The Anointing To PreachThe difference between preaching and teaching is that to
preach means to proclaim, but to teach means to explain.
Once in a while, that anointing to preach still will come on
me. If you've never heard me preach, get my tape "El Shaddai."
I'm preaching on that one, not teaching.
I preached "El Shaddai" years ago at a Full Gospel Business
Men's meeting near Washington, D.C. The special singer was
singing the last song, and I was sitting there on that platform
minding my own business, ready to give my testimony about
going to hell, when something like a cloak came on me. It fit
over me like an overcoat. It was this anointing to preach. You
talk about a fellow feeling "preachy"!
Remember, Elijah threw his cloak over Elisha, signifying
that the Holy Spirit was coming on him in that way: just like a
mantle was on him, and that's the way it was with me. After all,
these Old Testament types and shadows were fulfilled in the
New.
When they turned the service over to me, I didn't have my
sermon notes on "El Shaddai," but the anointing was there to
preach, so I just took my text and took off. We had a service!