You avoided answering my question.
Is it possible to be anointed by a counterfeit spirit?
I would answer, "yes".
So back to my question.
How do you know if the anointing you receive is from God's true Holy Spirit or is it a counterfeit?
I kinda suspect you don't really know.
So you get your head out of it and put your heart into it . This is what I was talking about as counterfeit anointing ref to OT in a nt scripture!!
Start with Connecting the
fragrance of the crucifixion to the
Old Testament holy anointing oil reveals a powerful biblical parallel.
In
Exodus 30:22-33, God gave Moses a highly specific, sacred recipe for the holy anointing oil—composed of liquid
myrrh, sweet cinnamon, fragrant cane (calamus), cassia, and olive oil. God strictly prohibited anyone from counterfeiting or duplicating this formula for personal or common use. The penalty for creating a knock-off or pouring it on an "outsider" was severe: that person would be
"cut off from his people".
When you layer this Old Testament boundary over the New Testament account of Jesus’ death, the spiritual imagery connects deeply in three ways:
The Divine Fragrance of the Real Messiah
The word
Christ (from the Greek
Christos) and
Messiah (from the Hebrew
Mashiach) both literally mean
"The Anointed One".
Because the Old Testament oil could not be replicated, the unique aroma of a true priest or king was unmistakable. When Jesus went to the cross, He was literally carrying the heavy, costly aroma of
pure spikenard (poured out by Mary of Bethany just days prior) and was offered
wine mixed with myrrh. This was not a generic scent; it was a sensory declaration that the
true, un-counterfeitable Messiah was fulfilling His role as the ultimate High Priest.
The Un-Counterfeitable "Finished Work"
The strict penalty in Exodus protected the
exclusivity of God's holy work. Man-made religion often tries to counterfeit the aroma of holiness through external rituals, false excitement, or legalism. However, the true "aroma of Christ" only comes through the crushing of the cross. Just as the spices in Exodus had to be beaten fine and the olives heavily pressed to release the oil, Jesus was bruised and crushed at Calvary. The resulting "fragrant offering" is completely unique—human effort cannot counterfeit the grace, redemption, and atonement achieved at the crucifixion.
Bearing the Ultimate Consequence
The most staggering connection lies in the penalty itself. Exodus 30 states that whoever misuses the oil or acts as a counterfeit will be
cut off from God's covenant and presence.
On the cross, Jesus was treated as the ultimate outsider. He took the exact penalty of the law upon Himself, crying out,
"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" He was
willingly "cut off" from the Father's presence so that believers could be brought in. Because He bore the judgment of the broken law, the genuine, spiritual anointing—the Holy Spirit—is now freely given to those who follow Him