The most precious gift for a Christian is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The anointing is God Himself being with you in your life and ministry. It is living in the empowering presence of God and God gives us the power to do things that we cannot do in our own strength.
Moses said to God, “If your presence does not go with us, do not send us up there.” God granted his request, saying, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exodus 33:14-15).
In the presence of God, there will be freedom, peace, rest, joy and love. When the anointing of the Holy Spirit comes upon our life, we will be transformed forever.
I was an ordinary Christian; seldom miss attending Sunday Church service. I enjoyed the weekly Cell Care Group fellowship and loved the frequent tours conducted by our Church senior members. That was before the Fire of the Holy Spirit hit me like a powerful bolt of lightning and swept through my entire body. Thereafter, I lost the desire for the things I used to do which included my addicted habitual card playing sessions. I gave up my business. I develop a fear for the Lord and desire to live a life holy & pleasing to God.
I could no longer fit into the old lifestyle of what I was. Strangely, my close Christian friends began to keep away from me as they could not understand what God was doing in my life.
Meanwhile, the Fire of God constantly swept through my right palm in a very powerful way. Sometimes I experience it 2 or 3 times daily especially in the beginning stage of empowerment. It is the refining & ministering anointing fire. Before God could use me for the powerful ministry that He has called me to, the thick layer of sin in me has to be burned and I have to be refined and purified as “… He will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap and He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver…” (Malachi 3:2-4).
With sins flashed in my mind, the repentance cleared the path that hindered what God wanted to give me as my heritage & birthright being a child of God. Once when I was being swept by the Fire of God, He opened my vision, and I saw a light from heaven beamed through my body. I could see the empty void in my body where the light beamed through.
Thereon, ‘miracles, signs & wonders’ began to accompany me (Mark 16:17). When the anointing is upon me, people may just fall when they come near to me. When I call a person’s name, or point my finger at him/her, the person with a sensitive spirit may even fall to the floor or drop off from the chair or sweep by the power of God.
Soaking into the anointing at CKRM weekly, the Saturday Power ministry has made almost all our co-workers so sensitive in the Spirit (Romans 8:14) that I could not have a meal fellowship with them in a public place without creating a scene.
The Lord says, “Apart from Him, we can do nothing” (John 15:5). Zechariah 4:6, “Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.”
Thus, whatever we do in our life or ministry, we need the anointing of the Holy Spirit. The anointing is living in His presence and it is more precious & desirous than any spiritual gift a Christian could have. Without it, there will be no growth, victory and blessing in our ministry.
“The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing” (Isaiah 10:27). When the anointing comes, the devil’s hold on lives is destroyed.
The anointing in me has kept evil away from me. The anointing is a treasure from heaven. We must always guard our heart, mind and tongue and be faithful and obedient to God so that we will not lose the anointing like Saul. 1 Samuel 16:14, “Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.” Use the anointing to bless others and don’t misuse it.
A Christian desiring to learn walking in the Spirit, should seek godly counsel from mature God-fearing fellow Christians, especially those elderly saints who know the Lord and have walked in the Spirit. It’s like you don’t go to a secondary student and ask him things that are being taught in the university. Hence, for spiritual things, seek counsel from a Christian who is at the spiritual level to give you the correct advice.
When I became a Christian, I had a desire to enrol in a Bible School. However, the Lord did not permit me to do so. The Lord led me to a School of Practical Ministry in California where I had a real encounter with God. As in Zechariah 13:9, He brought me into the fire to purify me and burn away the dross of my life, every resistance, fear, doubt and unbelief burned away and drawn me close to God and back to the first love – Jesus.
The Holy Spirit taught me for about 3 years, giving me revelations and trained me to walk in the Spirit for a power ministry that He has called me. Miracles after miracles followed me with many demonstrations of God’s power (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). Click http://www.ckrm.org/?p=566
Being young in faith without any formal theological training, many pastors, Church leaders including my close Christian friends, counsellor and mentor find me weird and kept their distance.
The Lord revealed to me that He has trained me differently and very few would understand me unless they are also walking in the Spirit.
Apostle Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:18, “We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
We can do the impossible (miracles) when we are able to see the invisible. However, we need to have an encounter with God. The encounter with God strengthens our faith level. Our faith moves the hand of God to perform miracles.
Bill Johnson said, “Without an encounter with God, one can have all the theology/Bible knowledge and still go to hell.”
There is always a struggle & conflict between faith & logic. The devil deceives and plants doubts in us through our logic. The way to faith is difficult. Live by faith --- not by sight, and God will do miracles in your life.
We can never understand God if we are to use our reasoning and logic (Proverbs 3:5, Isaiah 55:8). The Bible is full of examples of people who were willing to obey God’s voice instead of logic and were blessed beyond measure because of it.
We can only walk in the Spirit with divine empowerment. Without divine empowerment, it is impossible to do the will of God perfectly and consistently. We may not be able to fulfil God’s will in our life if we are not sensitive to His leading (Romans 8:14).
Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”
All real ministries are carried out by the anointing & empowerment of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8). Without the Holy Spirit, there is no power of overcoming evil in the world, no power of establishing righteousness.
Many teachers of the Bible simply lack revelation of what the Bible really said about the Holy Spirit. The Word and the anointing of the Holy Spirit are our best teachers (John 14:26, 1 John 2:27).
Walking in the Spirit is walking by faith. The Bible says, “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:22-24).
Galatians 5:25, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.”
Galatians 5:16, “Paul says then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.”
Galatians 5:22-23, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things, there is no law.”
Galatians 5:18, “But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.”
Faith is difficult to understand because it rises above the five senses --- seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, & feeling. However, the only way to live a godly life is by faith. Jesus did not follow the five senses. He lived by faith and completely trusted in the Word of God. He could then be victorious over the devil.
When we live by faith, we have to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit who is our Counselor, Helper, and Navigator. It is through faith that leads us to believe. It is through our belief that we will obey God. It is the belief in Him that we earn our righteousness.
Faith comes with deed so we must act in accordance to what has been prompted to us. It is only when we take a step forward to move by faith then we will be able to see the hand of God’s moving.
“Abraham believed the Lord, and He credited to him as righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). “Without faith, it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). Doubt is faith in reverse.
Walking & seeing in the Spirit are what make us different. God gives the Spirit without limit (John 3:34). When the Spirit of the Lord rest on us --- the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, power, knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, the Bible says that we will delight in the fear of the Lord. We will not judge by what we see with our eyes, or decide by what we hear with our ears (Isaiah 11:2-3).
The Fire Baptism is a very precious gift from God. Many of us are baptized with the Holy Spirit, speak in tongues, and lay hands on the sick. Unless you experience the Fire baptism, you may take a very long time to reach the fullness of the power & glory of God. We need to be baptized with Fire as to allow God to refine and purify us (Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16).
What is the purpose of the Fire?
God is a consuming fire (Exodus 24:17, Deuteronomy 4:24, Hebrews 12:29). The presence of God will consume us to burn away:-
- Our works and motives that is contrary to God’s purpose in our life.
- The dross of wrong purposes and motivations, leaving behind a concentrated focus on the things of God.
- Unnecessary desires of life, leaving behind the one burning desire that God wants you to accomplish as you serve Him.
- Resistance that the enemy puts in your way that prevents you from proclaiming God’s message.
- Resistance, doubt/unbelief and fear.
The refining fire is to prepare us for a service. Only after going through the refining & purifying process, can God then fills us with the fullness of His power & glory or ministering fire anointing to be purified channel to bless His people. As in Isaiah 60:1-2“… but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you” and in Verse 5, “Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy.”
David Herzog wrote, "If you try to cast away darkness but you yourself are not full of light, chances are it will take a long time to do it. When you are full of the glory of God, often one word from God will expel the darkness."
You will be amazed what the Fire of God can do to transform a person’s life. The fire will draw our hearts back to our first love – Jesus.
Zechariah 13:9, "This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, they are my people, and they will say, 'The Lord is our God.'"
Ezekiel 11:19-20, The Lord says, “I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Touch by the Fire of God, life changed. The person would be transformed from an ordinary lukewarm Christian to a new man on zeal and fire for God. It is amazing, the fruit that we can witness of such great transformation of a person's life.
Saul’s encounter with the (fire) light on the road to Damascus instantly & completely changed his direction from persecuting the Church to defending the gospel to his dying days (Acts 9:3). Prior to the encounter, Saul had no genuine knowledge of God.
When the fire of God falls, so too does the anointing of God. The anointing fire is the one God uses to commission his people into the work He has for them. The anointing of the Holy Spirit can be felt. You can feel the anointing as it comes upon you and enables you to do things that you cannot do in your own strength. The anointing is the empowering presence of God.
At CKRM, the Fire of the Holy Spirit has blessed and empowered many believers with spiritual gifts, enhancing their sensitiveness to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14), and sharpening their seeing & hearing senses (Proverbs 20:12). Many were also healed and set free from bondages.
Many of those who were swept by the fire of God, experienced the burning sensation with powerful anointing, activating their gifts like the 'Roar' of the Lion of Judah and prophetic gifts. Many Christians were being empowered and some within a relatively short period began to minister powerfully in 'miraculous, signs & wonders.'
The following gifts are used powerfully to bless many believers at CKRM and it is just amazing & awesome to witness the new things that God is doing (Isaiah 43:19):-
Fire Anointing or Baptism of Fire (Matthew 3:11, Luke 3:16)
The 'Roar' of the Lion of Judah (Amos 1:2, 3:8, Rev. 5:5, 10:3)
The Watchman (Isaiah 56:10, Ezekiel 3:17)
The Flying Arrows (Habakkuk 3:11, Psalm 18:14, 2 Samuel 22:15))
The Lightning of the Flashing Spear (Habakkuk 3:11)
The Rays Flashed From His Hand (Habakkuk 3:4)
Jesus Eyes like Blazing Fire (Revelation 1:14)
Water changed to Wine (John 2:9)
Laughter - Joy of the Lord (Nehemiah 8:10, Psalm 126:2, Luke 10:21)
The Wind (Acts 2:2)
The Thunder (Psalm 29:3, Revelation 10:3)
The Lightning (2 Samuel 22:15, Job 36:22)
Drunk in the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18)
Dance & Sing in the Spirit (Colossians 3:16, 2 Sam. 6:14, Jeremiah 31:4)
The Net (Ezekiel 19:8, 32:3, Matthew 13:47)
Writing on the Wall (Daniel 5:5)
Drink the Heavenly Rain (Deuteronomy 32:2, Job 29:23, Isaiah 45:8, Hosea 6:3)
The Hammer (Jeremiah 23:29)
The Sling and Stone (1 Samuel 17:50)
The Arsenal (Jeremiah 50:25)
"Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book" (John 20:30) and He said “anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father’ (John 14:12).
God comes to purge our sin. Thus, if you desire to be blessed, please come with open heart and ask our Heavenly Father to "Consume me with your fire. Please examine me and to show me the errors of my way. I want to be more like you, God. I want your convictions. I want your heart. I want to be more like you more than anything else.” Amen!
Start seeking God if you desire the anointing. Pay the price and carry the cross. Put God first above everything. As the Lord says, "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3).
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圣火的恩膏及其目的 (中文翻译由中国Sarah Shan博士完成)
“火洗”是神所赐的一种宝贵恩赐。很多人经历过“圣灵的洗”，说方言，手按病人。但除非经历火洗，否则你会花费相当长的时间达到神所赐予的全备能力和荣耀。我们需要经历火洗，让神来炼净我们，达到纯洁(太 3:11, 路 3:16).。
圣火的目的是什么？
我们的神乃是烈火（出 24:17, 申 4:24, 来 12:29）。神的同在会将我们的不洁焚烧净尽。
-我们的工作和动机中，与神对我们生命旨意相违背的东西
-不以神的事为焦点的错误目的和动机
-生命中一些不必要的愿望，不是神要你实现的服事目标
-仇敌放在你路上的阻挡你传扬神信息的拦阻
-抗拒、怀疑/不信和惧怕
这淬炼之火是为了预备我们来服事神。只有经过炼净，神才能用祂丰富的能力、荣耀及用于服事的圣火恩膏来充满我们，使我们成为祝福祂百姓的纯洁管道。以赛亚书60章1-2节，“……耶和华却要显现照耀你，他的荣耀要现在你身上….”，第5节“那时你看见就有光荣，你心又跳动，又宽畅。”
David Herzog写道，“如果你想赶走黑暗，而你自己尚未被光充满，你很可能要费很长时间去做。但当你被神的荣耀充满，通常用一句来自神的话就足以赶走黑暗”。
你可能会惊愕于神的火是如何能够翻转一个人的生命。这火会使我们的心转向我们起初的爱——耶稣。
撒迦利亚书13章9节，“我要使这三分之一经火，熬炼他们，如熬炼银子，试炼他们，如试炼金子。他们必求告我的名，我必应允他们。我要说，这是我的子民。他们也要说，耶和华是我们的神。”
以西结书11章19-20节，“我要使他们有合一的心，也要将新灵放在他们里面，又从他们肉体中除掉石心，赐给他们肉心，使他们顺从我的律例，谨守遵行我的典章。他们要作我的子民，我要作他们的神。”
当你被神的火触摸，你的生命会改变，会从一个不冷不热地基督徒转变成一个为神火热的人。我们能见到一个人生命巨大翻转的果子，真是何等惊奇。
扫罗在大马士革的路上遇见大光，立刻被完全翻转，从逼迫教会转变为福音战士直到死。（徒9:3）。 遇到神之前，扫罗对神并没有真正的认识。
当神的火降下，神的恩膏也会赐下。神使用恩膏之火来差派祂百姓进入祂呼召他们去做的工作。圣灵的恩膏可以感觉得到。当恩膏加在你身上时，你能感觉到，并使你有能力去完成凭 自己天然力量无法完成的工作。恩膏是神同在的能力。
在CKRM， 圣灵的火祝福和装备了很多信徒，赐给他们属灵恩赐，提升他们对圣灵引导的敏感度(罗 8:14)，增强他们属灵视觉和听觉(箴 20:12)。很多人也得到医治释放。
很多被神的火席卷的人经历到被强烈恩膏的燃烧感觉，他们的恩赐被启动，如犹大狮子吼、预言恩赐等。很多基督徒被圣灵能力装备，一些在短时间内以神迹奇事的能力开始服事。
以下列举出在CKRM被大大用来祝福信徒的恩赐。 目睹我们的神所行的新事(Isaiah 43:19)，真是奇妙可畏。
圣火恩膏或火洗(太 3:11, 路 3:16):
犹大狮子吼(摩 1:2, 3:8, 启. 5:5, 10:3)牧羊狗的灵-守望者(赛 56:10, 结 3:17)
飞箭（哈 3:11, 诗18:14, 撒下 22:15）
闪光的枪(哈 3:11)
祂手中射出的光线(哈 3:4)
耶稣的眼目如火焰(启 1:14)
水变酒(约 2:9)
喜笑-主的喜乐(尼 8:10, 诗 126:2, 路10:21)
风(徒 2:2)
雷(诗29:3, 启 10:3)
闪电(撒下 22:15, 伯 36:22)
圣灵中沉醉 (弗 5:18)
灵歌灵舞(西 3:16, 撒下. 6:14, 耶 31:4)
网(西 19:8, 32:3, 太 13:47)
墙上写字(但 5:5)
饮用属天的雨(申32:2, 伯29:23, 赛 45:8, 何 6:3)
大锤(耶 23:29)
机弦甩石(撒上 17:50)
神的武库(耶 50:25)
“耶稣在门徒面前，另外行了许多神迹，没有记在这书上。”(约 20:30)，祂说：“我实实在在地告诉你们，我所作的事，信我的人也要作。并且要作比这更大的事。因为我往父那里去。” (约 14:12)
神来除尽我们的罪。因此，如果你渴望被祝福，请以敞开的心祈求我们的天父：“用你的火炼净我，请鉴查我，指示我路中的错误。我要更多像你，父神，我要你的心意，我要你的心，我要爱你超过其他任何事。”阿门！
如果你渴慕恩膏，现在就开始寻求神。付上代价、背起十字架。把神放在第一位，在一切之上。 如主所说：“你求告我，我就应允你，并将你所不知道，又大又难的事指示你。” (耶 33:3)
The Lord told Samuel, “I have found David, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.” Thus God replaced Saul with David as the King of Israel. 1 Samuel 16:13-14, “So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the presence of his brothers and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power. Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.”
In 2004, putting aside my logic (Proverbs 3:5), I took the step of faith to attend a course in a Chinese Seminary in California. As I don't quite understand Mandarin, I misunderstood deliverance time for impartation and was rewarded with a powerful ‘Fire Anointing.’ (See the article written by Dr Henry Chieng posted in the Website: http://www.ckrm.org/?p=566
Prior to this, the Lord gave me a message through the speaker in the seminar on my first day of attendance. The Lord was pleased with my faith that despite that there was a language barrier; I came from afar to attend the seminar. Thus, God would bless me with a very special gift which I would not be able to obtain even in my country.
At the Power ministry every Saturday, this powerful gift has blessed many Christians especially in empowerment & enhancing their sensitiveness to the leading of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14), which also include healings, deliverance and activating the gifts of the Spirit.
It is by the love of our Heavenly Father and His grace that we are able to be led and to obey Him.
Saul lost God’s favour and lost his kingdom to David because he gave in to his people out of fear that caused him to disobey God (1 Samuel 15:22-24).
Disobedience has caused many Christians to lose the calling without even knowing it because of their fear of men.
As Christian, we have too often taken things for granted. We think that if we study the Bible, pray and go to Church regularly, and even get involved in some ministries, we will be accepted into the kingdom of God, regardless of the will of God.
According to our Lord, this is not so. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21, “only he who does the will of my Father will enter the kingdom of heaven.”
One of our Church Elders invited a few of us to dinner in a prestigious Chinese Restaurant located in a hotel. I am usually quite hesitant to dine in a public place with my Church members. If I have to, I would try to remain silent because God’s revealed Word, spoken through the lips of an anointed man of God, ought to lead to a demonstration of power.
Jesus said “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life” (John 6:63). “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock to pieces” (Jeremiah 23:29).
This is what happens in every Saturday Power Meeting at CKRM. God’s word just hit some people to the floor and some will be filled with joy with various manifestations, whether it is spiritual, physical or emotional.
On that day in the restaurant, however hard I tried not to speak and just had casual conversation sharing my life experience, the Holy Spirit suddenly filled us with His joy and our table was the noisiest with eyes staring at us. All of us were laughing uncontrollably and a sister just fell to the floor under the power of God laughing. Suddenly one of our brothers in Christ overheard a child telling the parent or relation dining on another table to call the police, thinking that the sister fell because she was pushed down.
Nehemiah 8:10 “… for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
