The Anointing to Live by Creflo Dollar

Author:Creflo Dollar
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-03T16:45:09+00:00

CHAPTER 8 SIN CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE ANOINTING

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:8-9)

The above passage of scripture has been used to lead millions to salvation. It's a powerful statement about the love of God and the power of the blood.

It specifically talks about "being justified" by the blood of Jesus. Not many Christians think much about it, but there is an important connection between knowing you're justified and living in the anointing.

What does being justified mean? When you're justified, it is just-as-if you'd never sinned. As far as God is concerned, you have no right to carry around a sin consciousness. The next few verses in that passage shed more light on this truth:

For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. (Romans 5:10-11 NASB)

Here we learn that being justified also means we get reconciled to God.

We were estranged and separated from God by sin. Through disobedience we declared ourselves to be His enemies. But once the blood justifies you, it also reconciles you to Him. But you have to "receive" that reconciliation.

That's where many believers miss it. They know that, technically, they're forgiven, but they still think God is mad at them. They allow a sin consciousness to keep a wedge between them and God. In other words, they refuse to receive reconciliation.

This is a tremendous hindrance to the anointing. It is difficult for the Holy Ghost to operate freely in your life when you are carrying around an awareness of sins.

Atonement vs Remission

One key to getting rid of a sin consciousness is to get a clear understanding of the concept of remission.

You see, under the old covenant, the sacrifices of bulls and goats made "atonement" for the sins of the people.

And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. (Exodus 29:36)

To "atone" means to temporarily cover. These Old Testament sacrifices didn't remove the guilt of people's sins, they merely covered them year to year. We get a clear explanation of this truth in Hebrews, chapter ten:

For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never by the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

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