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—the Anointed One. He operated in the Spirit (anointing) without measure (see John 3:34). While He ministered here on earth, the anointing flowed through Him to bless the multitudes. Miracles and healings were common in His earthly ministry because of the anointing. Through the law of impartation, Christ transferred a measure of His anointing to the disciples and sent them forth as apostles (see Luke 9:1,2). They went forth and had similar results as Jesus, because they ministered in a measure of His anointing. The Lord releases His anointing into the earth through those He calls and sends. Apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers are all called and sent by the Lord. They each have a dimension of Christ to impart to the Church. Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men" (Eph. 4:8). In other words, when the Lord ascended He divided His mantle into five parts. He gave the apostolic mantle to some (not all). He gave His prophetic mantle to some (not all). He gave His evangelistic mantle to some (not all). He gave His pastoral mantle to some (not all). He gave His teaching mantle to some (not all). Each mantle carries a certain amount of grace. Jesus had the Spirit (anointing) without measure, but the ministry gifts are given according to the measure of the gift of Christ (see Eph. 4:7). The apostle receives an apostolic measure. The prophet receives a prophetic measure. The evangelist receives an evangelistic measure, and so forth. A measure means a limit or degree. No one person carries all the anointing. Different people carry different measures. Jesus measured the anointings and divided them among men. This is God's method of getting His anointing into the earth. The apostle has received an anointing to release, because he has received a measure from Christ. The apostle can impart this to the saints. The saints then receive and are able to minister in an apostolic dimension. The apostolic anointing flows from Jesus, through the