“The anointing which ye received of him abideth in you . .
. his anointing teacheth you concerning all things.” 1 John 2:27
The anointing of the Spirit is God’s gift to every babe in
Christ. When we received Christ as Head we received the anointing—indeed the absence
of it would be serious evidence that we were not yet united to him.
John shows us this anointing as an inward thing, conveying
even to those babes in Christ the teaching of the Scriptures “concerning all things.”
Herein lies the simplicity of the life of God’s children. There is no need for
so much questioning.
Disobedience to the anointing will very soon give us a bad
time with the Lord, whereas the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. It is not
a question of feeling or comparison, but of an inquiry Godward: “Does the
Spirit witness life? Does he assure me of the Father’s good pleasure in this
step?” That is the only safe test.
