4 : B V O V
You're not supposed to just live an ordinary,
natural life while God pours out His
supernatural power through others He's
especially anointed.
No, God intends for you to be anointed! He
intends for you to be one of those through whom
He pours out His burden-removing, yoke-
destroying power.
"But Brother Copeland," you might say, "why
would God anoint me? I'm not a preacher or in
ministry. Doesn't the Bible teach somewhere
that it's the preachers who are called and
anointed to do the work of the ministry?"
No, it doesn't.
Contrary to popular belief, that is not what
the Bible teaches. In Ephesians 4:11-12, it
says that God "gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the
saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ."
Notice, according to those verses it's the
saints (or believers) who are to do the work of
the ministry. The job of the fivefold ministers is
to help equip them for that work and to develop
the Body of Christ. The Greek word Christ refers
to the Anointed One and His Anointing. When
used by itself in the Scriptures it indicates the
emphasis is on the anointing.
That's what Ephesians 4:11-12 is talking about.
It's telling us that God's plan is for believers
to function on the earth as Jesus' anointed
Body. His Anointing is actually more for the
general population of the Body of Christ than it
is for the fivefold ministry.
The fivefold ministry is God's Anointing
distribution system. God set it up for the
purpose of bringing believers to the place
where we all come together, as Ephesians
4:13-15 says, "in the unity of the faith, and
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a
perfect man, unto the measure of the stature
of the fulness of Christ: that we henceforth be
no more children…but speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all things, which
is the head, even Christ."
Once again, the word Christ there puts the
focus on the anointing. It indicates the Apostle
Paul is talking in those verses about the Church
maturing spiritually to the point where we're
all operating together in the anointing, just
like our Anointed example, Jesus.
by Kenneth Copeland
"This is
spiritual fact:
You become like
those you associate
with. Good or bad,
that's just the way
it works."
The Power of
Partnership
IF YOU'RE A BELIEVER, YOU ARE CALLED BY GOD TO DO THE
WORKS OF JESUS. YOU'RE NOT CALLED TO JUST SIT ON THE SIDELINES
WATCHING WHILE SOMEONE ELSE DOES THEM.
