THE HOLY SPIRIT  - (PART 10)       

 

Memory Verse:  “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Psalm 23: 5. (NIV).

 

Bible Passage: Psalm 23: 1-6.

 

LESSON OBJECTIVE  

To be able, at the end of the lesson, to know

i). The blessings God has for the anointed; and 

ii). The security of the anointed.

 

LESSON INTRODUCTION

To be anointed by God offers us more security than Life Assurance Policies. We shall see more of this as we go into today’s lesson.

 

LESSON OUTLINE 1: THE BLESSINGS GOD OFFERS THE ANOINTED

 

a). Look at Psalm 89: 18-24. What blessings does God promise the anointed?

v19: Strength, exaltation/lifting up/promotion;

v20: God sees him as “His man”, someone God can count on;

v21: He receives sustenance and help from God;

v22: God will not allow the enemy to oppress him;

v23: God Himself will defeat the enemies and adversaries of the anointed;

v24:God promises His faithful love to him, and will exalt him.

 

b). What two conditions are necessary for the anointing to go on flowing?

i). Hate and run away from evil, see I Thessa. 5: 22; Rom 12: 9.

ii). Live and grow daily in holiness, see James 4: 17; I Pet. 1: 13-16.

 

c). What is God’s purpose in anointing us? See Isa. 61: 1-3.

i). To preach the gospel.                                          ii). To bind up the broken hearted.

iii). To proclaim freedom to the captives.                 iv). To release prisoners from darkness.

v). To proclaim that the Lord’s favour has come.

vi). To proclaim that God’s vengeance/judgment against sin has come.

vii). To comfort the mourners.                    

viii). To declare the restoration of God’s favour to the written-off, the cast away or rejected. 

 

d). What have you done with God’s anointing on your life?

 

 LESSON OUTLINE 2: TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED

 

On what basis do we talk of the security of the anointed?

 

a). What has God pronounced concerning His anointed? See Psalm 105: 14-15.

You’d better not harm him!

 b). Why are people warned not to touch the anointed of the Lord for evil?

See Zech. 2: 8-9; Isa. 41: 9-13.

Are you strong enough to fight God Himself?

c). At the time King Saul was chasing David all over the land to kill him, David actually had the opportunity to finish Saul off and climb on to the throne of Israel.

Why did David feel so bad with himself after he went as far as cutting off the corner of Saul’s robe? Why didn’t he kill Saul outright and save the land from further confusion?

See I Sam 24: 3-7, and particularly v. 6

 

It therefore is no surprise when we read of what David did to the man who falsely claimed to have killed King Saul, II Sam. 1: 14-16.

 

SUMMARY

You need the blessing and security God offers to the anointed. That is the sure way of seeing God’s purpose for your life reaching fulfillment.