Luke 4:14, 17

"And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district".

(“In the power of the Spirit”) – (“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me because He has anointed Me”) – “1. What does the anointing of God do? (Acts
19:11-12) – It heals, it liberates, it lifts burdens, it drives out demons, it
expands us, it increases our expectation of God. 2. What is the
anointing? It is the Presence and power of God made manifest. God’s
Presence is not manifest all the time but as soon as you put faith in the
anointing of God and start talking about the anointing – it starts
manifesting. The anointing is tangible – perceptible – detectible to the senses.

It is heavenly materiality. In the anointing the Father’s love is extravagantly lavished over your soul. You cannot love Him with
all your strength until you have experienced Him loving you with all His strength. 3. How is the anointing conducted to you? It is not
only tangible but also transferable and conducted just like electricity.
The anointing flowed into Paul’s handkerchief so it became like a battery of power which when laid on the sick healed them. The anointing protects you from being crippled by condemnation and guilt; it opens prison doors and enables us to live in a power coming from another age. The anointing primarily is for faithfulness to the Father so we can minister it to a lost and hurting world”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “Increasing in the Anointing” City Church International, Hong Kong – 29th April 2007

Matthew 17:1-7

"Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him".

“When you come through the New Covenant cloud of baptism into Christ, you will look up and see no Moses, no Elijah but just the New Covenant in Christ Jesus. Peter is wanting to make Jesus equal with Moses and Elijah. Moses represents the Law – Elijah represents the Old Covenant prophets of judgement. Jesus represents grace and Peter wants to mix together and balance and make compatible and honour equally grace and law and Old Covenant prophetic judgement …

The law came on tablets of stone and 2 Corinthians 3 says it is a ministry of fading glory. Peter means “stone”. Every Hebrew name has a meaning. James means “Jacob” or “supplanter” and John means “grace”. So on the Mount of Transfiguration the ministry of stone was supplanted by grace. Elijah represents that under Old Covenant prophets, the sacrifice was never enough. The sacrifice was always far less than the judgement (for instance Elijah on top of Mount Carmel – the fire consumed everything). Under Jesus the sacrifice was far greater than the wrath. Condemnation is perfectly over. The curse of the law is permanently over! How could the Father call you righteous without you doing righteous acts? Because Jesus who knew no sin was made sin without Him doing sinful acts”.

Ref: Rob Rufus - “You cannot see the Glory while in the Land of Slavery” - City Church International, Hong Kong – 1st July 2007.