First Church Charlotte

July 14, 2019, | Pastor Nathan Elms 1st John 2:18 • Sometimes we busy, modern people need to do better with making a place for a relationship with God. • The 1st anointing is the covering of spiritual atonement. (Salvation) This allows access to God and takes away the belief that we are not worthy to be a part of what God is doing. • The 2nd anointing is service & ministering directly unto the Lord. Much like the Old Testament priests were set apart for service unto God, we also have that opportunity to be in the Lord's service. • We should all celebrate the beauty of the redemption of the Lord. It is truly a wonderful thing that Jesus Christ has done for us. • The 3rd anointing is the ministering & service to other people. • The cross itself shows how we minister vertically as well as horizontally. • In the New Testament, the church body is the ministers of God for this world. • We sometimes bind ourselves in our anointing. • If we can believe that we are anointed, we can then change our world. • We also ne