NEW WINESKIN & A FRESH ANOINTING

PART 1
Jonathan Hansen,Chairman
World Ministries International
Today people know there is something
wrong with the church; something wrong in
the church; something wrong with the
leaders of most churches. But, yet, most
people cannot place their finger upon the
problem. Preceding every move of God there
is a hunger that grows in the hearts of men
and women; a hunger that cannot be satisfied
with words of menunless they come
through the anointing of a servant of God.
The anointing breaks the yoke. The
anointing sparks and brings revival. Today
most people are dissatisfied with the spiritual
conditions surrounding them. They are
dissatisfied with the churches they are
attending.
People are beginning to cry out to God in
prayer. People want new wine. They want
the manifestation of the Holy Ghost in power
and authority. They want anointing. They
want reality; not a form of Christianity. The
Bible tells us that when new wine is poured
out, new leaders suddenly appear. In the
church today there needs to be a reformation.
There needs to be a change. If you want to
continue to move with God, if you want to
continue to grow in God, if you want fresh
anointing; you have got to be willing to
change.
II Thessalonians 2:10-12 reads: And with
all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not
the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie: That they all might be damned
who believed not the truth, but have
pleasure in unrighteousness. Ladies and
gentlemen, if we want to move with God, if
we want to move with the Spirit of God, if we
want to move with the wind of God; we must
change.
John 3:8 reads: The wind bloweth where
it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh, and

whither it goeth: so is every one that is born

of the Spirit. Jesus said that those who
are led by the Holy Spirit will be changing
and moving constantly. To move with the
Holy Spirit demands constant change. II
Corinthians 3:18 reads: But we all with
open face beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord, are changed into the same
image from glory to glory, even as by the
Spirit of the Lord.
Once again, we must change. We must
not resist change if we want to move with
the Holy Spirit, if we want to grow from
glory to glory, if we want a fresh anointing.
Again, to move with the Holy Spirit demands
constant change. People like to be stable,
secure, and comfortable. But, Jesus demands
freedom. Freedom means change. Jesus
works like the wind. It can never be limited,
boxed in, or confined. Peoples efforts to
crystallize and restrict the Holy Ghost are
contrary to the ongoing work of God.
Luke 5:37-38 reads: And no man putteth
new wine into old bottles; else the new wine
will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and
the bottles shall perish. But new wine must
be put into new bottles; and both are
preserved. Ladies and gentlemen,
whenever the Holy Spirit fills people with
new wine, the structure or organization in
which they function must change. Old
wineskins drip. New wineskins must be used
to hold the new life; to hold the everchanging flow and anointing from the Lord.
We have seen this principle constantly in
operation throughout the history of the
church. For example, when Martin Luther
pursued truth, rather than resisting truth (as
Thessalonians warns), he received
revelation from the Holy Spirit concerning
faith and grace and established the church
called the Lutheran Church. The previously
established churchthe old wineskinwas
ripped in two, and a new denomination was

birthed. Lets look at another example.

When John Wesley preached with the fire
of the Holy Ghost, a new structure now
known as the Methodist denomination was
formed. Throughout history as men and
women ministered under a fresh anointing
of Gods Holy Spirit, there was change from
the old established system, allowing the
Holy Spirit to breath new anointing through
the anointed apostle or prophet. New
wineskins formed every time new wine was
poured in.
God wants to pour new wine into all of us.
He wants us to grow in anointing. But we
must not resist truth. We must not resist
change. We are growing from glory to glory.
We are supposed to be growing into His
likeness; into His image. The Lord has never
failed His church, but we have resisted truth.
We have resisted His Holy Ghost.
Joel 2:28-29 reads: And it shall come to
pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit
upon all flesh; and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall
see visions: And also upon the servants and
upon the handmaids in those days will I
pour out my spirit. Ladies and gentlemen,
we must be willing to change! We must be
willing to allow our present wineskins to rip.
Jesus warned that it was impossible to pour
new wine into an old wineskin without
ripping it. You and I must allow the Holy
Ghost to rip apart our old wineskins. There
can be no mighty spiritual revival; no mighty
change in our lives or in the structure of the
church, the denomination, or the
organization of the church without a great
shaking and changing of the wineskin. It
will rip! The problem in churches and
denominations today is that we have people
resisting the change of the Holy Ghost. We
have people resisting the truth of the Holy
Spirit. We have people resisting God. We
have people that want to remain in old

wineskins. We have leaders leading

churches and denominations today that are
administrators or pastors, but who exclude
the apostles and prophets.
Now, Church, listen to me. If we want a
mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit; if we
want change, we must allow our wineskins
to rip. We cannot expect to know the same
power of the Holy Ghost that the New
Testament believers experienced unless we
have wineskins similar to theirs. One of the
reasons why the first century church grew
was because they used the full operation of
what Ephesians 4:11-15 explains. Lets read
it: And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some,
pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of
the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we
all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no
more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But
speaking the truth in love, may grow up
into him in all things, which is the head,
even Christ.
It has been taught by many administrators
and pastors that the apostles and prophets
were only for New Testament times. But,
that is not scriptural. All five of these
ministry gifts were given by God to the
church: until we all attain to the unity
of the faith, and of the knowledge of the
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness of
Christ.
The church cannot reach perfection until
it follows Gods order of church leadership.
Until the church works as Christ instituted it
to work, operating with His servants, the
church cannot grow. Thus, we see and feel
the frustration of people who attend dead
denominations and dead churches that have
become stifled after their apostle or prophet
retired or died.
Once again, John Wesley and Martin
Luther, when they moved off the scene, all
of a sudden their denominations were turned
over to administrators and pastors. The
fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit led by the
apostle and the prophet ceased. God wants
today to raise up leaders so His church can
go through a major reformation, putting new
wineskin in place of the old, so that the
church can enjoy a great outpouring of the
Holy Ghost.

The unique characteristic of a ministry gift

is the anointing of God. The word
anointed means having oil spread upon.
When God anoints a person, the person
changes. I Samuel 10:6 reads: And the spirit
of the Lord will come upon thee, and thou
shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be
turned into another man. Every leader with
a ministry gift has been touched, anointed,
gifted by God, changed by the work of the
Holy Spirit. These changes take place in
two areas of a persons life. First, a gift from
God changes a persons heart. Look at I
Samuel 10:9: And it was so, that when he
had turned his back to go from Samuel, God
gave him another heart: and all those signs
came to pass that day. The Bible tells us
that the instant Saul received his anointing,
God changed his heart. So it is when a pastor
receives the heart to shepherd people, or
when an evangelist receives a heart full of
compassion for the lost. It is Gods own
heart for a specific area of ministry that is
placed within a gifted, anointed individual.
Secondly, a giftanointing from
Godallows the Holy Spirit to flow through
a person in a greater measure and in a certain
fashion. John 7:38-39 reads: He that
believeth on me, as the scripture hath said,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which
they that believe on him should receive: for
the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because
that Jesus was not yet glorified.) The Holy
Spirit will work through any Christian, but
the person who has received Gods heart
anointing for a ministry has an open channel
for the Holy Spirit to flow in a unique way.
The Holy Spirit comes forth from the pastor
in a different manner than the way He works
through the teacher, the apostle, or the
prophet. It is the same Holy Spirit sent by
God the Father, but the different gifts allow
the Father to pour out His grace in different
ways.
Isaiah 10:27 tells us that it is the anointing
of God that breaks the yoke. You and I must
be willing to change. We must allow our old
wineskins to rip and allow God to pour in
new wine so that we have new wineskins.
Thus, fresh anointing can come upon us,
and God can use us as He desires. The
apostle, prophet, evangelist, teacher,
pastorthey all have anointinga special,
unique anointing on each ministry gift, that
allows that ministry gift to perform certain
functions for the Lord Jesus Christ.
The unique characteristic of a prophet and
an apostle anointing is that they work on
the basic structure of the church. Ephesians

2:20 reads: And are built upon the

foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone So, here the Word of God tells us
that the body of Jesus Christ is built upon
the foundation of apostles and prophets, and
that Jesus Christ Himself is the corner stone.
Ladies and gentlemen, listen carefully.
Evangelists, pastors, teachers, and all other
Christians build upon the foundation already
laid. You can look at I Corinthians 3:10-13.
Only apostles and prophets have the
empowering of God to lay or change the
foundation itself. Did you hear? Many
churches, many denominations need their
foundations changed. They need new
wineskins. But, in order to do so, they must
be led by the apostles and prophets.
The word prophet means one who
speaks for. He is one who has received an
anointing to speak in a much more direct
and powerful way. Behind the prophets
words are great spiritual forces able to break
spiritual bondages off people or groups of
people.
Harold R. Eberle writes in his book, The
Complete Wineskin: The purpose of the
prophets words is not simply to provide
knowledge or understanding, but to change
the structure or nature of that which is being
spoken to. A preachers words may be
evaluated, but a prophets words must be
accepted or rejected, submitted to or resisted.
This does not mean that the ongoing
conversation of a prophet is God-ordained,
and hence, power-packed, but the messages
that the prophet receives from God for a
particular situation or person do have Gods
spiritual forces behind them. The prophet is
Gods direct mouthpiece, through whom God
speaks powerfully into the church and into
the world.
We must distinguish between the
Christian who prophesies and the ministry
gift of a prophetThe Christian who
prophesies speaks Gods words, but there
is not as much spiritual power behind those
words, and they are spoken only for
edification, consolation and exhortation (I
Cor. 14:3). The prophet may speak with these
three purposes, but also may speak Gods
direction, revelation, rebuke, correction or
knowledge of the future. The prophets in
Acts 13:1-2 hear Gods direction to send out
Paul and Barnabas for ministry. In Acts 21:1011 the prophet Agabus speaks with
revelation and knowledge of the future when
he announces that Paul will be imprisoned.
The prophets in the Old Testament give
strong rebukes to the Jewish people on many

occasions, as does Paul in his letters to the

churches. The ministry of a prophet is more
diversified and powerful than that of a
Christian who simply prophesies.
The prophet can be better understood
when we contrast the power of the prophets
words with that of an evangelists words. A
gifted evangelist may come to a church or a
city and preach a message that causes dozens
or even hundreds of people to respond.
However, we know from studies that success
depends much upon advertising,
organization, and extensive follow-upeven
with these, very few of the people reached
will remain involved in a church. For example,
in a typical citywide evangelistic crusade held
today, less than twenty percent of those who
respond to the gospel invitation will get
involved in a church.
In contrast, when a prophet visits a church
or a city, the power of a prophets words
produces lasting results. Charles Finney
(who is wrongly called an evangelist by
many) was a prophet who brought revival to
numerous cities in America about one
hundred years ago. Studies show that over
eighty percent of those to whom he
ministered remained in churches for the rest
of their lives. The prophet Jonah brought an
entire city to repentance without any
advertising, follow-up, or administration.
Such results are understandable in the
prophets ministry but uncommon in the
ministry of the evangelist. A gifted prophet
not only changes the course of a church for
years to come, but individuals who receive
the prophets ministry are given direction that
influences the rest of their lives. A prophet
deals with foundations. As we look at a few
other examples later, we will see that a
prophets words endure time, persecution
and affliction. The words of teachers,
pastors and evangelists do not carry such
authority.
Often the prophet is called upon by God
for a specific task. John the Baptist was sent
to prepare the way for the Lord. Nehemiah
led the Jews to rebuild the wall around
Jerusalem. When we read the books of the
prophets in the Bible, we see that the word
of the Lord or a vision came to each of them
and then they were required to proclaim that
one message. Moses, who was also a
prophet, led the Hebrew people out of
captivity.
Today, God sends some prophets to a
specific church or denomination to correct it
or get it on track. Other prophets may have a
primary message that they express in many
different ways and carry to many churches.
Because of this, they may appear unbalanced

and limited. People may judge them for

talking about the same topics over and over,
not realizing that they are supposed to be
unbalanced, at least through our natural
eyes. Many times God will keep the prophet
speaking on the same subject or on related
topics until the message has been received
or openly rejected. After that, the prophet
may be given a new vision, or word, or
burden from God. It is because the prophets
vision can be intense and powerful that the
prophet is sometimes limited to one task or
message at a time.
We must not form a distorted image of
the prophets ministry. Not all prophets have
a single mission or purpose. Most of them
should be able to give consistent, balanced
direction and revelation within the Body. In
describing their role, I do not want to restrict
them or your view of what they should do. I
am just briefly mentioning here a few common
characteristics.
Prophets are also used by God to
transmit, confirm, or recognize anointings on
other people. In the Old Testament, we see
that the prophets poured oil on the heads of
the kings before the kings took their
positions. Paul encourages Timothy to
continue in the spiritual gifting he received
at the laying on of hands with prophetic
utterance (I Tim. 1:18 and 4:14). It was several
prophets and teachers that set Paul and
Barnabas aside for ministry (Acts 13:1-3).
Prophets are able to speak forth Gods
anointings as God directs.
The hearts of prophets are directed,
intense, burdened, tender, and sometimes
frustrated. Their hearts are focused on the
specific tasks God has given them. Their
emotions are linked to the results they
perceive in relationship to their calling. They
are often in tears when they see no change,
joyful when correction is received. They
have tender hearts that are easily broken at
the sight of sin. Yet, it is common for
prophets to be frustrated when they see that
what is written in the Bible is not real in the
church.
Prophets are more sensitive to spiritual
forces and impending troubles than the
average Christian. In the Old Testament,
prophets are often called seers, referring to
their ability to see into the spiritual world
(for example, I Samuel 9:9). They sense Gods
solutions or answers to problems in the
Church, in the world, and in the lives of
individuals. Their eyes are open to see
visions and anointings from God.
Because prophets often encounter
tremendous resistance, many of them are
very determined, assertive people,

frequently considered hardheaded and

stubborn. They are not influenced much by
persecution or mens opinions. They are
often dramatic, acting in ways that emphasize
the messages God has placed on their hearts.
Prophets are sometimes radical individuals,
alone more than the average Christian, and
so intense that they challenge those around
them. I do not want to stereotype, but this
is how God often seems to design the
character and personality of a prophet. It
comes with the gift. Pgs. 22-26.
The church (believers) are in perilous times
today because of damnable heresies (2
Peter 2:1). Rev. David Alsobrook writes in
his book The Precious Blood: A
damnable heresy is a teaching which, if
believed, will damn a person.
The book of Jude warns of false teachers
who follow the ways of Cain. Cain was a
humanist who tried to worship God his own
way, offering to God what God had cursed.
Cain offered God a bloodless sacrifice...the
first false religion and distortion of Gods
Word.
Two thirds of the clergy polled in one
denomination disclaimed belief in the virgin
birth, the blood, and denied the deity of Jesus
Christ and His literal resurrection. Brothers,
we need to be led by the Word of God!
Ephesians 4:11-14 exhorts the church to
work as a team with order so we are not
influenced with damnable heresies!
Please telephone my office at 360-629-5248
and order my book, The Church Has
Divorced Itself From Its Roots.
Apostolically I give advice and counsel to
many pastors and churches throughout the
world. I am also Chancellor of World
Theological Centre for Evangelism and
Missions, an accredited Bible College which
trains potential ministers to become flames
of fire (Hebrews 1:7). Prophetically I call
the nations and the church to repentance
through a word of warning from the Lord.

Yes, for years now I have served the

Lord as an Apostle and Prophet
throughout the world to many
pastors, churches and nations.
Beloved, we must all work together
for the perfection of the saints and
the glory of the Lord!
Shalom!
TO BE CONTINUED

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