God promised to pour out the Holy Spirit on all flesh in the end time. In the era we are in, we closer and closer to that day and we see a lot of demonstrations of power and prophetic signs happening already. But the church of Christ is still very immature, especially in the area of the prophetics. Many believers are still holding major misconceptions about the Holy Spirit anointing. But as the Lord moves in with greater power and anointing, we must prepare ourselves with biblical principles and doctrine in order for us to cooperate with God in this area.

Some believe that since God is so holy and wise, He would never anoint a person who has problem in his personal life or character or doctrine. Some even go into the extreme and fall in the sin of worshipping man instead of God. In fact, God uses weak and broken people all the time to show His glory, like Samson of the book of the judges. He is a mighty warrior who is filled with the Holy Spirit with serious problem spiritually and in personal behavior and character.

When people falsely believe that only perfect man are used by God with demonstration of power and authority, they either think too high of the man being used or totally reject all the prophetic ministers. The moment they see a flaw in the minister’s character or doctrine, they immediately conclude that the power did not come from God because God would never use a person like that. This is obviously not biblical because we see a lot of examples in the Bible when God uses weak men who are far from perfect. In the New Testament, we see the most anointed church of that time, the Corinthians, was also the most carnal church of that time according to Apostle Paul.

Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit freely according to His own will. No one can earn spiritual gifts with work or godliness. The gifts or any other demonstration of power on a person are not given as a badge or a sign that God approves the man’s spiritual maturity. No one can earn the gifts of the Holy Spirit by trying to consecrate himself. Everything is given by grace as free gift, just like salvation.

This does not mean that we could do whatever we want because no good work would gain us the power of the Holy Spirit. But rather, we must examine all the prophecies we hear, no matter if they came from a person with powerful prophetic track record or from a person who obviously has unsettled life issues. However, if a person is clearly in rebellion against God, we must not receive from him no matter how powerful he is.

The Lord can also choose to anoint you with spiritual gift. If that happens, praise Jesus’ good name and stay humble, because He alone is worthy of all praise. We are sinners and none of us is perfect. But the Lord can still use us mightily if we obey.

When a person is anointed, he was anointed for the common good of the church and not for his own good. The person must bear this in his mind in his ministry. The Holy Spirit gives us gifts so that we could be the gifts for others.

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