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Evidences of the Anointing of the Holy Spirit
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THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y. 
holy 
Spirit. 
This 
unction 
is 
from 
the 
Father 
in 
that 
he 
alone 
have 
received 
of 
him 
abideth 
in 
you, 
and 
ye 
need 
not 
that 
can 
give 
the 
recognition. 
It 
is 
from 
the 
Son 
in 
that 
we 
can 
any 
man 
teach 
you." 
(1.J 
ohn 
:27) 
Those 
who 
have 
this 
come 
to 
the 
Father 
only 
through 
him. 
anointing 
have 
no 
need 
that 
anyone 
teach 
them 
that 
fact, 
for 
'£his 
is 
well 
illustrated 
by 
the 
consecration 
of 
the 
Jewish 
they 
have 
the 
evidence 
of 
it, 
the 
proof 
of 
it 
in 
their 
own 
hearts 
high 
priest. 
The 
holy 
oil 
was 
poured 
upon 
Aaron's 
head, 
and 
experiences. 
These 
evidences 
are 
more 
apparent 
to 
them- 
typifying 
the 
anointing 
of 
our 
Lord 
at 
the 
time 
of 
his 
con- 
selves 
than 
to 
anyone 
else. 
secration. 
The 
oil 
then 
ran 
down 
to 
the 
very 
skirts 
of 
Aaron's 
The 
evidenees 
that 
one 
has 
been 
anointed 
may 
not 
be 
under· 
garments, 
thus 
typifying 
the 
anointing 
of 
the 
body 
of 
Christ, 
stood 
except 
as 
we 
have 
the 
instructions 
of 
the 
Word 
of 
God. 
which 
is 
the 
church. 
This 
descent 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
upon 
The 
Scriptures 
give 
us 
an 
outline 
of 
the 
witness 
to 
the 
pos- 
the 
church 
was 
manifested 
at 
Pentecost. 
session 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit, 
so 
as 
to 
leave 
no 
room 
for 
doubt. 
DISTINCTION 
BETWEEN 
ANOINTING 
AND 
BEGETTING 
They 
tell 
us 
that 
the 
holy 
Spirit, 
the 
begetting 
power 
in 
us, 
The 
anointing 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
is 
slightly 
different 
from 
leads 
us 
more 
and 
more 
to 
have 
the 
mind 
of 
Christ. 
We 
were 
the 
begetting 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit. 
The 
holy 
Spirit 
which 
came 
not 
anointed 
with 
the 
mind 
of 
Christ, 
but 
with 
the 
holy 
upon 
Jesus 
at 
Jordan 
was 
both 
the 
begetting 
and 
the 
anoint- 
Spirit, 
and 
whoever 
has 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
will 
find 
that 
he 
will 
ing 
power 
of 
God. 
Our 
Lord 
was 
the 
Anointed 
from 
the 
develop 
the 
mind 
of 
Christ. 
moment 
at 
which 
he 
was 
begotten. 
CHARACTERISTICS 
OF 
THE 
MIND 
OF 
CHRIST 
SO 
with 
the 
church 
at 
Pentecost. 
They 
were 
waiting 
for 
The 
mind 
of 
Christ 
is 
the 
will 
to 
do 
the 
}<'ather's 
will. 
acceptance 
of 
God. 
Our 
Lord 
had 
appeared 
in 
the 
presence 
Our 
Lord, 
when 
child, 
said 
un 
one 
occasion 
to 
his 
mother, 
of 
God 
as 
their 
Advocate, 
in 
order 
that 
their 
sacrifices 
might 
"How 
is 
it 
that 
ye 
sought 
me' 
wist 
ye 
not 
that 
must 
be 
be 
acceptable. 
When 
the 
Father 
recognized 
their 
acceptance 
about 
my 
Father's 
business 
f" 
(Luke 
:49) 
'Ve 
recognize 
by 
shedding 
forth 
the 
holy 
Spirit-when 
there 
appeared 
unto 
that 
we 
have 
heavenly 
Father, 
whose 
service 
is 
the 
highest 
them 
cloven 
tongues 
like 
as 
of 
fire, 
and 
"sat 
upon 
each 
one 
possible 
service. 
Those 
who 
are 
his 
must 
have 
this 
spirit. 
of 
them" 
(Acts 
2: 
3, 
R. 
V.) 
-that 
recognition 
was 
both 
their 
The 
work 
of 
the 
new 
creature 
must 
be 
the 
heavenly 
work, 
begetting 
and 
their 
anointing. 
The 
former-the 
begetting 
otherwise 
he 
will 
have 
no 
proof 
that 
he 
has 
passed 
from 
the 
-represents 
the 
matter 
from 
the 
individual 
standpoint, 
and 
condemnation 
upon 
the 
human 
race 
and 
become 
new 
creature. 
the 
latter-the 
anointing-from 
the 
collective. 
We 
are 
be- 
If 
we 
have 
the 
spirit 
of 
loyalty 
to 
God, 
to 
the 
truth 
and 
to 
gotten 
individually, 
but 
we 
were 
anointed 
collectively. 
the 
brethren, 
we 
have 
the 
mind, 
the 
disposition 
of 
Christ. 
If 
we 
should 
consider 
the 
anointing 
and 
the 
begetting 
as 
We 
also 
have 
indeed 
the 
weaknesses 
of 
the 
flesh, 
but 
it 
is 
our 
two 
different 
steps 
of 
progress, 
we 
should 
be 
obliged 
to 
say 
privilege 
to 
fight 
against 
these 
and 
to 
become 
more 
and 
more 
that 
the 
begetting 
takes 
place 
first, 
and 
that 
the 
begotten 
transformed 
in 
the 
spirit 
of 
our 
minds, 
to 
have 
our 
minds 
one 
is 
anointed, 
or 
recognized 
as 
an 
heir 
of 
God. 
But 
this 
more 
centered 
in 
the 
truth 
and 
in 
the 
service 
of 
the 
brethren. 
giving 
the 
one 
priority 
over 
the 
other 
is 
not 
necessary 
to 
If 
there 
is 
decrease 
of 
zeal 
in 
this 
direction, 
then 
we 
the 
thought. 
These 
seem 
to 
be 
two 
pictures, 
which 
represent 
may 
know 
that 
there 
is 
danger 
of 
going 
backward 
instead 
the 
matter 
from 
two 
different 
standpoints. 
We 
are 
not 
in- 
of 
forward. 
We 
hear 
of 
instances 
where 
the 
Lord's 
people 
dividually 
anointed, 
nor 
are 
we 
collectively 
begotten. 
have 
lost 
their 
first 
love 
and 
have 
become 
more 
or 
less 
cold. 
This 
Spirit 
which 
we 
receive 
from 
God 
abides 
in 
us. 
Who- 
From 
our 
standpoint 
we 
may 
know 
when 
any 
have 
lost 
their 
ever 
loses 
the 
Spirit 
loses 
the 
light, 
and 
passes 
into 
the 
death 
first 
love. 
It 
is 
when 
they 
have 
allowed 
their 
minds 
to 
be 
condition. 
So 
the 
Apostle 
urges, 
"Grieve 
not 
the 
Spirit." 
led 
away 
to 
earthly 
things-love 
of 
family, 
of 
home, 
of 
worldly 
If 
we 
cease 
to 
be 
in 
the 
body 
of 
Christ, 
we 
cease 
to 
be 
anointed. 
possessions, 
etc., 
all 
of 
which 
war 
against 
the 
heavenly 
things. 
If 
we 
lose 
the 
spirit 
of 
our 
begetting, 
we 
shall 
die. 
The 
We 
should 
seek 
our 
pleasures, 
not 
from 
earthly 
sources, 
but 
begetting 
represents 
the 
beginning 
of 
our 
experience, 
and 
the 
from 
the 
heavenly 
source. 
Very 
frequently 
we 
find 
Christians 
resurrection 
the 
completion. 
Each 
is 
individually 
begotten 
who 
tell 
us 
that 
they 
had 
blessed 
experience 
when 
first 
they 
and 
born 
of 
the 
Spirit. 
knew 
the 
Lord, 
but 
that 
they 
do 
not 
now 
feel 
as 
near 
to 
him 
In 
the 
picture 
of 
anointing 
the 
whole 
body 
is 
anointed. 
as 
formerly. 
If 
we 
probe 
the 
matter, 
we 
nearly 
always 
find 
There 
will 
be 
no 
need 
for 
repetition 
of 
the 
ceremony. 
At 
that 
they 
went 
into 
business, 
or 
married, 
or 
did 
something 
the 
beginning 
of 
the 
Gospel 
age, 
the 
one 
body 
was 
anointed, 
which 
has 
warred 
against 
the 
holy 
Spirit. 
We 
are 
not 
speak- 
and 
all 
who 
will 
be 
members 
of 
that 
body 
come 
under 
that 
ing 
against 
those 
things, 
but" 
If 
ye 
know 
these 
things, 
happy 
one 
anointing, 
and 
all 
these 
will 
share 
in 
his 
resurrection- 
are 
ye 
if 
ye 
do 
them' 
'-the 
things 
that 
make 
for 
our 
peace. 
the 
first 
resurrection-the 
chief 
resurrection. 
OTHER 
EVIDENCES 
OF 
THE 
ANOINTING 
THE 
ANOINTING 
NOT 
THE 
MIND 
OF 
CHRIST 
In 
addition 
to 
having 
the 
mind 
of 
Christ, 
we 
have 
other 
Not 
only 
was 
our 
Lord 
begotten 
to 
the 
new 
nature, 
evidences 
that 
we 
have 
been 
anointed. 
We 
find 
ourselves 
anointed 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit, 
but 
each 
member 
of 
the 
body 
needing 
the 
spiritual 
food, 
and 
to 
satisfy 
our 
hunger, 
our 
must 
be 
similarly 
begotten, 
for 
"flesh 
and 
blood 
cannot 
in- 
heavenly 
Father 
has 
provided 
us 
the 
knowledge 
of 
the 
divine 
herit 
the 
kingdom 
of 
God." 
If 
we 
have 
received 
this 
anoint- 
plan, 
the 
knowledge 
of 
our 
Lord. 
Each 
new 
view 
gives 
us 
ing, 
we 
are 
eligible 
to 
all 
that 
God 
has 
promised 
to 
The 
Christ 
fresh 
inspiration. 
Then 
if 
we 
find 
some 
of 
the 
brethren 
spir- 
-primarily 
to 
the 
Head, 
and 
also 
to 
the 
members 
of 
his 
body. 
itually 
hungry, 
how 
can 
we 
withhold 
from 
giving 
them 
the 
spir- 
As 
God 
foreknew 
the 
great 
Shepherd 
of 
the 
sheep, 
the 
Re· 
itual 
refreshment 
which 
we 
have? 
If 
one 
has 
earthly 
mercies 
deemer, 
he 
also 
foreknew 
this 
class. 
and 
dispenses 
them, 
God 
may 
give 
him 
the 
privilege 
of 
open- 
Long 
before 
our 
Lora 
came 
into 
the 
world, 
the 
Father 
ing 
blind 
eyes. 
If 
it 
is 
blessing 
to 
open 
physically 
blinded 
had 
planned 
that 
there 
should 
be 
an 
anointed 
company, 
the 
eyes, 
how 
much 
greater 
blessing 
is 
it 
to 
open 
the 
spiritually 
Head 
of 
which 
should 
be 
our 
Lord, 
and 
the 
Body 
of 
which 
blinded 
eyes! 
We 
have 
the 
blessed 
privilege 
of 
helping 
some 
should 
be 
the 
church. 
(Ephesians 
1:3,4,22, 
23) 
Jesus 
was 
to 
get 
their 
eyes 
open 
to 
see 
spiritual 
things, 
and 
also 
of 
to 
have 
the 
first 
place 
in 
the 
Christ 
company, 
and 
associated 
helping 
others 
who 
already 
see 
to 
understand 
more 
clearly. 
with 
him 
would 
be 
those 
who 
would 
have 
his 
Spirit, 
his 
will, 
If 
we 
love 
the 
truth, 
we 
will 
serve 
the 
truth. 
This 
service 
who 
had 
made 
full 
consecration 
of 
their 
lives 
to 
do 
God's 
is 
sure 
to 
bring 
upon 
us 
the 
disapproval 
of 
the 
world, 
it 
will 
will 
faithfully, 
even 
unto 
death. 
not 
bring 
us 
an 
earthly 
passport. 
The 
world 
will 
say 
that 
we 
For 
those 
who 
have 
this 
spirit 
of 
consecration, 
and 
have 
are 
doing 
it 
for 
money 
or 
some 
selfish 
object, 
for 
they 
are 
sure 
presented 
themselves 
in 
sacrifice, 
our 
Lord 
stands 
as 
the 
Ad- 
to 
err, 
sure 
to 
fail 
to 
see 
the 
real 
purpose 
of 
the 
truly 
con- 
vocate 
before 
the 
Father, 
to 
make 
good 
for 
them. 
to 
cover 
secrated 
people 
of 
God. 
If 
we 
endure 
these 
things, 
we 
thereby 
their 
blemishes 
and 
imperfections. 
Our 
Lord's 
work 
is 
not 
prove 
ourselves 
to 
be 
good 
soldiers 
of 
Jesus 
Christ. 
that 
of 
anointing, 
but 
of 
making 
it 
possible 
for 
us 
to 
be 
reo 
If 
devotion 
to 
the 
will 
of 
the 
Father 
brought 
upon 
our 
ceived 
by 
the 
Father. 
The 
anointing 
is 
of 
the 
Father, 
but 
Lord 
shame, 
ignominy, 
we 
must 
not 
wonder 
that 
we 
are 
treated 
by 
the 
Son. 
St. 
Peter 
says 
that 
Jesus, 
having 
received 
the 
likewise. 
If 
the 
world 
called 
the 
Master 
of 
the 
house 
of 
sons 
Spirit 
of 
the 
Father, 
shed 
it 
forth.-Acts 
2: 
33. 
Beelzebub, 
they 
will 
assuredly 
call 
his 
followers 
some 
evil 
As 
long 
as 
we 
have 
this 
Spirit 
of 
God, 
it 
is 
an 
evidence 
name. 
The 
willingness 
to 
receive 
all 
this 
as 
part 
of 
our 
rea· 
to 
us 
that 
we 
are 
children 
of 
God. 
So 
long 
as 
we 
possess 
sonable 
service 
is 
further 
evidence 
that 
we 
have 
been 
it, 
we 
maintain 
relationship 
of 
sons. 
(Romans 
8:9, 
14) 
anointed. 
Then 
the 
consequent 
thought 
is 
that 
if 
we 
are 
children 
of 
Probably 
the 
Lord's 
people 
find 
that 
they 
can 
very 
easily 
God 
we 
are 
"heirs 
of 
God 
and 
joint-heirs 
with 
Jesus 
Christ," 
love 
some 
of 
the 
brethren, 
but 
that 
there 
are 
some 
others 
whom 
"to 
an 
inheritance 
incorruptible 
and 
undefiled 
and 
that 
fadeth 
it 
is 
not 
so 
easy 
to 
love, 
for 
they 
do 
not 
seem 
to 
be 
lovable. 
not 
away, 
reserved 
in 
heaven 
for 
you, 
who 
are 
kept 
by 
the 
However, 
we 
should 
reflect 
that 
if 
the 
Lord 
can 
receive 
and 
power 
of 
God 
through 
faith 
unto 
salvation, 
ready 
to 
be 
reo 
love 
these 
brethren, 
we 
should 
do 
the 
same, 
and 
that 
our 
vealed 
in 
the 
last 
time."-Romans 
8:17; 
Peter 
1:5. 
love 
should 
help 
them 
out 
of 
their 
naturally 
mean 
traits 
of 
The 
words 
of 
our 
text 
suggest 
the 
thought 
that 
whoever 
disposition. 
Thus 
we 
shall 
develop 
love 
for 
all 
of 
the 
brethren 
has 
the 
Spirit 
of 
God 
has 
the 
evidence 
that 
he 
is 
an 
heir 
of 
-the 
rich 
and 
the 
poor, 
the 
educated 
and 
the 
uneducated­ 
glory 
and 
will 
receive 
the 
reward, 
if 
found 
faithful. 
On 
one 
and 
desire 
to 
renaer 
them 
assistance 
as 
opportunity 
may 
occasion 
the 
Apostle 
John 
said, 
"But 
the 
anointing 
which 
ye 
offer. 
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(131-132) holy Spirit. This unction is from the Father in that he alone can give the recognition. It is from the Son in that we can come to the Father only through him. This is well illustrated by the consecration of the Jewish high priest. The holy oil was poured upon Aaron’s head, typifying the anointing of our Lord at the time of his consecration. The oil then ran down to the very skirts of Aaron’s garments, thus typifying the anointing of the body of Christ, which is the church. This descent of the holy Spirit upon the church was manifested at Pentecost, DISTINCTION BETWEEN ANOINTING AND BEGETTING The anointing of the holy Spirit is slightly different from the begetting of the holy Spirit. The holy Spirit which came upon Jesus at Jordan was both the begetting and the anointing power of God. Our Lord was the Anointed from the moment at which he was begotten. So with the church at Pentecost. They were waiting for acceptance of God. Our Lord had appeared in the presence of God as their Advocate, in order that their sacrifices might be acceptable. When the Father recognized their acceptance by shedding forth the holy Spirit—when there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and ‘‘sat upon each one of them’’ (Acts 2:3, R. V.)—that recognition was both their begetting and their anointing. The former—the begetting —represents the matter from the individual standpoint, and the latter—the anointing—from the collective. We are begotten individually, but we were anointed collectively. If we should consider the anointing and the begetting as two different steps of progress, we should be obliged to say that the begetting takes place first, and that the begotten one is anointed, or recognized as an heir of God. But this giving the one a priority over the other is not necessary to the thought. These seem to be two pictures, which represent the matter from two different standpoints. We are not individually anointed, nor are we collectively begotten. This Spirit which we receive from God abides in us. Whoever loses the Spirit loses the light, and passes into the death condition. So the Apostle urges, ‘‘Grieve not the Spirit.’’ If we cease to be in the body of Christ, we cease to be anointed. If we lose the spirit of our begetting, we shall die. The begetting represents the beginning of our experience, and the resurrection the completion. Each is individually begotten and born of the Spirit. In the picture of anointing the whole body is anointed. There will be no need for a repetition of the ceremony. At the beginning of the Gospel age, the one body was anointed, and all who will be members of that body come under that one anointing, and ail these will share in his resurrection— the first resurrection—the chief resurrection. THE ANOINTING NOT THE MIND OF CHRIST Not only was our Lord begotten to the new nature, anointed of the holy Spirit, but each member of the body must be similarly begotten, for ‘‘flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.’’ If we have received this anointing, we are eligible to all that God has promised to The Christ —primarily to the Head, and also to the members of his body. As God foreknew the great Shepherd of the sheep, the Redeemer, he also foreknew this class. Long before our Lord came into the world, the Father had planned that there should be an anointed company, the Head of which should be our Lord, and the Body of which should be the church. (Ephesians 1:3, 4, 22, 23) Jesus was to have the first place in the Christ company, and associated with him would be those who would have his Spirit, his will, who had made a full consecration of their lives to do God’s will faithfully, even unto death. For those who have this spirit of consecration, and have presented themselves in sacrifice, our Lord stands as the Advoeate before the Father, to make good for them. to cover their blemishes and imperfections. Our Lord’s work is not that of anointing, but of making it possible for us to be received by the Father. The anointing is of the Father, but by the Son. St. Peter says that Jesus, having received the Spirit of the Father, shed it forth—Acts 2:33. As long as we have this Spirit of God, it is an evidence to us that we are children of God. So long as we possess it, we maintain relationship of sons. (Romans 8:9, 14) Then the consequent thought is that if we are children of God we are ‘‘heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ,’’ ‘to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time.’’—Romans 8:17; 1 Peter 1:5. The words of our text suggest the thought that whoever has the Spirit of God has the evidence that he is an heir of glory and will receive the reward, if found faithful. On one oceasion the Apostle John said, ‘‘But the anointing which ye THE WATCH TOWER Brookityn, N. Y. have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you.’’ (1 John 2:27) Those who have this anointing have no need that any one teach them that fact, for they have the evidence of it, the proof of it in their own hearts and experiences. These evidences are more apparent to themselves than to any one else. The evidences that one has been anointed may not be understood except as we have the instructions of the Word of God. The Seriptures give us an outline of the witness to the possession of the holy Spirit, so as to leave no room for doubt. They tell us that the holy Spirit, the begetting power in us, leads us more and more to have the mind of Christ. We were not anointed with the mind of Christ, but with the holy Spirit, and whoever has the holy Spirit will find that he will develop the mind of Christ. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MIND OF CHRIST The mind of Christ is the will to do the Father’s will. Our Lord, when a child, said on one occasion to his mother, ‘“‘How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?’’ (Luke 2:49) We recognize that we have a heavenly Father, whose service is the highest possible service. Those who are his must have this spirit. The work of the new creature must be the heavenly work, otherwise he will have no proof that he has passed from the condemnation upon the human race and become a new creature. If we have the spirit of loyalty to God, to the truth and to the brethren, we have the mind, the disposition of Christ. We also have indeed the weaknesses of the flesh, but it is our privilege to fight against these and to become more and more transformed in the spirit of our minds, to have our minds more centered in the truth and in the service of the brethren. If there is a decrease of zeal in this direction, then we may know that there is danger of going backward instead of forward. We hear of instances where the Lord’s people have lost their first love and have become more or less cold. From our standpoint we may know when any have lost their first love. It is when they have allowed their minds to be led away to earthly things—love of family, of home, of worldly possessions, etc., all of which war against the heavenly things. We should seek our pleasures, not from earthly sources, but from the heavenly source. Very frequently we find Christians who tell us that they had a blessed experience when first they knew the Lord, but that they do not now feel as near to him as formerly. If we probe the matter, we nearly always find that they went into business, or married, or did something which has warred against the holy Spirit. We are not speaking against those things, but ‘‘If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them’’—the things that make for our peace. OTHER EVIDENCES OF THE ANOINTING In addition to having the mind of Christ, we have other evidences that we have been anointed. We find ourselves needing the spiritual food, and to satisfy our hunger, our heavenly Father has provided us the knowledge of the divine plan, the knowledge of our Lord. Each new view gives us fresh inspiration. Then if we find some of the brethren spiritually hungry, how can we withhold from giving them the spiritual refreshment which we have? If one has earthly mercies and dispenses them, God may give him the privilege of opening blind eyes. If it is a blessing to open physically blinded eyes, how much greater a blessing is it to open the spiritually blinded eyes! We have the blessed privilege of helping some to get their eyes open to see spiritual things, and also of helping others who already see to understand more clearly. If we love the truth, we will serve the truth. This service is sure to bring upon us the disapproval of the world, it will not bring us an earthly passport. The world will say that we are doing it for money or some selfish object, for they are sure to err, sure to fail to see the real purpose of the truly consecrated people of God. If we endure these things, we thereby prove ourselves to be good soldiers of Jesus Christ. If devotion to the will of the Father brought upon our Lord shame, ignominy, we must not wonder that we are treated likewise. If the world called the Master of the house of sons Beelzebub, they will assuredly call his followers some evil name. The willingness to receive all this as a part of our reasonable service is a further evidence that we have been anointed. Probably the Lord’s people find that they can very easily love some of the brethren, but that there are some others whom it is not so easy to love, for they do not seem to be lovable. However, we should reflect that if the Lord can receive and love these brethren, we should do the same, and that our love should help them out of their naturally mean traits of disposition. Thus we shall develop love for all of the brethren -——the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated— and desire to render them assistance as opportunity may offer. [5228]

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