Spirit. (Compare I John 2:20, 26-27; John 14:26.) The anointing is God's Spirit and power for
service in this earth. Jesus has provided the same presence of the Holy Spirit for us in our
earthly ministries that He had in His earthly ministry!
The word "Christ" is not just another name for Jesus, but a reference to the Anointed and the
Anointing that was on Him and in Him. In the same way, the word "Christians" means more than
just followers of Jesus. It means "the anointeds." The same yoke-destroying Anointing that
was on Jesus is available to you.
Look again at I John 2: "the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not
that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth,
and is no lie,and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him" (verse 27). Those last
two words could also be translated "in it." In other words, the phrase could either be
exhorting believers to abide in the Anointed One, Jesus, or to abide in the anointing itself.
Both interpretations are correct because you can't separate the Anointed and the anointing.
If you're in the Anointed One, then you're in the anointing.
I encourage you, find every reference that uses the word Christ in the New Testament. Each
time Christ is used translate it into "the Anointed and His Anointing." Then meditate on the
new revelation of this meaning in each scripture. Start with the verses that say "in Christ"
or "through Christ" and translate them "in (through) the Anointed and (through) His
Anointing." It will change your life.
If you're "in Christ," there's an anointing for everything you're called to do, no matter how
small or how great the task. That's what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, "I can do all
things through Christ (the Anointed and His Anointing) which strengtheneth me" (Philippians
4:13). Notice that he didn't say "who strengtheneth me" but "which strengtheneth me." He was
talking about the anointing. The same anointing that enabled you to be born again will heal
your body, help you succeed in business, and empower you to prosper spirit, soul, body and in
every aspect of your life. (See Luke 5:20-24.) That anointing is available t