping, jumping, praising It was an ecstasy, they were elated with this heavenly joy And in that moment I connected deeply With the images I was seeing And I saw for the first time A glimpse into what God had for my life And at that age 12, 11 years old I said Lord I want this And I boldly, some people would say You can't pray that, who do you think you are And there are some people who will tell you today That they don't think that can be done But I'm telling you, you can do it You can ask God for these things And from that day forward things began to change Now how you measure a double portion I'm not quite sure And I don't believe it's been at that level yet But it will be Because of that childlike faith And that audacious boldness within me I said Lord, I want to believe And that's how you need to get You need to have and forgive me For using the term jealousy Let me just on a tangent here Jealousy is not a sin unto itself The root of where that jealousy is comes from determines whether it's godly or ungodly So God is jealous He's not sinning His jealousy is based on love If your spouse cheated on you Would you not be jealous? Good, you would And that's not a bad jealousy That's a holy jealousy based on love Ungodly jealousy is based on fear And insecurity, and it wasn't based on that I fell in love with what was happening And within me I said Lord I want that, and maybe that's happening to you Maybe you watch my stuff and say You can be used like that You can receive the impartation God can use you, I'm not special I'm just someone who said Lord Here's all my nothing that I have to offer And all I offer is my obedience My will, my life You do what you want with it He took an 11 year old normal boy Hispanic millennial from Southern California With no political or religious connections And now we see what God's done But I don't say that to bring glory to myself That it's not me, it's God It's the Holy Spirit And God wants to put that same hunger inside of you Maybe within your heart you're crying out Lord I want to see miracles Lord I want to carry your presence like that Lord I want to teach like that Lord I want to influence people like that God wants to use you You can be bold, you can be audacious You can claim it, you can ask it Jesus said ask me for anything God wants to give you a double portion Of what generations before us carried In greater measures than what came before you In fact Jesus himself When he imparted into his disciples He said you're going to do greater things, why? Because he wants them to exceed the work he did That's a true leader That's true impartation That we want to see them go further than where we went And so as someone Who stands giving impartation Sharing impartation, I've also been one Who received and is currently receiving impartation From various streams of ministry And that hunger needs to come alive in you That desire for the anointing I want to know you, I want you to use my life I want you to increase your power on me There's nothing wrong with praying that Even Paul the Apostle says earnestly desire to prophesy And forbid not to speak with tongues It's 1 Corinthians chapter 14 verse 39 He's telling you to seek it He's telling you to hunger for it God wants to give it to you God wants to bless you with it But he's going to process you first And so let's take a look at what it takes to receive impartation God speaks to Elijah the prophet And says go anoint to prophet Elisha So we see 1 Kings chapter 19 verse 19 To 21 the scripture says this So Elijah went And found Elisha Son of Shaphat Plowing a field There were 12 teams Of oxen in the field And Elisha was plowing with the 12th team Elijah went over to him And threw his cloak across his shoulders And then walked away Didn't talk to him Didn't pray for him He just threw his cloak and walked away Why? Because God will speak to the people who've gone before us And they'll kind of throw out their words Their teachings, their ministry It's up to you to pursue it It's up to you to catch it It's up to you to follow up You know, my pastor, he doesn't call me I call him My leaders, they don't call me I call them So Elijah Just cast it and walks away And now it's up to Elisha to do something Verse 20 Elisha left the oxen Standing there Ran after Elisha and said to him First let me go and kiss my mother My father and mother goodbye and then I will go with you Elisha replied, go on back But think about what I have done to you So he's telling me to really ponder this If you really want in You better think about this You as someone who's receiving You can't second guess this When I was 11 years old I made a promise to God And I've kept that promise and he's kept it Sure I've messed up, sure I failed But the scripture says, God is faithful Even when we are not, for he cannot deny who he is So the covenants you make with God Are eternal and permanent, they're sealed They're based on his goodness, not on your performance And as long as you're willing to keep trying And keep going, you're going to reach What God had promised to give you by covenant And so Elisha Is chased after by Elisha And he left the oxen standing there Now Elisha is nicer than Jesus Elisha says, I'm going to go say goodbye to my parents Jesus would have told them, no, if you want to come You come now, but Elisha is a little bit It's not as heavy anointing as Jesus carried So he's a little more lenient with Elisha So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them He used the wood from the plow to build a fire To roast their flesh He passed around the meat to the townspeople And they all ate, then he went to Elisha As his assistant He barbecues everybody basically But it's more of a sacrifice It's something that he's doing When you pursue the anointing When you pursue impartation It begins with sacrifice It begins with giving something up It begins with leaving all behind Jesus said, if you're going to come after me You've got to carry your cross And follow me He didn't say, if you're going to come after me You've got to be really talented You've got to be really good at speaking You've got to be very smooth with the way you are With people know that if you're going to come after me It's all or nothing The power of God on our lives Does not depend upon how gifted we are But how surrendered we are There's no limit To what God can do With an individual who is wholly Given over to his purposes Catherine Coleman said it very beautifully And I mentioned this last week God is not looking for golden vessels He's not looking for silver vessels He's looking for yielded vessels And so Elisha Pursues, he pursued He ran after, he sacrificed And took this first step of faith So to receive But first let's take a look at this Let's take a look at a couple other things To receive you have to be working Elisha was plowing when Elisha found him This is stewardship This is why impartation Doesn't stay on some people They'll go to a service And lift their hands Get touched by the man of God Sometimes fall over, cry, weep, whatever And they get back up And they don't receive anything It passed through them It didn't pass to them And the reason it passed through them Instead of to them was because they were not a good steward Of what they already have God will not give Something that is weighty To the one who cannot stand under the pressure of it And that weightiness On the Elisha working God is not just going to come to you And say, come follow me and you're doing nothing Even in Isaiah chapter 6 Isaiah chapter 6, if it said the year that King Elisha had died I saw the Lord high and lifted up, seated upon the throne And the train of his robe for the temple with glory Then said, I woe is me, for I am undone I am a man of unclean lips And I dwell in the midst of a people with unclean lips Elisha, or Elisha freaks out, why? Because God is suddenly surprised about what was Elisha doing He was serving in the temple What was King David doing He was tending to the sheep What was Jesus doing He was fasting and praying What was Elisha doing He was plowing the ground God is not going to pick someone who does nothing I have heard it said Very ignorantly so There's been times when I try to do a project for the Lord And I've had people, well why is it so hard for you to get it done Some things that are big to do They're hard to do If it was God, you wouldn't have to try It would just happen, right? Oh my goodness, these people, that's ignorance God wants to use you, yes But if you're not acting, you're not working You're not already doing something Then it doesn't count for stewardship And God won't promote you to the next level You know how I started in ministry I started in ministry By doing the overhead projector for the worship I was the song flipper Is what they traditionally call them Meaning, while the worship was going on This is before digital projectors were using the church I know, we're always behind on technology So I got the little papers Translucent papers with words on them And I would just switch out the song That's where I started, and I did that for like three years And I didn't mind I was just praying, Lord I love you Lord I worship you It wasn't until years later that I finally started preaching the gospel But that's where my ministry started If God finds you, he's going to find you working Or he won't find you at all If God's going to pick you up for use He's going to find you being used already You have to make yourself available You have to serve, you have to initiate They put out the call, who will go for us? That goes for everybody, the harvest is plentiful The laborers are few, who's going to do something? So number one, you have to be working In addition to the other things that I said You have to sacrifice, it starts with sacrifice You have to pursue it, and you have to be working You also have to be a servant You notice it says it followed him Not as his co-preacher, but as his assistant Most of us, we want to jump right into it We want to be on the platform right away We want to be ministering But let me tell you something, God wants to process your heart To the point where you don't want the platform anymore And when you don't want the platform anymore He'll give it to you And when you don't want the recognition of men anymore It'll come, and when you're not worried about Influence in the worldly sense, you'll probably have it Because those things are useful tools But God's not going to give it to somebody Who's searching for their own glory This is why the Scripture says God has chosen The foolish things of the world, why? So that no one can glory in the flesh That they have to glory in God God uses people to an extent When people look at them, they go, yeah, that must be God Otherwise that person couldn't have done it And those are the type of people God is looking for So, you know You look at this man of God And he's followed by Elijah He goes to serve him As an assistant Now I know not all men of God are Completely Godly, none of us are I've had people kind of challenge me I'm very open sometimes about the people who've imparted it in my life And people would challenge me Well, you know, this person did this They falsely prophesied that and I'm thinking You know, God uses broken vessels I mean, someone's going to say something of you If you ever impart to anybody But I look at impartation like eating a watermelon You eat the watermelon, you spit out the seeds There's some things you have to take out I had my guest on EncounterTV The episode honoring the anointing John Morgan talked about we honor the man of God Not just the man There's the man and then there's the man of God That extra of God represents their anointing You have to honor the anointing Samuel chapter 3 When Samuel was called He was called under the leadership of Eli Talk about ungodly leadership Even the scripture is very clear on how Eli wasn't able to hear God And some of the things he allowed in the temple Still, Samuel received training From a man who had flaws And we have to recognize that if we're going to receive impartation We can't be nit-picky And call out every single flaw Well, a Jealousy doesn't preach hard enough Or you know, there's all these different Brian Houston is that his name Straight out enough about some issues Or Benny Hinn gave false prophecies Or Rod Parsley talks about money All these criticisms of men of God that are really unfounded But you're not going to find a perfect man of God anyway Not a woman of God or a man of God is perfect Everyone's going to have flaws This is why you have to learn to be a servant And humble yourself Now, 2 Kings 2 verse 1-14 This is the larger portion of scripture we're going to read And I'm going to quickly make my final point So we're going to wrap this up in about five minutes So 2 Kings 2 verse 1-14 Says this When the Lord was about to take Elijah Up to heaven and a whirlwind Elijah and Elisha were on their way From Gilgal Elijah said to Elisha Stay here, the Lord has sent me to Bethel So the leader is trying to tell the one who is following Stay here But Elisha said As surely as the Lord lives And as you live, I will not leave you So they went down to Bethel The company of the prophets at Bethel Came out to Elisha and asked Do you know that the Lord is going to take your Master from you today? Yes, I know Elisha replied So be quiet I don't know why he told me quiet, maybe he just didn't like the idea Maybe saddened him And he wasn't wanting to hear it from somebody else You know, maybe those of you who are in the sports Your team loses, you don't want to hear it, it's bad news Or so in this sense, maybe he didn't want to hear it Because he didn't want to think about it until It was actually the moment for it Or he was trying to process internally some things He didn't want them going out until he was getting ready to take I don't know, but whatever it is Elisha was very persistent In following Elisha Then Elisha said to him Stay here Elisha, the Lord has sent me to Jericho And he replied, as surely as the Lord lives And as you live, I will not leave you So they went to Jericho The company of the prophets at Jericho Went up to Elisha and asked him Do you know that the Lord is going to take your Master? Yes, he knows, so be quiet Then Elisha said to him Stay here The Lord has sent me to Jordan And he replied, as surely as the Lord lives And you live, I will not leave you So the two of them walked on Now, 50 men 50 men from the company of the prophets Went and stood at a distance Facing the place where Elisha And Elisha had stopped at the Jordan Elisha took his cloak Rolled it up and struck the water with it The water divided to the right And to the left And the two of them crossed over on dry ground When they had crossed Elisha said to Elisha Tell me, what can I do for you Before I am taken from you? Let me inherit a double portion Of your spirit Elisha replied Verse 10 You have asked a difficult thing Elisha said, yet if you see me When I am taken from you It will be yours Verse 11 As they were walking along and talking together Suddenly a chariot of fire And horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them And Elisha went up to heaven in the whirlwind Elisha saw this and cried out My father, my father The chariots and horsemen Of Israel And Elisha saw him no more Then he took hold of his garment And tore it in two Verse 13 Elisha then picked up That had fallen from him And went back and stood on the bank Of the Jordan He took the cloak that had fallen from Elisha And struck the water with it Where now is the Lord The God of Elisha, he asked When he struck the water He divided to the right and to the left And he crossed over this Powerful This is intense We have to be persistent and intentional You notice he said, I will not leave you So number one, you have to initiate it Number two, you have to sacrifice Number three, be working for it Number four, you have to be a servant Or you have to be working when you're found Doing it and then you have to be a servant Number five, you have to be persistent And intentional I will not leave you Elisha told him Go away, Elisha, no I'm going to be there I'm going to catch what you have This is the type of Audacity that you need to pursue Impartation Then he was specific and bold That was the next point I want a double portion of what you have Elisha, very rightly so He said, you've asked a difficult thing But he's still in faith, persistent And finally, you have to be active He says, where is the God of Elisha He's basically saying, I'm going to do something With what I got now He tore his old garment And picked up the new one He tore the old In sorrow But he picked up the new In power And so when he had crossed over When Elisha had gone That second portion Mental fell, that double portion Mental fell on Elisha This is what the scripture says in 2 Timothy 1 verse 6 Wherefore I put the in remembrance That thou stir up the gift of God Which is indeed by the putting out of my hands He's telling Timothy, you stir up the gift They can only impart it, but we got to stir it We have to activate What has been given to us in this life I love the words of Elisha Where is the God of Elisha We need that generation To cry out right now Where is the God of Catherine Coleman Where is the God of Oral Roberts Where is the God of Billy Graham That needs to be the cry of this generation God, where is that anointing Where is that power Where is that alluring persuasiveness Empowered by the Holy Spirit To convict the hearts of men And draw them toward Christ in repentance Where is that grace for evangelism Where is that grace for miracles And healing Where are those who carry the glory In such a way that it's manifested All around them We pick up this mantle Boldly, some say Well, you're not qualified Who do you think you are I'm called of God is what I am And I'll take a double portion of what's mine And God will find you working God will find you serving God will find you pursuing So, the power of impartation Given impartation, shared impartation And received impartation I really do feel the anointing Of the Holy Spirit in this moment I'm going to pray Because I've received many emails And all that from many of you Asking me to pray for God to use your life I want God to use you in the same way And I want you to use him in greater measures Than what he's using me That's the truth. You can ask anybody around me That's my heart That's why I pour out teaching week after week after week Because I want you to carry the anointing I want to pray with you right now Father, in Jesus' name Come on, stretch your hands forward God's going to touch you right now You're going to sense this presence In Jesus For an impartation to take place Lord, that you would ignite in us A fire and a passion To raise disciples Sharing each other's anointing And receive the impartation From those who have gone before us Father, I pray for a holy boldness I rebuke the lies of the enemy That mockingly ask Who do you think you are And we cry out, we are the sons and daughters of God Ready to inherit what is heaven And rightfully ours The anointing does not belong to any man It belongs to God You don't need to go to men for it You go to God for it God will give you the anointing he's placed on them Because it came from him originally anyway So Father, we thank you and we agree And we receive all that you have for us And I pray right now in this moment That you would so fill Each and every vessel watching That they themselves would walk in the power of the Holy Spirit Lord, let them walk into rooms Father, I pray that your glory Would be a residue upon their lives That they would touch those around them Lord, put your fire on their tongues That when they proclaim the gospel Men are drawn to repentance Put your power in their hands That would heal the sick Lord, place your authority on their shoulders That they would drive out devils In the name of Jesus I pray right now that they receive this anointing In the name of Jesus And I want you to say it if you agree Amen, amen, amen, amen I'm telling you, I feel the power of God Very strongly here moving and it's touching your life right now And I believe those of you who in faith Are willing to receive are receiving it Wow, I almost don't know how to transition out of that I'm excited for what God's going to do for you He's going to use you, just watch But I do have to transition nonetheless We want to welcome now our new Spirit Church Members, there they are up on the screen We now have over 150 members joining in the Spirit Church From all around the world I actually believe all the continents That are in habit anyway Are represented in our Spirit Church membership So we want to thank you for joining us If you'd like to know how to join Spirit Church If you're watching this video on YouTube A link is going to appear over my head right now It's going to say Join Spirit Church You click on that, it'll take you right to a form You join in, you don't have to pay anything All you'll do is receive weekly emails From us with these lessons included And a little note from me and you'll be able to respond And interact with our ministry staff And you'll join us in Spirit every single week And some of you are looking for a church right now This might be a good church to attend Transitionally, maybe God's called you to this permanently But either way, thank you for being a part of it The Spirit Family, we love you, we're praying for you We thank you now If you are ready to start giving now Maybe you're a member of Spirit Church This is where you now sell your tithes and offerings Perhaps you're an ET viewer Or someone who's just followed our ministry From any of the various outlets that we have You're receiving from it, you're encouraged To see today one time or monthly help us out One time gifts of $10, $20, $30 count And one time gifts of the larger ones $100, $500, $1,000 Those are the ones I want to challenge you to do as well Because it'll make an even bigger impact on what we're doing But again, everything counts So $5, $10, $20, $30 Maybe you could do one time $50, $100, $1,000 And those of you who are wanting to be monthly partners $30, $50, $100 a month Anything that you could do monthly, even $5 a month Do it today, don't wait for another time Now is the time to do it, there's also going to be a link Appearing overhead for that And I want to thank you for your support Thank you for helping us win the loss I appreciate you, I love you That's it for this edition of Spirit Church I'm David D. Hernandez, remember until next time Nothing is impossible with God