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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This term occurs only in
1 John 2:20
20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (1 John 2:20)
, though the same word,
χρίδμα
, is twice translated “
anointing
” in
1 John 2:27
27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:27)
.
The
Holy
Spirit
is an unction that permeates, as it were, the whole being of the
Christian
to give him Christ's character.
From Anstey’s
Doctrinal Definitions
:
This is an aspect of
the
Holy
Spirit
’s indwelling that emphasizes the Spirit’s work in the
believer
to give him the powers of discernment in connection with
truth
and error (
1 John 2:20, 27
20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. (1 John 2:20)
27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:27)
). If the believer walks in the Spirit in
communion
with the
Lord
, he will have the
power
to discern what is the truth and what is error when he is confronted with either (
1 John 4:6
6
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. (1 John 4:6)
). The
Apostle
John said,
“The
anointing
[
unction
] which ye have received of Him abideth with you, and ye need not that any
man
teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him”
(
1 John 2:27
27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:27)
). Some have used this verse to refuse
teaching
from gifted teachers because they have the Holy Spirit and they think that that all they need. Consequently, they will not read any books of ministry, etc. But that is not what this verse is saying. The Apostle John is
not
saying that all believers instinctively know the truth because they have the Spirit. If that were true, why has
God
given
“teachers”
to the
Church
? (
1 Cor. 12:28
28
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12:28)
;
Eph. 4:11
11
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; (Ephesians 4:11)
) The verse simply means that when truth or when error are presented to us, we do not need someone to tell us that it is such. If we are in communion, and thus
“abide in Him,”
the
“unction”
of the Spirit in us will give us to know whether it is the truth or not.
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