Our main duty is to take people of God where they belong and to give them back their authority
As you proceed toward your anointing of the Holy Spirit, dear Christian, I want to discuss two basic doctrines that are so profound as to shake the entire planet, indeed the entire universe. Repentance is the first step toward receiving the anointing, no matter what the level at which you stand. Now, I
can hear the voices of protest: "But I've repented; I'm born again!"
To the fact that you're born again, I say, "Hallelujah!" To the thought that repentance is therefore behind you and no longer an issue, I say, "No way!"
Let me begin by calling up Acts 2:38, which follows Peter's remarkable sermon to the unbelievers in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. The power of the Holy Spirit had fallen on one hundred and twenty Jesus-followers and this miracle was being manifested in various ways, especially in the empowerment of Peter's preaching. The Bible says that the listeners were "cut to the heart" by the message and asked, "What can we do?" Peter replied:
Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call. Now look at the verse that has been so pivotal in my teaching about the anointing of the Holy Spirit: "Ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me . . . unto the uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8 KJV). So we have the promise of power after the coming of the Spirit upon us. Spirit. Anointing. Power. And they come after repentance. And what's it for? To be "witnesses unto Me." That's important. You receive the power to tell people about Jesus Christ. You will not tell the world what you are like, how great you have become, what a miserable sinner you were. No, you will tell them about your great High Priest, about your great King, about your wonderful Savior whose name is Jesus. You will tell what He can do with a life that's empty. I can hear the rumbles again: "What do you mean? Isn't the power given so I can tell my experiences, my testimony?"
No, the Holy Spirit does not glorify what you have been doing. follow us as we follow Christ, you'll grow