“But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know
all things.”-1 John 2:20
The
word unction in the English language, in the formal sense, means the act of
anointing. Before Jesus, the unction,
the anointing presence of God, was not something that would be considered
abiding. Today, because of Jesus, we can
have an abiding unction from the Holy One.
The unction from God is an abiding presence that can be obtained as well
as maintained by anybody, as long as we keep our faith in Christ.
In
the book of the Exodus, God instructed Moses on how to prepare Aaron and the
sons of Aaron for their priestly duties.
Proper dress, rites and rituals were required. Among those, the anointing oil to be poured
upon the head of the sons of Aaron. This
oil, brought separation and distinction to the office of the priest;
sanctifying them to the service of God while simultaneously segregating them
from the rest of the world. The priest
existed as a medium between God and man, ministering to the people the
absolution and restitution that the law could bring. This was the way to God, until Jesus. When Jesus came, he never wore an ephod or a miter,
a girdle or breastplate, the holy oil never ran down his head. He wasn’t even a son of Aaron, and yet he was
the great High Priest forevermore! He
was the perfect instrument, the Holy One, to bring complete redemption and
justification back to you and me. Under
the law, there had to be a temple, and Jesus was the temple. There had to be a sacrifice, and he was the
sacrifice. There had to be a priest, and
he was the priest. Jesus was the fulfilment
of all things, and the only one that could bring in the everlasting
unction. Jesus paid the price on the
cross, he rose from the grave, and ascended to heaven, to dispense the Holy
Ghost to one hundred and twenty waiting in a forgiven state in that upper
room. Fast forward about sixty years
later, John is writing to believers who are being attacked by doctrines
contrary to Jesus Christ, and he tells them “ye
have an unction from the Holy One, and know all things.” Does this mean that they were
omnipotent? Of course not. In the next few verses he tells them that the
anointing which you have received of him
abideth in you…teacheth you all things.
What the Apostle is telling these believers is the same thing that he is
telling us in our day and generation.
That when you get the Holy Ghost abiding on the inside, the unction, the
anointing of the Spirit; you have access to all the things of God and all the
truth of God! Within that access is the
fundamental truth that persist from the first priesthood, down to every
sanctified person that lives today, which is righteousness. When you have the Holy Ghost on the inside,
you have righteousness on the inside.
Therefore, you will not have sin; because righteousness within creates
righteousness without. The unction will
keep you from sin, as long as you keep the unction. The unction will keep you in the path of
righteousness, as long as you seek the unction and heed the unction.
The
Holy Ghost is the office worker of the Trinity.
The Holy Ghost is the sanctifier, the adoption, the educator, the
exalter, the anointing, and the unction.
It will change you, abide in you, and guide you. We need the Holy Ghost in our hearts and in
our lives. You can be forgiven, you can
be converted, but unless you have the Holy Ghost, dwelling on the inside, you
will revert to your natural state and fall back into sin. If, the Holy Ghost abides in us and we abide
in him; then we are of a new nature, we are born of God, and “whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”
(1 John 3:9)
