The Laying On of Hands
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written and said, “The spirit of the Lord G
OD
is upon me; because the L
ORD
hath anointed me.”
(Isaiah 61:1) He preached that. Then He would say, “This Scripture today is fulfilled right here,
right now.” What does that mean? I’m anointed. The Spirit of God is on Me, the anointing.
He preached about it so powerfully and with such anointing that by the time He was finished,
what did the crowds want to do? They wanted to touch Him. Masses of people wanted to touch
Him or to get Him to touch them. Why? Because of the anointing. And as time went on, there
were stories everywhere of people who He touched and were healed.
That’s what they did. They brought this man to Him, and what did they say? “Would You put
Your hand on him, please?”
Mark 7:33-35 says, “And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears,
and he spit, and touched his tongue.” This is touching—He put His fingers in the ears; He
touched his tongue. “And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that
is, Be opened. And straightway,” immediately, “his ears were opened, and the string of his
tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.” Well, you can’t argue with that. No matter what you
thought about the method, that’s it. It must have been right. There was touch.
You and I are made in the image of God. Why are we the shape that we are? Why don’t we have
two heads, four arms, and one leg? Why not three ears and two noses? Why not one eye? We are
patterned after God Himself. We are made in His likeness and His image. Do you recall that the
Bible talks about God’s hands? That He has hands?
In the Old Testament, in Habakkuk 3:3-4, it says, “God came from Teman, and the Holy One
from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
And his brightness was as the light…” He is Light. In Him there is no darkness at all. Not even a
shadow of turning with Him. “He had horns coming out of his hand.” They were coming out of
what? Well, He has a hand. Verse three says God came from Teman, and His brightness was as
the light, and He had horns coming out of His hand. The margin of my Bible says “bright
beams.” “He had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.” Where?
In His hands was the hiding place of His power. Power came out of His hands. And what
happened? Verse five says, “Before him went the pestilence…” It didn’t stay, it went. Why?
Because power is coming. Healing power comes in, pestilence goes out. The power came out of
His hands, “…and burning coals went forth at his feet.” Now, once in a while you’ll see
something that says “disease,” but most of the translations say “burning coals.” Anyway, it says
the pestilence went. “Went” means it left. It’s gone.
The Young’s Literal Translation says, “The Holy One from mount Paran. Pause! Covered the
heavens hath His majesty, And His praise hath filled the earth. And the brightness is as the light,
He hath rays out of His hand.” Now the Young’s Literal Translation is one of the most accurate
that there is. It was done by the same man who has the Young’s Analytical Concordance. Don’t
you think he would know a thing or two about the language? “He hath rays out of His hand, And
there—the hiding of His strength. Before Him goeth pestilence, And a burning flame goeth forth
at His feet.” Glory to God.
