Abide in Christ by Caring for the Teaching of the Anointing to Know the Mind of God

We abide in Christ so that He may abide in us by caring for the inward teaching of the all-inclusive anointing; the anointing anoints God into us so that we may be saturated with God and know the mind of God in all things. Amen!

As believers in Christ, we need to realize that, at the time of our believing into the Lord, God attached us to Christ; He grafted us into Christ.

We are now in Christ; we are branches in Christ, the vine.

No matter what happens outwardly, our position is in Christ.

No matter how many failures we have, we are in Christ. It is not of us but it is of God that we are in Christ Jesus.

However, being in Christ and remaining in Christ are two different things.

It is one thing to be in Christ as a branch in the vine, and it is another thing for us to abide in Christ.

The Lord Jesus told us that we need to abide in Him so that He may abide in us.

We need to first take the initiative to abide in the Lord and remain here, in the organic union with Him, and then He will abide in us.

The Lord is in us and we are in Him, but what about our fellowship with Him?

Our relationship with Him is always there, but there may be some insulation that comes in to block the fellowship.

We may commit some sins or we may be distracted by the things of this world, and our fellowship with the Lord is interrupted. To abide in the Lord is to take care of any insulation between us and the Lord.

Any obstacle between us needs to be removed so that we may have an uninterrupted fellowship with Him.

It is in this fellowship with the Lord, when we’re one with Him by abiding in Him so that He may abide in us, that we receive all the riches of what He is, we grow in Him, and we bear fruit for His glorification.

Our bearing fruit and our magnification of Christ are not something we need to struggle to do or deliberately work it out; they are a spontaneous result of our abiding in the Lord.

Another problem with our abiding is putting a limitation on the Lord.

We may not outwardly commit a sin or be distracted by the world, but we may inwardly limit the Lord from His spreading in our inward being.

We may not open to Him all the avenues of our mind, emotion, and will, and we may cordon off some areas of our inner being to Him. Oh, Lord!

May we learn to remove any limitation by faith and through prayer, and may we deal with any obstacle to the Lord’s flowing in us!

May we be those who take the initiative to abide in the Lord day by day, even moment by moment!

Abide in Christ for Him to Abide in us by Caring for the Teaching of the Anointing

1 John 2:27 is a wonderful verse telling us that we all have the anointing from the Holy One, and we all need to heed the anointing.

We abide in Christ so that He may abide in us by caring for the inward teaching of this all-inclusive anointing.

What is the anointing? It is the compound Spirit in us moving, living, speaking, and working to do all things in us and to anoint us with all that God is.

The Spirit with our spirit is constantly moving and working. He is the anointing; He not only anoints us, but He is constantly anointing us.

When we say that the Spirit abides in us we need to realize that it is the anointing that abides in us.

By means of the anointing, God anoints Himself and all that He is into our being causing us to know Him subjectively and organically.

God is daily painting us with Himself, coat after coat, and the elements of what He is are infused into our being.

As believers in Christ, the anointing which we have received from God abides in us, and we have no need that anyone teach us.

Rather, as His anointing teaches us concerning all things and is true and is not a lie, even as it has taught us, we abide in the Lord.

For us to practically abide in the Lord, we need to heed the anointing.

For us to abide in Christ so that He may abide in us, we need to care for the teaching of the anointing.

The anointing we have received from God is the very compound Spirit of the Triune God in us.

He is teaching us according to what He is, and He anoints us with all that God is.

He is teaching us not merely by speaking to us but even more, by applying what He is into our being.

On one hand, He teaches us what to do and what not to do; in a deeper sense, He teaches us not just what to buy and what not to buy but even more, concerning Himself and His heart’s desire.

The teaching of the anointing is actually concerning the Triune God’s indwelling us; and this is true, not a lie!

1 John 5:21 tells us that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding that we might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true; this is the true God and this is eternal life.

God is true. He is the unique reality. Now we are being taught by the anointing to learn Christ as the reality is in Jesus.

By taking care of the teaching of the anointing, which is the indwelling Triune God in us, we can abide in Him. Amen!

We abide in the divine fellowship with Christ by experiencing the cleansing of the Lord’s blood and the application of the anointing Spirit to our inner being (John 15:4-5; 1 John 1:5, 7; 2:20, 27).

As we wake up in the morning, we may not feel that we want to turn to the Lord; but when we turn, when we open to Him, thanking Him for a new day, we take the initiative to abide in the Lord.

We need to learn to open the door and welcome the Lord’s abiding in us by our abiding in Him.

This is by having fellowship with the Lord.

And when we come to fellowship with the Lord, we realize that God is light; He shines on us and exposes anything in us that is not of Him.

We abide in the divine fellowship with Christ by experiencing the Lord’s precious blood.

The Lord shines on us, exposes our sins and shortcomings, and we confess them in His light; then, the blood of Christ cleanses us from every sin.

We repent, and confess, and the Lord applies His precious blood to cleanse us from every sin.

This leads to having more fellowship with God so that we may abide in Christ and care for the teaching of the anointing.

This is our experience every day; we daily heed the teaching of the anointing to abide in the Lord, and as we contact Him, we are exposed of our sins by the Lord’s shining, and we confess our sins and receive the Lord’s washing and forgiving us of our sins. Amen!

Many times, as we read the Lord’s word and enjoy Him, praying to contact the Lord, the Lord shines on us and exposes what does not match Him.

Then, we repent and confess, and we receive more of His life; His life flows in us in an uninterrupted way when we repent and confess our sins.

We are brought back to the fellowship with the Lord, and we enjoy and care for the teaching of the anointing.

Lord Jesus, we want to abide in You so that You may abide in us by caring for the inward teaching of the all-inclusive anointing! Praise the Lord, we have the anointing! Hallelujah, we have received the anointing from the Holy One, and the anointing teaches us all things! Amen, Lord, we open to You, and we want to care for the teaching of the anointing so that we may abide in You. We come to You as we are, and we exercise our spirit to contact You. Shine on us, Lord, and expose anything in us that does not match Your holy nature. We confess our sins under Your shining light, and we accept the cleansing of Your blood. Forgive us of our sins and cleanse us from any unrighteousness. Oh Lord, how precious it is to experience the cleansing of the Lord’s blood and the application of the anointing Spirit to our being! We want to keep turning to You until we remain in You, abide in You, and continually heed the teaching of the anointing. We love You, Lord Jesus!

The Anointing Anoints God into us for us to be Saturated with God and Know the Mind of God

Through our faith in Christ, we have been joined to Him as the anointed One; Christ as the Head is the anointed One, and He is also the anointing One (Heb. 1:9; 3:14; 2 Cor. 1:21-22).

On the one hand, He has been anointed by God to carry out His commission and accomplish His economy.

On the other hand, He went through a process to become the all-inclusive compound Spirit as the anointing, and He has come into us to be the anointing.

Furthermore, He Himself is the anointing One; He anoints us with Himself to apply all the elements of His being to us. Hallelujah!

Christ is the Head of the Body and we are the members under Him as the Head; God firmly attached us unto Christ and He also attached us with one another.

We are in Christ. We are in the anointed One, we are under His anointing, and He is the anointing in us teaching us all things.

As Psalm 133 says, the anointing is poured upon the head and goes down upon the beard even to the hem of the garments of the high priest.

Christ is the High Priest; He has been anointed, and we are one with Him as the many members of His Body.

We have been firmly attached to the anointed One and to the anointing One; He as the anointing is moving in us all to paint us and anoint us with all that He is! Praise the Lord!

Day by day, whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of it or not, the Spirit is anointing us and moving in us, working in us, and operating in us.

This anointing is for the fulfillment of God’s purpose.

The anointing as the moving and working of the compound Spirit within us, anoints God into us so that we may be saturated with God and know the mind of God (Psa. 133; 1 Cor. 2:16; Rom. 8:6, 27). Amen!

Some think that the anointing is on us for us to do great things for God, and those who perform such great acts for God are “anointed.”

However, the Bible tells us that the anointing is upon the Body of Christ, who is firmly attached to Christ as the anointed One and the anointing One, and each member of the Body is anointed.

As we open to the Lord and abide in Him, we have the teaching of the anointing.

The anointing moves in us to anoint God into us so that we may be saturated with God, possess God, and understand the mind of God.

As the Lord anoints us, as the anointing moves in us, we have the mind of Christ the Head by means of the inner sense, the inner consciousness of life.

The anointing not only gives us a sense not to do certain things or say certain matters but even more, it anoints God into us.

As we care for the teaching of the anointing, we are anointed with God, and HIs mind is infused into us; the result is that we know the mind of God and we have the mind of Christ.

We see a practical example of this in Psa. 73; the psalmist was very troubled when he saw the prosperity of the wicked ones and the suffering of the righteous ones.

He could not reconcile this, nor could he find a reasonable explanation for this situation.

But then he entered the sanctuary of God, in the place where the Lord anoints His people, and there he saw what is really going on.

When we enter into the sanctuary of God – in our spirit and in the meetings of the church, we will be clear concerning the Lord’s mind in all things.

When we exercise our spirit, we enter into God’s sanctuary, and we have the teaching of the anointing; we realize that all things work together for good for God’s purpose, and we are being anointed with all that God is.

Instead of trying to reason and analyze, figuring out something in our mind, we should get into our spirit, the sanctuary of God, to enjoy the divine anointing!

Also, we should get into the church meetings to enjoy all that God is with the saints.

As we exercise our spirit and are in the meetings of the church, listening to the Lord’s speaking within and the saints’ speaking without, we will have our veil lifted, and we will see what God’s economy is.

We will have more of God painted on us, and we will enjoy what He is.

The elements of what God is are added into us, even constituted into the inward parts of our being, and our inner man is growing.

Thank the Lord that the anointing is constantly moving and working within us to add the element of God into us and cause us to understand and know God’s will intimately and subjectively! Hallelujah!

By means of the teaching of the anointing, we know God, we have God’s mind, we are infused with God, and we are clear concerning God’s leading.

Thank You, Lord, for firmly attaching us to Yourself as the anointed One and the anointing One! Hallelujah, God firmly attached us unto Christ and with one another so that we may enjoy the anointing from the Holy One! We open to You today. We exercise our spirit and we come to the meetings of the church so that we may be richly infused with all that God is. Amen, Lord Jesus, may the anointing move in us, anoint us, and teach us all things by subjectively adding God to us and imparting the mind of God into us! Hallelujah, the moving and working of the compound Spirit within us anoints God into us so that we may be saturated with God, we may possess God, and we may understand the mind of God! Amen, Lord, saturate us more with Yourself today. May the anointing communicate the mind of Christ the Head of the Body to each one of the members of the Body by the inner sense of life. We open to You from deep within. We want to heed the teaching of the anointing so that we may know God subjectively and be infused with all that God is!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother James Lee in the message for this week, The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 394, by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, The Christian Life (2024 Memorial Day Blending Conference), week 4, Abiding in Christ as the True Vine.
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