Cheryl

Lin,

We all have the anointing (charisma in Greek) but we are not God’s anointed (kristos in Greek). The word “Christ” is kristos which means the anointed. This is why some aberrant groups say that we are “little gods” and they claim that they are the ones who are special – God’s anointed. There is one Christ and the rest of us are brothers in the body of Christ. No one is “the anointed” one but Christ alone.

1 John 2:20 says that we all have the anointing (charisma)

Mat 24:23 “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ (kristos or anointed),’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

No one in the New Testament was called “God’s anointed” one except for Christ. There is no longer a hierarchy either in gender or in position for we are all to be brothers.

Mat 23:8 “But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

In my opinion anyone who would let someone call them “God’s anointed” has a serious problem with pride and most likely a serious issue with wanting authority over the brothers.