Anointing oils - why?
Mystery Mark 4:11 To
you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those
who are outside, all things come in parables.
Warfare Eph. 6:12 For we do not wrestle
against flesh and blood, but against principalities against powers, against
the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places.
Breaking Bondages Isaiah 10:27 It shall
come to pass in that day that his burden will be taken away from your
shoulder, and his yoke from your neck and the yoke will be destroyed because
of the anointing oil
(in some Bible
versions it just says anointing but anointing in the Strong's for this verse
means the rubbing on of oil.)
Anointing the sick: James 5:14 Is
anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them
pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
Anointing of items: Exodus 30:26 With
it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the testimony;
the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the alter
of incense.
The Lord anoints Isaiah 61:1 The
Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me because the Lord has anointed me.
Stong's number 4886
which means to rub with oil.
Isaiah 55:8-9 For My thoughts are not
your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," says the Lord. For as the
heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and
My thought than your thoughts.
Anointing cloths:
Acts 19:12 Now God worked unusual
miracles by the hands of Paul. So that even handkerchiefs or aprons were
brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil
spirits went out of them.
The anointing brings the Holy Spirit:
1 Sam.
16:13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of
his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day
forward.
The oil throughout scripture
typically symbolizes the Holy Spirit.
By using the anointing oil we are breaking the
yoke of burden off of others and ourselves that are anointed and leaving the
residence of the Holy Spirit.
ANOINTED, NOT MAGIC!!!
We are called to walk in holiness.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He (the Holy Spirit) hath anointed
me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the
brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
A study of the verse shows us the following insights:
Strong’s #
4151 Spirit ……..Holy Spirit
5548 anointed ……….to consecrate to an office or religious service
2097 preach the gospel…….to announce good
news especially the gospel
4434 poor…………. a beggar, straitened circumstances
0649 sent……………set apart, to send out
2390 heal……………to cure, make whole
4937 broken-hearted………..crush completely, broken to shivers
0859 deliverance………...forgiveness,
pardon, liberty, remission
0164 captives…………prisoners of war
0309 recovering of sight…….Restoration of sight, see, receive sight
5185 blind………self-conceit, high minded,
be lifted up with pride
0859 liberty………same as deliverance
2352 that are bruised……….crushed
If we look at this verse we can see the anointing of the Holy Spirit is far
more reaching than what it would have first appeared to be with just reading
this verse. We are anointed to preach the gospel to the beggar in straitened
circumstances. We are not to look upon a person if they smell good or look
good. We are to preach the gospel to all people. We are sent to help cure and
make whole those who are crush completely and broken to shivers. We are to
preach forgiveness, our Lord’s pardon and liberty with remission from our
sins. We are to reclaim those who are prisoners of war and taken over by the
evils of satan. We are to pray for those who are not only physically blind but
also who are spiritually blind and have become self conceited, high minded,
and lifted up with pride. We are to go into the world and preach the gospel to
bring liberty to all.
In Act 19:12
Paul was so full of the Holy Spirit that the cloths that he sent out carried
the same anointing that Paul had. This is called the "Resident anointing
of the Holy Spirit."
We have the same ability to pass the anointing to an item whether it is a
cloth as Paul did or an object such as a small statute, toy, garment, chair,
use your imagination, if we are full of the Holy Spirit.
There is a war for our mind, our walk, and the words that come out of our
mouths. What is the confession of your mouth? What do you fill your mind with?
Are you filling it with the Word, praise, and worship to the Lord or TV
programs and radio of the secular world around you?
Daily we need to lay our sins on the altar and ask for forgiveness.
Daily we need to put on the Armor of God. The incredible strength that
comes from such a simple symbolic act is greatly honored by our Lord. Be open to
what the Lord has for us. He is faithful. You will see results.
The Breastplate of Righteousness is the holiness and the heart of Christ. If
we do not have the heart of Christ we will be lured in other directions.
The Belt of Truth is to hold us together with truth to keep us from believing
lies instead of "The Truth".
The Helmet of Christ keeps our minds from the darts of the evil one and gives
us the Mind of Christ.
The Shoes are the Preparation of the gospel of peace and FIRE of the Lord.
The sword is the REHMA word of God. So often we think of this as the Bible
scriptures. It can be but mostly it is the Rehma word that our Lord gives us
at the time when we are standing there in front of someone and about to
testify of the Love of God. We need to understand that we must first open our
mouths before God can speak. The Lord says if we will come to Him He will meet
us. This is when the evil one will come in full strength to stop you. satan
will try his best to stop you with fear and then intimidation. He knows
how powerful the word of God is and how it will strike deep into the heart and
slice out the lies he has put there. When the fear comes know you are going in
the right directions and keep going!
The shield is the "ANOINTING". The shield IS NOT a flimsy little
piece of metal we hold in front of us. The shield is totally engulfing us. In
Isaiah 52:12 it speaks of the Lord being our rear guard. If this is so the
shield must be more than just in front of us. The shield is the anointing of
Christ, which means He goes before us to prepare the way before we even get
there. The shield of Christ is the rear guard meaning He is covering us from
behind and leaves a "wake" of His Glory as we leave. The shield is
to our right and left meaning He is beside us at all times. The shield is
above us to tell the heavenly host to watch over us because we are one of His
chosen. The shield is below is to show the evil in the pit that we belong to
the Almighty God and he had best not even think of touching us.
We have the ability to grab hold of the altar of God and put on the
breastplate of righteousness, the belt of truth, the sword in our mouths, the
shoes of the gospel of peace and fire, and the shield which is Christ
anointing, daily. Anointing our own minds against the lies of Satan and
believing that our God does reigns in all the heavens and earth. Our God is a
BIG BIG BIG GOD.
The Lord says to take up the
Cross-"daily". One of the lies of satan is to tell us that since we
prayed yesterday we don't need to do it again. The Word says He knows our needs but requires of us to call upon Him.
We are the ones that blow it because we do not accept the awesomeness of our
Lord.
With the anointing of Christ in us as a result of living our lives
in holiness we have the ability to hold an item in our hands,
anoint it with oil and pray that the anointing be past into it. We can also
dab anointing oil in the areas that a person that we are praying for to find
spiritual renewal or salvation spends most of their time. We can also pray
that the anointing be past into a cloth for the purpose of healing or
deliverance of an individual.
The beauty of the anointing of an item for the purpose of salvation,
deliverance, or healing is the anointing will last until the task is
accomplished. Which means if we anoint a cloth and place it under someone's
bed or in his or her car or wherever, it will keep working until what you have
prayed over that cloth is accomplished.
Look at some of the testimonies that have
come in. You will see how awesome our God is!
