Yes it's true that Jesus owns and paid fully for the anointing. It is also true that the moment we receive Christ as saviour, He gives us the anointing completely free of charge in the person of the Holy Spirit. But suffice me to say-though you may not agree with me- that salvation anointing is not enough for mighty works in the body of Christ.
We can grow in that anointing (or grace). The continual growth in the power of God is what needs to be paid for with the other things I mentioned in my sermon. I did mention that we don't pay for the anointing with money in my OP. But regardless, we pay for it with other scriptural and spiritual requirements. And salvation happen to be one of those prices.
But if salvation which you receive by the price of faith, is all a believer ever gets pay for the anointing, he will remain at the baby level. Which is the level many believers have remained in for years.
You see, a believer can have more of the anointing. Because the anointing is in measures. And this fact can be substantiated with the fact that the scripture says Jesus Christ was anointed without measure. Which logically means everyone of us (who are not Christ) will be anointed in measure.
And we can grow in each of our measure for higher assignments.
We grow in that we become more like Christ, which is sanctification. Sanctification is, let me go get us some working definitions that are more clear. Be right back.
Ok, I'm back.
Sanctification
involves more than a mere moral reformation of character, brought about by the power of the truth: it is the work of the Holy Spirit bringing the whole nature more and more under the influences of the new gracious principles implanted in the soul in regeneration. In other words, sanctification is the carrying on to perfection the work begun in regeneration, and it extends to the whole man ( Romans 6:13 ; 2 co 4:6 ; Colossians 3:10 ; 1 John 4:7 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19 ). It is the special office of the Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption to carry on this work ( 1 Corinthians 6:11 ; 2 th. 2:13 ). Faith is instrumental in securing sanctification, inasmuch as it (1) secures union to Christ ( Galatians 2:20 ), and (2) brings the believer into living contact with the truth, whereby he is led to yield obedience "to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life and that which is to come."
Perfect sanctification is not attainable in this life ( 1 Kings 8:46 ; Proverbs 20:9 ; Eccl 7:20 ; James 3:2 ; 1 John 1:8 ). See Paul's account of himself in Romans 7:14-25 ; Phil 3:12-14 ; and 1 Timothy 1:15 ; also the confessions of David ( Psalms 19:12 Psalms 19:13 ; 51 ), of Moses ( 90:8 ), of ( Job 42:5 Job 42:6 ), and of ( Daniel 9:3-20 ). "The more holy a man is, the more humble, self-renouncing, self-abhorring, and the more sensitive to every sin he becomes, and the more closely he clings to Christ. The moral imperfections which cling to him he feels to be sins, which he laments and strives to overcome. Believers find that their life is a constant warfare, and they need to take the kingdom of heaven by storm, and watch while they pray. They are always subject to the constant chastisement of their Father's loving hand, which can only be designed to correct their imperfections and to confirm their graces. And it has been notoriously the fact that the best Christians have been those who have been the least prone to claim the attainment of perfection for themselves.", (Easton's Bible Dictionary, http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/sanctification.html)
Grace
- Grace Kindness; favor. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when (http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/king-james-dictionary/grace.html)
Justification
Forgiveness of sin
one of the constituent parts of justification. In pardoning sin, God absolves the sinner from the condemnation of the law, and that on account of the work of Christ, i.e., he removes the guilt of sin, or the sinner's actual liability to eternal wrath on account of it. All sins are forgiven freely ( Acts 5:31 ; 13:38 ; 1 John 1:6-9 ). The sinner is by this act of grace for ever freed from the guilt and penalty of his sins. This is the peculiar prerogative of God ( Psalms 130:4 ; Mark 2:5 ). It is offered to all in the gospel. (http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/eastons-bible-dictionary/forgiveness-of-sin.html)
Annointing to my knowledge was given by the Lord to certain rulers (ie.. King David, ect) who were put in a position of power (ie. kingship) because it was the will of God for them to be in that position.
Blessings were given by certain blessed people (ie. Isaac, Jacob (Israel) who passed down blessings to their families, per the Lord)
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