ALLOS - THE KEY TO THE ANOINTING

ALLOS -THE KEY TO THE ANOINTING

Scripture: John 14:16

Topic: Allos- The Key To The Anointing

"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another (ALLOS) Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;"

John 14:16

In the Scripture above, Jesus calls the Comforter, another of the same kind. The word another in this verse, is the Greek word allos. This means another comforter of the same kind. Jesus could have used the word heteros which would also have been translated another. But heteros would have meant another help of a different kind.

The Holy Spirit (Comforter) is the anointing. When Jesus promised another comforter of the same kind, He was promising another anointing of the same kind. He was showing that the same kind of anointing with which He had ministered would be available to the apostles when He left. 

Most pastors would hasten their progress in the ministry if they would understand this simple truth. There is no new and special anointing that God wants to give you. He is simply going to give you another of the same kind. Even the apostles were promised another of the same kind.

If you study my life and ministry, you will discover that all that I have done is to follow another of the same kind. I constantly train pastors and write books for ministers. This is nothing unusual. It is another of the same kind of anointing that is on my father in the ministry, Kenneth Hagin. I constantly preach and teach the Word of God in church and God has given me a mega church. This is nothing peculiar to me. It is another of the same kind of anointing that is on other men of God I follow.

The world’s system teaches that the way to be qualified is to go to school. But the biblical pattern of becoming anything in the ministry is to become an allos. Becoming an allos is the natural way by which God produces ministers. Pride and presumption often keep us from becoming alloses. Practically speaking, if you were able to do as much as certain people ahead of you, it would be a great achievement. Forget about outshining others. If you can just be as good as some of the guys ahead of you, you would achieve a lot. 

The ministry is a very difficult thing. It takes a lot of grace to even please God. The truth is, there is nothing we can do to please Him. This only complicates the matter. Because in our striving, we must always know that it is by His grace and not by our works. Yet, we are expected to bestow labour on the fields that are white unto harvest. 

Humility is the greatest achievement in the ministry, yet it is so elusive. Most of us follow after human indicators of greatness. But Christ has shown what true greatness is. To humbly follow a man, to be obedient and to bear fruit in humility is no mean task. God does not require much from us. He expects us to become an allos of something that is working.

Elijah had two well-known alloses: Elisha and John the Baptist . The Bible is clear on this fact. Elisha asked for a double portion of the anointing that was on Elijah and he got it (2 Kings 2:9). Jesus described John the Baptist as coming in the spirit of Elijah. He actually said, “This is Elias, which was for to come” (Matthew 11:14).

Whenever you have another of the same kind of anointing, it produces the same kind of works. A close look at the lives and ministries of these two alloses will show us how true this is. This revelation should inspire you to get an allos anointing.

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Allos -Another of The Same Kind

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills