John 14:26 (Amplified) says, "But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Stand-by) the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name (in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf) He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you."
The Holy Spirit was sent to represent or take the place of Jesus to the believer. He will be everything to the believer that Jesus Himself was to His disciples. If you can accept Jesus Himself (or actually the Father in you) by His Spirit, into your spirit, then He will direct your actions. This is the Counselor and Teacher of the Church.
The Apostle John reveals the ministry of the Counselor and Teacher for our lives today, in the above scripture. He writes about false teachers and false doctrines and speaks about an "unction from the Holy One" in reference to the "indwelling of the Holy Spirit," saying in 1John 2:20 (Amplified), "But you have been anointed by (you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from) the Holy One, and you all know (the Truth) or you know all things." If we can truly believer what God's Word says, then through the very Spirit of Truth, we have access to the full knowledge of God and we know all things. Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amplified) that, "It is the Spirit Who gives life (He is the Life-Giver) the flesh conveys no benefit whatever, this is no profit in it), The Words that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life." Is there anything that God does not know? We then too, have all knowledge, from Him.
John said that we have "an unction" or anointing abiding within us from the very Anointed One Himself. This isn't an anointing that comes from within or upon us to do a certain work in the ministry. I have an anointing to function as a pastor and teacher. I also have an anointing in my own personal life making it possible to know things occurring in my life at every turn.
The anointing of the Holy Spirit is present in every born again child of God. Have you ever been in a situation where, on the surface everything seemed alright, but you felt a "check" in your spirit concerning that situation? You couldn't "put your finger" on what was wrong, but you had a check in your spirit. Then someone asked you what was wrong, but you were unable to answer them other than you had a check in your spirit. This is the unction, from the Spirit of Truth, that will protect you or prevent something you couldn't discern on your own.
Throughout the years, I've learn not to go again this check. I might not know why, but I have learned to always trust in it. In every occasion where I failed to follow this check, something not foreseen happened that I wish did not. I didn't always hear the Holy Spirit directing me not to do something, but I did get a check in my spirit.
One time we met a man who wished to donate four acres of land, in a resort area, to our church. A partially completed townhouse complex sat on those four acres and this property's worth was estimated to be over four million dollars. I didn't know what I was supposed to do with this gift, but I knew the Lord would make good of it. I thought we could perhaps provide low income housing or housing for the elderly. The people who began the complex could not afford to finish it. So, the owner of the property, a real-estate lawyer, two realtors and I met to finalize this transaction. I had a check in my spirit and wasn't at peace in my spirit. I finally went against this check in my spirit and received the property for the ministry. We drew up all the paperwork, recorded the deed and had it registered in the county court house in the hall of records.
I then found how much I needed what Jesus spoke about in John 14:27 (Amplified), when He said,"Peace I leave with you; My (Own) peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled." I came to a peace with the world's peace, but not His peace. I found peace from what the lawyer and owner said. Everything seemed alright, but the check in my spirit remained and I didn't have God's peace.
To make a long story short, one of the co-owners of the property had entered bankruptcy court and the transaction wasn't valid because of that fact. It cost me over seven thousand dollars to "return" the "free" gift of this property to whosoever legally held the rights to it.
It cost me seven-thousand dollars to learn a very valuable lesson about the check in my spirit or "unction" from the Holy Spirit. This check was in fact, that I didn't have peace about this entire matter. I didn't know and I believer the others didn't know whether this was a legal transaction, but the Holy Spirit (Who knows all things) did know. I've learned since that I will always listen very closely to this check or lack of peace, when it arises in me.
I've become more aware of the Holy Spirit's counsel or anointing that abides in me. I've been delivered many times from making a mistake that could be very costly, not only costly monetarily, but even worse disasters. I hear many Christians say that "they don't hear God's Voice"a or they "never get answers to their prayers." This unction or check in my spirit or anointing that abides within me, is God speaking to me and is there at all times.
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