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
It is Godly SORROW that brings repentance
(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.
It is the Spiritual device God uses
in the supernatural breaking of yokes.
The anointing takes upon itself to focus
upon persons who are lost, in darkness,
or under the binding power of Satan.
The spirit of the Lord God is upon him
to bring deliverance to those who are
bound. (Isa. 61)
Christ our high priest in heaven is
always 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 an out rushing
of joy or laughter.
One
who is yielded to this Spirit of God begins
to lament and travail and to be sorrowful as
the Holy Spirit begins to initiate this anointing
within. It can be faked or pretended, as it
is occasionally, but then its power and usefulness
are lost. A pretense of intercession is quickly
discerned by those who can a working level
of spiritual discernment. Any such act this
is conducted as a pretense in merely a product
of the flesh and religiosity. It produces no
fruit. Though observable, deep anointings
of intercession is not a 'skill' to be learned.
The
anointing of Godly sorrow supercedes 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) |
|
| "Depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
for the LORD hath heard the voice
of my weeping." ( -- Psalms 6:8) |
|
| "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) |
|
| "And
he (Jesus) took with him Peter
and the two sons of Zebedee,
and began to be sorrowful and
very heavy." ( -- Matthew
26:37) |
|
| "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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