Isaiah 10:27 (NKJV) It shall come to pass in that day That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
The anointing is the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It is His empowerment and enablement for the callings in our lives and the roles we are given. It is the yoke-destroying, burden-removing power of God. Therefore, these are what we should expect when the presence of God or the anointing is operating in and through an individual: people being saved as we share the gospel; the sick and oppressed being set free; those under demonic bondage being delivered because of the anointing and the name of Jesus; demons manifesting and people being delivered in the presence of God.
If we fail to see any of these happening, it is usually because we are too dependent on ourselves, our intellect and the preaching of philosophy in church. If everything is stringently regulated and communicated intellectually, no one would notice if the Holy Spirit were absent in a church service. Therefore, no church should exclude the teaching of the Holy Spirit, the baptism of the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, and moving in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, because the anointing is the work of the Holy Spirit given to us in the specific callings in our lives. The power of the Holy Spirit needs to be restored in the church. The anointing helps us solve problems and gives us ease to do things.
Acts 10:38 (NKJV) how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Why did Jesus ask the disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit? Because they needed to be baptised with the Holy Spirit. After the Holy Spirit came upon the 120 disciples in the Upper Room, they went out boldly to do the work of the ministry. If Jesus needed to be anointed with the Holy Spirit, despite being both the Son of Man and God, and He specifically told the disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit, how much more do we need the empowering and anointing of the Holy Spirit to serve Him well?
The Holy Spirit will teach and guide us in everything that He leads us to do. This unction to function through the anointing will also give us the grace or inner strength to shoulder our workload. We will have the grace to juggle the different roles in life with ease because this ability is from God.
Sermon Series：The Unction to Function
神赐下脱离枷锁的大能
以赛亚书 10:27 到那日，亚述人的重担必从你肩头挪开，他的轭必离开你的颈项；那轭也必因膏油的缘故毁坏。
恩膏是圣灵在我们生命中的工作。这是祂为着我们生命中的呼召和所领受的职分所赐下的能力与装备。这是神除去重担、折断枷锁的大能。因此，当神的同在与恩膏运行在一个人里面并透过他彰显时，我们应当期待看到以下现象：当我们传福音时，人们得救；患病和被压制的人得着释放；因着恩膏和耶稣的名，那些被邪灵捆绑的人得着自由；在神的同在中，邪灵显露原形，人们得着释放。
若我们看不到这些现象发生，通常是因为我们过于依赖自己的聪明才智，以及在教会中宣讲哲学道理。若一切都严格按程序进行，只强调理性教导，即便圣灵没有在聚会中运行，也不会有人察觉。因此，任何教会都不该忽略圣灵的教导、圣灵的洗、说方言，以及圣灵恩赐的运行，因为恩膏正是圣灵为着我们特定呼召所赐下的工作。教会需要恢复圣灵的大能。恩膏帮助我们解决问题，使我们行事轻省。
使徒行传 10:38神怎样以圣灵和能力膏拿撒勒人耶稣，这都是你们知道的。他周流四方，行善事，医好凡被魔鬼压制的人，因为神与他同在。
为何耶稣吩咐门徒等候圣灵？因为他们需要领受圣灵的洗。当圣灵降临在马可楼上的120位门徒身上后，他们就放胆出去开展事工。耶稣既是人子又是神，尚且需要圣灵的恩膏，又特意吩咐门徒等候圣灵，何况我们这些事奉神的人，岂不更需要圣灵的能力与恩膏吗？
圣灵会在我们一切所行的事上教导引导我们。这透过恩膏而有的职事能力，也将赐给我们承担工作所需的恩典，也就是内在力量。我们将得着恩典，能轻省地兼顾生活中的不同角色，因为这能力是从神而来的。
讲章系列：领受恩膏 活出呼召
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