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Originally Posted by Steadfast
I'm of a unique group I think. I do not think that the 'anointing' is a 'gift' that God gives you. I think the anointing is an endowment that God bestows upon you according to the life you live.
When you cease living that kind of life you forfeit true anointing.
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You and I are of that same unique group, then.
Psa 45:1 <To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.> My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psa 45:2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psa 45:3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.
Psa 45:4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Psa 45:5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psa 45:6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
Psa 45:7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Anointing in some measure comes proprtional to our love for righteousness, and our hatred for wickedness.
God showed me this years ago, and I have prayed through the first verses of this Psalm before I preach for years and years.
I was amazed to hear from James Willoughby on the other forum that his pastor, Huss Shearer, taught his young preachers the exact same principle.
I have often prayed for my tongue to be as the pen of a ready writer, and for grace to be poured into my lips.
This is a passage I usually quote in prayer before preaching.