Chapter 9
9 The Anointing of the Prophet.......................................................................
Jesus had all of the anointings combined to stand in all of
the offices.
Paul, writing to Timothy, said concerning his own ministry,
"I am appointed a PREACHER, and an APOSTLE, and a
TEACHER to the Gentiles" (2 Tim. 1:11). We know from Acts
13 that Paul also stood in the office of prophet.
We know that Paul stood in the office of prophet because he
had visions and revelations. A prophet is one who has visions
and revelations, among other things. All of the Gospel Paul
learned he learned that way.
Some of us, like Paul, stand in more than one office. Often
we'll weave in and out of these offices.
Thank God I had the anointing to preach and then the
anointing to teach. I continued to preach and teach. I spoke in
tongues and prophesied, but I never stood in the office of
prophet until 1952. I know exactly when I entered into the
ministry of the prophet.
I don't have the anointing of the apostle or the pastor—I
never have had them—but I recognize those anointings on
others.
The anointing of the prophet is the same Holy Spirit, but a
different anointing.
It is important to notice that there is a difference between:
(1) standing in the office of a prophet, and (2) the simple gift of
prophecy.
Every Spirit-filled believer could prophesy and could know
something about the anointing to prophesy. The Bible teaches
that: "For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn,