Saturday, September 20, 2014

ANOINTED



            Text: Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to , and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
            Anoint= To consecrate to an office or religious service.
            Are preachers anointed when they preach?

Ingredients for the anointing oil

          Exodus 30:23-24 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin.
Old Testament anointing
Who was anointed?  
            Kings were in charge. They were the head of the Nation.
            Priests ministered in spiritual activities. They were in charge of the temple.
            Prophets spoke on behalf of God.
             They gave direction.
            They revealed God's will for the people.
             They spoke God's judgment for wrong doing.
Jesus was anointed (New Testament).
            Preach the gospel to the poor.
            Heal the brokenhearted.
            Recovering of sight to the blind.
            Set at liberty them that are bruised.
           
            King; Jesus is the head of the church (the Kingdom of God).
            Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
            Priest; Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
            Hebrews 5:1; For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
            Prophet; Hebrews 1:1-2 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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