The Bride's Anointing, Part 1

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by  Paisley, Charles

Vol. 27 No. 5b Printed Voice of Faith Assembly July 1995

The Bride’s Anointing, Part 1

MANIFESTATIONS WE HAVE
WITNESSED LATELY, I FEEL LED
TO START A MESSAGE WE WILL
TITLE, "THE BRIDE'S
ANOINTING." WE ALL AGREE
THAT THE WORLD IS AT A POINT
IN TIME THAT WE MUST BE
APPROACHING THE COMING OF
THE LORD; BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY
DO NOT HAVE A PICTURE OF
THE KIND OF CHURCH HE IS
COMING FOR. A LOT OF MY OWN
PERSONAL TESTIMONY HAS TO
ENTER INTO THIS MESSAGE

BECAUSE OF THINGS WE ARE
Rev. Raymond M. Jackson
GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. IT

WILL HAVE TO DO WITH THINGS
This edition of The Contender I HAVE HAD TO EXPERIENCE
contained Part 5 of From Azusa Street MYSELF. HAVING BEEN RAISED
Until Now and Part 1 of The Bride’s WITH A METHODIST
Anointing. This edition has been BACKGROUND, BEING
separated into two parts for our BAPTIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME
website. IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND
MY NAME BEING JACKSON,
BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS THERE WAS A CERTAIN
EXPERIENCES AND AMOUNT OF STUBBORNNESS
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Contents THROUGH OTHER RELIGIOUS
SYSTEMS. I THANK GOD HE SAW
THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER ...... 3 FIT ONE DAY TO SHOW ME HIS
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT 8 GRACE AND MERCY. ONE THING
I HAVE ALWAYS CONFESSED, I
MY DREAM ....................................... 10
NEVER WANTED TO BE A

FANATIC. I HAD HEARD OF
PEOPLE CUTTING THEIR
THE LORD HAD TO DEAL WITH:
FINGERS OFF AND VARIOUS
TO GET ME WHERE HE WANTED
OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR
ME. THAT IS WHY THEY CALLED
BODY, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF
ANDREW JACKSON, OLD
WHAT JESUS SAID CONCERNING
HICKORY: HE WAS STUBBORN.
THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY
THAT BUNCH IN WASHINGTON
THAT WERE OFFENSIVE. YOU
DID THEIR BEST TO BEND AND
KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
BREAK HIM; BUT WHEN THEY
IF THY RIGHT HAND OFFEND
LET UP, HE WAS RIGHT BACK IN
THEE, CUT IT OFF. IF THINE EYE
THE SAME SPOT HE WAS IN
OFFEND THEE, PLUCK IT OUT
BEFORE. THAT IS WHY THEY
AND SO FORTH. I HAVE HEARD
CALLED HIM OLD HICKORY.
OF PEOPLE PLUCKING THEIR
HICKORY IS ABOUT THE ONLY
EYES OUT. ALL THOSE THINGS
THING YOU CAN MAKE A
BECAME SCARE CROWS IN MY
WAGON TONGUE OUT OF AND
LIFE AS A CHILD GROWING UP. I
EXPECT IT TO LAST: FOR IT IS
SAID, GOD FORBID THAT I
HARD TO BEND OR BRAKE. AS I
SHOULD BE ONE OF THESE
PRESENT THIS MESSAGE, I WILL
PEOPLE THAT GO CRAZY OVER
BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERING
RELIGION. IT IS ONE THING TO
EVERY PERSON WHO MAY HEAR
GO CRAZY OVER RELIGION, BUT
IT OR READ IT, NO MATTER
IT IS ANOTHER THING TO LOSE
WHAT THEIR RELIGIOUS
YOUR MIND TO THE WORLD
BACKGROUND MAY HAVE
AND FIND YOUR MIND IN JESUS
BEEN, BECAUSE I KNOW THE
CHRIST. I LIKE THAT. THERE IS
BRIDE OF CHRIST IS NOT JUST
SUCH A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE
GOING TO BE MADE UP OF A
FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE
BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE
NATURAL, MANY PEOPLE
BEEN SAVED OUT OF THE
CANNOT TELL ONE FROM
WORLD, HAVING NO RELIGIOUS
ANOTHER. IF THE DEVIL
BACKGROUND AT ALL. MOST OF
CANNOT HOLD ON TO YOU OUT
US HAVE ARRIVED WHERE WE
IN THE WORLD OF UNBELIEF,
ARE TODAY, AFTER COMING
AND KEEP YOU LIVING LIKE
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THE WORLD, HIS NEXT MOVE IS did not know exactly what to watch
TO TRY TO DRIVE YOU TO SOME for; but they did what Jesus told them
FANATICAL END. WHY? to do: That was the important thing.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT IN There, is where many people fail: They
THE END SUCH A PERSON WILL will not obey the word of God until
BE DESTROYED. THAT IS THE they are able to understand every little
CONFLICT WE HAVE AS TRUE detail of it. Take for instance, Bless
CHILDREN OF GOD: TO GET ALL God, I am not going to sit up there in
OF THESE THINGS SORTED OUT that place looking for something that I
AND BRING OUR LIVES IN LINE may not even recognize when it comes.
WITH THE TRUE REVELATION That is not the kind of attitude God
OF WHAT IS WRITTEN IN GOD'S wants us to have. He wants His
BOOK (THE BIBLE). IT IS A children to have simple faith and trust
BATTLE ON OUR PART MANY in His word without taking drastic
TIMES: TO COME THROUGH THIS measures like cutting off hands and
AND REALLY PRESENT plucking out eyes when they have no
OURSELVES AS CHILDREN OF understanding of what He meant by
GOD SHOULD; BUT EVERY that. Of course we all understand that
PREDESTINATED ONE WILL it would be better to go to heaven
EVENTUALLY COME TO THAT without hands and eyes than to end up
PLACE. in hell with all of our body parts in
place; but we need to realize also, that
I am going to ask you to turn with me just cutting off those offensive
into the book of Acts. Here is where members will not get the job done. Our
the great commission, and the Church determination to walk with God in a
had its start, just as it is described in true revelation of His word is what
these verses. We know what Jesus makes the difference.
said. He had told them in the writings
of Luke, when they followed Him over
to the Mt. of Olives and watched Him
ascend into heaven, the last words THE PROMISE OF THE
Jesus spoke to them was this, Go into FATHER
Jerusalem and tarry until you be
endued with power from on high. They

did not know one thing about what to
expect. No doubt they thought, What is We are going to read from Chapter 2,
this power going to be like? How am I verse 1. "And when the day of
going to recognize this power when it Pentecost was fully come, they (the
comes? We know when they went into believers, the disciples that had been
the upper room to wait together, they told at the Mt. of Olives, Go back to
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Jerusalem and wait until you receive glorify me: for He shall receive of
power from on high) were all with one mine, and shall shew it unto you."
accord in one place. And suddenly Putting these two settings together
there came a sound from heaven (That gives us a better picture of what was
was a manifestation of the presence of actually taking place. That passage I
God.) as of a rushing mighty wind, and just read is the scripture that explains
it filled all the house where they were what has to come into our lives before
sitting. And there appeared unto them we can actually be called children of
cloven tongues like as of fire, (In other God. Receiving His Spirit in the way
words they saw a manifestation of they received it in Acts 2, is the only
something supernaturally sitting over way on earth you as a person will ever
the individuals.) and it sat upon each of become a child of God. What does that
them. And they were all filled with the Spirit do, Bro. Jackson? That is the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with Spirit that gives us the eternal life the
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them Bible speaks of, and seals us into the
utterance. And there were dwelling at family of God, never to be lost again.
Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of This same Spirit is what first gets hold
every nation under heaven. Now when of you and begins to deal with your
this was noised abroad, the multitude heart and tell you that you need to
came together, and were confounded, accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
because that every man heard them Remember, Jesus said, No man (or
speak in his own language." Now with woman) can come to me except the
this, I want us to go to the 16th chapter Father draw him? This same Spirit
of St. John. We read how in the upper (which is actually the great Creator in
room the Spirit has come upon each of His third office work) is the very thing
the believers, the disciples that had that begins to deal with us in life to
followed Christ; so what we are going make us conscious of the fact that we
to read now, is where Jesus told, before are lost, separated from God, and in
He was crucified, what this Spirit is need of a Savior. To some it may be
going to do when it does come into the when they are in their childhood.
world. We are starting in verse 12 of Others may not be dealt with until they
the 16th chapter of St. John. "I have yet come to adulthood. Some have even
many things to say unto you, but ye been halfway through life before they
cannot bear them now. Howbeit (or begin to be conscious of being dealt
however) when He, the Spirit of truth, with in this way. When Jesus said in St.
is come, He will guide you into all John 6, No man can come to me except
truth: (ALL TRUTH) for He shall not the Father draw him, He was actually
speak of Himself; but whatsoever He saying, You cannot become a Christian
shall hear, that shall He speak: and He just any time you want to: That Spirit
will shew you things to come. He shall has to deal with you first. There are
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people the world over, that have joined Jesus Christ, that when it is done you
some religious system for one reason cannot say you had anything to do with
or another, without ever having been it. It is He and He alone that is going to
convicted of their sins by the wooing do the saving. It is He and He alone
of the Spirit which is God. They call that is going to show you exactly how
themselves Christian's, but are they stubborn this human nature can
being led into ALL TRUTH? The sometimes be. That is my own
answer is obviously NO. They follow testimony. It is one thing to be brought
some traditional form of supposed-to- up in a home with Christian parents;
be service to God on one day during and in an environment to know that
the week for a few minutes; and then certain Christian values are the right
many of them live like the devil the way of life. I thank God for those; but
rest of the week. Naturally that does our salvation goes far beyond all of
not apply to everyone; but there is a that. I look back on my childhood days,
great trend toward some kind of my mom and dad taught me basic
religious affiliation in the world today; things that are essential to a good
and much of it is without the necessary moral life; but during all of that time
ingredients of true Christianity. growing up, many times there can be
Becoming a Christian is not an inward pride being cultivated
exclusively your choice in that within that becomes part of our nature.
manner. You do not set the time, nor I remember going to revivals back
the date, nor the hour. It is He (the when I was in my teens, before I went
Spirit which is God) that makes the into the army, and at times I would feel
choice of when and how, and He the spirit of conviction moving upon
knows exactly how to deal with you me; but in my heart I would say, I'm
when the appointed time arrives. Yes, not a bad fellow. I don't have to go
you may look back on your life and through all that praying and giving my
say, He has been dealing with me ever heart to the Lord. I am going to live to
since a certain age. That is true many be honest, love my brothers and sisters,
times; and one might wonder, How pay my debts, never cause anyone any
come you never surrendered back trouble and try to be a good citizen; but
then? The point is this, Even though I do not need to get too serious about
you were made conscious of your need this thing of being a Christian. That is
to be saved, there has to come a time the sad part of it: there are so many
when God really gets hold of your people in the world today that forget
heart in a way that draws you to Him. the word of God says all have sinned
That is when He is going to make it so and come short of the glory of God.
real you cannot resist any longer. God What is that sin? It means we are all
knows exactly how to touch your heart born in unbelief. There is not a one of
to bring you to a saving knowledge of us born into this world with belief in
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God. Oh, I have known the Lord ever many times it begins to make its
since I have been in this world. No you appearance. Old people get set in their
haven't. You can have a mental ways, their minds are made up,
knowledge of a lot of things but it does because if they go through life serving
not add up to genuine saving faith in the Lord in a certain trend, never
God. When it really affects you, it has seeing any turns or anything in the
to affect you in a way that you begin to road, they just get adjusted to that pace
see certain things in the word of God of life; but if the Lord's coming is soon,
that is going to begin to bring a change then there is one thing we have to
in your life. Therefore when it says all realize, There is a move of the Spirit of
have sinned and come short of the God in our midst and we can show it
glory of God, and there is none from the Bible. It is going to be a move
righteous, no not one, it means exactly among a people that are truly
that. There is not a one of us that seeks predestined to become the Bride of
after God. We usually seek our own Jesus Christ. As they become the Bride
way in life; and it is a cheap way that of Jesus Christ, the religious world will
most of the time glorifies the devil say, Now wait a minute! Yes, anyone
instead of God. It is like in the natural can say, Wait a minute; but for what?
world we live in, we are looking for The last book in the Bible tells us the
cheap bargains everywhere we go. We Bride in that day, that is the people of
are looking for special sales. In the God that are really Christians will
plan of salvation there is no such thing know in that hour that they are the
as yard sales or Bargain Basements. Bride of Christ. Why? All because they
God has no give-away programs. Our see by the prophetic picture of things
salvation is free: in that we do not have that are being fulfilled from the
to pay anything of monetary value for scriptures in the world at large. They
it; but that is because there has already see a picture that proclaims, JESUS IS
been a precious price paid for it. Our COMING SOON! If He is coming
Lord Jesus Christ suffered, bleed and soon, what is He coming for? He is
died on that old cross at Calvary to pay coming to receive a people unto
the price of our redemption; and it was Himself; but it will be an element of
paid for all who will repent and receive believers that have truly prepared
it. The gifts of the Spirit are all just as themselves to be acceptable as His
valuable and important to our life as bride. That special element of
the day Christianity was first born believers are not going to be a people
2000 years ago. I told the story in caught up out of everything that is
Norway because there is a move referred to as Christianity in the world
among the people in Norway that is so today, uninformed, and not even
beautiful. It is starting among a lot of knowing the time they are living in.
the young people. This is the way That would be a disaster. Just think, If
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the Lord came for His people right Their lives and their cooperative
now, and no one knew a thing about it, working together must begin to be just
no one was expecting anything to like the early Church in the book of
happen, it would be a disaster. There is Acts. You can see some words up here
one thing sure though, we have a on our chart: They pertain to what the
picture in this book that shows us the Holy Spirit is doing among believers in
Bride will be ready when He comes. this hour of time. In manifestations we
You may say, Bro. Jackson, give me have Shouting, dancing, shaking,
Bible for that. Well read the 19th trembling, drunkenness and
chapter of Revelation. What did John stammering lips: all of which are
see? He was taken up in the Spirit and Biblical expressions. There are a lot of
saw the Lamb's wife. Where was she? poor people sitting in church houses
She was in heaven. He heard all the today that are completely ignorant of
shouting, the hallelujah's and all that what the Spirit of God through the ages
was taking place; and a voice saying, has been doing. All they know is, they
The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. were born a Lutheran or whatever, and
Let us read those verses. (Revelation they have gone to Sunday School as a
19:7-9) "Let us be glad and rejoice, and Lutheran, got married as a Lutheran,
give honour to Him: for the marriage christened their children as Lutherans
of the Lamb is come,and His wife and that is all they ever intend to be,
HATH made herself ready. (8) And to Lutheran's. I can take every
her was granted that she should be denomination that came down the road
arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: and show that they are just like that.
for the fine linen is the righteousness They know very little of what the Spirit
of saints. (9) And he saith unto me, of God has been doing. Where has that
Write, Blessed are they which are Spirit been for the past 1900 years? He
called unto the marriage supper of the has dealt with people in every Age of
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are time, to convict them of sin, and show
the true sayings of God." It says there, them their need of a Savior. He has
His wife HATH, past tense, made caused them to realize they need to
herself ready. Where did she do that? accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour;
Not in heaven, but right here on earth but the minute most of them
in her every day walk of life. That very committed their hearts to the Lord in
scripture lets you know that we have that initial salvation experience they
got to expect the Spirit of God to do just sat down in whatever system of
something in the earth among an religion they were brought up in, with
element of people to awaken them to a feeling of assurance: This is all that
the time they are living in and equip is necessary. They have been taught to
them with everything essential to their think like that. I was made to think like
preparation for the coming of the Lord. that myself; but God knows your heart,
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and He knows where you are today. If Church group because there was no
you are one of those He has foreknown Baptist Church around there at that
from before the foundation of the time, and her being attracted to the
earth, He knows exactly when to talk subject of manifestations of the Spirit.
to you, to get you moving toward (They had moved from Louisville out
where you need to be. there.) Well, she sent for that little
book just so she could give it to me. I
will never forget that day. After dinner
I slipped out to the car to look into that
MANIFESTATIONS OF THE
little book that was lying there on the
SPIRIT dash in my car. As I sat there with the
sun coming through the glass and
enjoying that nice day in March, I
started reading. I do not always read a
Please follow me, as I endeavor to book line for line: I just catch the
speak to you of the various thought, watch the flow and more or
manifestations we have listed on the less scan over it. Then I came to a
chart we are using for this message. As certain chapter titled "Manifestations
I have said, There was a time when I of the Spirit." When I got into that,
was scared to death of all of this. after I read some of it, this is exactly
Having married, moved to Harrison what I did, I folded the book, got it out
County, and being a Sunday School of my hands and said, God forbid that
superintendent in the Methodist I should ever get involved in anything
Church, and at times being ask to like that. I meant it. Little did I know,
preach while the regular pastor went there were heartaches up the road for
away on vacation and so forth, the gifts me. The next year the pastor was going
of the Spirit were not even on my to leave, I knew they would be sending
mind. Early in March this particular another student out from Wilmore. On
year, my wife's aunt had a birthday and this particular morning I had been
they were having a birthday dinner for asked to come to the Elizabeth Church
her and we were there. A Baptist lady and preach. When I got finished that
in the Methodist church down home, morning, the Sunday School
had heard a preacher on a Louisville superintendent followed me outside
Kentucky Radio Broadcast, preaching and said, Bro. Jackson I would like to
about manifestations of the Holy speak to you a minute. He said, We
Ghost and they were offering a little like your preaching; but as you know,
book written on that subject. The book we are going to lose our pastor; and we
was fifty cents and she sent for it. Now have all decided that we would like to
just try to imagine a Baptist woman, have you be our pastor. Would you
fellowshipping with a Methodist accept it if we speak to the district
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superintendent? I said, Yes I would. I for two thousand years has kept
thought, Well I live here in the societies from going berserk; and all of
neighborhood and felt at that time that a sudden you have to have certain
I wanted to preach for the Lord and do degrees in theology in order to preach
something for the kingdom of God; so it. You see what America is headed for.
naturally I said yes. That was to be in It is headed for chaos. If you do not
April, when they were having the believe it, look what they have been
district superintendent's meeting in celebrating, Wood Stock. They had
that particular charge. All the main another gathering in Virginia: It had
ones of the different churches were another name. It is a disgrace to the
there. When they reached a certain human race, to see a mass of teenagers
point in the meeting, someone naked, tattooed, rings in their ears,
motioned that I should go outside. I jewels in their tongues, sliding down
was out there maybe about twenty five mud slides and all such as that. What a
minutes: Then one of the men from the world we live in! How can we as
Elizabeth church came out and put his Christians not be concerned about the
hand on my shoulder and said, Bro. trend our nation is flowing in? It was
Jackson, I am sorry to say the district not this way thirty years ago. As I told
superintendent says no, to you being my experience leading up to this
our pastor. We cannot put any more particular event in my life: Here I had
men in as pastors unless they have had said, I want nothing to do with any of
a certain amount of education and so that; and at that time, I meant it. (That
many years of bible school or seminary was when I had read some of that little
training. If you had taken a knife and book) Then after this experience at the
stuck in my heart it would not have meeting I said, Lord, I will stand for
hurt a bit worse than those words did. I your word, I will support your work, I
went home that evening and went to will live for you; but Lord, I will never
the barn to milk the cows. These are get in the pulpit as I have in the past. If
the words I said, Lord I will never stop a man has to have all that in order to
serving you; but this New Testament pastor a congregation, I am too far up
was not preached by men who had all the road of life to go back and start
gone to a seminary and earned such over like that. Little did I realize the
and such degrees in theology. They God of heaven was going to start
were fishermen, tax collectors, men introducing me into a realm that would
like I associate with every day. be completely strange to me. That
Brothers and sisters: It is very strange night I went to bed very disturbed. In
that those men had a spirit in them that my heart I was very disturbed. (I need
caused them to put a writing together to go back and try to bring all of this
that changed the course of humanity, out together to show the chain of
changed the boundaries of nations, and events.) I WILL NEVER FORGET
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THE NIGHT WHEN I That must be one of those evangelists.
SURRENDERED MY HEART TO Then I thought to myself, I will just go
THE LORD, AND HOW HE TOOK take a look. I left the highway and
AWAY THE CIGARETTE HABIT crossed over a field and came to the
AND THE BURDEN OF SIN AND edge of this tent. The flaps were rolled
HOW GOOD I FELT INSIDE. You up because it was summer time. As I
have heard me speak many times of the walked in underneath the tent, I saw no
old Methodist statement, heaped up, one; but I heard a little tapping noise
pressed down, and running over. Well way over on the far side, back in a
I was using that as I spoke to the Lord corner. There was a little partitioned
and said, Lord, I will do my best to place where I finally saw one person. I
preach your word. (This was said when could hear that person typing on a
the Lord saved me.) I was just typewriter. Here I am in this big tent
throwing that in for good measure looking all around; and shortly that
while I was feeling so good, not person looked up and said Sir, may I
realizing what it would lead me to later do something for you? I said, I am just
on. That was the first real experience I looking around. Then he came out
ever had in that way. Keep in mind, from behind that enclosure, came
Regardless of whether you are a walking up to me, looked straight at
Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, or what, me and said, Sir, you have a need. I
good moral people can walk around in said, I do? He said yes. He then said,
total ignorance concerning what God May I pray for you? I said, Yes. The
is doing. That is how I was. While I minute he reached out to lay his hand
was in a state of sadness over what had on my forehead, the tent and
happened, I saw myself in a dream. everything disappeared. Then I saw
Jesus coming with outstretched arms.
The look in those eyes was enough to
make anyone cry. As He came to me
MY DREAM
He put His arms around my head and
pulled my head up to His chest. I began
to weep. I cried, not because I was sad,
but because I was happy. There was
I was walking down a highway. I was
something like a power that began to
approaching a city. I was aware of
surge through me. I thought, Wouldn't
looking for something. As I
it be wonderful just to die like this? I
approached the outskirts of this city I
was crying with such emotional crying
saw a large tent. I thought to myself, I
it felt like I would explode from
have heard a lot about these
within. When it felt like I could no
evangelists in the late 50's, how they
longer bear that feeling, all of a sudden
have evangelistic tent meetings. I said,
I woke up.
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