READ: JUDE
Blasphemy
does not only entail speaking against the Lord or the Holy Spirit. It is also
possible to blaspheme a man of God. This is rampant today. Blaspheming against
an anointed man of God is evil. When Angel Michael came for the corpse of
Moses, Satan tried to stop him. Satan claimed that the corpse belonged to him.
Angel Michael could not resist Satan. He actually said something surprising.
Jude verse 9: “Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he
disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling
accusation, but said , The Lord rebuke you!” Angel Michael could not
speak against Satan. The reason for this is found in Ezekiel 28:14: “You
were the anointed cherub who covers; I establish you; you were on the holy
mountain of God; you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.”
Satan is called an anointed cherub. No one has the right to speak against an
anointed man of God, no matter how far he has gone into sin. No matter how wicked
the person is, he cannot be as wicked as the devil. Satan was an anointed
cherub so Angel Michael could not say anything against him. He said God would
have to deal with him. How many times have you spoken wrongly about any
anointed man of God? The anointing is very important and we should start
appreciating it. God had told jezebel that when she died, dogs would eat her
corpse; the dogs did not eat from her head. This was because she was a queen.
Her forehead had been anointed with oil. The dog recognized that she was
anointed. What is the significance of the anointing oil? It is the Holy Spirit
of God. In the Trinity, the Holy Spirit is referred to as the Consuming Fire.
Jesus Christ confirmed to us that any sin against the Holy Spirit couldn’t be
forgiven, now or forever. We are not to speak against the anointed of God. If
you have ever spoken evil against any anointed of God, you should go and make
amends. If you fail to make amends, the anointing may work against you in life.
Think of what you can do to receive positive blessings from the anointing of a
man of God today.
MEMORIZE:
MARK 3:29 –But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness,
but is subject to eternal condemnation.
