7
SPIRITS OF GOD -- 7 Divine Anointings
by Charles Pinkney
EXPRESSIONS
OF GOD'S CHARACTER
The
7 Spirits of God are
spoken of in the Book of Revelation
as going forth through all the earth
to affect God's purposes:
Throughout scripture there are various
references to specific spirits sent
by God to impact or anoint people. Some
writers have focused on the messianic
text of Isaiah 11as the key to the 7
Spirits taken from a single location:
(Isaiah
11:2) The Spirit of the Lord shall rest
upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might, The
Spirit of knowledge and of the fear
of the Lord.
Although
it is convenient to assume this single
text answers the identity of the seven
spirits. I am not thoroughly persuaded
that these comprise the seven Spirits.
There remain so many other references
throughout the Bible that seem to contend
for spiritual anointings of God. So,
I will offer my own list while maintaining
an open mind toward this mystery until
the day comes that the Lord gives me
perfect clarity about this question.
In the mean time, I do not think we
should be dogmatic about an official
list of the seven spirits but share
the wisdom and insights as they are
revealed by the Spirit of God.
The Spirit of Sorrow and Weeping
(The Spirit
of Intercession and Travail)
I include this anointing as one of the
7 Spirits of God. It is relevant to
the present fallen world; Godly sorrow
brings the fallen human race to repentance.
The day will one day come when heaven
is fully manifested on earth and sorrow
and sighing will pass away.
God's
Spirit of Sorrow is
at the center of intercession.
It is travailing sorrow that
results in the fruit of deliverance.
Travail is the Spiritual device God
uses in the supernatural breaking
of yokes. The anointing takes upon
itself a focus upon persons who are
lost, in a great need or those who are
bound.
Christ is ever touched by the feeling
of our weakness or infirmities!
The anointing of The Lord's sorrow
is transferred to intercessors who travail
for those who have been taken prey by
spiritual enemies. While Jesus has and
is come to seek and to save those who
are lost, the Devil has come and will
continue to come, to steal, kill, and
destroy. Sorrow as an anointing is manifested
by the Spirit giving voice to groaning
and deep anguish beyond words. Tears
of Godly sorrow brings forth repentance
after it has had enough time to complete
the Holy Spirit's work. The breaking
and release is signaled by breaking
forth into joy or laughter.
One
who is yielded to this Spirit of God begins
to lament and be sorrowful as the Holy Spirit
begins to initiate this anointing within.
It can be faked or counterfeited, but
then its power and usefulness are lost. Any
such act of the flesh produces no fruit.
Though observable, deep anointings of intercession
can not be learned.
The
anointing of Godly sorrow supersedes all personal
cares and feelings. However, The Spirit of
God will use personal sorrow as a starting
point and turn it into Godly sorrow. Personal
sorrow is directed self-ward, but Godly sorrow
other-ward. Godly intercession interacts with
several anointings; sorrow, joy, warring anger,
praise and worship, according to the moving
of the Spirit.
At
the point of release spiritual sorrow will
normally always end with joy and laughter.
Scriptural
Referances to the Sorrow of God
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| "Jesus
wept." ( -- John 11:35) |
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| "For
godly sorrow worketh repentance
to salvation not to be repented
of: but the sorrow of the world
worketh death."( -- 2 Corinthians
7:10) |
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| "Who
hath heard such a thing? who hath
seen such things? Shall the earth
be made to bring forth in one
day? or shall a nation be born
at once? for as soon as Zion travailed,
she brought forth her children."
( -- Isaiah 66:8) |
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| "My
little children, of whom I travail
in birth again until Christ be
formed in you," ( -- Galatians
4:19) |
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| "And
at the evening sacrifice I arose
up from my heaviness; and having
rent my garment and my mantle,
I fell upon my knees, and spread
out my hands unto the LORD my
God,"(-- Ezra 9:5) |
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| "Depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
for the LORD hath heard the voice
of my weeping." ( -- Psalms 6:8) |
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| "The
LORD hath heard my supplication;
the LORD will receive my prayer."
( -- Psalms 6:9) |
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| "For
his anger endureth but a moment;
in his favour is life: weeping
may endure for a night, but joy
cometh in the morning."( -- Psalms
30:5) |
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| "And
in that day did the Lord GOD of
hosts call to weeping, and to
mourning, and to baldness, and
to girding with sackcloth:"( --
Isaiah 22:12) |
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| "They
shall come with weeping, and with
supplications will I lead them:
I will cause them to walk by the
rivers of waters in a straight
way, wherein they shall not stumble:"
( -- Jeremiah 31:9) |
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| "That
I have great heaviness and continual
sorrow in my heart." (-- Romans
9:2) |
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| "And
he (Jesus) took with him Peter
and the two sons of Zebedee, and
began to be sorrowful and very
heavy." ( -- Matthew 26:37) |
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| "And
when he was come near, he beheld
the city, and wept over it," (
-- Luke 19:41) |
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| "Blessed
are ye that hunger now: for ye
shall be filled. Blessed are ye
that weep now: for ye shall laugh."(
-- Luke 6:21) |
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| "Rejoice
with them that do rejoice, and
weep with them that weep." ( --
Romans 12:15) |
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| "Verily,
verily, I say unto you, That ye
shall weep and lament, but the
world shall rejoice: and ye shall
be sorrowful, but your sorrow
shall be turned into joy."( --
John 16:20) |
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| "A
woman when she is in travail hath
sorrow, because her hour is come:
but as soon as she is delivered
of the child, she remembereth
no more the anguish, for joy that
a man is born into the world."(
-- John 16:21) |
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| "For
I have heard a voice as of a woman
in travail, and the anguish as
of her that bringeth forth her
first child, the voice of the
daughter of Zion, that bewaileth
herself, that spreadeth her hands,
saying, Woe is me now! for my
soul is wearied because of murderers."(
-- Jeremiah 4:31) |
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| "For
we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now."( -- Romans
8:22) |
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| "And
not only they, but ourselves also,
which have the first fruits of
the Spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting
for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body."( -- Romans
8:23) |
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