LESSON 4

Protecting the
Anointing
he anointing of God is unspeakably precious and valuable. When we
LESSON 4
T have the anointing, we must protect it. “Dead flies cause the ointment of the
apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: So doth a little folly him that is in rep-
utation for wisdom and honour (Ecclesiastes 10:1).
Talking about demons continually weakens the anointing upon our life.
Honoring the works of the enemy weakens our walk with the Lord, and, as a
result, the anointing is lifted.
Joshua 7—8 gives us a detailed account of Achan, the son of Carmi, who
disobeyed the Lord and stole a Babylonian garment, some silver, and some gold.
These items were forbidden by the Lord because they had been used in idol
worship. By his act of rebellion, Achan brought a curse on Israel so that they
were not winning their battles.
Bringing objects which honor the enemy and rebelling against God’s Word
will also cause God’s anointing to be lifted off an individual or group.

PROTECTING THE ANOINTING OF YOUR POSITION

Do not walk away from God’s call on your life or you will lose the power that
comes with that call. The biblical account below proves this point quite strongly.
1. Uzziah was a king who wanted a calling that wasn’t his.

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the
visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to pros-
per. And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down
the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. And God helped him against
the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the
Mehunims. And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread
abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceed-
ingly. Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. Also he
built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both
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in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in
the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. Moreover Uzziah
had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the
number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the
ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains. The whole
number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thou-
sand and six hundred. And under their hand was an army, three hundred
thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty
power, to help the king against the enemy. And Uzziah prepared for them
throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and
bows, and slings to cast stones. And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented
by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows
and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was mar-
vellously helped, till he was strong. But when he was strong, his heart was lift-
ed up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and
went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of
the LORD, that were valiant men: And they withstood Uzziah the king, and
said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto
the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn
incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be
for thine honour from the LORD God. Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a
censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests,
the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the
LORD, from beside the incense altar. And Azariah the chief priest, and all the
priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and
they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because
the LORD had smitten him. And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day
of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off
from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house,
judging the people of the land. Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and
last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. So Uzziah slept with his
fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which
belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned
in his stead. (2 Chronicles 26:5-23)
This passage teaches us:
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• Leaving your office or calling will lead to spiritual leprosy, which is sin.
• Your anointing is within your calling.
• Your life has only one sermon, though many messages.

2. Saul lost his anointing when he walked away from his calling.

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appoint-
ed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And
he offered the burnt offering. And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made
an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out
to meet him, that he might salute him. And Samuel said, What hast thou done?
And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that
thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered
themselves together at Michmash; Therefore said I, The Philistines will come
down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the
LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. And Samuel said
to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the
LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. But now thy kingdom shall not
continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD
hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept
that which the LORD commanded thee. (1 Samuel 13:8-14)
Saul also left his call by offering a burnt offering. In this, he disobeyed the
Lord and forced himself because of the people.

3. Korah was destroyed when he was not satisfied with being an aide in the
tabernacle.
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
men: And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two
hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of
renown: And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congre-
gation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then
lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?… And Korah gath-
ered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the con-
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gregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. And
the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from
among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell
upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one
man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about
the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went
unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake
unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked
men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.… And it
came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground
clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swal-
lowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah,
and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive
into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the
congregation. And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them:
for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. And there came out a fire from
the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
(Numbers 16:1-3, 19-26, 31-35)
Korah was Moses’s cousin (see Exodus 6:16, 18-21). Moses and Aaron were
opposed by princes, men of renown. It is dangerous to despise your ministry or
want a bigger ministry for which you are not called or ready. Stay in your posi-
tion and do not support anyone who is leaving their office or calling.
The same things that increase the anointing also protect it. We must pro-
tect the anointing, for it is the overflow of the Messiah’s life into our own.
LESSON 5

Seven Results of
the Anointing
he anointing on you is the overflow of the Messiah’s life into yours.
LESSON 5
T Second Corinthians 1:21-22 affirms this: “Now he which stablisheth us
with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; Who hath also sealed us, and
given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.”
Let’s look at seven results of the anointing:
1. The anointing consecrates you: “And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons,
and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. And
thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anoint-
ing oil unto me throughout your generations” (Exodus 30:30-31).
The anointing of God results in eternal consecration.
2. The anointing honors you: “Then washed I thee with water; yea, I thoroughly
washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. I clothed thee also
with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers’ skin, and I girded thee about
with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments,
and I put bracelets upon they hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel
on they forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine
head. Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and raiment was of fine linen,
and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and
thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom” (Ezekiel
16:9-13).
The anointing honors you in the sight of God and men.
3. The anointing enables you: “And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also
have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to
thy sons, by an ordinance for ever” (Numbers 18:8).
All that we receive to do is the result of God’s anointing.
4. The anointing gives you authority: “So all the elders of Israel came to the king
of Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD:
and they anointed David king over Israel” (2 Samuel 5:3).
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The anointing gives you authority over sickness, disease, and

bondage.
5. The anointing destroys bondage: “And it shall come to pass in that day, that
his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy
neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” (Isaiah 10:27).
6. The anointing imparts truth of God’s Word: “But ye have an unction from
the Holy One, and ye know all things.… But 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” (1 John 2:20, 27).
7. The anointing causes you to see and understand the ways of the Lord:
“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and
white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness
do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see”
(Revelation 3:18).