David Diga Hernandez - The Anointing of the Holy Spirit

I want to minister tonight on walking in the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Today, we need fresh power; today, we need a fresh touch of the Holy Spirit. You realize that in the book of Acts, chapter 2, when the Holy Spirit fell, it wasn’t the first time that the Holy Spirit moved. Genesis chapter 1, verse 2, the Bible says that the Spirit of God hovered above the face of the deep. Genesis chapter 2, verse 7, says that God breathed life—the breath of life—into the dust of the ground, and man became a living soul. That word «breath» is «ruach,» which means spirit, wind, or breath. It was the very essence and life of God flowing through that breath, giving life to man. Psalm chapter 139, verse 7, tells us that we can never escape from the Holy Spirit; the Spirit of God goes everywhere and is everywhere at all times. The Spirit of God was active in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, all the way down to the book of Acts, chapter 2. But think about this: the people who were gathered in Acts chapter 2 had heard the instructions from Jesus. He said, «I want you to go and wait.» Now, let’s back up a second: how were the disciples able to cast out demons? How were the disciples able to heal the sick? How were the disciples able to preach the Gospel if they didn’t have the Holy Spirit? I want you to think about this. We tend to get locked into these mindsets. One of the mindsets tells us that the Holy Spirit was somehow inactive for all eternity and then came to move in the book of Acts, chapter 2, and then left when all the cessationists told us He left. But the Holy Spirit is active. The Holy Spirit is alive. The Holy Spirit is giving life and power from the beginning of time, and we see it in the Bible. Acts chapter 10, verse 38, tells us that Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit, and He went about doing good, healing all who were oppressed by the devil. So how did Jesus do good? How did Jesus cast out devils? How did Jesus heal the sick? He told us Himself when He quoted Isaiah, saying, «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and He has anointed me to proclaim.» It was the anointing of the Holy Spirit that empowered the ministry of Jesus. It was the anointing of the Holy Spirit that moved to those disciples, the 72 who were counted among the followers of Christ. Jesus had 72 disciples and 12 apostles, and those disciples were all able to drive out demons, heal the sick, and preach the Gospel. Now, how did they do it? They did it in the power of the Holy Spirit. So, okay, this is what’s puzzling me, because I see that they did it in the power of the Holy Spirit. Here they are, moving, acting, and doing as God has commanded them. Then, in John chapter 20, verse 22, Jesus breathes upon them before He ascends. He breathes upon them and says, «Receive ye the Holy Ghost.» Interesting! So, He’s active in the Old Testament; He’s active in the ministry of Jesus. In Matthew chapter 3, Jesus was baptized, and when He was baptized, the Spirit of God descended upon Him like a dove, empowering Him and leading Him into the wilderness in Matthew 4. Jesus is using the power of the Holy Spirit, imparts the power to the 72, and then the 72 who have the Holy Spirit are told, «Receive the Holy Spirit.» Then, there in John 20:22, when He says, «Receive the Holy Spirit,» and breathes upon them, He says, «Receive the Holy Spirit.» Now, wait for the Holy Spirit. If you’re looking at these verses and this timeline from a certain paradigm—namely, the paradigm that tells you that the Holy Spirit wasn’t active until Acts chapter 2—if you’re looking at it from that perspective, it’s easy to become confused. But when you recognize that the move of the Holy Spirit is both an experience and a continual state of being, then things begin to become clear. Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18, tells us, «But be not drunk with wine, which will destroy your lives; instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.» Now, what does that verse mean, «be filled with the Holy Spirit»? That phrase «be filled,» those two words in the Greek imply continually—like wind in a sail, like a river going downstream. It is a continual experience, something we are to have again and again. But it doesn’t end there—you see Him in Genesis, you see Him in the Old Testament, you see the Holy Spirit in Matthew 3, you see the Holy Spirit in Matthew 4, you see the Holy Spirit working through the 72, you see the Holy Spirit being breathed upon the same disciples in John 20:22. Then you see the Holy Spirit fall in Acts chapter 2. Then, those very same disciples—the ones who were a part of the 72, the ones who were breathed upon by Jesus, the ones who were there in Acts chapter 2—we see in Acts chapter 4 that they gathered together for another prayer meeting, Peter and John among them. The Bible says that when they gathered, they prayed, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. What am I saying to you? I’m saying that the reality of the power of the Holy Spirit is not a one-time experience. You can see it; I just laid it out very clearly for you throughout the Scripture. The power of the Holy Spirit is something that’s available to you every single day. The power of the Holy Spirit is…