RUSSELL SANDERS

4-25-2023

THE ANOINTING DESTROYS THE YOKE

There is a scriptural principle found in Jeremiah 10:27 where it says, “…the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”

A yoke is a thing that binds you to something else, and not necessarily of your own choosing. The classic example of a yoke is the wooden armature placed over the necks and shoulders of a pair of oxen. The oxen did not choose the yoke, nor could they get out of it by themselves. It is like a type of bondage to them.

The bondage of sin is a yoke upon the unbeliever as well as the believer. A dread disease is also a yoke upon a person. We cannot destroy such yokes in our own effort. We need help from another source.

The Lord is our help. The anointing comes from Holy Spirit by Jesus’ power. When we are in bondage to sin, it is Holy Spirit, who by His anointing, convicts us of sin and draws us to God. Under His anointing, we confess our sinful state, and the yoke is destroyed off us as we accept our Deliverer, Jesus, as our Lord and Savior. This is true for the nonbeliever as well as the believer.

This is the same anointing that also destroys the yoke of a dread disease, removing it off of us. It is the same anointing that delivers us from the yoke of a demonic stronghold.

There is nothing more powerful than the anointing administered by Jesus’ all-powerful Word when it is ministered to us by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus’ word is strong and true. The Holy Spirit is our anointing that destroys every yoke and removes every burden.

HELEN SANDERS

4-26-2023

GETTING WHAT YOU ASKED FOR

I have been around long enough to see many fads. From the Mumu blouse that many women wore in the 1960’s, to bell bottom pants, to pink hair and many other things. Often, when one person would wear something, others followed. It was crowd mentality.

We see things like this in the spiritual realm too. I have seen preachers that went to a bible college that started walking, talking, and dressing like the founder of that college. It is like little clones of someone else. Many Christians follow after man instead of God.

In the 1 Samuel 8 we learn that Israel wanted a king like the other nations. They wanted to be like them and have one person rule over them. This displeased God because he was the only one that Israel should serve. The priesthood had become perverted through Samuel’s sons. They walked after money, took bribes, and perverted judgment. The elders of Israel came together (1 Samuel 8:4) and went to Samuel and told them they wanted a king. They said Samuel was too old and his sons didn’t walk in the ways of God. They used this as an excuse to be like the world. It displeased Samuel.

 God spoke to Samuel in 1 Samuel 8:7 “And the Lord said unto Samuel, hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.”

Samuel warned the people in 1 Samuel 8:10-18 and told them the bondage they would be under by having a king. Nevertheless in 1 Samuel 8:19 it says, “Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.” Indeed, this led to bondage and idolatry and eventually caused the nation to be overtaken by their enemies to fall into captivity. God warned them but they didn’t listen. They got what they asked for and it destroyed their nation.

When Christians look to anything other than God to be their provider it will fail. Whether it be a president, or any world leader that promises good things, you can be certain that it will fail. Only God can change a heart. Our country and the church for the most part, have looked to man to bring solutions that only God can bring. Looking to man makes that man an idol. It displeases God to the utmost because He alone is the one that we should be worshipping, and putting our trust in. Our nation, like ancient Israel has made very poor decisions. It has resulted in bondage, judgment, and will bring our nation into enslavement to our enemies. The only way out is godly sorrow that brings repentance. Then and only then will transformation and restoration come.

Are you putting your trust in man that says they can bring change back to our country, or are you looking to God who alone brings deliverance? You can’t serve two masters.