The true anointing is with Thee, and in Thee; the fulness of the Spirit
To each of us, with the true voice of a teacher, 'who has compassion on the ignorant,' He says, 'Learn of me.' He advertises for pupils, He entreats us to be scholars in His school, to become 'disciples,' and to hear the words of His lips. The gate of His school is ever open, and He gives His instructions freely. All are welcome! Doth He not cry? Doth He not put forth His voice? Doth He not say, 'O ye simple, understand wisdom; and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart. Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth.… Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold' (Prov. 8:1–10). Yet this unteachable world refuses to learn, preferring every other prophet to Him, and every other instruction to His; loving the darkness rather than the light, and preferring error to truth.
6. Thou art the Anointed One
The true anointing is with Thee, and in Thee; the fulness of the Spirit dwells in Thee, and the divine unction rests upon Thee; for the Father 'giveth not the Spirit by measure unto Thee' (John 3:34). This anointing is that from which Messiah takes His name. He is the Messiah, the Christ, because of the anointing, because of His being filled with the Spirit. 'The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me' (Isa. 61:1); and because of this, He is once and again spoken of as 'the Anointed One' (Ps. 2:2). He is anointed as the Prophet, as the Priest, as the King; anointed not only with the Spirit of power and wisdom, but 'with the oil of gladness above His fellows' (Ps. 45:7). This anointing is for us. He received it that He might preach the gospel, 'good tidings to the meek' (Isa. 61:1); that He might bind up the broken-hearted; that He might give beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning. And now that He has been glorified, He dispenses this Spirit in His fulness, as at Pentecost. Having received gifts for men, even for the rebellious, He distributes these gifts to His Church with open heart and hand, so that she has all, and abounds. And if she in our day exhibits only leanness, it is because she puts away the fulness which He, as 'the