But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you!
There are other translations
that I find helpful in understanding this promise Jesus made to the born again
ones.
But you will receive power
when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. This says the same thing but expresses it
a little differently.
These words were spoken by
Jesus to the apostles and possibly some others.
The passage written by Luke
in Acts 1:1-14 indicates there were many believers in the area. On the day of
Pentecost they all received the Spirit's infilling or baptism and after that
they were referred to as being Anointed.
Acts 10:38 speaks of the anointing Jesus had;
"You know
what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after
the baptism that John preached--how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who
were under the power of the devil, because God was with him."
There are two things mention
here and perhaps we should read it a bit more carefully. Jesus was anointed
with the Holy Spirit and power. This is all conjecture on my part but the
scripture declares the believer is anointed;
1 John 2:20 "But you
have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth."
But in everyday life the
power seems to be missing. When we come face to face with a situation we need
both the anointing and the power and we need to know we have both.
We need this assurance in
order to pray with authority. If you find yourself questioning your ability to get answers when you pray then it should help
to understand the anointing you have as a believer.
Check
out the site below, be sure to read both pages. This site covers a lot of what
I want to say.
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