Anointed to Preach the Good News Part 2
Each one of us is anointed to preach the good news. Lk 4:18-20
We are an epistle of Christ written by the Spirit of God. 2 Cor 3:3
2Co 3:5-6
Many of us feel inadequate/insufficient or are unaware of the anointing upon our lives. Why? Maybe because we feel that circumstances (financial, health, etc) are holding us back or failures in the past.
3 key words:
Sufficient-Hakanos-competent
Sufficiency-Hikanotes-enabling
Sufficient-Hikanoo-qualified
- Sufficiency of ourselves- of ourselves we are incompetent. Ex 19:8, Ex 24:3,7
- Sufficiency is from God-God enables us. He alone gives us the ability.
Matt 28:18-20
When we see God's sufficiency, we are seeing the vast resources made available to us through the finished work of Christ on the cross. We don't see our failures, our weakness, our past anymore. What we see is our destiny in Christ! His favour, His love, His supply, His healing, His faithfulness.
Luke 5:1-7; Num 13, 1 Sam 17, Mk 6:30- & Mk 8
- Made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant,
Everyone is qualified through Christ to be a minister of the NEW COVENANT. God makes us. It is not based on our qualifications, abilities or our own righteous acts. He brings us to a place where we are at right standing with Him.
A Minister of the NC covenant focuses on God's ability and the Minister of the OC focuses on our abilities (which eventually fails).
This is the basis of Positive Thinking and all self help teaching. Relying on our own efforts to improve and function. Focussing on our weakness and need to perform. Somehow this has crept into the church and the Bible is used as a self help book when we try to follow the principles of the Bible as much as we can. ALL THAT YOU ASK US TO DO, WE WILL DO! WE WILL FAIL!
Does this mean that we don't change? We must change but we change by focussing on Him. Our sufficiency is from Him; not of ourselves!
Samuel Hari @ GROW BM
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