The only perfect Preacher—the Lord Jesus—preached with the anointing of the Spirit. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel…” Jesus quoted Isaiah 61:1 in reference to Himself. We too may—and we must—as messengers of God have this might from God! Consider the quotation of Lloyd-Jones in the first case, the experience D.L.Moody described in the second, and in summary the prayer of Olford in the last one. In the words of the old hymn, “All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down; Brethren, pray and holy manna will be showered all around.”
