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As we promised, here is the transcript of Pastor Smith’s (a pseudonym) recent sermon about “The Anointing.” We have some commentary that we’ll also post in an upcoming article, but for now, just read it for what it is. Yes, we’re aware that this is an extremely long post, but we’d really appreciate if you’d take the time to read the full transcript. And please, give us your feedback. How do YOU think Pastor Smith’s teaching lines up with the Bible?

The Anointing, by Pastor Smith

(1) Stand to our feet across the house. I want you to open your Bible into the book of I Samuel. I’m gonna read 3 scriptures I’m gonna read 3 scriptures to you, so if you can, be a little mobile today, if not, watch the screen, they’ll be on the screen.

(2) Uh, but in first Samuel, the tenth chapter, and the sixth and the seventh verses, and this is Samuel talking to Saul, “And the spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man, and let it be when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee, for God is with thee.”

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(3) Now turn over a few chapters to the sixteenth chapter of first Samuel, now this is after, this is after David’s called out, his brothers are reviewed, and Samuel says basically, um, the king is not amongst them. They finally get David out of the shepherd’s field and the thirteenth verse says, “Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brethren and the spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.”

(4) And then flip over to the New Testament into the book of Acts, if you’d turn over to the book of Acts the tenth chapter and the thirty eighth verse. Acts the tenth chapter, the 38th verse. “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him.”

(5) Father, anoint me today with this Holy Ghost, with this power of the Holy Spirit, Lord, that you have graciously released and bestowed upon our lives to do impossible things, and Lord I pray today that your people will have an ear to hear they will have a mind to perceive, they will have a heart to believe. And I declare, God, that the spiritual side of who we are will become awakened and stirred and ignited. And that we will leave this house today truly empowered by your presence and by your Spirit, in the name of Jesus, and everybody said amen. Amen!

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(6) You may be seated. For the next few Sundays I’m gonna be preaching about the anointing. And I will be carrying over in different aspects and dynamics of it into the Wednesday night as well. So, Sunday morning and Wednesday nights I’m going to be really digging in to the subject of the anointing.

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[Note - I am not the original author of this piece]