Sermon Tone Analysis

*Last week* I started *ministering on* the subject of *RENEWING OUR MINDS* TO THE WORD OF GOD, *but* as I began to minister, the *Lord changed* much of *my message* *to* ministering on *the anointing of God*, along with other things.

As I was seeking the Lord on what to minister on for today’s message, I felt the *Lord leading* me to *teach on* the *Anointing* *and* *why all of us need the anointing*.

The term “*ANOINTING*” is *thrown around* quite *often* in Christian circles *today*.

We here *people say* that *he was anointed*, or that *she is anointed for that*, and we here the phrase, “*The anointing breaks the yoke*.”

*I) *But *what is the ANOINTING?*

*A) **As we* get *into the Word* *and* begin to *study this out* in the next few messages *we’ll see* *WHAT THE ANOINTING IS*, *HOW TO OPERATE IN THE ANOINTING*, *and* *HOW TO QUALIFY FOR THE ANOINTING*.

*1) **Yes*, I said *QUALIFY* for the anointing.

*2) **Only 1 type of person* is *truly able* to *understand* the *nature of* the *anointing* *and* *walk in it*.

*(a) *And *that is the person* *that has come to the point of Genuine HUMILITY*.

*(i) **The thing that qualifies you* *for the anointing* *is genuine HUMILITY*.

*(b) **Notice* that *I said* “*GENUINE HUMILITY*.”

*(i) **Most people* *don’t know what that is* *because* they *judge it by the world’s definition*.

*(ii) **Many* people *are called humble*, *but* are *actually* *prideful* *and* *vise versa*.

*3) **According to the world’s standards*, *a humble man* *walks around with his head down*, *his shoulders slouched* *and* *is a quiet person*, doesn’t say much.

*(a) **But the world’s standards are wrong*.

*(b) **A quiet person is not necessarily humble*.

*(i) **A person can be silent* *and still be rebellious*; *they can be quiet* *and yet be selfish*.

*4) **On the other hand*, *a person who displays confidence* *and knows who he is*, *is not necessarily arrogant and prideful*.

*(a) **Confidence is not pride*.

*(b) **A servant can be confident* *and* *bold* *to carry out his master’s command*.

*(i) **He is confident*, *yet at the same time*, he is *yielding to the authority of another*.

*B) **So then what is true HUMILITY*?

Well, to answer that we have to *go to the Word*.

*1) **Let’s look at 3 Vs* *in* the book of *proverbs*.

*1st* turn with me to *PRO 16:19*, *PRO 29:23*, and *PRO 11:2*

*2) *The word “*LOWLY*” *in this* *V* is the *same Greek word* for “*HUMBLE*.”

*(a) *As a matter of fact, *the word* “*HUMBLE*” *can be translated either* “*HUMBLE OR LOWLY*.”

*(b) **The Bible says*, “*HUMILITY*” *is* “*LOWLINESS* *or the ACT OF BEING LOWLY*.”

*(i) **And according to these Vs* *the LOWLY have WISDOM* *and* *it’s better* *to have a humble spirit* *than a spirit of pride*.

*C) **So what is HUMILITY?*

*1) *In a *very basic sense*, *to be humble means* *to be* “*SUBMISSIVE*.”

*(a) **It means* *to take your authority*, *power*, *and independence* *and* *yield them to another*.

*(b) **It implies becoming totally obedient to a higher authority*.

*(i) **It means that you step down and look up to another*.

*2) **When you are* *HUMBLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD* *it means* that *YOU HAVE PLACED YOURSELF IN A LOWLY POSITION* *UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD*.

*(a) **You are under His authority and power*.

*(b) **It means* that *you refuse to move* *until you find out WHERE He wants you to go*, *WHEN He wants you to go*, *and* *WHAT He wants you to do when you get there*.

*(i) *Let me give you this *side thought*, *If you’re continuously saying* *that* *God told you to do something* *and* then *a few weeks latter you say*, “*Well, God wants me to do something else now*.”

*You’re not hearing from God*.

*(ii) **God’s not confused*.

*If He told you to do something*, *plan to do it for at least a few years*, *and most of the time even longer*.

*God doesn’t say*, “*Oh I did that wrong*, *I’ve changed my mind now*.”

*(c) **Let touch on another subject* that I really feel that *I have the mind of God* on.

And that’s *what I call* *CHURCH HOPPING*.

*Going from 1 church to another* *and* *stay there for a few month, even a year or 2*, *and then going to another*.

*Then after another year or 2 going some place else*.

*(i) **That is not God*.

*God doesn’t put you in a church* *and* *give you something to do* *and then tell you to pick up and go somewhere else*.

*I’LL TELL YOU WHAT THAT IS*, *IT’S PRIDE*.

*(ii) **Pride exalts* *your own plans*, *programs*, *and* *ways of doing things above God’s*.

*(iii) **When God has put you here* *and* *given you something to do in this church*, *I would rather be faithful in doing* *that the rest of my life* *than to jump around from church to church* *because you want to* *and call it GOD*.

*(a) **You might be thinking*, “Well, *God hasn’t given me anything to do*.”

*(b) **Yes He has*.

*He has called you to pray and to intercede for this church*.

*(c) **Everybody* is *always looking for their ministry*, but *it’s always been right there*.

*You’re called to pray*.

(We have *prayer* *Tuesday night*, *Thursday night*, and *Sunday morning*.)

*(iv) *And *as you’re faithful* *God will use you in many ways*.

(But there is *none greater than prayer*.)

*(d) *Look with me to *MATT 25:14-30*

 

*(i) **How long were they doing that 1 thing* that *the Lord gave them?*

*(ii) **I don’t know*, *but (V 19)* *says* that the *Lord didn’t come back for a long time*.

*They kept on doing what the Lord gave them to do* *and it was a long time*.

*3) *Look at *MATT 24:45-46*

*(a) **Notice* that *He doesn’t say anything about a servant that was working hard for the master in doing many things*, *BUT* *the SERVANT that was BLESSED* *was the SERVANT that was DOING WHAT THE MASTER TOLD HIM TO DO*.

*(i) **The blessings came upon the servant that did the 1 thing that the Lord asked him to do*, *because he was faithful in doing it*.

*4) **For those of you that are new to this church*, *let me give you some peace of mind*.

*There are some reasons* that *God would want you to move from 1 church to another*.

*(a) **# 1* if the *pastor* is *not teaching the Word* of God.

Or that what he is teaching is mostly stories of current events from the news.

Sometimes the Word of God is so watered down that it becomes *skim milk*.

*(b) **# 2 the teaching is wrong*.

*(c) **# 3* that there is *no move of the spirit of God*.

Some churches become so structured that they structure out the HS.

YOU MUST HAVE ORDER IN THE SERVICES, but God is a God of order.

When the HS begins to move and to change a service there’s order to it.

It may not be what we planed, but it’s what the HS planed.

*(d) **# 4* if the *pastor or leader* of the church are *living in sin*.

I’m *not just talking about missing it 1 time*.

None of us are perfect.

But I’m talking about continuously practicing sin.

*(i) *I *wouldn’t go to a church* *where* the *Pastor* *is a drunkar*d, *or* *in an adulterous relationship*.

*(e) **# 5* *Listen to the Lord*, *maybe the Lord has led you here* to help out in this ministry.

If He has you’re going to be here for a while.

*II) **I don’t know* *why the Lord had me share all that*, but *someone* or maybe many *needed it*.

*Before* I got on that *side journey* I was *talking about PRIDE*.

*A) **Pride doesn’t listen to the Lord*.

*It does it’s own thing* *and says* *now God bless it*.

*III) **What does this have to do with the ANOINTING?*

*EVERYTHING*.

*A) **If you want the anointing of God flowing in your life* *you have to be totally submissive to God*, *to His will and His plans*.

*1) **You have to humble yourself under the might hand of God*.

*(a) **You have to have the attitude that Jesus had*, “*Father, not my will, but your will be done*.”

*B) **You have to adopt God’s ways of doing things* *before you can enjoy the success the anointing brings*.

*1) **You will have to humble yourself before God* *before He will exalt you and bless you*.

*2) **The Bible is full of accounts of men who did exactly that*.

*C) **In* (*1 KINGS 3*) *Solomon* *was the newly crowned king*.

*God told him that He would give him anything that he asked for*.

*1) **It would have bee easy for Solomon to get into pride*.

*(a) **He could have thought*, “*Look how great I am*.