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Title: The Oil

There are some of you who turned me off already because of my title... On the other end of the spectrum, there are some who are like this is the good stuff!

Hear me.

I am a Word guy...

So let's see what the Word says...

There are too many who have taken this concept and used it as a gimmick to sell people on the idea of God like a snake oil.

I believe they will face judgement for that.

However, I also think there are some who have negated the power in this symbol and then they wonder why their life is in chaos and turmoil.

So let's find out what the Bible says about the anointing...

Exodus 30:22–33 (NASB95)

22 Moreover, the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

23 “Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty,

24 and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin.

25 “You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.

26 “With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,

27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

29 “You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.

30 “You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me.

31 “You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.

32 ‘It shall not be poured on anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

33 ‘Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.’

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Context

The Practice of Anointing as a religious act, was meant to endow the anointed one with the quality of the deity involved.

Among the Hebrews it was believed not only that it effected a transference to the anointed one of something of the holiness and virtue of the deity in whose name and by whose representative the rite was performed, but also that it imparted a special endowment of the spirit of the LORD.

1 Samuel 16:13 (NASB95)

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward.

And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

In our text... the oil is being created.

The Recipe is given by God.

God’s Instruction for Use

1. Douse Everything in the Holy Place with the Oil

God tells Moses, mix this oil then douse everything...

Everything in the Holy Place shall have this oil on it.

Smear it on everything...

Story about the guys pouring oil on each other.

Funny story about Julie oil in hair...

Funny story about oil based smoke in smoke machine...

All we knew was that there was power represented by the oil… We wanted the power and the presence of God regardless of the cost!

If pouring the oil aligned us with the power of God, bring on the oil!

Everything in the Holy place was to be marked with the oil…

If the priests were planning on using it, it was to be marked with oil..

If it were to be placed in the Holy Place, it was to be marked with oil…

Everything carried the mark of the oil…

Everything was marked with the scent of holiness…

Everything carried the oil of anointing…

The anointing oil symbolized the equipping for service.

Nothing could be used unless it was first consecrated..

The only way a tool could be used was if it had an encounter with the oil..

It had to be anointed.

The anointing oil symbolized the equipping for service.

What are we doing here?

We are pouring the oil on you…

We are consecrating you for the work of service…

It’s my job to equip you, for the work of ministry… But I can’t do that just by educating you… You need an encounter with the oil…

This is the calling of the five fold ministry: pour out the oil!

I am not the oil… I don’t produce the oil… I didn’t invent the recipe for the oil… But I am a carrier of the oil…

Peter and John at the gate called beautiful:

I can’t give you what I don’t have, but that which I do have, I give unto you!!

I may not have riches and gold, but I’ve got the oil…

I may not have all the answers, but I’ve got the oil…

I think the reason there are so many failed ministries out there today is because there’s a lot of people with talent and education, but talent and education can only take you so far… I NEED THE OIL!

Just as God told Moses to pour out the oil on the things of the Holy Place, so it is my Job to pour our what He has given me on you…

That which I received from the Lord I also deliver unto you…

Douse everything with the oil…

2. If it touches that which was touched by the oil, it becomes holy.

The oil represented the consecration of these things to the service of the Holy One…

But I find it strange that whatever touches them becomes holy after they have been anointed with the oil, rather than them becoming unclean as is the usual with things that have not been anointed.

Read it again… whatever touches them shall be holy…

But then I notice that nothing unclean was to ever be allowed in this holy place, so there was a separation between the holy and the unclean.

What was in between was affected by whatever it touched.

Once something had been cleansed and anointed it could never go back to being normal and was always separated from what was unclean.

In other words, once it was taken into the holy place and interacted with the anointing, it could never return to it's former use.

It could never go back to the way it was before.

It was holy forever and whatever it touched became holy.

The oil set it apart.

The oil made the difference.

Some of the problem with what is happening in the church today is we have lost the ability to tell a difference between the church and the world...

The church has become so secular that all that is supposed to be holy has been returned to what was normal, and now rather than whatever it touches becoming holy, we have seen the secularization of the church to the point that now for many, nothing is considered holy...

This is not an us them, church people vs worldly people idea.

It is a call to the apathetic, casual christians who have lost sight that they have been made holy and your job is to make everything you touch holy...

You're not supposed to become more worldly so you can be relatable, you're supposed to be able to take hold of the worldly tools and the oil that is on your life makes them HOLY, set aside for the use of the kingdom...

We don't need christian bands making secular music, we need the oil on our lives to make the music a tool for reaching the lost!

That Facebook story that you have the polished side of your life on is not just for secular entertainment.

As a born again, Spirit filled believer, the moment you touch that thing, it should become a tool for evangelism and revival!

We have it backwards if we are allowing facebook to make us secular, Facebook can't make you secular, you make Facebook HOLY.

USE IT AS A TOOL!

All these people who are scared of every new technology have it reversed.

It's not the technology that can make a believer secular, it's the true believer who takes hold of that technology and it becomes a HOLY tool of evangelism!

Your career is not just so you can make money and provide for your family.

God put you in the career you are in so you can reach everyone in your place of work.

You are encountering people every day that I do not.

It is your job to reach out to them!

Touch them with the oil and watch the anointing of God take hold in their life.

Don't complain because you're not in a christian atmosphere when you go to work.

Take hold of that thing.

SMEAR THE OIL ON IT and make it a tool to reach those in your work place!

Spread the Gospel!

Invite someone to church!

BE a BEACON of HOPE!