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Scriptural and Unscriptural Use of Anointing Oil

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Scriptural and Unscriptural Use of Anointing Oil  

Thursday 28th August

Text: Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 
Key verse: Psalm 25:4 “Shew me Thy ways O LORD, teach me Thy paths.”
D: Anointing oil in the apostolic era. Scriptural records of the gospel service and miracles performed by the apostles in the early church show that great miracles were done by Peter, Paul and others, without the use of anointing oil. Peter and John went down to Samaria and laid hands on the believers to receive the Holy Ghost without anointing them with oil. Barnabas and Saul were dedicated to God for missionary service through fasting and prayer and the laying on of hands of the elders of the church in Antioch. No anointing oil was poured upon them, The Holy Ghost was with them and they had a successful ministry. Apostle Paul appointed many to the service of God, including Timothy and Titus, without anointing them with oil. The way anointing oil is being used in Christianity today is strange to the apostolic era. 
F: The use of anointing oil in the epistle of James. In the days of Jesus, the sick came or were brought to Him where He was but there were instances in which he was called to go to where the sick person was. A study of all these instances shows that they were critical cases. Jesus was often obliged to go to where the helpless one laid to minister healing. Under normal circumstances, the sick are the ones to go to the elders to receive prayers. If church elders are to be invited to people's homes to heal minor sicknesses, they will have no time for themselves and for the main gospel business but this passage shows that the situation is a critical one. 
In such circumstance the sick or their loved ones should call for or send for the elders to come to where the sick one is bedridden. The elders should come and pray so that the Lord would raise him up, heal him of his critical condition and give him strength to rise and go about his normal duty. The elders who are called upon are coming to do their part and God will do His part. A: The elders should pray over him. B: The elders should anoint him with oil. C: The elders should minister to him in the name of the Lord Jesus. D: The elders should pray the prayer of faith over him to save him. E: The Lord shall raise him up, heal him, energize him, make him rise up from the bed of affliction. F: His sins, if he has committed any, shall be forgiven. 

Thought for the day: Abuse of anointing oil today is strange to the apostolic era

Song for the day: There is power in the name of Jesus

Bible reading for the day: Ezekiel 16-17 
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