DEAD
FLIES
in
the Anointing
MAIN TEXT:
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (KJV)
Dead flies
cause the ointment
of the apothecary
to send forth a
stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for
wisdom and honour.
Eccesiastes 10:1 (AMP) “ DEAD FLIES cause the ointment of the
perfumer to
putrefy
[and] send forth a
vile odor;
so does a little folly [in him who is valued for wisdom] outweigh
wisdom and honor.”
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (CLV) “ As dead gadflies cause a compound of oil
to stink, to bubble forth, So a little frivolity outweighs wisdom
and glory. “
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (Hebrew Interlinear) “ Gadflies of death he causes
to stink and he causes to emit oil of one compounding precious from
wisdom from glory silliness little”
THIS IS BOTH A DISCUSSION OF
WISDOM/FOOLISHNESS AND THE ANOINTING/SIN.
Exodus 30:25 (KJV) “ 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment,
an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an
holy anointing oil. “
This is the same kind of oil of the
apothecary that they would use to anoint the high priest and holy
things that were to be dedicated to the Lord God.
It was a holy anointing oil that is being described.
Understand that this sweet smelling holy anointment was an outward
symbol of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
The anointing
oil was used to cover the stink of the
flesh so that the priest could enter into the glory or presence
or heaviness of the presence of God. The anointing would have
to be heavy before he could enter into the holy of holies, or the glory
would destroy the flesh.
The anointing comes from our innermost being in the believer. John
7:38 (KJV) “38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out
of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. “
The
presence of the Holy Spirit within us reveals the anointing in our
lives, and that anointing is to cover us so that we can enter into the
glory (khabod) of the presence of God. The glory was seen
sometimes as a cloud that hovered over the worshipers head, and
sometimes like on the Day of Pentecost came with a great sound of wind
and fire which was over each head.
The glory is the “heaviness” of God when God manifests more of His
presence in a place. That occurs when the people of God worship Him in
Spirit and in Truth, and the anointing in them rises up and anoints
their worship for He inhabits our praise. Getting into the atmosphere
of the glory will transform and change your life forever.
The anointing is what allows us to do the works of God. It is God
manifesting through us in His power. It is what makes us effective when
we walk in the Spirit and are led by the Spirit… that is walking filled
with the Spirit.
Luke 4:18-19 (KJV) “18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he
hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to
heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. ”
Jesus Christ, the Anointed One is the one who anoints us with the
Spirit of God.
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Gives us power to proclaim the
good news and be a witness for Jesus with power
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Good news for those in need
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Healing for the brokenhearted
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Deliverance to those who are
captives
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Where the Spirit of the Lord
is, there is liberty
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Recovering of sight to the
blind – healing of the body
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Set at liberty those who are
crushed or bruised
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Brings us into the Acceptable
Year of the Lord – Jubilee
The anointing or presence of God brings the Word of God alive in our
lives, which fills us with the wisdom of God (what the text is talking
about). God in us produces the fruit of the Spirit and gives us the
abundant life in Christ (the Anointed One).
But understand this: the Holy Spirit is very sensitive. He can be
quenched or grieved. See, the anointing oil can be corrupted in our
lives.
The Spirit can be grieved, and the manifestation of God in us can be
corrupted by DEAD FLIES, or sin by giving into our flesh.
The more
delicate the perfumed oil, the easier it is for it to be spoiled
for common perfumes are not so sensitive. See, the Holy Spirit is very
sensitive and He can be grieved when we submit to flesh and sin instead
of Jesus.
Ephesians 4:29-5:1 (KJV) “ 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out
of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it
may minister grace unto the hearers. 30
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God,
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put
away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you. 1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; “
When we let flies get into this very delicate and precious anointing
oil, it corrupts or putrefies and turns that which is wonderful and good
into something that is corrupted and stinks. We become a stink unto
God, and no longer does the fruit of the Spirit come forth, but the
works of the flesh.
Flies are dirty and filthy by
nature. They thrive in filth and contaminate what they get
into. You can have something totally clean, and one fly can bring the
filth that it has carried from somewhere else and ruin that clean thing.
Flies are connected many times to demons at least metaphorically in
scriptures. Beelzebub means literally the lord of flies, or the lord of
dung. Demons like to get into our lives and corrupt and bring us away
from the truth of God’s Word and into Foolish Error.
1
Timothy 4:1-2 (KJV) “1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot iron; “
They were “DEAD” flies. The
anointing brings life, but dead flies have the nature of death or “SIN”
in it. Sin, when it is finished brings forth death.
James 1:15 (KJV) “ Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:
and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.”
In these last days just before Jesus comes back for His church,
especially in America, Canada, and Europe where so much of the
gospel has been preached and so many churches exist, so many who
once had the pure anointing of God has now been corrupted by the
seduction of demons and are now being led into foolishness.
Wisdom and foolishness shown are shown here. A little foolishness will
corrupt wisdom. True wisdom comes from God through His Word mixed with
the anointing or presence of God.
The
corruption of that Word and anointing with a “fly” in the anointment
corrupts wisdom.
There is a peril that Jesus warns us of in the last days when the
catching away of the church occurs. Half of the church will be wise and
half of the church will be foolish.
Half will be anointed, and half will be lukewarm
with not enough oil to keep their lamps lit. These shall
be left behind and have to face
the tribulation compared to the wise which
shall be caught up to the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb.
Matthew 25:1-4 (KJV) “ 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They
that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the
wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. “
When the midnight cry was made, they all trimmed their lamps and lit
them, but the foolish did not have enough oil to keep them lit. The
wise could not give them their oil or they would not have enough.
You can’t be carried by someone else’s walk with God.
The foolish recognized the problem and went to get more oil… they
repented and did get oil or anointing for their vessels, but the door to
the Marriage Supper was closed to them. They could not go.
Once again, foolishness is seen by not taking the oil… a good supply of
the anointing in your vessel… you! It is seen in the lukewarm who are
compromised by sin and not walking fully in the Spirit of God keeping
their vessels filled with the Spirit.
HOW MANY HAVE HAD
THEIR OIL SPOILED BY SIN OR DEAD FLIES? HOW MANY HAVE BEEN CARELESS
WITH WHAT GOD HAS TRUSTED TO THEM AND NOW THEY SPIRITUALLY STINK?
Ephesians 5:15-20 (KJV) “ 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as
fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord
is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess;
but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks
always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ; “
A little foolishness is able to destroy wisdom
in your life.
A LITTLE COMPROMISE WITH SIN IS ENOUGH TO CORRUPT THE WALK
YOU HAVE WITH GOD and rob you of the abundant life.
Are there dead flies in your life? Has demonic spirits worked their way
through the weaknesses of flesh and gotten to your understanding and
walk with God?
Ephesians 4:27 (KJV)27 Neither give place to the devil.
When we “compromise”, then we allow something nasty to be mixed in with
something holy and it just does not take too much to destroy
our walk with God. And when our walk goes, so does the fruit of the
Spirit as the Holy Spirit is quenched in our lives.
1
Thessalonians 5:19 (KJV)19 Quench not the Spirit.
Foolishness overtakes wisdom and where we once might have been a
pleasure to the Lord,
now the dead
flies in our oil has made us stink and God now receives no pleasure out
of our lives. Our lives then become
wasted and we become
unproductive in the Kingdom of God.
If much of the 3rd World is in revival and experiencing the
glory of God according to all reports, then where do you suppose the
half of the church (body of Christ) that is lukewarm and foolish at the
catching away of the church? America needs revival!
We need to repent and replenish our supply of oil… we need a fresh
anointing.
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