True Believers: Anointed by Christ

Sermon Outline

Introduction

• Living in Perilous Times: Liberation Theology (Galatians 1:8)

• Religious Legalists (2 Corinthians 11:13-15)

I. An Anointing from the Holy One (vs. 20-21)

• Who is the “Holy One”? (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Acts 10:36, 38; 3:14; Romans 8:9)

• What Does it Mean to be Anointed? (Acts 10:38)

• Received the Holy Spirit and Power

• “Knows all Things (v. 20b; 1 Corinthians 2:12-14)

II. The Evidence of the Anointing from Christ (vs. 23b-27)

• Acknowledge Jesus is the Christ in all the Attributes that Belong to Him in His Person and Work (v. 23b)

• Abide in the truth (vs. 24-26);

o The promise of Eternal Life (v. 25; Hebrews 3:14)

• Abide in Christ, because He Abides in Us (v. 27)

Conclusion and Application (v. 28)

• We Can Do Nothing Without Christ (John 15:5)

• Continually Refresh and Renew our Mind in the Word of God

• Hold Firm to that Which Has Been Taught from the Beginning, as it has Been Revealed in Scripture – Declare without Shame the Promise of Eternal Life in Christ our Lord