If you have personal encounter with someone who operates just a little bit of Holy Spirit anointing, you will experience the impact and wonder why God would gives such level of power and authority to a weak and broken man. Some would be tempted to think of the minister higher than they ought to. This is wrong and may cause a lot of trouble especially when the minister fails to behavior like Jesus (which happens all the time).

Some believe that since God is so holy and wise, He would never anoint a person who has problem in his personal life or character or doctrine. Some even go into the extreme and fall in the sin of worshipping man instead of God. In fact, God uses weak and broken people all the time to show His glory, like Samson of the book of the judges. He is a mighty warrior who is filled with the Holy Spirit with serious problem spiritually and in personal behavior and character.

There are other problems of believing that a man who is used by God with real prophetic anointing must have completely accurate doctrine and flawless character. Some reject any servants of the Lord once they see a mistake in their teaching or character and conclude that the demonstration of power was not from God. And if the power was not from God, then there is only one possible source left. This becomes a very serious accuse and offends many people. Corinthians is the example against this belief. They are famous for their spiritual giftings but they are also well known for their carnality.

Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit freely according to His own will. No one can earn spiritual gifts with work or godliness. The gifts or any other demonstration of power on a person are not given as a badge or a sign that God approves the man’s spiritual maturity. No one can earn the gifts of the Holy Spirit by trying to consecrate himself. Everything is given by grace as free gift, just like salvation.

The fact that there is nothing we can do to earn spiritual gifts does not mean that we could take an antinomian approach towards our life. But by knowing that the man who operates under strong anointing does not make the man godlier than others could help us focus on the Lord who gave the power with grace. And also this implies that no words should automatically gain more authority just because the man who gave them had a high accuracy prophecy record. We must test every prophecy with the scripture.

Personally, do not give up in serving others with spiritual gifts just because you did not have excellent performance spiritually that day. God can still use you to bless someone greatly only if you are willing to.

The church is the body of Christ. The Lord gives us different spiritual gifts so that we function together for the good of the whole church and His eternal plan. Let us be faithful stewards of all things that the Lord gives us and may glory be unto Him alone.

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